Details | |
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Duration | 28 January – 8 March 2020 |
Edition | 25th |
Tournaments | 3 |
Categories | World Tour Platinum (2) World Tour (1) |
Achievements (singles) | |
Most titles | Men: Fan Zhendong (1) Tomokazu Harimoto (1) Xu Xin (1) Women: Chen Meng (2) |
← 2019 |
The 2020 ITTF World Tour was the 25th season of the International Table Tennis Federation's professional table tennis world tour. [1] [2]
The season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with only three events having taken place. The ITTF World Tour Grand Finals were replaced by the 2020 ITTF Finals, a one-off event featuring the top-ranked male and female players, as part of the International Table Tennis Federation's #RESTART series of events in November 2020. [3]
World Tour Platinum | World Tour | |||
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x | MS/WS | MD/WD/XD | MS/WS | MD/WD/XD |
Winner | 500 | 300 | 250 | 200 |
Finalist | 300 | 150 | 125 | 100 |
Semifinalists | 200 | 75 | 63 | 50 |
Quarterfinalists | 100 | 38 | 31 | 25 |
Round of 16 | 50 | 19 | 16 | 13 |
Round of 32 | 25 | 8 | ||
The tournaments in the 2020 tour were split into two tiers: World Tour Platinum and World Tour. The Platinum events offered higher prize money and more points towards the ITTF World Tour standings, which would have determined the qualifiers for the ITTF World Tour Grand Finals in December.
Below is the 2020 schedule announced by the International Table Tennis Federation: [4]
Grand Finals |
World Tour Platinum |
World Tour |
No. | Date | Tournament | Location | Venue | Prize (USD) | Report | Ref. |
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1 | 28 January – 2 February | German Open | Magdeburg | GETEC Arena | 270,000 | Report | [5] |
2 | 18–23 February | Hungarian Open | Budapest | Budapest Olympic Hall | 125,000 | Report | [6] |
3 | 3–8 March | Qatar Open | Doha | Aspire Dome | 400,000 | Report | [7] |
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6 | 12–17 May (postponed) | China Open | Shenzhen | ||||
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13 | Replaced by the 2020 ITTF Finals. [3] |
Date | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up |
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28 January – 2 February |
| Xu Xin | Ma Long |
Score: 4–0 (15–13, 11–8, 11–7, 11–5) | |||
Chen Meng | Ding Ning | ||
Score: 4–1 (3–11, 11–1, 11–7, 11–3, 11–1) | |||
Cho Dae-seong Jang Woo-jin | Lin Gaoyuan Ma Long | ||
Score: 3–2 (10–12, 15–13, 12–14, 14–12, 11–6) | |||
Chen Meng Wang Manyu | Miu Hirano Kasumi Ishikawa | ||
Score: 3–1 (11–7, 8–11, 11–7, 11–8) | |||
Xu Xin Liu Shiwen | Jun Mizutani Mima Ito | ||
Score: 3–1 (12–10, 13–11, 7–11, 11–7) | |||
18–23 February | Tomokazu Harimoto | Yukiya Uda | |
Score: 4–1 (7–11, 11–8, 11–2, 11–6, 11–9) | |||
Mima Ito | Cheng I-ching | ||
Score: 4–3 (11–7, 1–11, 11–6, 7–11, 2–11, 11–9, 11–7) | |||
Benedikt Duda Patrick Franziska | Sharath Kamal Sathiyan Gnanasekaran | ||
Score: 3–1 (11–5, 11–9, 8–11, 11–9) | |||
Miu Hirano Kasumi Ishikawa | Doo Hoi Kem Lee Ho Ching | ||
Score: 3–0 (11–6, 11–9, 12–10) | |||
Wong Chun Ting Doo Hoi Kem | Patrick Franziska Petrissa Solja | ||
Score: 3–2 (11–6, 6–11, 12–9, 7–11, 11–9) | |||
3–8 March |
| Fan Zhendong | Liam Pitchford |
Score: 4–2 (11–9, 11–7, 8–11, 11–4, 6–11, 11–7) | |||
Chen Meng | Mima Ito | ||
Score: 4–1 (3–11, 11–7, 11–9, 11–7, 11–7) | |||
Ma Long Xu Xin | Paul Drinkhall Liam Pitchford | ||
Score: 3–1 (11–8, 8–11, 11–1, 11–6) | |||
Wang Manyu Zhu Yuling | Miyuu Kihara Miyu Nagasaki | ||
Score: 3–1 (11–4, 7–11, 11–8, 11–9) | |||
Jun Mizutani Mima Ito | Wang Chuqin Sun Yingsha | ||
Score: 3–1 (11–8, 7–11, 11–4, 15–13) |
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