The 2019
ITTF World Tour Grand Finals The ITTF World Tour Grand Finals, formerly named ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals, is an annual table tennis tournament sanctioned by International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) at the end of the year. The tournament includes seven events: men's and wome ...
was the final competition of the
2019 ITTF World Tour
The 2019 ITTF World Tour was the 24th season of the International Table Tennis Federation's professional table tennis world tour.
Schedule
The tournaments in the 2019 tour have been split into two tiers: World Tour Platinum and World Tour. The Pl ...
, the
International Table Tennis Federation
The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) is the governing body for all national table tennis
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's professional
table tennis
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world tour. It was the 24th edition of the competition, and was held from 12–15 December in
Zhengzhou
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,
China
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.
The competition featured events in five categories: men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, women's doubles and mixed doubles.
Events
Qualification
Players earned points based on their performances in the singles and doubles tournaments at the 12 events of the
2019 ITTF World Tour
The 2019 ITTF World Tour was the 24th season of the International Table Tennis Federation's professional table tennis world tour.
Schedule
The tournaments in the 2019 tour have been split into two tiers: World Tour Platinum and World Tour. The Pl ...
. The top 16 men's and women's singles players, and the top eight men's, women's and mixed doubles pairs who satisfied the qualification criteria will be invited to compete.
Tournament format
The singles and doubles tournaments consisted of knockout draws, with 16 players starting each of the singles events and eight pairs starting each of the doubles events. The seedings for the tournament draws were based on final
tour standings, not the official
ITTF world ranking
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In mathematics, this is known as a weak order or total preorder of ...
.
Men's singles
Players
Draw
Women's singles
Players
Draw
Men's doubles
Players
Draw
Women's doubles
Players
Draw
Mixed doubles
Players
Draw
ITTF Star Awards
The 2019
ITTF Star Awards ceremony was held at the JW Marriott Hotel in
Zhengzhou
Zhengzhou (; ), also spelt Zheng Zhou and alternatively romanized as Chengchow, is the capital and largest city of Henan Province in the central part of the People's Republic of China. Located in north-central Henan, it is one of the National ...
on 11 December.
Awards were handed out in seven 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:
Liu Shiwen
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*Male Para Table Tennis Star:
Thomas Schmidberger
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References
External links
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1991 births
Living people
German male ...
*Female Para Table Tennis Star:
Giada Rossi
*Table Tennis Star Coach: Bladimir Díaz
*Table Tennis Breakthrough Star:
Lily Zhang
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*Table Tennis Star Point:
Fan Zhendong
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&
Xu Xin at th
2019 Japan Open
See also
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2019 World Table Tennis Championships
The 2019 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Budapest, Hungary from 21 to 28 April 2019. It was the 55th edition of the championships, and the fourth time that they were held in Budapest.
Schedule
Five events were contested, with qualif ...
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2019 ITTF Team World Cup
The 2019 Table Tennis World Cup, ITTF Team World Cup (also known as the ZEN-NOH 2019 ITTF Team World Cup for sponsorship reasons) was a table tennis competition that took place in Tokyo, Japan, from 6 to 10 November 2019. It was the 12th edition o ...
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2019 ITTF Men's World Cup
The 2019 ITTF Men's World Cup was a table tennis competition held in Chengdu, China, from 29 November to 1 December 2019. It was the 40th edition of the ITTF-sanctioned event.
Qualification
In total, 20 players qualified for the World Cup:
* ...
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2019 ITTF Women's World Cup
The 2019 ITTF Women's World Cup was a table tennis competition held in Chengdu, China, from 18 to 20 October 2019. It was the 23rd edition of the ITTF-sanctioned event.
Qualification
In total, 20 players qualified for the World Cup:
* The cu ...
References
External links
International Table Tennis Federation
{{2019 ITTF World Tour
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2019
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World Tour Grand Finals
ITTF World Tour Grand Finals The ITTF World Tour Grand Finals, formerly named ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals, is an annual table tennis tournament sanctioned by International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) at the end of the year. The tournament includes seven events: men's and wome ...
Table tennis competitions in China
International sports competitions hosted by China
ITTF World Tour Grand Finals The ITTF World Tour Grand Finals, formerly named ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals, is an annual table tennis tournament sanctioned by International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) at the end of the year. The tournament includes seven events: men's and wome ...