ITTF World Tour

The ITTF World Tour, known as the ITTF Pro Tour until 2011, is 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]

ITTF World Tour
Current season, competition or edition:
2020 ITTF World Tour
SportTable tennis
Founded1996
Owner(s)International Table Tennis Federation
Sponsor(s)Seamaster
Related
competitions		ITTF World Tour Grand Finals
ITTF Challenge Series

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.

Overview
Tournaments −'15 2013−'16 2017−
Tiers I Super Series
II Major Series
III Challenge Series

ITTF Pro Tour (1996–2011)

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

Year1996199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011
Number of tournaments 1014111291213101614161714141316
Location of Grand Finals

ITTF World Tour (2012–present)

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

Year20122013201420152016201720182019
Number of tournaments 2119202220121212
Location of Grand Finals

Winners of the tournaments
Main article: List of ITTF World Tour winners

Grand Finals
Main article: ITTF World Tour 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]

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Argentina Open ••2
Australian Open ••••••••••10
Austrian Open ••••••••••••••14
Belarus Open •••••••Part of Challenge Series7
Belgium Open ••••Part of Challenge Series4
Brazil Open •••••••••••••••••17
Bulgarian Open •••••5
Chile Open ••••••••••10
China Open ••••••••••••••••••••••••33
•••••••••
Chinese Taipei Open •••3
Croatia Open ••••••••••••••Part of Challenge Series14
Czech Open •••••••••9
Danish Open ••••••6
DPR Korea Open ••Part of Challenge Series2
Dutch Open ••2
Egypt Open •••••5
English Open ••••••6
French Open •••••5
German Open ••••••••••••••••••••20
Greek Open •1
Hong Kong Open ••2
Hungarian Open ••••••••8
India Open ••••4
Italian Open •••3
Japan Open ••••••••••••••••••••••••24
Korea Open •••••••••••••••••••19
Kuwait Open ••••••••••10
Lebanon Open ••2
Malaysia Open •••3
Morocco Open •••••5
Nigeria Open •••Part of Challenge Series3
Philippines Open ••2
Polish Open •••••••••••••Part of Challenge Series13
Qatar Open •••••••••••••••••••••21
Russian Open •••••••7
Serbian Open •1
Singapore Open •••3
Slovenia Open •••••••••Part of Challenge Series9
Spanish Open •••••Part of Challenge Series5
Swedish Open ••••••••••••••••••18
UAE Open ••2
U.S. Open •••••••••9
Yugoslavia Open •••3
Tournament969798990001020304050607080910111213141516171819Total

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

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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