The 2016

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was the 21st season of the

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's professional

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world tour. 2016 also marked the tour's 20th anniversary. 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

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in December. The Major Series was the middle tier, with the Challenge Series being the lowest tier.

Schedule

Below is the schedule released by the ITTF:

Events

Super Series

Winners

Finals

German Open Kuwait Open Qatar Open Japan Open Korea Open China Open

Major Series

Winners

Challenge Series

Winners

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

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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. Men's singles – final standings Women's singles – final standings

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

in December. Men's doubles – final standings Women's doubles – final standings

Grand Finals

The 2016 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals took place from 8–11 December at the

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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. Awards were handed out in eight categories: *Male Table Tennis Star:

Ma Long Ma Long (; born 20 October 1988) is a Chinese table tennis player and the reigning Olympic singles champion. Widely regarded as the greatest table tennis player of all time, he is the first and only male player to complete a career Double Grand ...

*Female Table Tennis Star:

Ding Ning Ding Ning (; born 20 June 1990) is a former Chinese table tennis player. She was the winner of women's singles in the 2011 World Table Tennis Championships. At the 2015 World Table Tennis Championships, Ding won her second world title in ...

*Male Para Table Tennis Star:

Laurens Devos Laurens Devos (born 15 August 2000) is a Belgian table tennis player who was the Paralympic champion in men's singles class 9. He has also won four European titles and most recently, a world title for his country. Laurens Devos lives in Oostma ...

*Female Para Table Tennis Star: Liu Jing *Table Tennis Star Coach:

Liu Guoliang Liu Guoliang (; born January 10, 1976) is a retired Chinese table tennis player who has won all titles at major world tournaments including World Championships, World Cup and Olympic Games. He is the second man to achieve a career grand slam of ...

*Table Tennis Breakthrough Star:

Miu Hirano (born 14 April 2000) is a Japanese table tennis player. She won Women's World Cup in 2016 as the youngest ever winner. She won the women's singles at the 2017 Asian Table Tennis Championships by sweeping away three top Chinese players. She comp ...

*Table Tennis Star Point:

Fan Zhendong Fan Zhendong (; born 22 January 1997) is a Chinese professional table tennis player who is currently ranked world No. 1 for men's singles by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). After joining the Chinese National Table Tennis Team i ...

br>at the 2016 Japan Open
*Fair Play Star: Rinad Fathy

References

External links

International Table Tennis Federation
{{ITTF World Tour 2016 in table tennis ITTF World Tour

Schedule

Events

Super Series

Winners

Finals

Major Series

Winners

Challenge Series

Winners

Standings

Singles

Doubles

Grand Finals

ITTF Star Awards

See also

References

External links