2016 ITTF World Tour

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2016 ITTF World Tour
Details
Duration20 January 2016 – 11 December 2016
Edition21st
Tournaments20 + Grand Finals
CategoriesSuper Series (6)
Major Series (6)
Challenge Series (8)
Grand Finals (1)
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titlesMen:
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Long (3, inc. Grand Finals)
Flag of Japan.svg Jun Mizutani (3)
Women:
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Ning (2)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Shiwen (2)
Points leaderMen: Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Long (2,100)
Women: Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Ning (1,900)
Awards
Player of the yearMen: Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Long
Women: Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Ning
2015
2017

The 2016 ITTF World Tour was the 21st season of the International Table Tennis Federation's professional table tennis world tour. 2016 also marked the tour's 20th anniversary. [1]

Contents

The events of the 2016 tour were split into three tiers: Super Series, Major Series and Challenge Series. The Super Series events offered the highest prize money and the most points towards the ITTF World Tour standings, which determined the qualifiers for the 2016 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals in December. The Major Series was the middle tier, with the Challenge Series being the lowest tier. [2] [3]

Schedule

Below is the schedule released by the ITTF: [4]

  Super Series
  Major Series
  Challenge Series
  Grand Finals
TourEventLocationVenueDatePrize money
USD
Ref.
StartFinish
1 Flag of Hungary.svg Hungarian Open Budapest Tüskecsarnok January 20January 2470,000 [5]
2 Flag of Germany.svg German Open Berlin Max-Schmeling-Halle January 27January 31120,000 [6]
3 Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait Open Kuwait City Salwa Sports ClubMarch 16March 20300,000 [7]
4 Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar Open Doha Ali Bin Hamad al-Attiyah Arena March 23March 27220,000 [8]
5 Flag of Chile.svg Chile Open Santiago Centro de Entrenamiento OlímpicoApril 5April 935,000 [9]
6 Flag of Poland.svg Polish Open Warsaw Torwar Hall April 20April 2470,000 [10]
7 Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria Open Lagos Sir Molade Okoya-Thomas Sports HallMay 18May 2246,000 [11]
8 Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia Open Zagreb Dom Sportova May 24May 2835,000 [12]
9 Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia Open Otočec Športni Center OtočecJune 1June 535,000 [13]
10 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australian Open Melbourne Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre June 8June 1235,000 [14]
11 Flag of Japan.svg Japan Open Tokyo Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium June 15June 19120,000 [15]
12 Flag of South Korea.svg Korea Open Incheon Namdong Gymnasium June 22June 26120,000 [16]
13 Flag of North Korea.svg DPR Korea Open Pyongyang Chongchun Street Sports VillageJune 29July 335,000 [17]
14 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria Open Panagyurishte Arena Asarel August 24August 2880,000 [18]
15 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Open Olomouc Sportovní hala University PalackéhoAugust 31September 470,000 [19]
16 Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus Open Minsk Palace of TennisSeptember 7September 1135,000 [20]
17 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China Open Chengdu Sichuan Provincial Gymnasium September 14September 18220,000 [21]
18 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Open De Haan Sport- en recreatiecentrum HaneveldSeptember 20September 2435,000 [22]
19 Flag of Austria.svg Austrian Open Linz TipsArena Linz November 9November 1370,000 [23]
20 Flag of Sweden.svg Swedish Open Stockholm Eriksdalshallen November 15November 2070,000 [24]
21 Flag of Qatar.svg Grand Finals Doha Ali Bin Hamad al-Attiyah Arena December 8December 11500,000 [25]

