| Tournament details | |||
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| Dates | 27 February – 6 Nobember | ||
| Edition | 2nd | ||
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The 2022 WTT series was the 2nd season of the World Table Tennis's professional table tennis world tour.
| WTT Grand Smash |
| WTT Cup Finals |
| WTT Champions |
| WTT Star Contender |
| WTT Contender |
This is the complete schedule of events on the 2022 calendar, [1] [2] with the champions and runners-up documented.
| Date | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 February-5 March |
|  Liang Jingkun | Lin Gaoyuan |
| Score: 4–1 (9–11, 11–0, 11–5, 11–2, 11–9) | |||
| Kuai Man | Fan Siqi | ||
| Score: 4–1 (11–8, 11–5, 11–5, 11–13, 11–6) | |||
| Lin Shidong Xiang Peng |  Peng Wang-wei Chuang Chih-yuan | ||
| Score: 3–0 (11–7, 11–9, 11–5) | |||
| Zhang Rui Kuai Man |  Sutirtha Mukherjee Ayhika Mukherjee | ||
| Score: 3–1 (11–6, 8–11, 12–10, 11–7) | |||
| Wang Chuqin Chen Xingtong | Manav Vikash Thakkar Archana Girish Kamath | ||
| Score: 3–0 (11–3, 11–3, 11–6) | |||
| Date | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7–20 March |
| Fan Zhendong | Ma Long |
| Score: 4–3 (11–6, 11–6, 6–11, 9–11, 8–11, 11–8, 11–7) | |||
| Chen Meng | Wang Manyu | ||
| Score: 4–3 (11–9, 8–11, 11–9, 11–8, 6–11, 9–11, 11–8) | |||
| Fan Zhendong Wang Chuqin |  Shunsuke Togami Yukiya Uda | ||
| Score: 3–1 (12–10, 12–10, 12–14, 11–7) | |||
| Sun Yingsha Wang Manyu | Hina Hayata Mima Ito | ||
| Score: 3–0 (11–4, 11–6, 11–4) | |||
| Wang Chuqin Sun Yingsha | Lin Yun-ju Cheng I-ching | ||
| Score: 3–0 (11–3, 12–10, 11–4) | |||
| 18-24 March |
| Yuan Licen |  Dang Qiu |
| Score: 4–2 (10–12, 11–8, 11–4, 11–5, 9–11, 11–5) | |||
| Fan Siqi | Zhang Rui | ||
| Score: 4–3 (11–7, 7–11, 13–11, 7–11, 8–11, 11–9, 11–9) | |||
 Kristian Karlsson Mattias Falck | Kilian Ort Ricardo Walther | ||
| Score: 3–2 (13–15, 10–12, 11–6, 11–9, 11–8) | |||
| Miyuu Kihara Miyu Nagasaki | Chen Szu-yu Huang Yi-hua | ||
| Score: 3–0 (11–4, 11–7, 11–5) | |||
| Lin Yun-ju Cheng I-ching | Sathiyan Gnanasekaran Manika Batra | ||
| Score: 3–0 (11–4, 11–5, 11–3) | |||
| 25–31 March |
|  Andrej Gacina |  Lim Jong-hoon |
| Score: 4–2 (6–11, 8–11, 12–10, 11–7, 11–9, 11–9) | |||
| Miyuu Kihara | Ying Han | ||
| Score: 4–3 (8–11, 12–10, 9–11, 3–11, 11–7, 11–3, 11–1) | |||
| Dang Qiu Benedikt Duda | Liao Cheng-ting Lin Yun-ju | ||
| Score: 3–2 (11–7, 6–11, 11–6, 3–11, 11–4) | |||
| Miyuu Kihara Miyu Nagasaki | Li Yu-jhun Cheng I-ching | ||
| Score: 3–0 (13–11, 11–5, 11–6) | |||
 Jia Nan Yuan Emmanuel Lebesson | Cheng I-ching Lin Yun-ju | ||
| Score: 3–0 (11–8, 14–12, 12–10) | |||
| Date | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13–19 June |
| Lin Yun-ju | Xiang Peng |
| Score: 4–0 (11–8, 11–9, 11–5, 11–8) | |||
| Mima Ito | Miu Hirano | ||
| Score: 4–2 (11–8, 4–11, 11–4, 11–7, 10–12, 11–1) | |||
| Cho Dae-seong Jang Woo-jin | Yukiya Uda Shunsuke Togami | ||
| Score: 3–0 (11–9, 13–11, 11–8) | |||
| Mima Ito Hina Hayata | Xiaona Shan Sabine Winter | ||
| Score: 3–1 (12–10, 11–3, 8–11, 11–9) | |||
| Tomokazu Harimoto Hina Hayata |  Doo Hoi Kem Wong Chun Ting | ||
| Score: 3–0 (11–7, 11–5, 11–5) | |||
| 14–19 June |
| Dang Qiu | Dimitrij Ovtcharov |
| Score: 4–3 (6–11, 8–11, 13–11, 11–6, 11–7, 11–13, 11–8) | |||
| Nina Mittelham | Miyu Nagasaki | ||
| Score: 4–3 (11–9, 11–9, 7–11, 11–6, 9–11, 10–12, 11–7) | |||
| Anton Kallberg Mattias Falck |  Gaston Alto Horacio Cifuentes | ||
| Score: 3–1 (11–7, 11–3, 7–11, 11–9) | |||
| Asuka Sasao Sakura Mori | Cheng Hsien-tzu Huang Yu-wen | ||
