The Seamaster 2017 ITTF World Tour was the 22nd season of the International Table Tennis Federation's professional table tennis world tour.
The events for the 2017 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 determined the qualifiers for the 2017 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals in December.
On 12 January 2017 it was announced that Chinese shipping company Seamaster had agreed a four-year sponsorship deal with the ITTF World Tour.
Schedule
Below is the schedule released by the ITTF:
TourEventLocationVenueDatePrize money (USD)Ref.StartFinish1 Hungarian OpenBudapestSYMA Sports and Conference CentreJanuary 19January 22120,0002 India OpenNew DelhiThyagaraj Sports ComplexFebruary 16February 19150,0003 Qatar OpenDohaAli Bin Hamad al-Attiyah ArenaFebruary 23February 26220,0004 Korea OpenIncheonNamdong GymnasiumApril 20April 23155,0005 Japan OpenTokyoTokyo Metropolitan GymnasiumJune 16June 18220,0006 China OpenChengduSichuan Provincial GymnasiumJune 22June 25220,0007 Australian OpenGold CoastGold Coast Sports & Leisure CentreJuly 4July 7400,0008 Bulgarian OpenPanagyurishteArena AsarelAugust 17August 20130,0009 Czech OpenOlomoucOMEGA Sport CenterAugust 24August 27140,00010 Austrian OpenLinzTipsArena LinzSeptember 19September 24210,00011 German OpenMagdeburgGETEC ArenaNovember 10November 12210,00012 Swedish OpenStockholmEriksdalshallenNovember 16November 19130,00013 Grand FinalsAstana"Daulet" Sports ComplexDecember 14December 171,000,000
Events
Winners
World Tour Platinum EventMen's singlesWomen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's doublesU21 Men's singlesU21 Women's singles Qatar Open Ma Long Chen Meng Masataka Morizono Yuya Oshima Chen Meng Wang Manyu Lam Siu Hang Doo Hoi Kem Japan Open Ma Long Sun Yingsha Ma Long Xu Xin Chen Xingtong Sun Yingsha Lim Jong-hoon Yuka Umemura China Open Dimitrij Ovtcharov Ding Ning Jin Ueda Maharu Yoshimura Ding Ning Liu Shiwen Yuto Kizukuri Maki Shiomi Australian Open Vladimir Samsonov Chen Meng Jang Woo-jin Park Gang-hyeon Chen Meng Zhu Yuling Park Gang-hyeon Saki Shibata Austrian Open Lin Gaoyuan Wang Manyu Koki Niwa Jin Ueda Chen Xingtong Sun Yingsha Xue Fei Zhang Rui German Open Dimitrij Ovtcharov Chen Meng Jung Young-sik Lee Sang-su Hina Hayata Miu Hirano Xue Fei Chen Ke
World Tour EventMen's singlesWomen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's doublesU21 Men's singlesU21 Women's singles Hungarian Open Yan An Chen Xingtong Fang Bo Zhou Yu Chen Xingtong Li Jiayi Kirill Gerassimenko Zeng Jian India Open Dimitrij Ovtcharov Sakura Mori Masataka Morizono Yuya Oshima Matilda Ekholm Georgina Póta Asuka Sakai Sakura Mori Korea Open Timo Boll Feng Tianwei Jang Woo-jin Jeong Sang-eun Shan Xiaona Petrissa Solja Lim Jong-hoon Minami Ando Bulgarian Open Dimitrij Ovtcharov Kasumi Ishikawa Jin Ueda Maharu Yoshimura Kasumi Ishikawa Mima Ito Mizuki Oikawa Mizuki Morizono Czech Open Tomokazu Harimoto Mima Ito Patrick Franziska Jonathan Groth Hina Hayata Mima Ito Can Akkuzu Adriana Díaz Swedish Open Xu Xin Chen Xingtong Fan Zhendong Xu Xin Hina Hayata Mima Ito Park Gang-hyeon Zhang Rui
Finals
World Tour Platinum
Qatar Open
Category Winners Runners-up ScoreMen's singles Ma Long Fan Zhendong4–2 (11–8, 11–8, 11–7, 5–11, 6–11, 11–4)Women's singles Chen Meng Wang Manyu4–1 (12–10, 11–9, 11–6, 2–11, 11–6)Men's doubles Masataka Morizono Yuya Oshima Kristian Karlsson Mattias Karlsson3–1 (9–11, 11–5, 11–5, 11–9)Women's doubles Chen Meng Wang Manyu Jeon Ji-hee Yang Ha-eun3–1 (11–4, 11–6, 4–11, 11–6)
Japan Open
Category Winners Runners-up ScoreMen's singles Ma Long Fan Zhendong4–1 (11–7, 5–11, 11–7, 11–8, 11–5)Women's singles Sun Yingsha Chen Meng4–3 (9–11, 11–9, 8–11, 8–11, 11–7, 11–9, 11–8)Men's doubles Xu Xin Ma Long Koki Niwa Maharu Yoshimura3–0 (11–9, 11–3, 11–7)Women's doubles Chen Xingtong Sun Yingsha Jeon Ji-hee Yang Ha-eun3–2 (10–12, 8–11 ,11–3 ,11–7, 11–6)
China Open
Category Winners Runners-up ScoreMen's singles Dimitrij Ovtcharov Timo Boll4–3 (17–15, 7–11, 12–10, 11–9, 7–11, 6–11, 12–10)Women's singles Ding Ning Sun Yingsha4–1 (8–11, 11–9, 11–4, 11–7, 11–6)Men's doubles Jin Ueda Maharu Yoshimura Tomokazu Harimoto Yuto Kizukuri3–1 (12–10, 9–11, 11–8, 11–9)Women's doubles Ding Ning Liu Shiwen Chen Meng Zhu Yuling3–1 (9–11, 11–7, 11–4, 12–10)
Australian Open
Category Winners Runners-up ScoreMen's singles Vladimir Samsonov Simon Gauzy4–1 (11–13, 11–8, 11–5, 11–8, 11–8)Women's singles Chen Meng Wang Manyu4–2 (3–11, 12–10, 3–11, 12–10, 11–2, 11–7)Men's doubles Jang Woo-jin Park Gang-hyeon Chen Chien-an Chiang Hung-chieh3–1 (11–2, 11–13, 11–5, 11–6)Women's doubles Chen Meng Zhu Yuling Chen Xingtong Wang Manyu3–0 (11–8, 11–9, 11–7)
Austrian Open
Category Winners Runners-up ScoreMen's singles Lin Gaoyuan Yan An4–1 (12–10, 11–9, 12–10, 10–12, 11–7)Women's singles Wang Manyu Gu Yuting4–0 (11–9, 12–10, 11–2, 11–9)Men's doubles Koki Niwa Jin Ueda Ruwen Filus Ricardo Walther3–1 (11–7, 9–11, 11–9, 11–8)Women's doubles Chen Xingtong Sun Yingsha Honoka Hashimoto Hitomi Sato3–2 (4–11, 11–7, 7–11, 12–10, 11–4)
German Open
Category Winners Runners-up ScoreMen's singles Dimitrij Ovtcharov Timo Boll4–3 (9–11, 11–5, 11–9, 6–11, 11–7, 7–11, 11–6)Women's singles Chen Meng Zhu Yuling4–3 (9–11, 8–11, 13–11, 9–11, 13–11, 11–9, 11–4)Men's doubles Jung Young-sik Lee Sang-su Tomokazu Harimoto Yuto Kizukuri3–2 (8–11, 3–11, 11–5, 16–14, 11–6)Women's doubles Hina Hayata Miu Hirano Chen Szu-yu Cheng I-ching3–0 (11–7, 11–8, 11–9)
World Tour
Hungarian Open
Category Winners Runners-up ScoreMen's singles Yan An Shang Kun4–2 (13–11, 6–11, 11–7, 11–6, 10–12, 11–8)Women's singles Chen Xingtong Wen Jia4–1 (13–11, 8–11, 11–9, 11–9, 11–9)Men's doubles Fang Bo Zhou Yu Hugo Calderano Gustavo Tsuboi3–1 (11–6, 6–11, 11–8, 11–8)Women's doubles Chen Xingtong Li Jiayi Matilda Ekholm Georgina Póta3–1 (11–4, 11–6, 9–11, 11–8)
India Open
Category Winners Runners-up ScoreMen's singles Dimitrij Ovtcharov Tomokazu Harimoto4–0 (11–6, 11–8, 11–4, 14–12)Women's singles Sakura Mori Matilda Ekholm4–3 (7–11, 11–5, 11–8, 12–10, 6–11, 8–11, 11–6)Men's doubles Masataka Morizono Yuya Oshima Ruwen Filus Ricardo Walther3–1 (9–11, 11–7, 11–6, 11–9)Women's doubles Matilda Ekholm Georgina Póta Doo Hoi Kem Lee Ho Ching3–2 (9–11, 11–3, 5–11, 14–12, 11–8)
Korea Open
Category Winners Runners-up ScoreMen's singles Timo Boll Patrick Franziska4–0 (11–8, 12–10, 12–10, 11–6)Women's singles Feng Tianwei Kasumi Ishikawa4–2 (12–10, 6–11, 11–9, 5–11, 11–8, 11–9)Men's doubles Jang Woo-jin Jeong Sang-eun Patrick Franziska Jonathan Groth3–2 (11–9, 8–11, 12–10, 7–11, 12–10)Women's doubles Shan Xiaona Petrissa Solja Hina Hayata Mima Ito3–1 (11–4, 11–3, 3–11, 11–9)
Bulgarian Open
Category Winners Runners-up ScoreMen's singles Dimitrij Ovtcharov Kenta Matsudaira4–1 (9–11, 11–7, 11–4, 11–9, 11–9)Women's singles Kasumi Ishikawa Mima Ito4–0 (12–10, 11–4, 11–7, 11–5)Men's doubles Jin Ueda Maharu Yoshimura Soumyajit Ghosh Sathiyan Gnanasekaran3–2 (11–13, 11–7, 11–4, 6–11, 11–5)Women's doubles Kasumi Ishikawa Mima Ito Matilda Ekholm Georgina Póta3–1 (6–11, 11–8, 11–9, 11–5)
Czech Open
Category Winners Runners-up ScoreMen's singles Tomokazu Harimoto Timo Boll4–2 (11–3, 4–11, 8–11, 11–9, 11–6, 11–9)Women's singles Mima Ito Kasumi Ishikawa4–1 (11–5, 15–13, 11–3, 9–11, 11–4)Men's doubles Patrick Franziska Jonathan Groth Jin Ueda Maharu Yoshimura3–1 (11–6, 8–11, 11–9, 11–8)Women's doubles Hina Hayata Mima Ito Matilda Ekholm Georgina Póta3–2 (11–5, 8–11, 8–11, 11–6, 11–8)
Swedish Open
Category Winners Runners-up ScoreMen's singles Xu Xin Fan Zhendong4–1 (6–11, 11–7, 11–9, 11–6, 11–2)Women's singles Chen Xingtong Ding Ning4–3 (11–9, 15–13, 10–12, 11–6, 6–11, 6–11, 11–9)Men's doubles Fan Zhendong Xu Xin Ho Kwan Kit Wong Chun Ting3–1 (6–11, 11–5, 11–6, 11–8)Women's doubles Hina Hayata Mima Ito Chen Meng Zhu Yuling3–1 (11–8, 1–11, 11–9, 11–9)
Standings
Singles
Points were accumulated during the singles tournaments at each of the twelve ITTF World Tour events. The 15 men and 16 women who played in at least five events and accumulated the largest number of points were invited to play in the Grand Finals in Astana in December. Kazakhstan's Kirill Gerassimenko 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 12 events EventsPoints 1 Dimitrij Ovtcharov 5 1,550 2 Ma Long 3 1,050 3 Timo Boll 5 1,000 4 Fan Zhendong 5 975 5 Lin Gaoyuan 6 744 6 Xu Xin 5 650 7 Tomokazu Harimoto 9 641 8 Yan An 4 616 9 Simon Gauzy 7 615 10 Vladimir Samsonov 6 614 11 Kenta Matsudaira 10 613 12 Fang Bo 5 594 13 Koki Niwa 9 560 14 Wong Chun Ting 6 433 15 Masaki Yoshida 5 375 16 Jun Mizutani 3 350 17 Yuya Oshima 9 347 18 Chuang Chih-yuan 7 332 19 Lee Sang-su 4 316 20 Marcos Freitas 6 272 21 Paul Drinkhall 5 264 22 Kristian Karlsson 8 253 23 Ruwen Filus 8 236 24 Maharu Yoshimura 10 228 25 Liang Jingkun 6 225 104 Kirill Gerassimenko 5 16
Women's singles – final standings
Rankafter all 12 events EventsPoints 1 Chen Meng 8 2,162 2 Wang Manyu 5 1,400 3 Sun Yingsha 3 1,000 4 Kasumi Ishikawa 10 963 5 Mima Ito 9 766 6 Gu Yuting 5 756 7 Chen Xingtong 6 725 8 Zhu Yuling 5 713 9 Ding Ning 2 625 10 Feng Tianwei 6 550 11 Sakura Mori 10 438 12 Shan Xiaona 6 399 13 Hina Hayata 9 376 14= Miu Hirano 8 371 14= Han Ying 6 371 16 Doo Hoi Kem 7 329 17 Hitomi Sato 10 288 18 Cheng I-ching 6 282 19= Miyu Kato 10 268 19= Honoka Hashimoto 10 268 21= Chen Ke 4 216 21= Gu Ruochen 2 216 23= Liu Shiwen 1 200 23= Feng Yalan 1 200 25 Jeon Ji-hee 7 199
Doubles
Points were accumulated during the doubles tournaments at each of the twelve ITTF World Tour events. 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, were invited to play in the Grand Finals in Astana in December.
Men's doubles – final standings
Rankafter all 12 events EventsPoints 1 Jin Ueda / Maharu Yoshimura 4 675 2 Masataka Morizono / Yuya Oshima 6 645 3 Ruwen Filus / Ricardo Walther 8 357 4 Jung Young-sik / Lee Sang-su 2 350 5 Ho Kwan Kit / Wong Chun Ting 6 345 6 Patrick Franziska / Jonathan Groth 4 338 7 Tomokazu Harimoto / Yuto Kizukuri 4 332 8= Jang Woo-jin / Park Gang-hyeon 2 319 8= Koki Niwa / Jin Ueda 2 319 10 Fan Zhendong / Xu Xin 3 313 11 Ma Long / Xu Xin 1 300 12 Fang Bo / Zhou Yu 2 275 13 Chen Chien-an / Chiang Hung-chieh 4 239 14 Kristian Karlsson / Mattias Karlsson 4 226 15 Robin Devos / Cédric Nuytinck 7 207 16 Jang Woo-jin / Jeong Sang-eun 1 200 17 Koki Niwa / Maharu Yoshimura 3 182 18 Gao Ning / Pang Xue Jie 6 170 19 Jiang Tianyi / Lam Siu Hang 6 158 20= Hugo Calderano / Gustavo Tsuboi 2 138 20= Tristan Flore / Emmanuel Lebesson 3 138
Women's doubles – final standings
Rankafter all 12 events EventsPoints 1 Hina Hayata / Mima Ito 5 613 2 Chen Xingtong / Sun Yingsha 2 600 3 Chen Meng / Zhu Yuling 4 588 4 Matilda Ekholm / Georgina Póta 5 519 5 Jeon Ji-hee / Yang Ha-eun 6 488 6 Doo Hoi Kem / Lee Ho Ching 7 432 7 Chen Szu-yu / Cheng I-ching 5 363 8 Chen Meng / Wang Manyu 2 338 9 Honoka Hashimoto / Hitomi Sato 4 325 10= Ding Ning / Liu Shiwen 1 300 10= Hina Hayata / Miu Hirano 1 300 12 Kasumi Ishikawa / Mima Ito 2 219 13 Barbora Balážová / Hana Matelová 7 201 14 Shan Xiaona / Petrissa Solja 1 200 15 Chen Xingtong / Wang Manyu 1 150 16 Ng Wing Nam / Soo Wai Yam Minnie 5 145 17 Lin Ye / Zhou Yihan 6 133 18 Han Ying / Shan Xiaona 5 127 19 Feng Tianwei / Yu Mengyu 3 95 20= Miyu Kato / Miyu Nagasaki 2 88 20= Gu Yuting / Soo Wai Yam Minnie 2 88
Grand Finals
The 2017 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals took place in Astana, Kazakhstan, from 14–17 December 2017.
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