ITTF World Tour Grand Finals

The ITTF World Tour Grand Finals, formerly named ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals, was an annual table tennis tournament sanctioned by International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) at the end of the year. The tournament included seven events: men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles, mixed doubles (new in 2018), U21 men's and women's singles. Players who accumulated the largest number of points on the ITTF World Tour were qualified for the event, and competing for total prize money of US$1,000,000, the biggest total prize money event in the ITTF calendar. ^[1]

Since 2021, the ITTF World Tour Grand Finals has been effectively replaced by the newly created WTT Cup Finals, which was renamed to WTT Finals in 2023.

Qualification сriteria

Men's and women's singles

• Attend at least 5 events at ITTF World Tour. ^[2]
• The top 15 men and 15 women who have accumulated the largest number of points on World Tour standing are invited.
• The ITTF will invite one player from to the host association provided that they played at least 5 events at ITTF World Tour.
• If a player from the host association is already among the 15 invited players or no player from the host association had attended at least 5 events at ITTF World Tour, then the 16th player in order will be invited.

Men's and women's doubles

• The same pair has to play at least 4 events at ITTF World Tour. ^[2]
• The top 7 men's and 7 women's doubles pairs who have accumulated the largest number of points, as a pair, on World Tour standing are invited.
• The ITTF will invite one pair from the host association given that the pair played at least 4 events at ITTF World Tour.
• If a pair from the host association is already among the 7 invited pairs or no pair from the host association had attended at least 4 events at ITTF World Tour, then the 8th pair in order will be invited.
• If a player appears in two or more double pairs, only the highest double will be qualified.

Mixed doubles

• The same pair has to play at least 2 events at ITTF World Tour. ^[2]
• The top 7 doubles who have accumulated the largest number of points, as a pair, on World Tour standing are invited.
• The ITTF will invite one pair from the host association given that the pair played at least 2 events at ITTF World Tour.
• If a pair from the host association is already among the 7 invited pairs or no pair from the host association had attended at least 2 events at ITTF World Tour, then the 8th pair in order will be invited.
• If a player appears in two or more double pairs, only the highest double will be qualified.

U21 men's and women's singles

• Attend 4 events in at least 2 continents at ITTF World Tour.
• The top 8 on the World Tour standing are qualified.

If more than 1 player or pair have the same ranking on the World Tour standing when they compete for the last spot, the spot belongs to the player or the pair with higher ITTF world ranking.

Playing systems

All the matches in World Tour Grand Finals are played best of 7 games with the exception of the first round of men's doubles and women's doubles, which are played as a best of 5 games. ^[3]

Seeding of the players and pairs are determined by the final order of the World Tour standings. ^[4]

Men's and women's singles, doubles

16 players (or 8 pairs in doubles) advance towards next round under a knockout system. The top 8 players (or the top 4 pairs in doubles) on the World Tour standing will avoid playing each other in the first round.

U21 men's and women's singles

8 players are at first separated into two groups. After playing a round-robin, the top 2 players in each group advance towards a knockout.

Winners

Further informationon medalists: List of ITTF World Tour Grand Finals medalists

• List of winners at ITTF World Tour Grand Finals: ^[5]

Location	Year	Men's Singles	Women's Singles	Men's Doubles	Women's Doubles	Mixed Doubles
Tianjin	1996	Kong Linghui	Deng Yaping	Wang Liqin Yan Sen	Deng Yaping Yang Ying
Hong Kong	1997	Vladimir Samsonov	Li Ju	Kong Linghui Liu Guoliang	Li Ju Wang Nan
Paris	1998	Wang Liqin	Wang Nan	Wang Liqin Yan Sen
Sydney	1999	Liu Guozheng	Chen Jing	Kong Linghui Ma Lin
Kobe	2000	Wang Liqin	Zhang Yining	Wang Liqin Yan Sen	Sun Jin Yang Ying
Hainan	2001	Ma Lin	Wang Nan	Kim Taek-Soo Oh Sang-Eun	Lee Eun-Sil Ryu Ji-Hae
Stockholm	2002	Chuang Chih-yuan	Zhang Yining	Kong Linghui Ma Lin	Li Jia Niu Jianfeng
Guangzhou	2003	Wang Hao	Niu Jianfeng	Ma Lin Chen Qi	Guo Yue Niu Jianfeng
Beijing	2004	Wang Liqin	Guo Yue		Wang Nan Zhang Yining
Fuzhou	2005	Timo Boll	Zhang Yining	Timo Boll Christian Süß	Gao Jun Shen Yanfei
Hong Kong	2006	Wang Hao		Hao Shuai Ma Long	Wang Nan Zhang Yining
Beijing	2007	Ma Lin	Li Xiaoxia	Wang Liqin Chen Qi	Guo Yue Li Xiaoxia
Macau	2008	Ma Long	Guo Yan	Gao Ning Yang Zi	Li Jiawei Sun Beibei
Macau	2009			Timo Boll Christian Süß	Ding Ning Liu Shiwen
Seoul	2010	Jun Mizutani	Feng Tianwei	Jiang Tianyi Tang Peng	Kim Kyung-Ah Park Mi-Young
London	2011	Ma Long	Liu Shiwen	Ma Lin Zhang Jike	Guo Yue Li Xiaoxia
Hangzhou	2012	Xu Xin		Gao Ning Li Hu	Feng Tianwei Yu Mengyu
Dubai	2013				Ding Ning Li Xiaoxia
Bangkok	2014	Jun Mizutani	Kasumi Ishikawa	Cho Eon-Rae Seo Hyun-Deok	Miu Hirano Mima Ito
Lisbon	2015	Ma Long	Ding Ning	Masataka Morizono Yuya Oshima	Ding Ning Zhu Yuling
Doha	2016		Zhu Yuling	Jung Young-sik Lee Sang-su	Yui Hamamoto Hina Hayata
Astana	2017	Fan Zhendong	Chen Meng	Masataka Morizono Yuya Oshima	Chen Meng Zhu Yuling
Incheon	2018	Tomokazu Harimoto		Jang Woo-jin Lim Jonghoon	Mima Ito Hina Hayata	Wong Chun Ting Doo Hoi Kem
Zhengzhou	2019	Fan Zhendong		Fan Zhendong Xu Xin	Miyuu Kihara Miyu Nagasaki	Xu Xin Liu Shiwen
Zhengzhou	2020 [6]	Ma Long

See also

• ITTF World Tour

References

1. "I T T F prize_money". www.ittf.com.
2. "Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals Qualification Criteria" (PDF) (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-07-31.
3. "Playing System for the Seamaster 2017 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals" (PDF). ittf.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-12-04.
4. "Seamaster 2017 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals Qualification Criteria" (PDF). ittf.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-12-01.
5. "ITTF Statistics". ittf.com. Archived from the original on 2010-08-14. Retrieved 2010-06-24.
6. "Bank of Communications 2020 ITTF Finals: Ma Long and Chen Meng make history". 22 November 2020. Archived from the original on 22 November 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.

External links

• ITTF World Tour
• ITTF Statistics