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ITTF World Tour
Annual series of table tennis tournaments
Annual series of table tennis tournaments
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| current_season2 | |
| pixels | |
| sport | Table tennis |
| founded | 1996 |
| folded | 2020 |
| replaced | World Table Tennis |
| owner | International Table Tennis Federation |
| ceo | |
| coo | |
| fame | |
| confed | |
| sponsor | Seamaster |
| related_comps | ITTF World Tour Grand Finals |
| ITTF Challenge Series |
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.
History
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 | −'15 | 2013−'16 | 2017− | Tiers | 0 | I | II | III |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals/ITTF World Tour Grand Finals | ||||||||
| Super Series | World Tour Platinum | |||||||
| Major Series | World Tour | |||||||
| Challenge Series |
ITTF Pro Tour (1996–2011)
Number of tournaments in each year (Grand Finals not counted):
| Year | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of tournaments | 10 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 16 | |
| Location of Grand Finals | CHN | HKG | FRA | AUS | JPN | CHN | SWE | CHN | CHN | CHN | HKG | CHN | MAC | MAC | KOR | ENG |
ITTF World Tour (2012–2019)
Number of tournaments in each year (Grand Finals not counted):
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.
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.
| Tournament | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Total | Tournament | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Total |
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| ARG Argentina Open | • | • | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia Australian Open | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Austria Austrian Open | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BLR Belarus Open | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | Part of Challenge Series | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BEL Belgium Open | • | • | • | • | Part of Challenge Series | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brazil Brazil Open | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BUL Bulgarian Open | • | • | • | • | • | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chile Chile Open | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| China China Open | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 33 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei Open | • | • | • | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Croatia Croatia Open | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | Part of Challenge Series | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Czech Czech Open | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Denmark Danish Open | • | • | • | • | • | • | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PRK DPR Korea Open | • | • | Part of Challenge Series | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands Dutch Open | • | • | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Egypt Egypt Open | • | • | • | • | • | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| England English Open | • | • | • | • | • | • | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| France French Open | • | • | • | • | • | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Germany German Open | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Greece Greek Open | • | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hong Kong Hong Kong Open | • | • | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hungary Hungarian Open | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| India India Open | • | • | • | • | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Italy Italian Open | • | • | • | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Japan Japan Open | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Korea Korea Open | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kuwait Kuwait Open | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lebanon Lebanon Open | • | • | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Malaysia Malaysia Open | • | • | • | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Morocco Morocco Open | • | • | • | • | • | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NGR Nigeria Open | • | • | • | Part of Challenge Series | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PHI Philippines Open | • | • | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Poland Polish Open | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | Part of Challenge Series | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Qatar Qatar Open | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Russia Russian Open | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Serbia Serbian Open | • | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Singapore Singapore Open | • | • | • | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Slovenia Slovenia Open | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | Part of Challenge Series | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spain Spanish Open | • | • | • | • | • | Part of Challenge Series | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sweden Swedish Open | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UAE UAE Open | • | • | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United States U.S. Open | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FRY Yugoslavia Open | • | • | • | 3 |
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.
References
References
- "Points allocation for ITTF World Tour standings".
- "ITTF Statistics". ITTF.
- (15 December 2016). "A motivating force, the Challenge tournaments".
- (12 January 2017). "ITTF Secures World Tour Title Sponsorship & Strategic Partnership with Seamaster".
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