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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:
China Ma Long (3, inc. Grand Finals)
Japan Jun Mizutani (3)
Women:
China Ding Ning (2)
China Liu Shiwen (2)
Points leaderMen: China Ma Long (2,100)
Women: China Ding Ning (1,900)
Awards
Player of the yearMen: China Ma Long
Women: China Ding Ning
← 2015
2017 →

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

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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

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Super Series

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Winners

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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

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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)

Major Series

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Winners

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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

Challenge Series

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Winners

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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

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Singles

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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]

  Player met the qualification criteria and competed in the Grand Finals
  Player met the qualification criteria and was invited to compete in the Grand Finals, but withdrew
  Player did not qualify for the Grand Finals, either due to not meeting the qualification criteria or not finishing in a high enough position

Doubles

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The eight men's pairs and eight women's pairs who played in at least four events and accumulated the largest number of points, as a pair, during the 2016 ITTF World Tour were invited to play in the Grand Finals in December.[2][26][27]

  Pair met the qualification criteria and competed in the Grand Finals
  Pair met the qualification criteria and was invited to compete in the Grand Finals, but withdrew
  Pair did not qualify for the Grand Finals, either due to not meeting the qualification criteria, not finishing in a high enough position, or due to the fact that one player in the pair had already qualified in a higher position with another partner

Grand Finals

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Main article: 2016 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals

The 2016 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals took place from 8–11 December at the Ali Bin Hamad al-Attiyah Arena in Doha, Qatar.[25]

ITTF Star Awards

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The 2016 ITTF Star Awards ceremony was held on the first evening of the Grand Finals at the Sheraton Grand Doha on 8 December.[29]

Awards were handed out in eight categories:

See also

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References

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  2. ^ a b c "Points allocation for ITTF World Tour standings 2016". ITTF. Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
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  22. ^ "2016 ITTF World Tour Belgium Open (Challenge)". ITTF. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  23. ^ "ITTF World Tour Major Series 2016 Hybiome Austrian Open". ITTF. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  24. ^ "ITTF World Tour Major Series 2016 ITTF Swedish Open". ITTF. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  25. ^ a b "Seamaster Qatar 2016 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals". ITTF. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  26. ^ a b "ITTF World Tour Grand Finals qualification criteria" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  27. ^ a b "Invitations confirmed, Olympic and World champions head Doha list". ITTF. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  28. ^ a b c d "2016 World (Pro) Tour Standings >> points updated after ITTF World Tour Swedish Open". ITTF. Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  29. ^ "Olympic Champions Ding Ning and Ma Long named 2016 ITTF Table Tennis Stars". ITTF. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
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