2020 ITTF World Tour

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

2020 ITTF World Tour
Details
Duration28 January – 13 December 2020
Edition25th
Tournaments12 + Grand Finals
CategoriesWorld Tour Platinum (6)
World Tour (6)
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titlesMen:

Women:
Most tournament finalsMen:

Women:
Points leaderMen:
Women:
← 2019
2021 →

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 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.

Below is the 2020 schedule announced by the International Table Tennis Federation:[3]

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

Results
Date Tournament Champions Runners-up
28 Jan.–2 Feb.

German Open

 Xu Xin Ma Long
Score: 4–0 (15–13, 11–8, 11–7, 11–5)
Chen Meng Ding Ning
Score: 4–1 (3–11, 11–1, 11–7, 11–3, 11–1)
Cho Dae-seong
Jang Woo-jin		 Lin Gaoyuan
Ma Long
Score: 3–2 (10–12, 15–13, 12–14, 14–12, 11–6)
Chen Meng
Wang Manyu		 Miu Hirano
Kasumi Ishikawa
Score: 3–1 (11–7, 8–11, 11–7, 11–8)
Xu Xin
Liu Shiwen		 Jun Mizutani
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
 Tomokazu Harimoto Yukiya Uda
Score: 4–1 (7–11, 11–8, 11–2, 11–6, 11–9)
Mima Ito Cheng I-ching
Score: 4–3 (11–7, 1–11, 11–6, 7–11, 2–11, 11–9, 11–7)
Benedikt Duda
Patrick Franziska		 Sharath Kamal
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
Score: 3–1 (11–5, 11–9, 8–11, 11–9)
Miu Hirano
Kasumi Ishikawa		 Doo Hoi Kem
Lee Ho Ching
Score: 3–0 (11–6, 11–9, 12–10)
Wong Chun Ting
Doo Hoi Kem		 Patrick Franziska
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
 Fan Zhendong Liam Pitchford
Score: 4–2 (11–9, 11–7, 8–11, 11–4, 6–11, 11–7)
Chen Meng Mima Ito
Score: 4–1 (3–11, 11–7, 11–9, 11–7, 11–7)
Ma Long
Xu Xin		 Paul Drinkhall
Liam Pitchford
Score: 3–1 (11–8, 8–11, 11–1, 11–6)
Wang Manyu
Zhu Yuling		 Miyuu Kihara
Miyu Nagasaki
Score: 3–1 (11–4, 7–11, 11–8, 11–9)
Jun Mizutani
Mima Ito		 Wang Chuqin
Sun Yingsha
Score: 3–1 (11–8, 7–11, 11–4, 15–13)
21–26 April

Japan Open

  • Location: Kitakyushu, Japan
  • Venue:
  • Category: World Tour
  • Prize: $TBA
  • Draws: 32MS/32WS/16MD/16WD/16XD
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Grand Finals

The 2020 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals will take place in a to be determined venue, from 10–13 December 2020.

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See also
  • 2020 World Table Tennis Championships
  • 2020 ITTF Men's World Cup
  • 2020 ITTF Women's World Cup
  • 2020 ITTF Team World Cup
  • 2020 ITTF Challenge Series

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. "2020 ITTF World Tour / Events". ITTF. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  4. "2020 ITTF World Tour Platinum, German Open". ITTF. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  5. "2020 ITTF World Tour, Hungarian Open". ITTF. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  6. "2020 ITTF World Tour Platinum, Qatar Open". ITTF. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
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