Wikipedia

2020 ITTF World Tour

The 2020 ITTF World Tour was the 25th season of the International Table Tennis Federation's professional table tennis world tour.[1][2]

2020 ITTF World Tour
Details
Duration28 January – 8 March 2020
Edition25th
Tournaments3
CategoriesWorld Tour Platinum (2)
World Tour (1)
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titlesMen:
China Fan Zhendong (1)
Japan Tomokazu Harimoto (1)
China Xu Xin (1)
Women:
China Chen Meng (2)
← 2019

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 edit

World Tour Platinum World Tour
x MS/WS MD/WD/XD MS/WS MD/WD/XD
Winner 500 300 250 200
Finalist 300 150 125 100
Semifinalists 200 75 63 50
Quarterfinalists 100 38 31 25
Round of 16 50 19 16 13
Round of 32 25 8

Schedule edit

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. Date Tournament Location Venue Prize (USD) Report Ref.
1 28 January – 2 February   German Open Magdeburg GETEC Arena 270,000 Report [5]
2 18–23 February   Hungarian Open Budapest Budapest Olympic Hall 125,000 Report [6]
3 3–8 March   Qatar Open Doha Aspire Dome 400,000 Report [7]
4 21–26 April (cancelled)   Japan Open Kitakyushu
5 5–10 May (cancelled)   Hong Kong Open Hong Kong
6 12–17 May (postponed)   China Open Shenzhen
7 16–21 June (cancelled)   Korea Open Busan
8 23–28 June (cancelled)   Australian Open Geelong
9 25–30 August (cancelled)   Czech Open Olomouc
10 1–6 September (cancelled)   Bulgaria Open Panagyurishte
11 3–8 November (cancelled)   Swedish Open Stockholm
12 10–15 November (cancelled)   Austrian Open Linz
13 10–13 December (cancelled) Grand Finals Replaced by the 2020 ITTF Finals.[3]

Results edit

Date Tournament Champions Runners-up
28 January
– 2 February

German Open

  Xu Xin   Ma Long
Score: 4–0 (15–13, 11–8, 11–7, 11–5)
  Chen Meng   Ding Ning
Score: 4–1 (3–11, 11–1, 11–7, 11–3, 11–1)
  Cho Dae-seong
  Jang Woo-jin 		  Lin Gaoyuan
  Ma Long
Score: 3–2 (10–12, 15–13, 12–14, 14–12, 11–6)
  Chen Meng
  Wang Manyu 		  Miu Hirano
  Kasumi Ishikawa
Score: 3–1 (11–7, 8–11, 11–7, 11–8)
  Xu Xin
  Liu Shiwen 		  Jun Mizutani
  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
   Tomokazu Harimoto   Yukiya Uda
Score: 4–1 (7–11, 11–8, 11–2, 11–6, 11–9)
  Mima Ito   Cheng I-ching
Score: 4–3 (11–7, 1–11, 11–6, 7–11, 2–11, 11–9, 11–7)
  Benedikt Duda
  Patrick Franziska 		  Sharath Kamal
  Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
Score: 3–1 (11–5, 11–9, 8–11, 11–9)
  Miu Hirano
  Kasumi Ishikawa 		  Doo Hoi Kem
  Lee Ho Ching
Score: 3–0 (11–6, 11–9, 12–10)
  Wong Chun Ting
  Doo Hoi Kem 		  Patrick Franziska
  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
   Fan Zhendong   Liam Pitchford
Score: 4–2 (11–9, 11–7, 8–11, 11–4, 6–11, 11–7)
  Chen Meng   Mima Ito
Score: 4–1 (3–11, 11–7, 11–9, 11–7, 11–7)
  Ma Long
  Xu Xin 		  Paul Drinkhall
  Liam Pitchford
Score: 3–1 (11–8, 8–11, 11–1, 11–6)
  Wang Manyu
  Zhu Yuling 		  Miyuu Kihara
  Miyu Nagasaki
Score: 3–1 (11–4, 7–11, 11–8, 11–9)
  Jun Mizutani
  Mima Ito 		  Wang Chuqin
  Sun Yingsha
Score: 3–1 (11–8, 7–11, 11–4, 15–13)

Grand Finals edit

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.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "2020 ITTF World Tour / Directives" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  2. ^ "2020 ITTF World Tour – Event Information Map" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  3. ^ a b "#RESTART – International Table Tennis Returns!". ITTF. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  4. ^ "2020 ITTF World Tour / Events". ITTF. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  5. ^ "2020 ITTF World Tour Platinum, German Open". ITTF. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  6. ^ "2020 ITTF World Tour, Hungarian Open". ITTF. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  7. ^ "2020 ITTF World Tour Platinum, Qatar Open". ITTF. Retrieved 3 February 2020.

External links edit

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2020_ITTF_World_Tour&oldid=1181439724"