2020 ITTF World Tour

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2020 ITTF World Tour
Details
Duration28 January – 8 March 2020
Edition25th
Tournaments3
CategoriesWorld Tour Platinum (2)
World Tour (1)
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titlesMen:
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Fan Zhendong (1)
Flag of Japan.svg Tomokazu Harimoto (1)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xu Xin (1)
Women:
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 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]

Contents

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]

Points allocation

World Tour PlatinumWorld Tour
xMS/WSMD/WD/XDMS/WSMD/WD/XD
Winner500300250200
Finalist300150125100
Semifinalists200756350
Quarterfinalists100383125
Round of 1650191613
Round of 32258

Schedule

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]

Key
Grand Finals
World Tour Platinum
World Tour
No.DateTournamentLocationVenuePrize (USD)ReportRef.
128 January – 2 February Flag of Germany.svg German Open Magdeburg GETEC Arena 270,000 Report [5]
218–23 February Flag of Hungary.svg Hungarian Open Budapest Budapest Olympic Hall125,000 Report [6]
33–8 March Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar Open Doha Aspire Dome 400,000 Report [7]
421–26 April(cancelled) Flag of Japan.svg Japan Open Kitakyushu
55–10 May(cancelled) Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong Open Hong Kong
612–17 May (postponed) Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China Open Shenzhen
716–21 June(cancelled) Flag of South Korea.svg Korea Open Busan
823–28 June(cancelled) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australian Open Geelong
925–30 August(cancelled) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Open Olomouc
101–6 September(cancelled) Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria Open Panagyurishte
113–8 November(cancelled) Flag of Sweden.svg Swedish Open Stockholm
1210–15 November(cancelled) Flag of Austria.svg Austrian Open Linz
1310–13 December(cancelled) Grand Finals Replaced by the 2020 ITTF Finals. [3]

Results

DateTournamentChampionsRunners-up
28 January
– 2 February

German Open

Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xu Xin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Long
Score: 4–0 (15–13, 11–8, 11–7, 11–5)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Meng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Ning
Score: 4–1 (3–11, 11–1, 11–7, 11–3, 11–1)
Flag of South Korea.svg Cho Dae-seong
Flag of South Korea.svg Jang Woo-jin 		Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lin Gaoyuan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Long
Score: 3–2 (10–12, 15–13, 12–14, 14–12, 11–6)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Meng
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Manyu 		Flag of Japan.svg Miu Hirano
Flag of Japan.svg Kasumi Ishikawa
Score: 3–1 (11–7, 8–11, 11–7, 11–8)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xu Xin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Shiwen 		Flag of Japan.svg Jun Mizutani
Flag of Japan.svg Mima Ito
Score: 3–1 (12–10, 13–11, 7–11, 11–7)
18–23 February

Hungarian Open

  • Location: Budapest, Hungary
  • Venue: Budapest Olympic Hall
  • Category: World Tour
  • Prize: $170,000
  • Draws: 32MS/32WS/16MD/16WD/16XD
 Flag of Japan.svg Tomokazu Harimoto Flag of Japan.svg Yukiya Uda
Score: 4–1 (7–11, 11–8, 11–2, 11–6, 11–9)
Flag of Japan.svg Mima Ito Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Cheng I-ching
Score: 4–3 (11–7, 1–11, 11–6, 7–11, 2–11, 11–9, 11–7)
Flag of Germany.svg Benedikt Duda
Flag of Germany.svg Patrick Franziska 		Flag of India.svg Sharath Kamal
Flag of India.svg Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
Score: 3–1 (11–5, 11–9, 8–11, 11–9)
Flag of Japan.svg Miu Hirano
Flag of Japan.svg Kasumi Ishikawa 		Flag of Hong Kong.svg Doo Hoi Kem
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Lee Ho Ching
Score: 3–0 (11–6, 11–9, 12–10)
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Wong Chun Ting
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Doo Hoi Kem 		Flag of Germany.svg Patrick Franziska
Flag of Germany.svg Petrissa Solja
Score: 3–2 (11–6, 6–11, 12–9, 7–11, 11–9)
3–8 March

Qatar Open

  • Location: Doha, Qatar
  • Venue: Aspire Dome
  • Category: World Tour Platinum
  • Prize: $400,000
  • Draws: 32MS/32WS/16MD/16WD/16XD
 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Fan Zhendong Flag of England.svg Liam Pitchford
Score: 4–2 (11–9, 11–7, 8–11, 11–4, 6–11, 11–7)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Meng Flag of Japan.svg Mima Ito
Score: 4–1 (3–11, 11–7, 11–9, 11–7, 11–7)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Long
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xu Xin 		Flag of England.svg Paul Drinkhall
Flag of England.svg Liam Pitchford
Score: 3–1 (11–8, 8–11, 11–1, 11–6)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Manyu
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhu Yuling 		Flag of Japan.svg Miyuu Kihara
Flag of Japan.svg Miyu Nagasaki
Score: 3–1 (11–4, 7–11, 11–8, 11–9)
Flag of Japan.svg Jun Mizutani
Flag of Japan.svg Mima Ito 		Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Chuqin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Sun Yingsha
Score: 3–1 (11–8, 7–11, 11–4, 15–13)

Grand Finals

The 2020 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They were replaced by the 2020 ITTF Finals, an event featuring the highest-ranked male and female players, which took place in Zhengzhou, China, from 19 to 22 November 2020.

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  2. ↑ "2020 ITTF World Tour – Event Information Map" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  3. 1 2 "#RESTART – International Table Tennis Returns!". ITTF. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
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