2016 ITTF World Tour

The 2016 ITTF World Tour was the 21st season of the International Table Tennis Federation's professional table tennis world tour. 2016 also marked the tour's 20th anniversary.^[1]

2016 ITTF World Tour

Details
Duration	20 January 2016 – 11 December 2016
Edition	21st
Tournaments	20 + Grand Finals
Categories	Super Series (6) Major Series (6) Challenge Series (8) Grand Finals (1)
Achievements (singles)
Most titles	Men: Ma Long (3, inc. Grand Finals) Jun Mizutani (3) Women: Ding Ning (2) Liu Shiwen (2)
Points leader	Men: Ma Long (2,100) Women: Ding Ning (1,900)
Awards
Player of the year	Men: Ma Long Women: Ding Ning
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The events of the 2016 tour were split into three tiers: Super Series, Major Series and Challenge Series. The Super Series events offered the highest prize money and the most points towards the ITTF World Tour standings, which determined the qualifiers for the 2016 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals in December. The Major Series was the middle tier, with the Challenge Series being the lowest tier.^[2][3]

Schedule

Below is the schedule released by the ITTF:^[4]

  Super Series

  Major Series

  Challenge Series

  Grand Finals

Tour	Event	Location	Venue	Date		Prize money USD	Ref.
				Start	Finish
1	Hungarian Open	Budapest	Tüskecsarnok	January 20	January 24	70,000	[5]
2	German Open	Berlin	Max-Schmeling-Halle	January 27	January 31	120,000	[6]
3	Kuwait Open	Kuwait City	Salwa Sports Club	March 16	March 20	300,000	[7]
4	Qatar Open	Doha	Ali Bin Hamad al-Attiyah Arena	March 23	March 27	220,000	[8]
5	Chile Open	Santiago	Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico	April 5	April 9	35,000	[9]
6	Polish Open	Warsaw	Torwar Hall	April 20	April 24	70,000	[10]
7	Nigeria Open	Lagos	Sir Molade Okoya-Thomas Sports Hall	May 18	May 22	46,000	[11]
8	Croatia Open	Zagreb	Dom Sportova	May 24	May 28	35,000	[12]
9	Slovenia Open	Otočec	Športni Center Otočec	June 1	June 5	35,000	[13]
10	Australian Open	Melbourne	Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre	June 8	June 12	35,000	[14]
11	Japan Open	Tokyo	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium	June 15	June 19	120,000	[15]
12	Korea Open	Incheon	Namdong Gymnasium	June 22	June 26	120,000	[16]
13	DPR Korea Open	Pyongyang	Chongchun Street Sports Village	June 29	July 3	35,000	[17]
14	Bulgaria Open	Panagyurishte	Arena Asarel	August 24	August 28	80,000	[18]
15	Czech Open	Olomouc	Sportovní hala University Palackého	August 31	September 4	70,000	[19]
16	Belarus Open	Minsk	Palace of Tennis	September 7	September 11	35,000	[20]
17	China Open	Chengdu	Sichuan Provincial Gymnasium	September 14	September 18	220,000	[21]
18	Belgium Open	De Haan	Sport- en recreatiecentrum Haneveld	September 20	September 24	35,000	[22]
19	Austrian Open	Linz	TipsArena Linz	November 9	November 13	70,000	[23]
20	Swedish Open	Stockholm	Eriksdalshallen	November 15	November 20	70,000	[24]
21	Grand Finals	Doha	Ali Bin Hamad al-Attiyah Arena	December 8	December 11	500,000	[25]

Events

Super Series

Winners

Event	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	U21 Men's singles	U21 Women's singles
German Open	Ma Long	Wu Yang	Masataka Morizono Yuya Oshima	Jeon Ji-hee Yang Ha-eun	Yuto Muramatsu	Yui Hamamoto
Kuwait Open	Zhang Jike	Li Xiaoxia	Xu Xin Zhang Jike	Ding Ning Liu Shiwen	Hugo Calderano	Hina Hayata
Qatar Open	Ma Long	Liu Shiwen	Fan Zhendong Zhang Jike	Ding Ning Liu Shiwen	Ho Kwan Kit	Zeng Jian
Japan Open	Fan Zhendong	Liu Shiwen	Ma Long Xu Xin	Ding Ning Li Xiaoxia	Tomokazu Harimoto	Zeng Jian
Korea Open	Xu Xin	Ding Ning	Xu Xin Zhang Jike	Ding Ning Liu Shiwen	Lim Jong-hoon	Yui Hamamoto
China Open	Fan Zhendong	Ding Ning	Ma Long Zhang Jike	Chen Meng Zhu Yuling	Ho Kwan Kit	Zeng Jian

