ITTF World Tour

The ITTF World Tour, formerly named ITTF Pro Tour before 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. It includes 6 events: Men's and Women's Singles, Men's and Women's Doubles, and Men's and Women's Singles Under 21. The Tour has its own points system, players accumulate points based on their performance and points allocation in the tournaments they participated.^[1] The top players who gained most points might be invited to the ITTF World Tour Grand Finals at the end of the year. ITTF world ranking includes the singles events, which are classified as R2 in rating weightings and B3 in bonus weightings, making the tour major competitions to advance in the world ranking.^[2]

Overview

1996–2011: ITTF Pro Tour

Number of tournaments in each year (ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals not counted):

Year	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	Total
Number of Tournaments	10	14	11	12	9	12	13	10	16	14	16	17	14	14	13	16	15	226
Location of Grand Finals																		17

List of tournaments, "•" indicates when and where the tournaments were held.^[3]

Tournament \ Year	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	Total
Australia Open	•	•	•	•														4
Austrian Open		•		•			•		•			•	•		•	•		8
Belarus Open													•	•				2
Brazil Open	•	•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•			•	•	14
Chile Open									•	•	•	•	•			•	•	7
China Open	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	25
									•	•	•	•	•	•		•	•
Chinese Taipei Open										•	•	•						3
Croatian Open			•	•	•	•		•	•	•	•	•						9
Czech Open				•													•	2
Danish Open					•	•	•	•	•					•				6
Dutch Open						•	•											2
Egypt Open							•		•						•			3
English Open	•	•		•		•								•		•		6
French Open	•	•		•	•							•						5
German Open				•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	13
Greek Open									•									1
Hungarian Open															•		•	2
Indian Open												•		•	•			3
Italian Open	•		•				•											3
Japan Open	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	17
Korea Open						•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	12
Kuwait Open											•	•	•	•	•		•	6
Lebanon Open		•	•															2
Malaysia Open		•	•					•										3
Morocco Open														•	•	•		3
Polish Open		•			•		•		•		•		•	•	•	•	•	10
Qatar Open		•	•	•		•	•	•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	14
Russian Open									•	•	•	•					•	5
Serbian Open	•	•	•								•							4
Singapore Open									•		•		•					3
Slovenian Open										•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	8
Spanish Open																•	•	2
Swedish Open	•	•	•	•	•	•		•		•		•				•		10
UAE Open																•		1
US Open	•	•	•		•	•	•		•	•								8
Tournament \ Year	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	Total

The Grand Finals

References

External links

• ITTF Pro Tour website
• ITTF Statistics