ITTF World Tour

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ITTF World Tour
Sport Table tennis
Founded1996
Ceased2020
Replaced by World Table Tennis
Owner(s) International Table Tennis Federation
Sponsor(s)Seamaster
Related
competitions		 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals
ITTF Challenge Series

The ITTF World Tour, known as the ITTF Pro Tour until 2011, was an annual series of table tennis tournaments introduced by International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) in 1996. The tour includes events in seven categories: Men's and Women's Singles, Men's, Women's, and Mixed Doubles, and Under-21 Men's and Women's Singles. The tour has its own points system, with players accumulating points based on their performances in the tournaments they enter. [1]

Contents

Since 2017, the ITTF also announced that the World Tour would be split into two tiers, with six World Tour Platinum, the new top tier of World Tour, and six regular World Tour events. The players who gain the most points in each of the seven different categories will be invited to participate in the ITTF World Tour Grand Finals at the end of the year.

Since 2021, the ITTF World Tour has been effectively replaced by the newly created World Table Tennis.

Overview

Tournaments−'152013−'162017−
TiersISuper Series
IIMajor Series
IIIChallenge Series

ITTF Pro Tour (1996–2011)

Number of tournaments in each year (Grand Finals not counted):

Year1996199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011
Number of tournaments1014111291213101614161714141316
Location of Grand Finals Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Flag of Hong Kong.svg Flag of France.svg Flag of Australia (converted).svg Flag of Japan.svg Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Flag of Sweden.svg Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Flag of Hong Kong.svg Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Flag of Macau.svg Flag of Macau.svg Flag of South Korea.svg Flag of England.svg

ITTF World Tour (2012–2019)

Number of tournaments in each year (Grand Finals not counted):

Year2012201320142015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Number of tournaments2119202220121212
Location of Grand Finals Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Flag of Thailand.svg Flag of Portugal.svg Flag of Qatar.svg Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Flag of South Korea.svg Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg

Winners of the tournaments

Grand Finals

Tournaments by year

This is a list of tournaments that have featured in the ITTF Pro Tour and ITTF World Tour since 1996, with "•" indicating the years in which each tournament featured. [2]

From 2004 to 2009, and again from 2011 to 2013, there were two China Open tournaments in each calendar year.

Since 2017, the ITTF Challenge Series has been run as a separate tour, reducing the number of tournaments on the main ITTF World Tour. [3]

Tournament9697989900010203040506070809101112131415 16 17 18 19 Total
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Open••2
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australian Open••••••••••10
Flag of Austria.svg Austrian Open••••••••••••••14
Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus Open•••••••Part of Challenge Series 7
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Open••••Part of Challenge Series 4
Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Open•••••••••••••••••17
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgarian Open•••••5
Flag of Chile.svg Chile Open••••••••••10
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China Open ••••••••••••••••••••••••33
•••••••••
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei Open•••3
Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia Open••••••••••••••Part of Challenge Series 14
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Open•••••••••9
Flag of Denmark.svg Danish Open••••••6
Flag of North Korea.svg DPR Korea Open••Part of Challenge Series 2
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dutch Open••2
Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt Open•••••5
Flag of England.svg English Open ••••••6
Flag of France.svg French Open•••••5
Flag of Germany.svg German Open ••••••••••••••••••••20
Flag of Greece.svg Greek Open•1
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong Open ••2
Flag of Hungary.svg Hungarian Open ••••••••8
Flag of India.svg India Open ••••4
Flag of Italy.svg Italian Open•••3
Flag of Japan.svg Japan Open ••••••••••••••••••••••••24
Flag of South Korea.svg Korea Open •••••••••••••••••••19
Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait Open ••••••••••10
Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon Open••2
Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia Open•••3
Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco Open•••••5
Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria Open•••Part of Challenge Series 3
Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines Open••2
Flag of Poland.svg Polish Open•••••••••••••Part of Challenge Series 13
Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar Open •••••••••••••••••••••21
Flag of Russia.svg Russian Open•••••••7
Flag of Serbia.svg Serbian Open•1
Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore Open•••3
Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia Open•••••••••Part of Challenge Series 9
Flag of Spain.svg Spanish Open•••••Part of Challenge Series 5
Flag of Sweden.svg Swedish Open ••••••••••••••••••18
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg UAE Open••2
Flag of the United States.svg U.S. Open •••••••••9
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg Yugoslavia Open•••3
Tournament9697989900010203040506070809101112131415 16 17 18 19 Total

Business

On 12 January 2017, it was announced that Chinese shipping company Seamaster had agreed a four-year sponsorship and strategic partnership deal with the ITTF World Tour. [4]

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Points allocation for ITTF World Tour standings". ITTF. Archived from the original on 22 October 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "ITTF Statistics". ITTF. Archived from the original on 14 August 2010. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
  3. ↑ "A motivating force, the Challenge tournaments". ITTF. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  4. ↑ "ITTF Secures World Tour Title Sponsorship & Strategic Partnership with Seamaster". ITTF. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
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