Events

Super Series

Winners

EventMen's singlesWomen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's doublesU21 Men's singlesU21 Women's singles
Flag of Germany.svg German Open Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Long Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wu Yang Flag of Japan.svg Masataka Morizono
Flag of Japan.svg Yuya Oshima
Flag of South Korea.svg Jeon Ji-hee
Flag of South Korea.svg Yang Ha-eun
Flag of Japan.svg Yuto Muramatsu Flag of Japan.svg Yui Hamamoto
Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait Open Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Jike Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Xiaoxia Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xu Xin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Jike
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Ning
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Shiwen
Flag of Brazil.svg Hugo Calderano Flag of Japan.svg Hina Hayata
Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar Open Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Long Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Shiwen Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Fan Zhendong
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Jike
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Ning
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Shiwen
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Ho Kwan Kit Flag of Singapore.svg Zeng Jian
Flag of Japan.svg Japan Open Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Fan Zhendong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Shiwen Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Long
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xu Xin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Ning
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Xiaoxia
Flag of Japan.svg Tomokazu Harimoto Flag of Singapore.svg Zeng Jian
Flag of South Korea.svg Korea Open Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xu Xin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Ning Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xu Xin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Jike
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Ning
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Shiwen
Flag of South Korea.svg Lim Jong-hoon Flag of Japan.svg Yui Hamamoto
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China Open Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Fan Zhendong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Ning Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Long
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Jike
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Meng
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhu Yuling
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Ho Kwan Kit Flag of Singapore.svg Zeng Jian

Finals

German Open

CategoryWinnersRunners-upScore
Men's singles Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Long Flag of Belarus.svg Vladimir Samsonov 4–1 (11–7, 11–6, 11–4, 10–12, 11–5)
Women's singles Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wu Yang Flag of Japan.svg Kasumi Ishikawa 4–1 (11–5, 11–7, 9–11, 11–8, 11–7)
Men's doubles Flag of Japan.svg Masataka Morizono / Yuya Oshima Flag of Hong Kong.svg Ho Kwan Kit / Tang Peng 3–1 (11–8, 8–11, 11–6, 11–2)
Women's doubles Flag of South Korea.svg Jeon Ji-hee / Yang Ha-eun Flag of Germany.svg Han Ying / Irene Ivancan 3–1 (11–3, 8–11, 11–7, 11–7)

Kuwait Open

CategoryWinnersRunners-upScore
Men's singles Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Jike Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Long 4–1 (11–9, 11–9, 5–11, 12–10, 11–9)
Women's singles Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Xiaoxia Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Ning 4–1 (11–6, 2–11, 11–9, 11–9, 11–8)
Men's doubles Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xu Xin / Zhang Jike Flag of Hong Kong.svg Ho Kwan Kit / Tang Peng 3–1 (6–11, 11–9, 11–8, 11–5)
Women's doubles Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Ning / Liu Shiwen Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Xiaoxia / Zhu Yuling 3–0 (11–4, 11–6, 11–5)

Qatar Open

CategoryWinnersRunners-upScore
Men's singles Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Long Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Fan Zhendong 4–1 (11–9, 11–9, 5–11, 13–11, 11–5)
Women's singles Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Shiwen Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Ning 4–1 (11–8, 9–11, 11–8, 11–9, 11–9)
Men's doubles Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Fan Zhendong / Zhang Jike Flag of Japan.svg Koki Niwa / Maharu Yoshimura 3–0 (11–8, 11–9, 11–7)
Women's doubles Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Ning / Liu Shiwen Flag of Japan.svg Ai Fukuhara / Mima Ito 3–2 (6–11, 11–9, 11–6, 4–11, 11–7)

Japan Open

CategoryWinnersRunners-upScore
Men's singles Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Fan Zhendong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xu Xin 4–1 (11–9, 11–5, 9–11, 11–7, 11–8)
Women's singles Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Shiwen Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Ning 4–2 (17–19, 11–7, 11–6, 8–11, 12–10, 11–7)
Men's doubles Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Long / Xu Xin Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chuang Chih-yuan / Huang Sheng-sheng 3–0 (11–4, 11–7, 11–4)
Women's doubles Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Ning / Li Xiaoxia Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Shiwen / Zhu Yuling 3–0 (11–7, 11–7, 11–9)