Finals

German Open

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Ma Long	Vladimir Samsonov	4–1 (11–7, 11–6, 11–4, 10–12, 11–5)
Women's singles	Wu Yang	Kasumi Ishikawa	4–1 (11–5, 11–7, 9–11, 11–8, 11–7)
Men's doubles	Masataka Morizono / Yuya Oshima	Ho Kwan Kit / Tang Peng	3–1 (11–8, 8–11, 11–6, 11–2)
Women's doubles	Jeon Ji-hee / Yang Ha-eun	Han Ying / Irene Ivancan	3–1 (11–3, 8–11, 11–7, 11–7)

Kuwait Open

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Zhang Jike	Ma Long	4–1 (11–9, 11–9, 5–11, 12–10, 11–9)
Women's singles	Li Xiaoxia	Ding Ning	4–1 (11–6, 2–11, 11–9, 11–9, 11–8)
Men's doubles	Xu Xin / Zhang Jike	Ho Kwan Kit / Tang Peng	3–1 (6–11, 11–9, 11–8, 11–5)
Women's doubles	Ding Ning / Liu Shiwen	Li Xiaoxia / Zhu Yuling	3–0 (11–4, 11–6, 11–5)

Qatar Open

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Ma Long	Fan Zhendong	4–1 (11–9, 11–9, 5–11, 13–11, 11–5)
Women's singles	Liu Shiwen	Ding Ning	4–1 (11–8, 9–11, 11–8, 11–9, 11–9)
Men's doubles	Fan Zhendong / Zhang Jike	Koki Niwa / Maharu Yoshimura	3–0 (11–8, 11–9, 11–7)
Women's doubles	Ding Ning / Liu Shiwen	Ai Fukuhara / Mima Ito	3–2 (6–11, 11–9, 11–6, 4–11, 11–7)

Japan Open

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Fan Zhendong	Xu Xin	4–1 (11–9, 11–5, 9–11, 11–7, 11–8)
Women's singles	Liu Shiwen	Ding Ning	4–2 (17–19, 11–7, 11–6, 8–11, 12–10, 11–7)
Men's doubles	Ma Long / Xu Xin	Chuang Chih-yuan / Huang Sheng-sheng	3–0 (11–4, 11–7, 11–4)
Women's doubles	Ding Ning / Li Xiaoxia	Liu Shiwen / Zhu Yuling	3–0 (11–7, 11–7, 11–9)

Korea Open

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Xu Xin	Ma Long	4–3 (11–7, 12–10, 4–11, 12–10, 7–11, 6–11, 11–9)
Women's singles	Ding Ning	Liu Shiwen	4–1 (11–9, 11–13, 11–8, 11–6, 11–6)
Men's doubles	Xu Xin / Zhang Jike	Jung Young-sik / Lee Sang-su	3–0 (12–10, 12–10, 11–8)
Women's doubles	Ding Ning / Liu Shiwen	Jeon Ji-hee / Yang Ha-eun	3–0 (11–9, 11–7, 11–4)

China Open

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Fan Zhendong	Ma Long	4–0 (11–9, 13–11, 11–8, 11–5)
Women's singles	Ding Ning	Liu Shiwen	4–2 (11–6, 8–11, 11–4, 10–12, 12–10, 11–8)
Men's doubles	Ma Long / Zhang Jike	Fan Zhendong / Xu Xin	3–2 (11–8, 5–11, 4–11, 11–9, 11–5)
Women's doubles	Chen Meng / Zhu Yuling	Ding Ning / Liu Shiwen	3–1 (4–11, 11–3, 11–9, 11–5)

Major Series

Winners

Event	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	U21 Men's singles	U21 Women's singles
Hungarian Open	Chuang Chih-yuan	Tie Ya Na	Chuang Chih-yuan Huang Sheng-sheng	Jeon Ji-hee Yang Ha-eun	Lim Jong-hoon	Miyu Kato
Polish Open	Jun Mizutani	Miu Hirano	Masataka Morizono Yuya Oshima	Jeon Ji-hee Yang Ha-eun	Wang Zhixu	Miyu Kato
Bulgaria Open	Tomáš Konečný	Yuka Ishigaki	Alexey Liventsov Mikhail Paikov	Miyu Kato Misaki Morizono	Liao Cheng-ting	Saki Shibata
Czech Open	Yuto Muramatsu	Yang Xiaoxin	Cho Eon-rae Park Jeong-woo	Matilda Ekholm Georgina Póta	Yuto Muramatsu	Yoon Hyo-bin
Austrian Open	Kenta Matsudaira	Mima Ito	Patrick Franziska Jonathan Groth	Honoka Hashimoto Hitomi Sato	Park Gang-hyeon	Sakura Mori
Swedish Open	Yuya Oshima	Kasumi Ishikawa	Hugo Calderano Gustavo Tsuboi	Cheng I-ching Lee I-chen	Kenta Tazoe	Choi Hyo-joo

