2017 ITTF World Tour

2017 ITTF World Tour
Details
Duration 17 January 2017 – 17 December 2017
Edition 22nd
Tournaments 12 + Grand Finals
Categories World Tour Platinum (6)
World Tour (6)
Grand Finals (1)
Achievements (singles)
2016
2018

The Seamaster 2017 ITTF World Tour is the 22nd season of the International Table Tennis Federation's professional table tennis world tour.

The events for the 2017 tour have been split into two tiers: World Tour Platinum and World Tour. The Platinum events offer higher prize money and more points towards the ITTF World Tour standings, which determine the qualifiers for the ITTF World Tour Grand Finals in December.[1][2][3]

On 12 January 2017 it was announced that Chinese shipping company Seamaster had agreed a four-year sponsorship deal with the ITTF World Tour.[4]

Schedule

Below is the schedule released by the ITTF:[5]

  World Tour Platinum
  World Tour
  Grand Finals
Tour Event Location Venue Date Prize money
(USD)
Ref.
Start Finish
1 Hungary Hungarian Open Budapest SYMA Sports and Conference Centre January 19 January 22 70,000 [6]
2 India India Open New Delhi Thyagaraj Sports Complex February 16 February 19 150,000 [7]
3 Qatar Qatar Open Doha Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena February 23 February 26 220,000 [8]
4 South Korea Korea Open Incheon Namdong Gymnasium April 20 April 23 155,000 [9]
5 Japan Japan Open Tokyo Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium June 16 June 18 220,000 [10]
6 China China Open Chengdu Sichuan Provincial Gymnasium June 22 June 25 220,000 [11]
7 Australia Australian Open Gold Coast Gold Coast Sports & Leisure Centre July 4 July 7 400,000 [12]
8 Bulgaria Bulgarian Open Panagyurishte Arena Asarel August 17 August 20 80,000 [13]
9 Czech Republic Czech Open Olomouc OMEGA Sport Center August 24 August 27 100,000 [14]
10 Austria Austrian Open Linz TBA September 1 September 3 125,000 [15]
11 Germany German Open Magdeburg GETEC Arena November 10 November 12 120,000 [16]
12 Sweden Swedish Open Stockholm TBA November 16 November 19 70,000 [17]
13 Grand Finals TBA TBA December 14 December 17 500,000

Events

Winners

World Tour Platinum

Event Men's singles Women's singles Men's doubles Women's doubles U21 Men's singles U21 Women's singles
Qatar Qatar Open China Ma Long China Chen Meng Japan Masataka Morizono
Japan Yuya Oshima
China Chen Meng
China Wang Manyu
Hong Kong Lam Siu Hang Hong Kong Doo Hoi Kem
Japan Japan Open China Ma Long China Sun Yingsha China Ma Long
China Xu Xin
China Chen Xingtong
China Sun Yingsha
South Korea Lim Jong-hoon Japan Yuka Umemura
China China Open Germany Dimitrij Ovtcharov China Ding Ning Japan Jin Ueda
Japan Maharu Yoshimura
China Ding Ning
China Liu Shiwen
Japan Yuto Kizukuri Japan Maki Shiomi
Australia Australian Open Belarus Vladimir Samsonov China Chen Meng South Korea Jang Woo-jin
South Korea Park Gang-hyeon
China Chen Meng
China Zhu Yuling
South Korea Park Gang-hyeon Japan Saki Shibata
Austria Austrian Open

Germany German Open

World Tour

Event Men's singles Women's singles Men's doubles Women's doubles U21 Men's singles U21 Women's singles
Hungary Hungarian Open China Yan An China Chen Xingtong China Fang Bo
China Zhou Yu
China Chen Xingtong
China Li Jiayi
Kazakhstan Kirill Gerassimenko Singapore Zeng Jian
India India Open Germany Dimitrij Ovtcharov Japan Sakura Mori Japan Masataka Morizono
Japan Yuya Oshima
Sweden Matilda Ekholm
Hungary Georgina Póta
Japan Asuka Sakai Japan Sakura Mori
South Korea Korea Open Germany Timo Boll Singapore Feng Tianwei South Korea Jang Woo-jin
South Korea Jeong Sang-eun
Germany Shan Xiaona
Germany Petrissa Solja
South Korea Lim Jong-hoon Japan Minami Ando
Bulgaria Bulgarian Open