Korea Open

CategoryWinnersRunners-upScore
Men's singles Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xu Xin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Long 4–3 (11–7, 12–10, 4–11, 12–10, 7–11, 6–11, 11–9)
Women's singles Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Ning Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Shiwen 4–1 (11–9, 11–13, 11–8, 11–6, 11–6)
Men's doubles Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xu Xin / Zhang Jike Flag of South Korea.svg Jung Young-sik / Lee Sang-su 3–0 (12–10, 12–10, 11–8)
Women's doubles Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Ning / Liu Shiwen Flag of South Korea.svg Jeon Ji-hee / Yang Ha-eun 3–0 (11–9, 11–7, 11–4)

China Open

CategoryWinnersRunners-upScore
Men's singles Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Fan Zhendong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Long 4–0 (11–9, 13–11, 11–8, 11–5)
Women's singles Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Ning Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Shiwen 4–2 (11–6, 8–11, 11–4, 10–12, 12–10, 11–8)
Men's doubles Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Long / Zhang Jike Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Fan Zhendong / Xu Xin 3–2 (11–8, 5–11, 4–11, 11–9, 11–5)
Women's doubles Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Meng / Zhu Yuling Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Ning / Liu Shiwen 3–1 (4–11, 11–3, 11–9, 11–5)

Major Series

Winners

EventMen's singlesWomen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's doublesU21 Men's singlesU21 Women's singles
Flag of Hungary.svg Hungarian Open Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chuang Chih-yuan Flag of Hong Kong.svg Tie Ya Na Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chuang Chih-yuan
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Huang Sheng-sheng
Flag of South Korea.svg Jeon Ji-hee
Flag of South Korea.svg Yang Ha-eun
Flag of South Korea.svg Lim Jong-hoon Flag of Japan.svg Miyu Kato
Flag of Poland.svg Polish Open Flag of Japan.svg Jun Mizutani Flag of Japan.svg Miu Hirano Flag of Japan.svg Masataka Morizono
Flag of Japan.svg Yuya Oshima
Flag of South Korea.svg Jeon Ji-hee
Flag of South Korea.svg Yang Ha-eun
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Zhixu Flag of Japan.svg Miyu Kato
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria Open Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Konečný Flag of Japan.svg Yuka Ishigaki Flag of Russia.svg Alexey Liventsov
Flag of Russia.svg Mikhail Paikov
Flag of Japan.svg Miyu Kato
Flag of Japan.svg Misaki Morizono
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Liao Cheng-ting Flag of Japan.svg Saki Shibata
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Open Flag of Japan.svg Yuto Muramatsu Flag of Monaco.svg Yang Xiaoxin Flag of South Korea.svg Cho Eon-rae
Flag of South Korea.svg Park Jeong-woo
Flag of Sweden.svg Matilda Ekholm
Flag of Hungary.svg Georgina Póta
Flag of Japan.svg Yuto Muramatsu Flag of South Korea.svg Yoon Hyo-bin
Flag of Austria.svg Austrian Open Flag of Japan.svg Kenta Matsudaira Flag of Japan.svg Mima Ito Flag of Germany.svg Patrick Franziska
Flag of Denmark.svg Jonathan Groth
Flag of Japan.svg Honoka Hashimoto
Flag of Japan.svg Hitomi Sato
Flag of South Korea.svg Park Gang-hyeon Flag of Japan.svg Sakura Mori
Flag of Sweden.svg Swedish Open Flag of Japan.svg Yuya Oshima Flag of Japan.svg Kasumi Ishikawa Flag of Brazil.svg Hugo Calderano
Flag of Brazil.svg Gustavo Tsuboi
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Cheng I-ching
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lee I-chen
Flag of Japan.svg Kenta Tazoe Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Hyo-joo

