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2018 ITTF World Tour
The 2018 ITTF World Tour was the 23rd season of the International Table Tennis Federation's professional table tennis world tour. For the first time in its history, the tour included mixed doubles competitions in 2018. They featured at six events: the 2018 China Open (table tennis), China Open, 2018 Japan Open (table tennis), Japan Open, 2018 Korea Open (table tennis), Korea Open, 2018 Australian Open (table tennis), Australian Open and 2018 Austrian Open (table tennis), Austrian Open, as well as at the 2018 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals, Grand Finals. This was to promote the mixed doubles category prior to its inclusion on the Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics, 2020 Olympics programme. Schedule The tournaments in the 2018 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 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals in December. B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals
The 2018 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals was the final competition of the 2018 ITTF World Tour, the International Table Tennis Federation's professional table tennis world tour. It was the 23rd edition of the competition, and was held from 13–16 December in Incheon, South Korea. 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 2018 ITTF World Tour. 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 were invited to compete. China's Ma Long (table tennis), Ma Long qualified for the men's singles event, but withdrew due to injury. His place was taken by Japan's Yuya Oshima. Tournament format The singles and doubles tournaments consisted of knockout draws, with 16 players s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |