ITTF World Tour

Annual series of table tennis tournaments

ITTF World TourSport| Table tennis

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Founded| 1996
Ceased| 2020
Replaced by| World Table Tennis
Owner(s)| International Table Tennis Federation
Sponsor(s)| Seamaster
Related
competitions| ITTF World Tour Grand Finals
ITTF Challenge Series

The ITTF World Tour, known as the ITTF Pro Tour until 2011, was an annual series of table tennis tournaments introduced by International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) in 1996. The tour includes events in seven categories: Men's and Women's Singles, Men's, Women's, and Mixed Doubles, and Under-21 Men's and Women's Singles. The tour has its own points system, with players accumulating points based on their performances in the tournaments they enter.[1]

Since 2017, the ITTF also announced that the World Tour would be split into two tiers, with six World Tour Platinum, the new top tier of World Tour, and six regular World Tour events. The players who gain the most points in each of the seven different categories will be invited to participate in the ITTF World Tour Grand Finals at the end of the year.

Since 2021, the ITTF World Tour has been effectively replaced by the newly created World Table Tennis.

## Overview

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Tournaments  | −'15  | 2013−'16  | 2017−

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Tiers  | 0  | ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals/ITTF World Tour Grand Finals
I  |  | Super Series | World Tour Platinum
II  |  | Major Series | World Tour
III  |  | Challenge Series |

### ITTF Pro Tour (1996–2011)

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

Year | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011

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Number of tournaments  | 10 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 16
Location of Grand Finals |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

### ITTF World Tour (2012–2019)

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

Year | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019

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Number of tournaments  | 21 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 12
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## Winners of the tournaments

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Main article: List of ITTF World Tour winners

## Grand Finals

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Main article: ITTF World Tour Grand Finals

## Tournaments by year

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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.[2]

From 2004 to 2009, and again from 2011 to 2013, there were two China Open tournaments in each calendar year.

Since 2017, the ITTF Challenge Series has been run as a separate tour, reducing the number of tournaments on the main ITTF World Tour.[3]

Tournament | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Total

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Argentina Open  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | • | • |  |  |  |  | 2
Australian Open  | • | • | • | • |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | • | • | • | • | • | • | 10
Austrian Open  |  | • |  | • |  |  | • |  | • |  |  | • | • |  | • | • |  | • |  | • | • | • | • | • | 14
Belarus Open  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | • | • |  |  | • | • | • | • | • | Part of Challenge Series | 7
Belgium Open  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | • |  | • | • | • | Part of Challenge Series | 4
Brazil Open  | • | • |  | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |  |  | • | • | • | • |  |  | • |  |  | 17
Bulgarian Open  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | • | • | • | • | • | 5
Chile Open  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | • | • | • | • | • |  |  | • | • |  | • | • | • |  |  |  | 10
China Open | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 33
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Chinese Taipei Open  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | • | • | • |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3
Croatia Open  |  |  | • | • | • | • |  | • | • | • | • | • |  |  |  |  | • | • | • | • | • | Part of Challenge Series | 14
Czech Open  |  |  |  | • |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 9
Danish Open  |  |  |  |  | • | • | • | • | • |  |  |  |  | • |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6
DPR Korea Open  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | • | • | Part of Challenge Series | 2
Dutch Open  |  |  |  |  |  | • | • |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2
Egypt Open  |  |  |  |  |  |  | • |  | • |  |  |  |  |  | • |  | • | • |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5
English Open | • | • |  | • |  | • |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | • |  | • |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6
French Open  | • | • |  | • | • |  |  |  |  |  |  | • |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5
German Open |  |  |  | • |  | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 20
Greek Open  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | • |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1
Hong Kong Open |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | • | • | 2
Hungarian Open |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | • |  | • |  | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8
India Open |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | • |  | • | • |  |  |  |  |  |  | • |  |  | 4
Italian Open  | • |  | • |  |  |  | • |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3
Japan Open | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 24
Korea Open |  |  |  |  |  | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 19
Kuwait Open |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | • | • | • | • | • |  | • | • | • | • | • |  |  |  | 10
Lebanon Open  |  | • | • |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2
Malaysia Open  |  | • | • |  |  |  |  | • |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3
Morocco Open  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | • | • | • | • | • |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5
Nigeria Open  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | • | • | • | Part of Challenge Series | 3
Philippines Open  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | • | • |  |  |  |  | 2
Polish Open  |  | • |  |  | • |  | • |  | • |  | • |  | • | • | • | • | • | • |  | • | • | Part of Challenge Series | 13
Qatar Open |  | • | • | • |  | • | • | • |  | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 21
Russian Open  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | • | • | • | • |  |  |  |  | • | • | • |  |  |  |  |  | 7
Serbian Open  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | • |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1
Singapore Open  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | • |  | • |  | • |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3
Slovenia Open  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |  |  |  | • | Part of Challenge Series | 9
Spanish Open  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | • | • | • | • | • |  | Part of Challenge Series | 5
Swedish Open | • | • | • | • | • | • |  | • |  | • |  | • |  |  |  | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18
UAE Open  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | • |  | • |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2
U.S. Open | • | • | • |  | • | • | • |  | • | • |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | • |  |  |  |  |  |  | 9
Yugoslavia Open  | • | • | • |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3
Tournament | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Total

## Business

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

## See also

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* World Table Tennis Championships
* Table Tennis World Cup
* Table tennis at the Summer Olympics

## References

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1. ^ "Points allocation for ITTF World Tour standings". ITTF. Archived from the original on 22 October 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
2. ^ "ITTF Statistics". ITTF. Archived from the original on 14 August 2010. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
3. ^ "A motivating force, the Challenge tournaments". ITTF. 15 December 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
4. ^ "ITTF Secures World Tour Title Sponsorship & Strategic Partnership with Seamaster". ITTF. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2017.

## External links

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* ITTF World Tour (archived)
* ITTF Statistics (archived)

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ITTF World Tour

* ITTF World Tour Grand Finals
* ITTF Challenge Series

Seasons|

* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020

Grand Finals|

* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020

Tournaments|

* Argentina Open
* Australian Open
* Austrian Open
* Belarus Open
* Belgium Open
* Brazil Open
* Bulgarian Open
* Chile Open
* China Open
* Chinese Taipei Open
* Croatia Open
* Czech Open
* Danish Open
* DPR Korea Open
* Dutch Open
* Egypt Open
* English Open
* French Open
* German Open
* Greek Open
* Hong Kong Open
* Hungarian Open
* India Open
* Italian Open
* Japan Open
* Korea Open
* Kuwait Open
* Lebanon Open
* Malaysia Open
* Morocco Open
* Nigeria Open
* Philippines Open
* Polish Open
* Qatar Open
* Russian Open
* Serbian Open
* Singapore Open
* Slovenia Open
* Spanish Open
* Swedish Open
* UAE Open
* U.S. Open
* Yugoslavia Open

Related lists|

* List of ITTF World Tour winners
* List of ITTF World Tour Grand Finals medalists

* Successor: World Table Tennis (since 2021)

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International table tennis

* ITTF
* Olympic Games
* Paralympics
* Youth Olympics
* World Championships
* Team
* Youth
* World Cup
* World Table Tennis

Africa|

* ATTF - African Championships
* Africa Cup
* African Games

Americas|

* NATTU / ULTM - Pan American Championships
* Pan American Cup
* Pan American Games
* Latin America
* Championships
* Cup
* Youth
* North American Championships

Asia|

* ATTU - Asian Championships
* Asian Cup
* Asian Games
* East Asian Games
* Southeast Asian Games
* Asian Junior and Cadet Championships

Europe|

* ETTU - European Championships
* Europe Top-16
* European Under-21 Championships
* European Youth Championships
* European Games
* Europe Youth Top-10 [fr ]

Oceania|

* OTTF - Oceania Championships
* Oceania Cup
* Pacific Games

Para table tennis|

* World Para Table Tennis Championships
* African Para Table Tennis Championships
* Asian Para Table Tennis Championships
* European Para Table Tennis Championships
* Oceania Para Table Tennis Championships
* Pan-American Para Table Tennis Championships
* Other competitions

Others|

* Asia-Euro Cup
* China vs. World Challenge
* Arab Games
* Commonwealth Championships
* Commonwealth Games
* Lusophony Games
* Mediterranean Games
* Southeast Asian Games
* Universiade
* Asian-African-Latin American Invitational Tournament (defunct)
* World Masters (defunct)
* Tournament of Champions (defunct)
* East Asian Games (defunct)
* World Tour (defunct)
* Grand Finals (defunct)
* Challenge Series (defunct)

Achievements|

* Achievements by nation
* ITTF Hall of Fame
* ITTF Star Awards

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Ball sports|

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* Squash
* Table tennis
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* men
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Summer sports|

* Archery
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Winter sports|

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Racing sports|

* Automobile racing
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* Motorcycle racing
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