Challenge Series

Winners

Event	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	U21 Men's singles	U21 Women's singles
Chile Open	Antoine Hachard	Rachel Moret	Antoine Hachard Romain Ruiz	Maria Lorenzotti Candela Molero	Florian Schreiner	Idalys Lovet
Nigeria Open	Benedek Oláh	Shao Jieni	Andrey Bukin Vasilij Filatov	Irina Ermakova Olga Kulikova	Shady Magdy	Irina Ciobanu
Croatia Open	Joo Sae-hyuk	Hitomi Sato	Patrick Franziska Jonathan Groth	Doo Hoi Kem Lee Ho Ching	Tomislav Pucar	Mima Ito
Slovenia Open	Jun Mizutani	Feng Tianwei	Ho Kwan Kit Wong Chun Ting	Maria Dolgikh Polina Mikhailova	João Geraldo	Hitomi Sato
Australian Open	Jun Mizutani	Hina Hayata	Takuya Jin Yuki Morita	Honoka Hashimoto Hitomi Sato	Mizuki Oikawa	Miyu Kato
DPR Korea Open	Kang Wi-hun	Kim Song-i	Cao Wei Xu Yingbin	Kim Song-i Ri Myong-sun	Ro Hyon-song	Kim Nam-hae
Belarus Open	Jang Woo-jin	Saki Shibata	Jang Woo-jin Lim Jong-hoon	Honoka Hashimoto Hitomi Sato	Cho Seung-min	Jung Yu-mi
Belgium Open	Sathiyan Gnanasekaran	Georgina Póta	Alexey Liventsov Mikhail Paikov	Georgina Póta Yulia Prokhorova	Liao Cheng-ting	Kyoka Kato

Standings

Singles

The 15 men and 16 women who played in at least five events and accumulated the largest number of points during the 2016 ITTF World Tour were invited to play in the Grand Finals in December. Qatar's Li Ping was also invited to take part in the men's singles event, to ensure that the host nation was represented.^[2][26][27]

Men's singles – final standings[28] Rank after all 20 events Events Points 1 Ma Long 6 2,100 2 Fan Zhendong 5 1,700 3 Xu Xin 5 1,300 4 Zhang Jike 6 1,225 5 Jun Mizutani 7 713 6 Chuang Chih-yuan 8 700 7 Vladimir Samsonov 5 700 8 Wong Chun Ting 8 619 9 Dimitrij Ovtcharov 5 550 10 Kenta Matsudaira 8 401 11 Yuto Muramatsu 6 363 12 Chen Chien-an 10 337 13 Fang Bo 4 300 14 Jung Young-sik 8 288 15 Yuya Oshima 8 281 16 Tang Peng 5 275 17 Koki Niwa 9 254 18 Marcos Freitas 6 250 19 Tomáš Konečný 9 234 20 Andrej Gaćina 7 231 21 Lee Sang-su 8 222 22 Hugo Calderano 7 206 23 Tiago Apolónia 8 200 24 Ho Kwan Kit 11 200 25 Joo Sae-hyuk 4 200 34 Li Ping 5 134

Women's singles – final standings[28] Rank after all 20 events Events Points 1 Ding Ning 5 1,900 2 Liu Shiwen 5 1,700 3 Kasumi Ishikawa 9 881 4 Zhu Yuling 5 800 5 Feng Tianwei 9 612 6 Li Xiaoxia 2 600 7 Wu Yang 3 600 8 Tie Ya Na 6 550 9 Cheng I-ching 8 538 10 Mima Ito 11 525 11 Yang Ha-eun 10 459 12 Yuka Ishigaki 13 451 13 Miu Hirano 7 450 14 Han Ying 7 400 15 Lee Ho Ching 11 362 16 Yu Mengyu 8 362 17 Shan Xiaona 10 360 18 Hina Hayata 11 353 19 Seo Hyo-won 9 338 20 Hitomi Sato 15 326 21 Jeon Ji-hee 11 310 22 Ai Fukuhara 9 307 23 Yui Hamamoto 13 306 24 Li Jie 4 288 25 Melek Hu 7 225