Challenge Series

Winners

EventMen's singlesWomen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's doublesU21 Men's singlesU21 Women's singles
Flag of Chile.svg Chile Open Flag of France.svg Antoine Hachard Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Rachel Moret Flag of France.svg Antoine Hachard
Flag of France.svg Romain Ruiz
Flag of Uruguay.svg Maria Lorenzotti
Flag of Argentina.svg Candela Molero
Flag of Germany.svg Florian Schreiner Flag of Cuba.svg Idalys Lovet
Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria Open Flag of Finland.svg Benedek Oláh Flag of Portugal.svg Shao Jieni Flag of Russia.svg Andrey Bukin
Flag of Russia.svg Vasilij Filatov
Flag of Russia.svg Irina Ermakova
Flag of Russia.svg Olga Kulikova
Flag of Egypt.svg Shady Magdy Flag of Romania.svg Irina Ciobanu
Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia Open Flag of South Korea.svg Joo Sae-hyuk Flag of Japan.svg Hitomi Sato Flag of Germany.svg Patrick Franziska
Flag of Denmark.svg Jonathan Groth
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Doo Hoi Kem
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Lee Ho Ching
Flag of Croatia.svg Tomislav Pucar Flag of Japan.svg Mima Ito
Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia Open Flag of Japan.svg Jun Mizutani Flag of Singapore.svg Feng Tianwei Flag of Hong Kong.svg Ho Kwan Kit
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Wong Chun Ting
Flag of Russia.svg Maria Dolgikh
Flag of Russia.svg Polina Mikhailova
Flag of Portugal.svg João Geraldo Flag of Japan.svg Hitomi Sato
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australian Open Flag of Japan.svg Jun Mizutani Flag of Japan.svg Hina Hayata Flag of Japan.svg Takuya Jin
Flag of Japan.svg Yuki Morita
Flag of Japan.svg Honoka Hashimoto
Flag of Japan.svg Hitomi Sato
Flag of Japan.svg Mizuki Oikawa Flag of Japan.svg Miyu Kato
Flag of North Korea.svg DPR Korea Open Flag of North Korea.svg Kang Wi-hun Flag of North Korea.svg Kim Song-i Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Cao Wei
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xu Yingbin
Flag of North Korea.svg Kim Song-i
Flag of North Korea.svg Ri Myong-sun
Flag of North Korea.svg Ro Hyon-song Flag of North Korea.svg Kim Nam-hae
Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus Open Flag of South Korea.svg Jang Woo-jin Flag of Japan.svg Saki Shibata Flag of South Korea.svg Jang Woo-jin
Flag of South Korea.svg Lim Jong-hoon
Flag of Japan.svg Honoka Hashimoto
Flag of Japan.svg Hitomi Sato
Flag of South Korea.svg Cho Seung-min Flag of South Korea.svg Jung Yu-mi
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Open Flag of India.svg Sathiyan Gnanasekaran Flag of Hungary.svg Georgina Póta Flag of Russia.svg Alexey Liventsov
Flag of Russia.svg Mikhail Paikov
Flag of Hungary.svg Georgina Póta
Flag of Russia.svg Yulia Prokhorova
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Liao Cheng-ting Flag of Japan.svg Kyoka Kato

Standings

Singles

The 15 men and 16 women who played in at least five events and accumulated the largest number of points during the 2016 ITTF World Tour were invited to play in the Grand Finals in December. Qatar's Li Ping was also invited to take part in the men's singles event, to ensure that the host nation was represented. [2] [26] [27]

  Player met the qualification criteria and competed in the Grand Finals
  Player met the qualification criteria and was invited to compete in the Grand Finals, but withdrew
  Player did not qualify for the Grand Finals, either due to not meeting the qualification criteria or not finishing in a high enough position

Doubles

The eight men's pairs and eight women's pairs who played in at least four events and accumulated the largest number of points, as a pair, during the 2016 ITTF World Tour were invited to play in the Grand Finals in December. [2] [26] [27]

  Pair met the qualification criteria and competed in the Grand Finals
  Pair met the qualification criteria and was invited to compete in the Grand Finals, but withdrew
  Pair did not qualify for the Grand Finals, either due to not meeting the qualification criteria, not finishing in a high enough position, or due to the fact that one player in the pair had already qualified in a higher position with another partner

Grand Finals

The 2016 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals took place from 8–11 December at the Ali Bin Hamad al-Attiyah Arena in Doha, Qatar. [25]

ITTF Star Awards

The 2016 ITTF Star Awards ceremony was held on the first evening of the Grand Finals at the Sheraton Grand Doha on 8 December. [29]

Awards were handed out in eight categories:

See also

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