Czech Republic Czech Open

Sweden Swedish Open

Finals

World Tour Platinum

Qatar Open
Category Winners Runners-up Score
Men's singles China Ma Long China Fan Zhendong 4–2 (11–8, 11–8, 11–7, 5–11, 6–11, 11–4)
Women's singles China Chen Meng China Wang Manyu 4–1 (12–10, 11–9, 11–6, 2–11, 11–6)
Men's doubles Japan Masataka Morizono
Japan Yuya Oshima
Sweden Kristian Karlsson
Sweden Mattias Karlsson
3–1 (9–11, 11–5, 11–5, 11–9)
Women's doubles China Chen Meng
China Wang Manyu
South Korea Jeon Ji-hee
South Korea Yang Ha-eun
3–1 (11–4, 11–6, 4–11, 11–6)
Japan Open
Category Winners Runners-up Score
Men's singles China Ma Long China Fan Zhendong 4–1 (11–7, 5–11, 11–7, 11–8, 11–5)
Women's singles China Sun Yingsha China Chen Meng 4–3 (9–11, 11–9, 8–11, 8–11, 11–7, 11–9, 11–8)
Men's doubles China Xu Xin
China Ma Long
Japan Koki Niwa
Japan Maharu Yoshimura
3–0 (11–9, 11–3, 11–7)
Women's doubles China Chen Xingtong
China Sun Yingsha
South Korea Jeon Ji-hee
South Korea Yang Ha-eun
3–2 (10–12, 8–11 ,11–3 ,11–7, 11–6)
China Open
Category Winners Runners-up Score
Men's singles Germany Dimitrij Ovtcharov Germany Timo Boll 4–3 (17–15, 7–11, 12–10, 11–9, 7–11, 6–11, 12–10)
Women's singles China Ding Ning China Sun Yingsha 4–1 (8–11, 11–9, 11–4, 11–7, 11–6)
Men's doubles Japan Jin Ueda
Japan Maharu Yoshimura
Japan Tomokazu Harimoto
Japan Yuto Kizukuri
3–1 (12–10, 9–11, 11–8, 11–9)
Women's doubles China Ding Ning
China Liu Shiwen
China Chen Meng
China Zhu Yuling
3–1 (9–11, 11–7, 11–4, 12–10)
Australian Open
Category Winners Runners-up Score
Men's singles
Women's singles China Chen Meng China Wang Manyu 4–2 (3–11, 12–10, 3–11, 12–10, 11–2, 11–7)
Men's doubles

Women's doubles

Austrian Open
Category Winners Runners-up Score
Men's singles
Women's singles
Men's doubles

Women's doubles

German Open
Category Winners Runners-up Score
Men's singles
Women's singles
Men's doubles

Women's doubles

World Tour

Hungarian Open
Category Winners Runners-up Score
Men's singles China Yan An China Shang Kun 4–2 (13–11, 6–11, 11–7, 11–6, 10–12, 11–8)
Women's singles China Chen Xingtong China Wen Jia 4–1 (13–11, 8–11, 11–9, 11–9, 11–9)
Men's doubles China Fang Bo
China Zhou Yu
Brazil Hugo Calderano
Brazil Gustavo Tsuboi
3–1 (11–6, 6–11, 11–8, 11–8)
Women's doubles China Chen Xingtong
China Li Jiayi
Sweden Matilda Ekholm
Hungary Georgina Póta
3–1 (11–4, 11–6, 9–11, 11–8)
India Open
Category Winners Runners-up Score
Men's singles Germany Dimitrij Ovtcharov Japan Tomokazu Harimoto 4–0 (11–6, 11–8, 11–4, 14–12)
Women's singles Japan Sakura Mori Sweden Matilda Ekholm 4–3 (7–11, 11–5, 11–8, 12–10, 6–11, 8–11, 11–6)
Men's doubles Japan Masataka Morizono
Japan Yuya Oshima
Germany Ruwen Filus
Germany Ricardo Walther
3–1 (9–11, 11–7, 11–6, 11–9)
Women's doubles Sweden Matilda Ekholm
Hungary Georgina Póta
Hong Kong Doo Hoi Kem
Hong Kong Lee Ho Ching
3–2 (9–11, 11–3, 5–11, 14–12, 11–8)
Korea Open
Category Winners Runners-up Score
Men's singles Germany Timo Boll Germany Patrick Franziska 4–0 (11–8, 12–10, 12–10, 11–6)
Women's singles Singapore Feng Tianwei Japan Kasumi Ishikawa 4–2 (12–10, 6–11, 11–9, 5–11, 11–8, 11–9)
Men's doubles South Korea Jang Woo-jin
South Korea Jeong Sang-eun
Germany Patrick Franziska
Denmark Jonathan Groth
3–2 (11–9, 8–11, 12–10, 7–11, 12–10)
Women's doubles Germany Shan Xiaona
Germany Petrissa Solja
Japan Hina Hayata
Japan Mima Ito
3–1 (11–4, 11–3, 3–11, 11–9)
Bulgarian Open
Category Winners Runners-up Score
Men's singles
Women's singles
Men's doubles

Women's doubles

Czech Open
Category Winners Runners-up Score
Men's singles
Women's singles
Men's doubles

Women's doubles

Swedish Open
Category Winners Runners-up Score
Men's singles
Women's singles
Men's doubles

Women's doubles

Grand Finals

The 2017 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals will take place from 14–17 December 2017. The venue has yet to be decided.

ITTF Challenge Series

In addition to the twelve ITTF World Tour events, eleven ITTF Challenge Series events will also take place in 2017. These events will be held in Belarus, Thailand, Chile, Slovenia, Croatia, Brazil, North Korea, Nigeria, Poland, Belgium and Spain.[18] For the first time, the Challenge Series will not form part of the main ITTF World Tour.[19]

See also

References

  1. "ITTF Announces 12 Host Cities for New & Improved 2017 World Tour". ITTF. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  2. "Prize money distribution 2017" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  3. "Points allocation for ITTF World Tour standings 2017" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  4. "ITTF Secures World Tour Title Sponsorship & Strategic Partnership with Seamaster". ITTF. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  5. "2017 ITTF World Tour Calendar (updated 15 Dec 2016)" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  6. "2017 ITTF World Tour Hungarian Open". ITTF. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  7. "2017 ITTF World Tour India Open". ITTF. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  8. "2017 ITTF World Tour Platinum, Qatar Open". ITTF. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  9. "2017 ITTF World Tour, Korea Open". ITTF. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  10. "2017 ITTF World Tour Platinum, Japan Open". ITTF. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  11. "2017 ITTF World Tour Platinum, China Open". ITTF. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  12. "2017 ITTF World Tour Platinum, Australian Open". ITTF. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  13. "2017 ITTF World Tour, Bulgaria Open". ITTF. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  14. "2017 ITTF World Tour, Czech Open". ITTF. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  15. "2017 ITTF World Tour Platinum, Austrian Open". ITTF. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  16. "2017 ITTF World Tour Platinum, German Open". ITTF. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  17. "2017 ITTF World Tour, Swedish Open". ITTF. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  18. "2017 ITTF Challenge Series Calendar (updated 16 Dec 2016)" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  19. "A motivating force, the Challenge tournaments". ITTF. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
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