The

ITTF World Tour The ITTF World Tour, known as the ITTF Pro Tour until 2011, is an annual series of table tennis tournaments introduced by International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) in 1996. The tour includes events in seven categories: Men's and Women's Single ...

Grand Finals, formerly named ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals, is an annual table tennis tournament sanctioned by

International Table Tennis Federation The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) is the governing body for all national table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the p ...

(ITTF) at the end of the year. The tournament includes seven events: men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles, mixed doubles (new in 2018), U21 men's and women's singles. Players who accumulated the largest number of points on the

are qualified for the event, and competing for total prize money of US$1,000,000, the biggest total prize money event in the ITTF calendar.

Qualification сriteria

Men's and women's singles

*Attend at least 5 events at

. *The top 15 men and 15 women who have accumulated the largest number of points on World Tour standing are invited. *The ITTF will invite one player from to the host association provided that they played at least 5 events at

. *If a player from the host association is already among the 15 invited players or no player from the host association had attended at least 5 events at

, then the 16th player in order will be invited.

Men's and women's doubles

*The same pair has to play at least 4 events at

. *The top 7 men's and 7 women's doubles pairs who have accumulated the largest number of points, as a pair, on World Tour standing are invited. *The ITTF will invite one pair from the host association given that the pair played at least 4 events at

. *If a pair from the host association is already among the 7 invited pairs or no pair from the host association had attended at least 4 events at

, then the 8th pair in order will be invited. *If a player appears in two or more double pairs, only the highest double will be qualified.

Mixed doubles

*The same pair has to play at least 2 events at

. *The top 7 doubles who have accumulated the largest number of points, as a pair, on World Tour standing are invited. *The ITTF will invite one pair from the host association given that the pair played at least 2 events at

. *If a pair from the host association is already among the 7 invited pairs or no pair from the host association had attended at least 2 events at

, then the 8th pair in order will be invited. *If a player appears in two or more double pairs, only the highest double will be qualified.

U21 men's and women's singles

*Attend 4 events in at least 2 continents at

. *The top 8 on the World Tour standing are qualified. If more than 1 player or pair have the same ranking on the World Tour standing when they compete for the last spot, the spot belongs to the player or the pair with higher ITTF world ranking.

Playing systems

All the matches in World Tour Grand Finals are played best of 7 games with the exception of the first round of men's doubles and women's doubles, which are played as a best of 5 games. Seeding of the players and pairs are determined by the final order of the World Tour standings.

Men's and women's singles, doubles

16 players (or 8 pairs in doubles) advance towards next round under a knockout system. The top 8 players (or the top 4 pairs in doubles) on the World Tour standing will avoid playing each other in the first round.

U21 men's and women's singles

8 players are at first separated into two groups. After playing a round-robin, the top 2 players in each group advance towards a knockout.

Qualification сriteria

Men's and women's singles

Men's and women's doubles

Mixed doubles

U21 men's and women's singles

Playing systems

Men's and women's singles, doubles

U21 men's and women's singles

Winners

See also

References

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