ITTF 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 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 ITTF World Tour 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 ITTF World Tour.
* 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 ITTF World Tour.
* 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 ITTF World Tour, 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 ITTF World Tour.
* 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 ITTF World Tour.
* 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 ITTF World Tour, 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 ITTF World Tour.
* 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 ITTF World Tour.
* 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 ITTF World Tour, 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 ITTF World Tour.
* 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.

## Winners

* List of winners at ITTF World Tour Grand Finals:

| Location | Year | Men's Singles | Women's Singles | Men's Doubles | Women's Doubles | Mixed Doubles |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tianjin | 1996 | Kong Linghui | Deng Yaping | Wang Liqin Yan Sen | Deng Yaping Yang Ying | |
| Hong Kong | 1997 | Vladimir Samsonov | Li Ju | Kong Linghui Liu Guoliang | Li Ju Wang Nan | |
| Paris | 1998 | Wang Liqin | Wang Nan | Wang Liqin Yan Sen | Li Ju Wang Nan | |
| Sydney | 1999 | Liu Guozheng | Chen Jing | Kong Linghui Ma Lin | Li Ju Wang Nan | |
| Kobe | 2000 | Wang Liqin | Zhang Yining | Wang Liqin Yan Sen | Sun Jin Yang Ying | |
| Hainan | 2001 | Ma Lin | Wang Nan | Kim Taek-Soo Oh Sang-Eun | Lee Eun-Sil Ryu Ji-Hae | |
| Stockholm | 2002 | Chuang Chih-yuan | Zhang Yining | Kong Linghui Ma Lin | Li Jia Niu Jianfeng | |
| Guangzhou | 2003 | Wang Hao | Niu Jianfeng | Ma Lin Chen Qi | Guo Yue Niu Jianfeng | |
| Beijing | 2004 | Wang Liqin | Guo Yue | Ma Lin Chen Qi | Wang Nan Zhang Yining | |
| Fuzhou | 2005 | Timo Boll | Zhang Yining | Timo Boll Christian Süß | Gao Jun Shen Yanfei | |
| Hong Kong | 2006 | Wang Hao | Zhang Yining | Hao Shuai Ma Long | Wang Nan Zhang Yining | |
| Beijing | 2007 | Ma Lin | Li Xiaoxia | Wang Liqin Chen Qi | Guo Yue Li Xiaoxia | |
| Macau | 2008 | Ma Long | Guo Yan | Gao Ning Yang Zi | Li Jiawei Sun Beibei | |
| Macau | 2009 | Ma Long | Guo Yan | Timo Boll Christian Süß | Ding Ning Liu Shiwen | |
| Seoul | 2010 | Jun Mizutani | Feng Tianwei | Jiang Tianyi Tang Peng | Kim Kyung-Ah Park Mi-Young | |
| London | 2011 | Ma Long | Liu Shiwen | Ma Lin Zhang Jike | Guo Yue Li Xiaoxia | |
| Hangzhou | 2012 | Xu Xin | Liu Shiwen | Gao Ning Li Hu | Feng Tianwei Yu Mengyu | |
| Dubai | 2013 | Xu Xin | Liu Shiwen | Gao Ning Li Hu | Ding Ning Li Xiaoxia | |
| Bangkok | 2014 | Jun Mizutani | Kasumi Ishikawa | Cho Eon-Rae Seo Hyun-Deok | Miu Hirano Mima Ito | |
| Lisbon | 2015 | Ma Long | Ding Ning | Masataka Morizono Yuya Oshima | Ding Ning Zhu Yuling | |
| Doha | 2016 | Ma Long | Zhu Yuling | Jung Young-sik Lee Sang-su | Yui Hamamoto Hina Hayata | |
| Astana | 2017 | Fan Zhendong | Chen Meng | Masataka Morizono Yuya Oshima | Chen Meng Zhu Yuling | |
| Incheon | 2018 | Tomokazu Harimoto | Chen Meng | Jang Woo-jin Lim Jonghoon | Mima Ito Hina Hayata | Wong Chun Ting Doo Hoi Kem |
| Zhengzhou | 2019 | Fan Zhendong | Chen Meng | Fan Zhendong Xu Xin | Miyuu Kihara Miyu Nagasaki | Xu Xin Liu Shiwen |
| Zhengzhou | 2020 | Ma Long | Chen Meng | | | |
