2016 ITTF World Tour

The 2016 ITTF World Tour was the 21st season of the International Table Tennis Federation's professional table tennis world tour. 2016 also marked the tour's 20th anniversary.[1]

2016 ITTF World Tour
Details
Duration20 January 2016 – 11 December 2016
Edition21st
Tournaments20 + Grand Finals
CategoriesSuper Series (6)
Major Series (6)
Challenge Series (8)
Grand Finals (1)
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titlesMen:
Ma Long (3, inc. Grand Finals)
Jun Mizutani (3)
Women:
Ding Ning (2)
Liu Shiwen (2)
Points leaderMen: Ma Long (2,100)
Women: Ding Ning (1,900)
Awards
Player of the yearMen: Ma Long
Women: Ding Ning
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The events of the 2016 tour were split into three tiers: Super Series, Major Series and Challenge Series. The Super Series events offered the highest prize money and the most points towards the ITTF World Tour standings, which determined the qualifiers for the 2016 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals in December. The Major Series was the middle tier, with the Challenge Series being the lowest tier.[2][3]

Schedule

Below is the schedule released by the ITTF:[4]

  Super Series
  Major Series
  Challenge Series
  Grand Finals
Tour Event Location Venue Date Prize money
USD		 Ref.
Start Finish
1 Hungarian Open Budapest Tüskecsarnok January 20 January 24 70,000 [5]
2 German Open Berlin Max-Schmeling-Halle January 27 January 31 120,000 [6]
3 Kuwait Open Kuwait City Salwa Sports Club March 16 March 20 300,000 [7]
4 Qatar Open Doha Ali Bin Hamad al-Attiyah Arena March 23 March 27 220,000 [8]
5 Chile Open Santiago Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico April 5 April 9 35,000 [9]
6 Polish Open Warsaw Torwar Hall April 20 April 24 70,000 [10]
7 Nigeria Open Lagos Sir Molade Okoya-Thomas Sports Hall May 18 May 22 46,000 [11]
8 Croatia Open Zagreb Dom Sportova May 24 May 28 35,000 [12]
9 Slovenia Open Otočec Športni Center Otočec June 1 June 5 35,000 [13]
10 Australian Open Melbourne Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre June 8 June 12 35,000 [14]
11 Japan Open Tokyo Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium June 15 June 19 120,000 [15]
12 Korea Open Incheon Namdong Gymnasium June 22 June 26 120,000 [16]
13 DPR Korea Open Pyongyang Chongchun Street Sports Village June 29 July 3 35,000 [17]
14 Bulgaria Open Panagyurishte Arena Asarel August 24 August 28 80,000 [18]
15 Czech Open Olomouc Sportovní hala University Palackého August 31 September 4 70,000 [19]
16 Belarus Open Minsk Palace of Tennis September 7 September 11 35,000 [20]
17 China Open Chengdu Sichuan Provincial Gymnasium September 14 September 18 220,000 [21]
18 Belgium Open De Haan Sport- en recreatiecentrum Haneveld September 20 September 24 35,000 [22]
19 Austrian Open Linz TipsArena Linz November 9 November 13 70,000 [23]
20 Swedish Open Stockholm Eriksdalshallen November 15 November 20 70,000 [24]
21 Grand Finals Doha Ali Bin Hamad al-Attiyah Arena December 8 December 11 500,000 [25]

Events

Winners
Event Men's singles Women's singles Men's doubles Women's doubles U21 Men's singles U21 Women's singles
German Open Ma Long Wu Yang Masataka Morizono
Yuya Oshima		 Jeon Ji-hee
Yang Ha-eun		 Yuto Muramatsu Yui Hamamoto
Kuwait Open Zhang Jike Li Xiaoxia Xu Xin
Zhang Jike		 Ding Ning
Liu Shiwen		 Hugo Calderano Hina Hayata
Qatar Open Ma Long Liu Shiwen Fan Zhendong
Zhang Jike		 Ding Ning
Liu Shiwen		 Ho Kwan Kit Zeng Jian
Japan Open Fan Zhendong Liu Shiwen Ma Long
Xu Xin		 Ding Ning
Li Xiaoxia		 Tomokazu Harimoto Zeng Jian
Korea Open Xu Xin Ding Ning Xu Xin
Zhang Jike		 Ding Ning
Liu Shiwen		 Lim Jong-hoon Yui Hamamoto
China Open Fan Zhendong Ding Ning Ma Long
Zhang Jike		 Chen Meng
Zhu Yuling		 Ho Kwan Kit Zeng Jian

Finals

German Open

Category Winners Runners-up Score
Men's singles Ma Long Vladimir Samsonov 4–1 (11–7, 11–6, 11–4, 10–12, 11–5)
Women's singles Wu Yang Kasumi Ishikawa 4–1 (11–5, 11–7, 9–11, 11–8, 11–7)
Men's doubles Masataka Morizono / Yuya Oshima Ho Kwan Kit / Tang Peng 3–1 (11–8, 8–11, 11–6, 11–2)
Women's doubles Jeon Ji-hee / Yang Ha-eun Han Ying / Irene Ivancan 3–1 (11–3, 8–11, 11–7, 11–7)

Kuwait Open

Category Winners Runners-up Score
Men's singles Zhang Jike Ma Long 4–1 (11–9, 11–9, 5–11, 12–10, 11–9)
Women's singles Li Xiaoxia Ding Ning 4–1 (11–6, 2–11, 11–9, 11–9, 11–8)
Men's doubles Xu Xin / Zhang Jike Ho Kwan Kit / Tang Peng 3–1 (6–11, 11–9, 11–8, 11–5)
Women's doubles Ding Ning / Liu Shiwen Li Xiaoxia / Zhu Yuling 3–0 (11–4, 11–6, 11–5)

Qatar Open

Category Winners Runners-up Score
Men's singles Ma Long Fan Zhendong 4–1 (11–9, 11–9, 5–11, 13–11, 11–5)
Women's singles Liu Shiwen Ding Ning 4–1 (11–8, 9–11, 11–8, 11–9, 11–9)
Men's doubles Fan Zhendong / Zhang Jike Koki Niwa / Maharu Yoshimura 3–0 (11–8, 11–9, 11–7)
Women's doubles Ding Ning / Liu Shiwen Ai Fukuhara / Mima Ito 3–2 (6–11, 11–9, 11–6, 4–11, 11–7)

Japan Open

Category Winners Runners-up Score
Men's singles Fan Zhendong Xu Xin 4–1 (11–9, 11–5, 9–11, 11–7, 11–8)
Women's singles Liu Shiwen Ding Ning 4–2 (17–19, 11–7, 11–6, 8–11, 12–10, 11–7)
Men's doubles Ma Long / Xu Xin Chuang Chih-yuan / Huang Sheng-sheng 3–0 (11–4, 11–7, 11–4)
Women's doubles Ding Ning / Li Xiaoxia Liu Shiwen / Zhu Yuling 3–0 (11–7, 11–7, 11–9)

Korea Open

Category Winners Runners-up Score
Men's singles Xu Xin Ma Long 4–3 (11–7, 12–10, 4–11, 12–10, 7–11, 6–11, 11–9)
Women's singles Ding Ning Liu Shiwen 4–1 (11–9, 11–13, 11–8, 11–6, 11–6)
Men's doubles Xu Xin / Zhang Jike Jung Young-sik / Lee Sang-su 3–0 (12–10, 12–10, 11–8)
Women's doubles Ding Ning / Liu Shiwen Jeon Ji-hee / Yang Ha-eun 3–0 (11–9, 11–7, 11–4)

