2020 ITTF World Tour

The 2020 ITTF World Tour was the 25th season of the International Table Tennis Federation's professional table tennis world tour.[1][2]

2020 ITTF World Tour
Details
Duration28 January – 8 March 2020
Edition25th
Tournaments3
CategoriesWorld Tour Platinum (2)
World Tour (1)
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titlesMen:
China Fan Zhendong (1)
Japan Tomokazu Harimoto (1)
China Xu Xin (1)
Women:
China Chen Meng (2)
← 2019
2021 (World Table Tennis) →

The season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with only three events having taken place. The ITTF World Tour Grand Finals were replaced by the 2020 ITTF Finals, a one-off event featuring the top-ranked male and female players, as part of the International Table Tennis Federation's #RESTART series of events in November 2020.[3]

Points allocation
World Tour Platinum World Tour
x MS/WS MD/WD/XD MS/WS MD/WD/XD
Winner 500 300 250 200
Finalist 300 150 125 100
Semifinalists 200 75 63 50
Quarterfinalists 100 38 31 25
Round of 16 50 19 16 13
Round of 32 25 8

Schedule

The tournaments in the 2020 tour were split into two tiers: World Tour Platinum and World Tour. The Platinum events offered higher prize money and more points towards the ITTF World Tour standings, which would have determined the qualifiers for the ITTF World Tour Grand Finals in December.

Below is the 2020 schedule announced by the International Table Tennis Federation:[4]

Key
Grand Finals
World Tour Platinum
World Tour
No. Date Tournament Location Venue Prize (USD) Report Ref.
1 28 January – 2 February Germany German Open Magdeburg GETEC Arena 270,000 Report [5]
2 18–23 February Hungary Hungarian Open Budapest Budapest Olympic Hall 125,000 Report [6]
3 3–8 March Qatar Qatar Open Doha Aspire Dome 400,000 Report [7]
4 21–26 April (cancelled) Japan Japan Open Kitakyushu
5 5–10 May (cancelled) Hong Kong Hong Kong Open Hong Kong
6 12–17 May (postponed) China China Open Shenzhen
7 16–21 June (cancelled) South Korea Korea Open Busan
8 23–28 June (cancelled) Australia Australian Open Geelong
9 25–30 August (cancelled) Czech Republic Czech Open Olomouc
10 1–6 September (cancelled) Bulgaria Bulgaria Open Panagyurishte
11 3–8 November (cancelled) Sweden Swedish Open Stockholm
12 10–15 November (cancelled) Austria Austrian Open Linz
13 10–13 December (cancelled) Grand Finals Replaced by the 2020 ITTF Finals.[3]

Results
Date Tournament Champions Runners-up
28 January
– 2 February

German Open

 China Xu Xin China Ma Long
Score: 4–0 (15–13, 11–8, 11–7, 11–5)
China Chen Meng China Ding Ning
Score: 4–1 (3–11, 11–1, 11–7, 11–3, 11–1)
South Korea Cho Dae-seong
South Korea Jang Woo-jin		 China Lin Gaoyuan
China Ma Long
Score: 3–2 (10–12, 15–13, 12–14, 14–12, 11–6)
China Chen Meng
China Wang Manyu		 Japan Miu Hirano
Japan Kasumi Ishikawa
Score: 3–1 (11–7, 8–11, 11–7, 11–8)
China Xu Xin
China Liu Shiwen		 Japan Jun Mizutani
Japan Mima Ito
Score: 3–1 (12–10, 13–11, 7–11, 11–7)
18–23 February

Hungarian Open

  • Location: Budapest, Hungary
  • Venue: Budapest Olympic Hall
  • Category: World Tour
  • Prize: $170,000
  • Draws: 32MS/32WS/16MD/16WD/16XD
 Japan Tomokazu Harimoto Japan Yukiya Uda
Score: 4–1 (7–11, 11–8, 11–2, 11–6, 11–9)
Japan Mima Ito Chinese Taipei Cheng I-ching
Score: 4–3 (11–7, 1–11, 11–6, 7–11, 2–11, 11–9, 11–7)
Germany Benedikt Duda
Germany Patrick Franziska		 India Sharath Kamal
India Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
Score: 3–1 (11–5, 11–9, 8–11, 11–9)
Japan Miu Hirano
Japan Kasumi Ishikawa		 Hong Kong Doo Hoi Kem
Hong Kong Lee Ho Ching
Score: 3–0 (11–6, 11–9, 12–10)
Hong Kong Wong Chun Ting
Hong Kong Doo Hoi Kem		 Germany Patrick Franziska
Germany Petrissa Solja
Score: 3–2 (11–6, 6–11, 12–9, 7–11, 11–9)
3–8 March

Qatar Open

  • Location: Doha, Qatar
  • Venue: Aspire Dome
  • Category: World Tour Platinum
  • Prize: $400,000
  • Draws: 32MS/32WS/16MD/16WD/16XD
 China Fan Zhendong England Liam Pitchford
Score: 4–2 (11–9, 11–7, 8–11, 11–4, 6–11, 11–7)
China Chen Meng Japan Mima Ito
Score: 4–1 (3–11, 11–7, 11–9, 11–7, 11–7)
China Ma Long
China Xu Xin		 England Paul Drinkhall
England Liam Pitchford
Score: 3–1 (11–8, 8–11, 11–1, 11–6)
China Wang Manyu
China Zhu Yuling		 Japan Miyuu Kihara
Japan Miyu Nagasaki
Score: 3–1 (11–4, 7–11, 11–8, 11–9)
Japan Jun Mizutani
Japan Mima Ito		 China Wang Chuqin
China Sun Yingsha
Score: 3–1 (11–8, 7–11, 11–4, 15–13)

Grand Finals

The 2020 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They were replaced by the 2020 ITTF Finals, an event featuring the highest-ranked male and female players, which took place in Zhengzhou, China, from 19 to 22 November 2020.

See also

References
  1. "2020 ITTF World Tour / Directives" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  2. "2020 ITTF World Tour – Event Information Map" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  3. "#RESTART – International Table Tennis Returns!". ITTF. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  4. "2020 ITTF World Tour / Events". ITTF. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  5. "2020 ITTF World Tour Platinum, German Open". ITTF. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  6. "2020 ITTF World Tour, Hungarian Open". ITTF. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  7. "2020 ITTF World Tour Platinum, Qatar Open". ITTF. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
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