2017 ITTF World Tour

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

2017 ITTF World Tour
Details
Duration17 January 2017 – 17 December 2017
Edition22nd
Tournaments12 + Grand Finals
CategoriesWorld Tour Platinum (6)
World Tour (6)
Grand Finals (1)
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titlesMen: Dimitrij Ovtcharov (4)
Women: Chen Meng (3)
Points leaderMen: Dimitrij Ovtcharov (1,550)
Women: Chen Meng (2,162)
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The events for the 2017 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 determined the qualifiers for the 2017 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 Hungarian Open Budapest SYMA Sports and Conference Centre January 19 January 22 120,000 [6]
2 India Open New Delhi Thyagaraj Sports Complex February 16 February 19 150,000 [7]
3 Qatar Open Doha Ali Bin Hamad al-Attiyah Arena February 23 February 26 220,000 [8]
4 Korea Open Incheon Namdong Gymnasium April 20 April 23 155,000 [9]
5 Japan Open Tokyo Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium June 16 June 18 220,000 [10]
6 China Open Chengdu Sichuan Provincial Gymnasium June 22 June 25 220,000 [11]
7 Australian Open Gold Coast Gold Coast Sports & Leisure Centre July 4 July 7 400,000 [12]
8 Bulgarian Open Panagyurishte Arena Asarel August 17 August 20 130,000 [13]
9 Czech Open Olomouc OMEGA Sport Center August 24 August 27 140,000 [14]
10 Austrian Open Linz TipsArena Linz September 19 September 24 210,000 [15]
11 German Open Magdeburg GETEC Arena November 10 November 12 210,000 [16]
12 Swedish Open Stockholm Eriksdalshallen November 16 November 19 130,000 [17]
13 Grand Finals Astana "Daulet" Sports Complex December 14 December 17 1,000,000 [18][19]

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 Open Ma Long Chen Meng Masataka Morizono
Yuya Oshima		 Chen Meng
Wang Manyu		 Lam Siu Hang Doo Hoi Kem
Japan Open Ma Long Sun Yingsha Ma Long
Xu Xin		 Chen Xingtong
Sun Yingsha		 Lim Jong-hoon Yuka Umemura
China Open Dimitrij Ovtcharov Ding Ning Jin Ueda
Maharu Yoshimura		 Ding Ning
Liu Shiwen		 Yuto Kizukuri Maki Shiomi
Australian Open Vladimir Samsonov Chen Meng Jang Woo-jin
Park Gang-hyeon		 Chen Meng
Zhu Yuling		 Park Gang-hyeon Saki Shibata
Austrian Open Lin Gaoyuan Wang Manyu Koki Niwa
Jin Ueda		 Chen Xingtong
Sun Yingsha		 Xue Fei Zhang Rui
German Open Dimitrij Ovtcharov Chen Meng Jung Young-sik
Lee Sang-su		 Hina Hayata
Miu Hirano		 Xue Fei Chen Ke

World Tour
Event Men's singles Women's singles Men's doubles Women's doubles U21 Men's singles U21 Women's singles
Hungarian Open Yan An Chen Xingtong Fang Bo
Zhou Yu		 Chen Xingtong
Li Jiayi		 Kirill Gerassimenko Zeng Jian
India Open Dimitrij Ovtcharov Sakura Mori Masataka Morizono
Yuya Oshima		 Matilda Ekholm
Georgina Póta		 Asuka Sakai Sakura Mori
Korea Open Timo Boll Feng Tianwei Jang Woo-jin
Jeong Sang-eun		 Shan Xiaona
Petrissa Solja		 Lim Jong-hoon Minami Ando
Bulgarian Open Dimitrij Ovtcharov Kasumi Ishikawa Jin Ueda
Maharu Yoshimura		 Kasumi Ishikawa
Mima Ito		 Mizuki Oikawa Mizuki Morizono
Czech Open Tomokazu Harimoto Mima Ito Patrick Franziska
Jonathan Groth		 Hina Hayata
Mima Ito		 Can Akkuzu Adriana Díaz
Swedish Open Xu Xin Chen Xingtong Fan Zhendong
Xu Xin		 Hina Hayata
Mima Ito		 Park Gang-hyeon Zhang Rui

