The ITTF World Tour Grand Finals, formerly named ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals, is an annual table tennis tournament sanctioned by International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) at the end of the year. The tournament includes seven events: men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles, mixed doubles (new in 2018), U21 men's and women's singles. Players who accumulated the largest number of points on the ITTF World Tour are qualified for the event, and competing for total prize money of US$1,000,000, the biggest total prize money event in the ITTF calendar.[1]
The top 15 men and 15 women who have accumulated the largest number of points on World Tour standing are invited.
The ITTF will invite one player from to the host association provided that they played at least 5 events at ITTF World Tour.
If a player from the host association is already among the 15 invited players or no player from the host association had attended at least 5 events at ITTF World Tour, then the 16th player in order will be invited.
The top 7 men's and 7 women's doubles pairs who have accumulated the largest number of points, as a pair, on World Tour standing are invited.
The ITTF will invite one pair from the host association given that the pair played at least 4 events at ITTF World Tour.
If a pair from the host association is already among the 7 invited pairs or no pair from the host association had attended at least 4 events at ITTF World Tour, then the 8th pair in order will be invited.
If a player appears in two or more double pairs, only the highest double will be qualified.
The top 7 doubles who have accumulated the largest number of points, as a pair, on World Tour standing are invited.
The ITTF will invite one pair from the host association given that the pair played at least 2 events at ITTF World Tour.
If a pair from the host association is already among the 7 invited pairs or no pair from the host association had attended at least 2 events at ITTF World Tour, then the 8th pair in order will be invited.
If a player appears in two or more double pairs, only the highest double will be qualified.
U21 men's and women's singles
Attend 4 events in at least 2 continents at ITTF World Tour.
The top 8 on the World Tour standing are qualified.
If more than 1 player or pair have the same ranking on the World Tour standing when they compete for the last spot, the spot belongs to the player or the pair with higher ITTF world ranking.
Playing systems
All the matches in World Tour Grand Finals are played best of 7 games with the exception of the first round of men's doubles and women's doubles, which are played as a best of 5 games.[3]
Seeding of the players and pairs are determined by the final order of the World Tour standings.[4]
Men's and women's singles, doubles
16 players (or 8 pairs in doubles) advance towards next round under a knockout system. The top 8 players (or the top 4 pairs in doubles) on the World Tour standing will avoid playing each other in the first round.
U21 men's and women's singles
8 players are at first separated into two groups. After playing a round-robin, the top 2 players in each group advance towards a knockout.
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The ITTF World Tour Grand Finals formerly named ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals is an annual table tennis tournament sanctioned by International Table Tennis Federation ITTF at the end of the year The tournament includes seven events men s and women s singles men s and women s doubles mixed doubles new in 2018 U21 men s and women s singles Players who accumulated the largest number of points on the ITTF World Tour are qualified for the event and competing for total prize money of US 1 000 000 the biggest total prize money event in the ITTF calendar 1 Contents 1 Qualification sriteria 1 1 Men s and women s singles 1 2 Men s and women s doubles 1 3 Mixed doubles 1 4 U21 men s and women s singles 2 Playing systems 2 1 Men s and women s singles doubles 2 2 U21 men s and women s singles 3 Winners 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksQualification sriteria EditMen s and women s singles Edit Attend at least 5 events at ITTF World Tour 2 The top 15 men and 15 women who have accumulated the largest number of points on World Tour standing are invited The ITTF will invite one player from to the host association provided that they played at least 5 events at ITTF World Tour If a player from the host association is already among the 15 invited players or no player from the host association had attended at least 5 events at ITTF World Tour then the 16th player in order will be invited Men s and women s doubles Edit The same pair has to play at least 4 events at ITTF World Tour 2 The top 7 men s and 7 women s doubles pairs who have accumulated the largest number of points as a pair on World Tour standing are invited The ITTF will invite one pair from the host association given that the pair played at least 4 events at ITTF World Tour If a pair from the host association is already among the 7 invited pairs or no pair from the host association had attended at least 4 events at ITTF World Tour then the 8th pair in order will be invited If a player appears in two or more double pairs only the highest double will be qualified Mixed doubles Edit The same pair has to play at least 2 events at ITTF World Tour 2 The top 7 doubles who have accumulated the largest number of points as a pair on World Tour standing are invited The ITTF will invite one pair from the host association given that the pair played at least 2 events at ITTF World Tour If a pair from the host association is already among the 7 invited pairs or no pair from the host association had attended at least 2 events at ITTF World Tour then the 8th pair in order will be invited If a player appears in two or more double pairs only the highest double will be qualified U21 men s and women s singles Edit Attend 4 events in at least 2 continents at ITTF World Tour The top 8 on the World Tour standing are qualified If more than 1 player or pair have the same ranking on the World Tour standing when they compete for the last spot the spot belongs to the player or the pair with higher ITTF world ranking Playing systems EditAll the matches in World Tour Grand Finals are played best of 7 games with the exception of the first round of men s doubles and women s doubles which are played as a best of 5 games 3 Seeding of the players and pairs are determined by the final order of the World Tour standings 4 Men s and women s singles doubles Edit 16 players or 8 pairs in doubles advance towards next round under a knockout system The top 8 players or the top 4 pairs in doubles on the World Tour standing will avoid playing each other in the first round U21 men s and women s singles Edit 8 players are at first separated into two groups After playing a round robin the top 2 players in each group advance towards a knockout Winners EditFurther information on medalists List of ITTF World Tour Grand Finals medalists List of winners at ITTF World Tour Grand Finals 5 Location Year Men s Singles Women s Singles Men s Doubles Women s Doubles Mixed Doubles Tianjin 1996 Kong Linghui Deng Yaping Wang Liqin Yan Sen Deng Yaping Yang Ying Hong Kong 1997 Vladimir Samsonov Li Ju Kong Linghui Liu Guoliang Li Ju Wang Nan Paris 1998 Wang Liqin Wang Nan Wang Liqin Yan Sen Sydney 1999 Liu Guozheng Chen Jing Kong Linghui Ma Lin Kobe 2000 Wang Liqin Zhang Yining Wang Liqin Yan Sen Sun Jin Yang Ying Hainan 2001 Ma Lin Wang Nan Kim Taek Soo Oh Sang Eun Lee Eun Sil Ryu Ji Hae Stockholm 2002 Chuang Chih yuan Zhang Yining Kong Linghui Ma Lin Li Jia Niu Jianfeng Guangzhou 2003 Wang Hao Niu Jianfeng Ma Lin Chen Qi Guo Yue Niu Jianfeng Beijing 2004 Wang Liqin Guo Yue Wang Nan Zhang Yining Fuzhou 2005 Timo Boll Zhang Yining Timo Boll Christian Suss Gao Jun Shen Yanfei Hong Kong 2006 Wang Hao Hao Shuai Ma Long Wang Nan Zhang Yining Beijing 2007 Ma Lin Li Xiaoxia Wang Liqin Chen Qi Guo Yue Li Xiaoxia Macau 2008 Ma Long Guo Yan Gao Ning Yang Zi Li Jiawei Sun Beibei Macau 2009 Timo Boll Christian Suss Ding Ning Liu Shiwen Seoul 2010 Jun Mizutani Feng Tianwei Jiang Tianyi Tang Peng Kim Kyung Ah Park Mi Young London 2011 Ma Long Liu Shiwen Ma Lin Zhang Jike Guo Yue Li Xiaoxia Hangzhou 2012 Xu Xin Gao Ning Li Hu Feng Tianwei Yu Mengyu Dubai 2013 Ding Ning Li Xiaoxia Bangkok 2014 Jun Mizutani Kasumi Ishikawa Cho Eon Rae Seo Hyun Deok Miu Hirano Mima Ito Lisbon 2015 Ma Long Ding Ning Masataka Morizono Yuya Oshima Ding Ning Zhu Yuling Doha 2016 Zhu Yuling Jung Young sik Lee Sang su Yui Hamamoto Hina Hayata Astana 2017 Fan Zhendong Chen Meng Masataka Morizono Yuya Oshima Chen Meng Zhu Yuling Incheon 2018 Tomokazu Harimoto Jang Woo jin Lim Jonghoon Mima Ito Hina Hayata Wong Chun Ting Doo Hoi Kem Zhengzhou 2019 Fan Zhendong Fan Zhendong Xu Xin Miyuu Kihara Miyu Nagasaki Xu Xin Liu Shiwen Zhengzhou 2020 6 Ma LongSee also EditITTF World TourReferences Edit I T T F prize money www ittf com a b c Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals Qualification Criteria PDF PDF Archived from the original PDF on 2018 07 31 Playing System for the Seamaster 2017 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals PDF ittf com Archived from the original PDF on 2017 12 04 Seamaster 2017 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals Qualification Criteria PDF ittf com Archived from the original PDF on 2017 12 01 ITTF Statistics ittf com Archived from the original on 2010 08 14 Retrieved 2010 06 24 Bank of Communications 2020 ITTF Finals Ma Long and Chen Meng make history 22 November 2020 Archived from the original on 22 November 2020 Retrieved 22 November 2020 External links EditITTF World Tour ITTF Statistics Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title ITTF World Tour Grand Finals amp oldid 1079348798, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