| Score: 3–1 (11–6, 7–11, 11–5, 11–4) | |||
| Nina Mittelham Dang Qiu |  Sarah De Nutte Eric Glod | ||
| Score: 3–2 (9–11, 10–12, 11–8, 11–7, 13–11) | |||
| Date | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11-17 July | Wang Chuqin | Truls Moregard | |
| Score: 4–1 (11–7, 9–11, 11–6, 13–11, 11–7) | |||
| Wang Yidi | Sun Yingsha | ||
| Score: 4–1 (9–11, 11–9, 11–6, 11–6, 11–4) | |||
| Liang Jingkun Lin Gaoyuan | Cho Dae-Seong Lee Sang-su | ||
| Score: 3–2 (11–13, 11–8, 7–11, 11–6, 11–9) | |||
| Sun Yingsha Wang Manyu | Mima Ito Hina Hayata | ||
| Score: 3–0 (14–12, 11–6, 15–13) | |||
| Wang Chuqin Wang Manyu | Tomokazu Harimoto Hina Hayata | ||
| Score: 3–2 (9–11, 6–11, 11–7, 11–7, 11–9) | |||
| 18-23 July | Tomokazu Harimoto | Lin Gaoyuan | |
| Score: 4–3 (3–11, 7–11, 12–14, 11–6, 11–6, 13–11, 11–9) | |||
| Wang Manyu | Wang Yidi | ||
| Score: 4–2 (11–9, 11–4, 9–11, 11–7, 7–11, 11–7) | |||
| Date | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-6 August |
|  hugo Calderano | Alexis Lebrun |
| Score: 4–1 (11–7, 11–6, 11–7, 10–12, 11–3) | |||
| Zhang Rui | Miwa Harimoto | ||
| Score: 4–3 (12–14, 11–9, 11–8, 11–8, 9–11, 9–11, 13–11) | |||
| Yuto Kizukuri Tomokazu Harimoto | Zhao Zihao Xue Fei | ||
| Score: 3–2 (11–4, 8–11, 7–11, 11–9, 11–6) | |||
| Kuai Man Zhang Rui | He Zhuojia Shi Xunyao | ||
| Score: 3–1 (8–11, 11–2, 13–10, 11–6) | |||
| Miwa Harimoto Tomokazu Harimoto | Feng Yi-hsin Chen Szu-yu | ||
| Score: 3–2 (9–11, 11–8, 9–11, 12–10, 11–6) | |||
| Date | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5-10 September |
| Jang Woo-jin | Liang Yanning |
| Score: 4–3 (9–11, 11–6, 7–11, 11–8, 4–11, 11–9, 11–4) | |||
| Chen Xingtong | Choi Hyo-joo | ||
| Score: 4–0 (11–8, 11–2, 11–8, 11–9) | |||
| Sai Linwei Niu Guankai | Lee Sang-su An Jae-hyun | ||
| Score: 3–0 (11–3, 17–15, 13–11) | |||
| Qian Tianyi Chen Xingtong |  Lily Zhang  Barbora Balazova | ||
| Score: 3–0 (11–9, 11–9, 11–9) | |||
| Liu Yebo Chen Xingtong | Xu Haidong Wu Yangchen | ||
| Score: 3–1 (10–12, 11–5, 11–7, 12–10) | |||
| 13-18 September |
| Ruwen Filus | Lin Yun-ju |
| Score: 4–3 (7–11, 10–12, 7–11, 11–7, 11–9, 11–5, 11–7) | |||
| Hina Hayata |  Fu Yu | ||
| Score: 4–1 (11–8, 8–11, 11–5, 11–6, 11–7) | |||
| Lin Yun-ju Liao Cheng-ting | Anton Kallberg Mattias Falck | ||
| Score: 3–2 (7–11, 9–11, 11–7, 11–5, 11–1) | |||
| Miu Hirano Hina Hayata | Choi Hyo-joo Shin Yu-bin | ||
| Score: 3–0 (11–8, 11–5, 11–6) | |||
| Lin Yun-ju Chen Szu-yu | Xu Haidong Wu Yangchen | ||
| Score: 3–2 (11–7, 11–13, 17–15, 7–11, 11–6) | |||
| Date | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19-23 October |
| Wang Chuqin | Fan Zhendong |
| Score: 4–3 (11–5, 12–14, 12–10, 8–11, 11–1, 9–11, 11–8) | |||
| Sun Yingsha | Chen Xingtong | ||
| Score: 4–1 (12–10, 11–8, 5–11, 11–6, 12–10) | |||
| 27-30 October |
| Wang Chuqin | Tomokazu Harimoto |
| Score: 4–2 (8–11, 11–8, 11–9, 11–8, 8–11, 11–7) | |||
| Sun Yingsha | Chen Meng | ||
| Score: 4–3 (4–11, 11–4, 11–8, 12–10, 6–11, 10–12, 12–10) | |||
| 31 October - 6 November |
| Hiroto Shinozuka |  Darko Jorgic |
| Score: 4–3 (13–11, 11–7, 6–11, 5–11, 9–11, 12–10, 11–6) | |||
| Shin Yu-bin |  Xiaoxin Yang | ||
| Score: 4–3 (11–6, 12–10, 11–2, 10–12, 9–11, 6–11, 11–6) | |||
| Shunsuke Togami Hiroto Shinozuka | Darko Jorgic  Tomas Polansky | ||
| Score: 3–0 (12–10, 11–9, 11–7) | |||
| Zhu Chengzhu Doo Hoi Kem | Linda Bergstrom Christina Kallberg | ||
| Score: 3–0 (11–7, 11–8, 11–6) | |||
| Shin Yu-bin Lim Jong-hoon | Manika Batra Sathiyan Gnanasekaran | ||
| Score: 3–0 (11–7, 11–7, 11–5) | |||
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