Finals

World Tour Platinum
Qatar Open
Category Winners Runners-up Score
Men's singles Ma Long Fan Zhendong 4–2 (11–8, 11–8, 11–7, 5–11, 6–11, 11–4)
Women's singles Chen Meng Wang Manyu 4–1 (12–10, 11–9, 11–6, 2–11, 11–6)
Men's doubles Masataka Morizono
Yuya Oshima		 Kristian Karlsson
Mattias Karlsson		 3–1 (9–11, 11–5, 11–5, 11–9)
Women's doubles Chen Meng
Wang Manyu		 Jeon Ji-hee
Yang Ha-eun		 3–1 (11–4, 11–6, 4–11, 11–6)
Japan Open
Category Winners Runners-up Score
Men's singles Ma Long Fan Zhendong 4–1 (11–7, 5–11, 11–7, 11–8, 11–5)
Women's singles Sun Yingsha Chen Meng 4–3 (9–11, 11–9, 8–11, 8–11, 11–7, 11–9, 11–8)
Men's doubles Xu Xin
Ma Long		 Koki Niwa
Maharu Yoshimura		 3–0 (11–9, 11–3, 11–7)
Women's doubles Chen Xingtong
Sun Yingsha		 Jeon Ji-hee
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 Dimitrij Ovtcharov Timo Boll 4–3 (17–15, 7–11, 12–10, 11–9, 7–11, 6–11, 12–10)
Women's singles Ding Ning Sun Yingsha 4–1 (8–11, 11–9, 11–4, 11–7, 11–6)
Men's doubles Jin Ueda
Maharu Yoshimura		 Tomokazu Harimoto
Yuto Kizukuri		 3–1 (12–10, 9–11, 11–8, 11–9)
Women's doubles Ding Ning
Liu Shiwen		 Chen Meng
Zhu Yuling		 3–1 (9–11, 11–7, 11–4, 12–10)
Australian Open
Category Winners Runners-up Score
Men's singles Vladimir Samsonov Simon Gauzy 4–1 (11–13, 11–8, 11–5, 11–8, 11–8)
Women's singles Chen Meng Wang Manyu 4–2 (3–11, 12–10, 3–11, 12–10, 11–2, 11–7)
Men's doubles Jang Woo-jin
Park Gang-hyeon		 Chen Chien-an
Chiang Hung-chieh		 3–1 (11–2, 11–13, 11–5, 11–6)
Women's doubles Chen Meng
Zhu Yuling		 Chen Xingtong
Wang Manyu		 3–0 (11–8, 11–9, 11–7)
Austrian Open
Category Winners Runners-up Score
Men's singles Lin Gaoyuan Yan An 4–1 (12–10, 11–9, 12–10, 10–12, 11–7)
Women's singles Wang Manyu Gu Yuting 4–0 (11–9, 12–10, 11–2, 11–9)
Men's doubles Koki Niwa
Jin Ueda		 Ruwen Filus
Ricardo Walther		 3–1 (11–7, 9–11, 11–9, 11–8)
Women's doubles Chen Xingtong
Sun Yingsha		 Honoka Hashimoto
Hitomi Sato		 3–2 (4–11, 11–7, 7–11, 12–10, 11–4)
German Open
ITTF World Tour 2017 German Open GETEC Arena
Category Winners Runners-up Score
Men's singles Dimitrij Ovtcharov Timo Boll 4–3 (9–11, 11–5, 11–9, 6–11, 11–7, 7–11, 11–6)
Women's singles Chen Meng Zhu Yuling 4–3 (9–11, 8–11, 13–11, 9–11, 13–11, 11–9, 11–4)
Men's doubles Jung Young-sik
Lee Sang-su		 Tomokazu Harimoto
Yuto Kizukuri		 3–2 (8–11, 3–11, 11–5, 16–14, 11–6)
Women's doubles Hina Hayata
Miu Hirano		 Chen Szu-yu
Cheng I-ching		 3–0 (11–7, 11–8, 11–9)

