ITTF World Tour
Current season, competition or edition: 2016 ITTF World Tour | |
| Sport | Table tennis |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1996 |
| Owner(s) | International Table Tennis Federation |
| Related competitions | ITTF World Tour Grand Finals |
The ITTF World Tour (known as the ITTF Pro Tour from its inception in 1996 until 2011), is a series of table tennis tournaments introduced by International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) in 1996, in order to improve the quality of the sport. The Tour includes events in six categories: Men's and Women's Singles, Men's and Women's Doubles, and Under-21 Men's and Women's Singles. The Tour has its own points system, with players accumulating points based on their performance in the tournaments they participate in.[1] The players who gain the most points in the six different categories will be invited to the ITTF World Tour Grand Finals at the end of the year. The events are included in the ITTF world rankings, and are classified as R2 in rating weightings and B2, B3 or B4 in bonus weightings.[2]
Overview
ITTF Pro Tour: 1996–2011
Number of tournaments in each year (Grand Finals not counted):
| Year | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Tournaments | 10 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 211 |
| Location of Grand Finals |  |  |  |  |  | |  | | | | | |  | |  |  | 16 |
ITTF World Tour: 2012–
Number of tournaments in each year (Grand Finals not counted):
| Year | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Tournaments | 21 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 20 | 22 | 124 |
| Location of Grand Finals | |  |  |  |  | TBA | 6 |
Tournaments
This is a list of tournaments that have featured in the ITTF Pro Tour and ITTF World Tour since 1996, with "•" indicating the years in which each tournament featured.[3] Please note that from 2004–09 and again from 2011–13 there were two China Open tournaments in each calendar year.
| Tournament / Year | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Argentina Open |
• | • | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia Open |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8 | ||||||||||||||
 Austrian Open |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 12 | ||||||||||
 Belarus Open |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8 | ||||||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=small} Belgium Open |
• | • | • | • | • | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
 Brazil Open |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 17 | |||||
 Bulgaria Open |
• | • | • | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
 Chile Open |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 11 | |||||||||||
| China Open |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 31 |
| • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||||||||||
 Chinese Taipei Open |
• | • | • | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
 Croatia Open |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 15 | |||||||
 Czech Open |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | 7 | |||||||||||||||
 Danish Open |
• | • | • | • | • | • | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
 DPR Korea Open |
• | • | • | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
 Dutch Open |
• | • | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Egypt Open |
• | • | • | • | • | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| English Open |
• | • | • | • | • | • | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| French Open |
• | • | • | • | • | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
 German Open |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 | ||||
 Greek Open |
• | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Hungarian Open |
• | • | • | • | • | • | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
 India Open |
• | • | • | • | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Italian Open |
• | • | • | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Japan Open |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 22 |
| Korea Open |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 17 | |||||
 Kuwait Open |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 10 | ||||||||||||
 Lebanon Open |
• | • | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Malaysia Open |
• | • | • | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
 Morocco Open |
• | • | • | • | • | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
 Nigeria Open |
• | • | • | • | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Philippines Open |
• | • | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Polish Open |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 14 | ||||||||
| Qatar Open |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 19 | |||
 Russian Open |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | 7 | |||||||||||||||
 Serbian Open |
• | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Singapore Open |
• | • | • | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
 Slovenia Open |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 10 | ||||||||||||
 Spanish Open |
• | • | • | • | • | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Swedish Open |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 16 | ||||||
| Thailand Open |
• | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| UAE Open |
• | • | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 U.S. Open |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 9 | |||||||||||||
 Yugoslavia Open |
• | • | • | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tournament / Year | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Total |
Grand Finals
See also
References
- ↑ "Points allocation for ITTF World Tour standings". ITTF. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
- ↑ "World Ranking System and World Ranking Policy for 2016". ITTF. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
- ↑ "ITTF Statistics". ITTF. Retrieved 25 June 2010.