ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals

The 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 six events: men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles, U21 men's and women's singles. Players who accumulated largest numbers of points in previous ITTF Pro Tour are qualified for the event, and competing for total prize money of US$365,000, the biggest total prize money event in the ITTF calendar.^[1]

Contents 1 Qualification Criteria 1.1 Men's and Women's Singles 1.2 Men's and Women's Doubles 1.3 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 links

Qualification Criteria

Men's and Women's Singles

• Attend at least 6 events or 3 different continents at ITTF Pro Tour.^[2]
• The top 15 accumulated the largest number of points on Pro Tour standing are invited.
• If the host association has no players in the top 15, the ITTF will invite one player affiliated to the host association, or the 16th spots goes to the highest player left on Pro Tour standing.

Men's and Women's Doubles

• The same pair has to play at least 4 events at ITTF Pro Tour.^[2]
• The top 7 doubles accumulated the largest number of points on Pro Tour standing are invited.
• If there's no host association's pairs in the top 7, the eighth spot goes to pairs affiliated to the host association. Otherwise, the vacancy belongs to the eighth doubles on the Pro Tour standing.
• 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 Pro Tour.^[2]
• The top 8 on the Pro Tour standing are qualified.

If more than 2 players or pairs have the same ranking on the Pro Tour standing when they compete for the last spot, the spot belongs to the player or the pair with higher ITTF world ranking.^[2]

Playing Systems

All the matches in Pro Tour Grand Finals are played best of 7 games.^[3]

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 Pro Tour standing will avoid to compete each other in the first rounds.

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.

Winners

• List of winners at ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals:^[4]

Location	Year	Men's Singles	Women's Singles	Men's Doubles	Women's Doubles
London	2011	Ma Long	Liu Shiwen	Ma Lin Zhang Jike	Guo Yue Li Xiaoxia
Seoul	2010	Jun Mizutani	Feng Tianwei	Jiang Tianyi Tang Peng	Kim Kyung-Ah Park Mi-Young
Macau	2009	Ma Long	Guo Yan	Timo Boll Christian Suss	Ding Ning Liu Shiwen
Macau	2008			Yang Zi Gao Ning	Li Jiawei Sun Beibei
Beijing	2007	Ma Lin	Li Xiaoxia	Wang Liqin Chen Qi	Guo Yue Li Xiaoxia
Hong Kong	2006	Wang Hao	Zhang Yining	Hao Shuai Ma Long	Wang Nan Zhang Yining
Fuzhou	2005	Timo Boll		Timo Boll Christian Suss	Gao Jun Shen Yanfei
Beijing	2004	Chuang Chih-yuan	Guo Yue	Ma Lin Chen Qi	Wang Nan Zhang Yining
Guangzhou	2003	Wang Liqin	Niu Jianfeng		Guo Yue Niu Jianfeng
Stockholm	2002	Wang Hao	Zhang Yining	Kong Linghui MA Lin	Li Jia Niu Jianfeng
Hainan	2001	Ma Lin	Wang Nan	Kim Taek-Soo Oh Sang-Eun	Lee Eun-Sil Ryu Ji-Hae
Kobe	2000	Wang Liqin	Zhang Yining	Wang Liqin Yan Sen	Sun Jin Yang Ying
Sydney	1999	Liu Guozheng	Chen Jing	Kong Linghui Ma Lin	Li Ju Wang Nan
Paris	1998	Wang Liqin	Wang Nan	Wang Liqin Yan Sen
Hong Kong	1997	Vladimir Samsonov	Li Ju	Kong Linghui Liu Guoliang
Tianjin	1996	Kong Linghui	Deng Yaping	Wang Liqin Yan Sen	Deng Yaping Yang Ying

See also

• ITTF Pro Tour

References

External links

• ITTF Pro Tour
• ITTF Statistics