World Tour
Hungarian Open
Category Winners Runners-up Score
Men's singles Yan An Shang Kun 4–2 (13–11, 6–11, 11–7, 11–6, 10–12, 11–8)
Women's singles Chen Xingtong Wen Jia 4–1 (13–11, 8–11, 11–9, 11–9, 11–9)
Men's doubles Fang Bo
Zhou Yu		 Hugo Calderano
Gustavo Tsuboi		 3–1 (11–6, 6–11, 11–8, 11–8)
Women's doubles Chen Xingtong
Li Jiayi		 Matilda Ekholm
Georgina Póta		 3–1 (11–4, 11–6, 9–11, 11–8)
India Open
Category Winners Runners-up Score
Men's singles Dimitrij Ovtcharov Tomokazu Harimoto 4–0 (11–6, 11–8, 11–4, 14–12)
Women's singles Sakura Mori Matilda Ekholm 4–3 (7–11, 11–5, 11–8, 12–10, 6–11, 8–11, 11–6)
Men's doubles Masataka Morizono
Yuya Oshima		 Ruwen Filus
Ricardo Walther		 3–1 (9–11, 11–7, 11–6, 11–9)
Women's doubles Matilda Ekholm
Georgina Póta		 Doo Hoi Kem
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 Timo Boll Patrick Franziska 4–0 (11–8, 12–10, 12–10, 11–6)
Women's singles Feng Tianwei Kasumi Ishikawa 4–2 (12–10, 6–11, 11–9, 5–11, 11–8, 11–9)
Men's doubles Jang Woo-jin
Jeong Sang-eun		 Patrick Franziska
Jonathan Groth		 3–2 (11–9, 8–11, 12–10, 7–11, 12–10)
Women's doubles Shan Xiaona
Petrissa Solja		 Hina Hayata
Mima Ito		 3–1 (11–4, 11–3, 3–11, 11–9)
Bulgarian Open
Category Winners Runners-up Score
Men's singles Dimitrij Ovtcharov Kenta Matsudaira 4–1 (9–11, 11–7, 11–4, 11–9, 11–9)
Women's singles Kasumi Ishikawa Mima Ito 4–0 (12–10, 11–4, 11–7, 11–5)
Men's doubles Jin Ueda
Maharu Yoshimura		 Soumyajit Ghosh
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran		 3–2 (11–13, 11–7, 11–4, 6–11, 11–5)
Women's doubles Kasumi Ishikawa
Mima Ito		 Matilda Ekholm
Georgina Póta		 3–1 (6–11, 11–8, 11–9, 11–5)
Czech Open
Category Winners Runners-up Score
Men's singles Tomokazu Harimoto Timo Boll 4–2 (11–3, 4–11, 8–11, 11–9, 11–6, 11–9)
Women's singles Mima Ito Kasumi Ishikawa 4–1 (11–5, 15–13, 11–3, 9–11, 11–4)
Men's doubles Patrick Franziska
Jonathan Groth		 Jin Ueda
Maharu Yoshimura		 3–1 (11–6, 8–11, 11–9, 11–8)
Women's doubles Hina Hayata
Mima Ito		 Matilda Ekholm
Georgina Póta		 3–2 (11–5, 8–11, 8–11, 11–6, 11–8)
Swedish Open
Category Winners Runners-up Score
Men's singles Xu Xin Fan Zhendong 4–1 (6–11, 11–7, 11–9, 11–6, 11–2)
Women's singles Chen Xingtong Ding Ning 4–3 (11–9, 15–13, 10–12, 11–6, 6–11, 6–11, 11–9)
Men's doubles Fan Zhendong
Xu Xin		 Ho Kwan Kit
Wong Chun Ting		 3–1 (6–11, 11–5, 11–6, 11–8)
Women's doubles Hina Hayata
Mima Ito		 Chen Meng
Zhu Yuling		 3–1 (11–8, 1–11, 11–9, 11–9)

Standings

Singles

Points were accumulated during the singles tournaments at each of the twelve ITTF World Tour events.[3] The 15 men and 16 women who played in at least five events and accumulated the largest number of points were invited to play in the Grand Finals in Astana in December. Kazakhstan's Kirill Gerassimenko was also invited to take part in the men's singles event, to ensure that the host nation was represented.[20]

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