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.
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.
Schedule
Below is the schedule released by the ITTF:
TourEventLocationVenueDatePrize money USDRef.StartFinish1 Hungarian OpenBudapestTüskecsarnokJanuary 20January 2470,0002 German OpenBerlinMax-Schmeling-HalleJanuary 27January 31120,0003 Kuwait OpenKuwait CitySalwa Sports ClubMarch 16March 20300,0004 Qatar OpenDohaAli Bin Hamad al-Attiyah ArenaMarch 23March 27220,0005 Chile OpenSantiagoCentro de Entrenamiento OlímpicoApril 5April 935,0006 Polish OpenWarsawTorwar HallApril 20April 2470,0007 Nigeria OpenLagosSir Molade Okoya-Thomas Sports HallMay 18May 2246,0008 Croatia OpenZagrebDom SportovaMay 24May 2835,0009 Slovenia OpenOtočecŠportni Center OtočecJune 1June 535,00010 Australian OpenMelbourneMelbourne Sports and Aquatic CentreJune 8June 1235,00011 Japan OpenTokyoTokyo Metropolitan GymnasiumJune 15June 19120,00012 Korea OpenIncheonNamdong GymnasiumJune 22June 26120,00013 DPR Korea OpenPyongyangChongchun Street Sports VillageJune 29July 335,00014 Bulgaria OpenPanagyurishteArena AsarelAugust 24August 2880,00015 Czech OpenOlomoucSportovní hala University PalackéhoAugust 31September 470,00016 Belarus OpenMinskPalace of TennisSeptember 7September 1135,00017 China OpenChengduSichuan Provincial GymnasiumSeptember 14September 18220,00018 Belgium OpenDe HaanSport- en recreatiecentrum HaneveldSeptember 20September 2435,00019 Austrian OpenLinzTipsArena LinzNovember 9November 1370,00020 Swedish OpenStockholmEriksdalshallenNovember 15November 2070,00021 Grand FinalsDohaAli Bin Hamad al-Attiyah ArenaDecember 8December 11500,000
Events
Super Series Winners EventMen's singlesWomen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's doublesU21 Men's singlesU21 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 CategoryWinnersRunners-upScoreMen's singles Ma Long Vladimir Samsonov4–1 (11–7, 11–6, 11–4, 10–12, 11–5)Women's singles Wu Yang Kasumi Ishikawa4–1 (11–5, 11–7, 9–11, 11–8, 11–7)Men's doubles Masataka Morizono / Yuya Oshima Ho Kwan Kit / Tang Peng3–1 (11–8, 8–11, 11–6, 11–2)Women's doubles Jeon Ji-hee / Yang Ha-eun Han Ying / Irene Ivancan3–1 (11–3, 8–11, 11–7, 11–7)
Kuwait Open CategoryWinnersRunners-upScoreMen's singles Zhang Jike Ma Long4–1 (11–9, 11–9, 5–11, 12–10, 11–9)Women's singles Li Xiaoxia Ding Ning4–1 (11–6, 2–11, 11–9, 11–9, 11–8)Men's doubles Xu Xin / Zhang Jike Ho Kwan Kit / Tang Peng3–1 (6–11, 11–9, 11–8, 11–5)Women's doubles Ding Ning / Liu Shiwen Li Xiaoxia / Zhu Yuling3–0 (11–4, 11–6, 11–5)
Qatar Open CategoryWinnersRunners-upScoreMen's singles Ma Long Fan Zhendong4–1 (11–9, 11–9, 5–11, 13–11, 11–5)Women's singles Liu Shiwen Ding Ning4–1 (11–8, 9–11, 11–8, 11–9, 11–9)Men's doubles Fan Zhendong / Zhang Jike Koki Niwa / Maharu Yoshimura3–0 (11–8, 11–9, 11–7)Women's doubles Ding Ning / Liu Shiwen Ai Fukuhara / Mima Ito3–2 (6–11, 11–9, 11–6, 4–11, 11–7)
Japan Open CategoryWinnersRunners-upScoreMen'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-sheng3–0 (11–4, 11–7, 11–4)Women's doubles Ding Ning / Li Xiaoxia Liu Shiwen / Zhu Yuling3–0 (11–7, 11–7, 11–9)
Korea Open CategoryWinnersRunners-upScoreMen's singles Xu Xin Ma Long4–3 (11–7, 12–10, 4–11, 12–10, 7–11, 6–11, 11–9)Women's singles Ding Ning Liu Shiwen4–1 (11–9, 11–13, 11–8, 11–6, 11–6)Men's doubles Xu Xin / Zhang Jike Jung Young-sik / Lee Sang-su3–0 (12–10, 12–10, 11–8)Women's doubles Ding Ning / Liu Shiwen Jeon Ji-hee / Yang Ha-eun3–0 (11–9, 11–7, 11–4)
China Open CategoryWinnersRunners-upScoreMen's singles Fan Zhendong Ma Long4–0 (11–9, 13–11, 11–8, 11–5)Women's singles Ding Ning Liu Shiwen4–2 (11–6, 8–11, 11–4, 10–12, 12–10, 11–8)Men's doubles Ma Long / Zhang Jike Fan Zhendong / Xu Xin3–2 (11–8, 5–11, 4–11, 11–9, 11–5)Women's doubles Chen Meng / Zhu Yuling Ding Ning / Liu Shiwen3–1 (4–11, 11–3, 11–9, 11–5)
Major Series Winners EventMen's singlesWomen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's doublesU21 Men's singlesU21 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 Winners EventMen's singlesWomen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's doublesU21 Men's singlesU21 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.
Men's singles – final standings
Rankafter all 20 events EventsPoints 1 Ma Long 6 2,100 2 Fan Zhendong 5 1,700 3 Xu Xin 5 1,300 4 Zhang Jike 6 1,225 5 Jun Mizutani 7 713 6 Chuang Chih-yuan 8 700 7 Vladimir Samsonov 5 700 8 Wong Chun Ting 8 619 9 Dimitrij Ovtcharov 5 550 10 Kenta Matsudaira 8 401 11 Yuto Muramatsu 6 363 12 Chen Chien-an 10 337 13 Fang Bo 4 300 14 Jung Young-sik 8 288 15 Yuya Oshima 8 281 16 Tang Peng 5 275 17 Koki Niwa 9 254 18 Marcos Freitas 6 250 19 Tomáš Konečný 9 234 20 Andrej Gaćina 7 231 21 Lee Sang-su 8 222 22 Hugo Calderano 7 206 23 Tiago Apolónia 8 200 24 Ho Kwan Kit 11 200 25 Joo Sae-hyuk 4 200 34 Li Ping 5 134
Women's singles – final standings
Rankafter all 20 events EventsPoints 1 Ding Ning 5 1,900 2 Liu Shiwen 5 1,700 3 Kasumi Ishikawa 9 881 4 Zhu Yuling 5 800 5 Feng Tianwei 9 612 6 Li Xiaoxia 2 600 7 Wu Yang 3 600 8 Tie Ya Na 6 550 9 Cheng I-ching 8 538 10 Mima Ito 11 525 11 Yang Ha-eun 10 459 12 Yuka Ishigaki 13 451 13 Miu Hirano 7 450 14 Han Ying 7 400 15 Lee Ho Ching 11 362 16 Yu Mengyu 8 362 17 Shan Xiaona 10 360 18 Hina Hayata 11 353 19 Seo Hyo-won 9 338 20 Hitomi Sato 15 326 21 Jeon Ji-hee 11 310 22 Ai Fukuhara 9 307 23 Yui Hamamoto 13 306 24 Li Jie 4 288 25 Melek Hu 7 225
Doubles 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.
Men's doubles – final standings
Rankafter all 20 events EventsPoints 1 Masataka Morizono / Yuya Oshima 6 632 2 Xu Xin / Zhang Jike 2 600 3 Jung Young-sik / Lee Sang-su 8 526 4 Alexey Liventsov / Mikhail Paikov 6 488 5 Chuang Chih-yuan / Huang Sheng-sheng 4 426 6 Patrick Franziska / Jonathan Groth 4 400 7 Ho Kwan Kit / Tang Peng 4 376 8 Fan Zhendong / Zhang Jike 2 375 9 Koki Niwa / Maharu Yoshimura 5 332 10 Hugo Calderano / Gustavo Tsuboi 4 326 11 Ma Long / Xu Xin 2 319 12 Ma Long / Zhang Jike 1 300 13 Robin Devos / Cédric Nuytinck 8 233 14 Chen Chien-an / Chiang Hung-chieh 7 221 15 Ho Kwan Kit / Wong Chun Ting 4 219 16 Cho Eon-rae / Park Jeong-woo 2 206 17 Antoine Hachard / Romain Ruiz 4 188 18 Kim Min-hyeok / Park Gang-hyeon 5 163 19 Fan Zhendong Xu Xin 1 150 20 Fan Zhendong / Ma Long 2 150
Women's doubles – final standings
Rankafter all 20 events EventsPoints 1 Jeon Ji-hee / Yang Ha-eun 9 1082 2 Ding Ning / Liu Shiwen 4 1050 3 Honoka Hashimoto / Hitomi Sato 11 589 4 Maria Dolgikh / Polina Mikhailova 7 451 5 Ding Ning / Li Xiaoxia 1 300 6 Chen Meng / Zhu Yuling 1 300 7 Matilda Ekholm / Georgina Póta 3 263 8 Cheng I-ching / Huang Yi-hua 6 251 9 Doo Hoi Kem / Lee Ho Ching 5 226 10 Cheng I-ching / Lee I-chen 2 225 11 Ai Fukuhara / Mima Ito 2 225 12 Yu Mengyu / Zhou Yihan 7 208 13 Miyu Kato / Misaki Morizono 1 200 14 Han Ying / Irene Ivancan 2 175 15 Jiang Huajun / Tie Yana 2 175 16 Shan Xiaona / Petrissa Solja 5 158 17 Li Xiaoxia / Zhu Yuling 1 150 18 Liu Shiwen / Zhu Yuling 1 150 19 Yui Hamamoto Hina Hayata 4 145 20 Li Jie / Li Qian 2 138 23 Dóra Madarász Szandra Pergel 6 120
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.
ITTF Star Awards
The 2016 ITTF Star Awards ceremony was held on the first evening of the Grand Finals at the Sheraton Grand Doha on 8 December.
Awards were handed out in eight categories:
Male Table Tennis Star: Ma Long Female Table Tennis Star: Ding Ning Male Para Table Tennis Star: Laurens Devos Female Para Table Tennis Star: Liu Jing Table Tennis Star Coach: Liu Guoliang Table Tennis Breakthrough Star: Miu Hirano Table Tennis Star Point: Fan Zhendong at the 2016 Japan Open Fair Play Star: Rinad Fathy
See also 2016 World Team Table Tennis Championships Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics
References
External links International Table Tennis Federation