China Open

Category Winners Runners-up Score
Men's singles Fan Zhendong Ma Long 4–0 (11–9, 13–11, 11–8, 11–5)
Women's singles Ding Ning Liu Shiwen 4–2 (11–6, 8–11, 11–4, 10–12, 12–10, 11–8)
Men's doubles Ma Long / Zhang Jike Fan Zhendong / Xu Xin 3–2 (11–8, 5–11, 4–11, 11–9, 11–5)
Women's doubles Chen Meng / Zhu Yuling Ding Ning / Liu Shiwen 3–1 (4–11, 11–3, 11–9, 11–5)

Winners
Event Men's singles Women's singles Men's doubles Women's doubles U21 Men's singles U21 Women's singles
Hungarian Open Chuang Chih-yuan Tie Ya Na Chuang Chih-yuan
Huang Sheng-sheng		 Jeon Ji-hee
Yang Ha-eun		 Lim Jong-hoon Miyu Kato
Polish Open Jun Mizutani Miu Hirano Masataka Morizono
Yuya Oshima		 Jeon Ji-hee
Yang Ha-eun		 Wang Zhixu Miyu Kato
Bulgaria Open Tomáš Konečný Yuka Ishigaki Alexey Liventsov
Mikhail Paikov		 Miyu Kato
Misaki Morizono		 Liao Cheng-ting Saki Shibata
Czech Open Yuto Muramatsu Yang Xiaoxin Cho Eon-rae
Park Jeong-woo		 Matilda Ekholm
Georgina Póta		 Yuto Muramatsu Yoon Hyo-bin
Austrian Open Kenta Matsudaira Mima Ito Patrick Franziska
Jonathan Groth		 Honoka Hashimoto
Hitomi Sato		 Park Gang-hyeon Sakura Mori
Swedish Open Yuya Oshima Kasumi Ishikawa Hugo Calderano
Gustavo Tsuboi		 Cheng I-ching
Lee I-chen		 Kenta Tazoe Choi Hyo-joo

Winners
Event Men's singles Women's singles Men's doubles Women's doubles U21 Men's singles U21 Women's singles
Chile Open Antoine Hachard Rachel Moret Antoine Hachard
Romain Ruiz		 Maria Lorenzotti
Candela Molero		 Florian Schreiner Idalys Lovet
Nigeria Open Benedek Oláh Shao Jieni Andrey Bukin
Vasilij Filatov		 Irina Ermakova
Olga Kulikova		 Shady Magdy Irina Ciobanu
Croatia Open Joo Sae-hyuk Hitomi Sato Patrick Franziska
Jonathan Groth		 Doo Hoi Kem
Lee Ho Ching		 Tomislav Pucar Mima Ito
Slovenia Open Jun Mizutani Feng Tianwei Ho Kwan Kit
Wong Chun Ting		 Maria Dolgikh
Polina Mikhailova		 João Geraldo Hitomi Sato
Australian Open Jun Mizutani Hina Hayata Takuya Jin
Yuki Morita		 Honoka Hashimoto
Hitomi Sato		 Mizuki Oikawa Miyu Kato
DPR Korea Open Kang Wi-hun Kim Song-i Cao Wei
Xu Yingbin		 Kim Song-i
Ri Myong-sun		 Ro Hyon-song Kim Nam-hae
Belarus Open Jang Woo-jin Saki Shibata Jang Woo-jin
Lim Jong-hoon		 Honoka Hashimoto
Hitomi Sato		 Cho Seung-min Jung Yu-mi
Belgium Open Sathiyan Gnanasekaran Georgina Póta Alexey Liventsov
Mikhail Paikov		 Georgina Póta
Yulia Prokhorova		 Liao Cheng-ting Kyoka Kato

Standings

Singles

The 15 men and 16 women who played in at least five events and accumulated the largest number of points during the 2016 ITTF World Tour were invited to play in the Grand Finals in December. Qatar's Li Ping was also invited to take part in the men's singles event, to ensure that the host nation was represented.[2][26][27]

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