  Player met the qualification criteria and competed in the Grand Finals

  Player met the qualification criteria and was invited to compete in the Grand Finals, but withdrew

  Player did not qualify for the Grand Finals, either due to not meeting the qualification criteria or not finishing in a high enough position

Doubles

The eight men's pairs and eight women's pairs who played in at least four events and accumulated the largest number of points, as a pair, during the 2016 ITTF World Tour were invited to play in the Grand Finals in December.^[2][26][27]

Men's doubles – final standings[28] Rank after all 20 events Events Points 1 Masataka Morizono / Yuya Oshima 6 632 2 Xu Xin / Zhang Jike 2 600 3 Jung Young-sik / Lee Sang-su 8 526 4 Alexey Liventsov / Mikhail Paikov 6 488 5 Chuang Chih-yuan / Huang Sheng-sheng 4 426 6 Patrick Franziska / Jonathan Groth 4 400 7 Ho Kwan Kit / Tang Peng 4 376 8 Fan Zhendong / Zhang Jike 2 375 9 Koki Niwa / Maharu Yoshimura 5 332 10 Hugo Calderano / Gustavo Tsuboi 4 326 11 Ma Long / Xu Xin 2 319 12 Ma Long / Zhang Jike 1 300 13 Robin Devos / Cédric Nuytinck 8 233 14 Chen Chien-an / Chiang Hung-chieh 7 221 15 Ho Kwan Kit / Wong Chun Ting 4 219 16 Cho Eon-rae / Park Jeong-woo 2 206 17 Antoine Hachard / Romain Ruiz 4 188 18 Kim Min-hyeok / Park Gang-hyeon 5 163 19 Fan Zhendong Xu Xin 1 150 20 Fan Zhendong / Ma Long 2 150

Women's doubles – final standings[28] Rank after all 20 events Events Points 1 Jeon Ji-hee / Yang Ha-eun 9 1082 2 Ding Ning / Liu Shiwen 4 1050 3 Honoka Hashimoto / Hitomi Sato 11 589 4 Maria Dolgikh / Polina Mikhailova 7 451 5 Ding Ning / Li Xiaoxia 1 300 6 Chen Meng / Zhu Yuling 1 300 7 Matilda Ekholm / Georgina Póta 3 263 8 Cheng I-ching / Huang Yi-hua 6 251 9 Doo Hoi Kem / Lee Ho Ching 5 226 10 Cheng I-ching / Lee I-chen 2 225 11 Ai Fukuhara / Mima Ito 2 225 12 Yu Mengyu / Zhou Yihan 7 208 13 Miyu Kato / Misaki Morizono 1 200 14 Han Ying / Irene Ivancan 2 175 15 Jiang Huajun / Tie Yana 2 175 16 Shan Xiaona / Petrissa Solja 5 158 17 Li Xiaoxia / Zhu Yuling 1 150 18 Liu Shiwen / Zhu Yuling 1 150 19 Yui Hamamoto Hina Hayata 4 145 20 Li Jie / Li Qian 2 138 23 Dóra Madarász Szandra Pergel 6 120

  Pair met the qualification criteria and competed in the Grand Finals

  Pair met the qualification criteria and was invited to compete in the Grand Finals, but withdrew

  Pair did not qualify for the Grand Finals, either due to not meeting the qualification criteria, not finishing in a high enough position, or due to the fact that one player in the pair had already qualified in a higher position with another partner

Grand Finals

Main article: 2016 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals

The 2016 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals took place from 8–11 December at the Ali Bin Hamad al-Attiyah Arena in Doha, Qatar.^[25]

ITTF Star Awards

The 2016 ITTF Star Awards ceremony was held on the first evening of the Grand Finals at the Sheraton Grand Doha on 8 December.^[29]

Awards were handed out in eight categories:

• Male Table Tennis Star: Ma Long
• Female Table Tennis Star: Ding Ning
• Male Para Table Tennis Star: Laurens Devos
• Female Para Table Tennis Star: Liu Jing
• Table Tennis Star Coach: Liu Guoliang
• Table Tennis Breakthrough Star: Miu Hirano
• Table Tennis Star Point: Fan Zhendong at the 2016 Japan Open
• Fair Play Star: Rinad Fathy

See also

• 2016 World Team Table Tennis Championships
• Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics