# 2016 ITTF World Tour

The 2016 ITTF World Tour was the 21st season of the International Table Tennis Federation's professional table tennis 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 2016 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals 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:
| Tour | Event | Location | Venue | Date | Date | Prize money USD | Ref. |
| Tour | Event | Location | Venue | Start | Finish | Prize money USD | Ref. |
| 1 | Hungarian Open | Budapest | Tüskecsarnok | January 20 | January 24 | 70,000 | |
| 2 | German Open | Berlin | Max-Schmeling-Halle | January 27 | January 31 | 120,000 | |
| 3 | Kuwait Open | Kuwait City | Salwa Sports Club | March 16 | March 20 | 300,000 | |
| 4 | Qatar Open | Doha | Ali Bin Hamad al-Attiyah Arena | March 23 | March 27 | 220,000 | |
| 5 | Chile Open | Santiago | Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico | April 5 | April 9 | 35,000 | |
| 6 | Polish Open | Warsaw | Torwar Hall | April 20 | April 24 | 70,000 | |
| 7 | Nigeria Open | Lagos | Sir Molade Okoya-Thomas Sports Hall | May 18 | May 22 | 46,000 | |
| 8 | Croatia Open | Zagreb | Dom Sportova | May 24 | May 28 | 35,000 | |
| 9 | Slovenia Open | Otočec | Športni Center Otočec | June 1 | June 5 | 35,000 | |
| 10 | Australian Open | Melbourne | Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre | June 8 | June 12 | 35,000 | |
| 11 | Japan Open | Tokyo | Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium | June 15 | June 19 | 120,000 | |
| 12 | Korea Open | Incheon | Namdong Gymnasium | June 22 | June 26 | 120,000 | |
| 13 | DPR Korea Open | Pyongyang | Chongchun Street Sports Village | June 29 | July 3 | 35,000 | |
| 14 | Bulgaria Open | Panagyurishte | Arena Asarel | August 24 | August 28 | 80,000 | |
| 15 | Czech Open | Olomouc | Sportovní hala University Palackého | August 31 | September 4 | 70,000 | |
| 16 | Belarus Open | Minsk | Palace of Tennis | September 7 | September 11 | 35,000 | |
| 17 | China Open | Chengdu | Sichuan Provincial Gymnasium | September 14 | September 18 | 220,000 | |
| 18 | Belgium Open | De Haan | Sport- en recreatiecentrum Haneveld | September 20 | September 24 | 35,000 | |
| 19 | Austrian Open | Linz | TipsArena Linz | November 9 | November 13 | 70,000 | |
| 20 | Swedish Open | Stockholm | Eriksdalshallen | November 15 | November 20 | 70,000 | |
| 21 | Grand Finals | Doha | Ali Bin Hamad al-Attiyah Arena | December 8 | December 11 | 500,000 | |

## Events
### Super Series
#### Winners

| Event | Men's singles | Women's singles | Men's doubles | Women's doubles | U21 Men's singles | U21 Women's singles |
| German Open | Ma Long | Wu Yang | Masataka Morizono Yuya Oshima | Jeon Ji-hee Yang Ha-eun | Yuto Muramatsu | Yui Hamamoto |
| Kuwait Open | Zhang Jike | Li Xiaoxia | Xu Xin Zhang Jike | Ding Ning Liu Shiwen | Hugo Calderano | Hina Hayata |
| Qatar Open | Ma Long | Liu Shiwen | Fan Zhendong Zhang Jike | Ding Ning Liu Shiwen | Ho Kwan Kit | Zeng Jian |
| Japan Open | Fan Zhendong | Liu Shiwen | Ma Long Xu Xin | Ding Ning Li Xiaoxia | Tomokazu Harimoto | Zeng Jian |
| Korea Open | Xu Xin | Ding Ning | Xu Xin Zhang Jike | Ding Ning Liu Shiwen | Lim Jong-hoon | Yui Hamamoto |
| China Open | Fan Zhendong | Ding Ning | Ma Long Zhang Jike | Chen Meng Zhu Yuling | Ho Kwan Kit | Zeng Jian |

#### Finals

German Open
| Category | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
| Men's singles | Ma Long | Vladimir Samsonov | 4–1 (11–7, 11–6, 11–4, 10–12, 11–5) |
| Women's singles | Wu Yang | Kasumi Ishikawa | 4–1 (11–5, 11–7, 9–11, 11–8, 11–7) |
| Men's doubles | Masataka Morizono / Yuya Oshima | Ho Kwan Kit / Tang Peng | 3–1 (11–8, 8–11, 11–6, 11–2) |
| Women's doubles | Jeon Ji-hee / Yang Ha-eun | Han Ying / Irene Ivancan | 3–1 (11–3, 8–11, 11–7, 11–7) |
Kuwait Open
| Category | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
| Men's singles | Zhang Jike | Ma Long | 4–1 (11–9, 11–9, 5–11, 12–10, 11–9) |
| Women's singles | Li Xiaoxia | Ding Ning | 4–1 (11–6, 2–11, 11–9, 11–9, 11–8) |
| Men's doubles | Xu Xin / Zhang Jike | Ho Kwan Kit / Tang Peng | 3–1 (6–11, 11–9, 11–8, 11–5) |
| Women's doubles | Ding Ning / Liu Shiwen | Li Xiaoxia / Zhu Yuling | 3–0 (11–4, 11–6, 11–5) |
Qatar Open
| Category | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
| Men's singles | Ma Long | Fan Zhendong | 4–1 (11–9, 11–9, 5–11, 13–11, 11–5) |
| Women's singles | Liu Shiwen | Ding Ning | 4–1 (11–8, 9–11, 11–8, 11–9, 11–9) |
| Men's doubles | Fan Zhendong / Zhang Jike | Koki Niwa / Maharu Yoshimura | 3–0 (11–8, 11–9, 11–7) |
| Women's doubles | Ding Ning / Liu Shiwen | Ai Fukuhara / Mima Ito | 3–2 (6–11, 11–9, 11–6, 4–11, 11–7) |
Japan Open
| Category | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
| Men's singles | Fan Zhendong | Xu Xin | 4–1 (11–9, 11–5, 9–11, 11–7, 11–8) |
| Women's singles | Liu Shiwen | Ding Ning | 4–2 (17–19, 11–7, 11–6, 8–11, 12–10, 11–7) |
| Men's doubles | Ma Long / Xu Xin | Chuang Chih-yuan / Huang Sheng-sheng | 3–0 (11–4, 11–7, 11–4) |
| Women's doubles | Ding Ning / Li Xiaoxia | Liu Shiwen / Zhu Yuling | 3–0 (11–7, 11–7, 11–9) |
Korea Open
| Category | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
| Men's singles | Xu Xin | Ma Long | 4–3 (11–7, 12–10, 4–11, 12–10, 7–11, 6–11, 11–9) |
| Women's singles | Ding Ning | Liu Shiwen | 4–1 (11–9, 11–13, 11–8, 11–6, 11–6) |
| Men's doubles | Xu Xin / Zhang Jike | Jung Young-sik / Lee Sang-su | 3–0 (12–10, 12–10, 11–8) |
| Women's doubles | Ding Ning / Liu Shiwen | Jeon Ji-hee / Yang Ha-eun | 3–0 (11–9, 11–7, 11–4) |
China Open
| Category | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
| Men's singles | Fan Zhendong | Ma Long | 4–0 (11–9, 13–11, 11–8, 11–5) |
| Women's singles | Ding Ning | Liu Shiwen | 4–2 (11–6, 8–11, 11–4, 10–12, 12–10, 11–8) |
| Men's doubles | Ma Long / Zhang Jike | Fan Zhendong / Xu Xin | 3–2 (11–8, 5–11, 4–11, 11–9, 11–5) |
| Women's doubles | Chen Meng / Zhu Yuling | Ding Ning / Liu Shiwen | 3–1 (4–11, 11–3, 11–9, 11–5) |

### Major Series
#### Winners

| Event | Men's singles | Women's singles | Men's doubles | Women's doubles | U21 Men's singles | U21 Women's singles |
| Hungarian Open | Chuang Chih-yuan | Tie Ya Na | Chuang Chih-yuan Huang Sheng-sheng | Jeon Ji-hee Yang Ha-eun | Lim Jong-hoon | Miyu Kato |
| Polish Open | Jun Mizutani | Miu Hirano | Masataka Morizono Yuya Oshima | Jeon Ji-hee Yang Ha-eun | Wang Zhixu | Miyu Kato |
| Bulgaria Open | Tomáš Konečný | Yuka Ishigaki | Alexey Liventsov Mikhail Paikov | Miyu Kato Misaki Morizono | Liao Cheng-ting | Saki Shibata |
| Czech Open | Yuto Muramatsu | Yang Xiaoxin | Cho Eon-rae Park Jeong-woo | Matilda Ekholm Georgina Póta | Yuto Muramatsu | Yoon Hyo-bin |
| Austrian Open | Kenta Matsudaira | Mima Ito | Patrick Franziska Jonathan Groth | Honoka Hashimoto Hitomi Sato | Park Gang-hyeon | Sakura Mori |
| Swedish Open | Yuya Oshima | Kasumi Ishikawa | Hugo Calderano Gustavo Tsuboi | Cheng I-ching Lee I-chen | Kenta Tazoe | Choi Hyo-joo |

### Challenge Series
#### Winners

| Event | Men's singles | Women's singles | Men's doubles | Women's doubles | U21 Men's singles | U21 Women's singles |
| Chile Open | Antoine Hachard | Rachel Moret | Antoine Hachard Romain Ruiz | Maria Lorenzotti Candela Molero | Florian Schreiner | Idalys Lovet |
| Nigeria Open | Benedek Oláh | Shao Jieni | Andrey Bukin Vasilij Filatov | Irina Ermakova Olga Kulikova | Shady Magdy | Irina Ciobanu |
| Croatia Open | Joo Sae-hyuk | Hitomi Sato | Patrick Franziska Jonathan Groth | Doo Hoi Kem Lee Ho Ching | Tomislav Pucar | Mima Ito |
| Slovenia Open | Jun Mizutani | Feng Tianwei | Ho Kwan Kit Wong Chun Ting | Maria Dolgikh Polina Mikhailova | João Geraldo | Hitomi Sato |
| Australian Open | Jun Mizutani | Hina Hayata | Takuya Jin Yuki Morita | Honoka Hashimoto Hitomi Sato | Mizuki Oikawa | Miyu Kato |
| DPR Korea Open | Kang Wi-hun | Kim Song-i | Cao Wei Xu Yingbin | Kim Song-i Ri Myong-sun | Ro Hyon-song | Kim Nam-hae |
| Belarus Open | Jang Woo-jin | Saki Shibata | Jang Woo-jin Lim Jong-hoon | Honoka Hashimoto Hitomi Sato | Cho Seung-min | Jung Yu-mi |
| Belgium Open | Sathiyan Gnanasekaran | Georgina Póta | Alexey Liventsov Mikhail Paikov | Georgina Póta Yulia Prokhorova | Liao Cheng-ting | Kyoka Kato |

## 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 Grand Finals 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.
| Rank | after all 20 events | Events | Points |
| 1 | Ma Long | 6 | 2,100 |
| 2 | Fan Zhendong | 5 | 1,700 |
| 3 | Xu Xin | 5 | 1,300 |
| 4 | Zhang Jike | 6 | 1,225 |
| 5 | Jun Mizutani | 7 | 713 |
| 6 | Chuang Chih-yuan | 8 | 700 |
| 7 | Vladimir Samsonov | 5 | 700 |
| 8 | Wong Chun Ting | 8 | 619 |
| 9 | Dimitrij Ovtcharov | 5 | 550 |
| 10 | Kenta Matsudaira | 8 | 401 |
| 11 | Yuto Muramatsu | 6 | 363 |
| 12 | Chen Chien-an | 10 | 337 |
| 13 | Fang Bo | 4 | 300 |
| 14 | Jung Young-sik | 8 | 288 |
| 15 | Yuya Oshima | 8 | 281 |
| 16 | Tang Peng | 5 | 275 |
| 17 | Koki Niwa | 9 | 254 |
| 18 | Marcos Freitas | 6 | 250 |
| 19 | Tomáš Konečný | 9 | 234 |
| 20 | Andrej Gaćina | 7 | 231 |
| 21 | Lee Sang-su | 8 | 222 |
| 22 | Hugo Calderano | 7 | 206 |
| 23 | Tiago Apolónia | 8 | 200 |
| 24 | Ho Kwan Kit | 11 | 200 |
| 25 | Joo Sae-hyuk | 4 | 200 |
| 34 | Li Ping | 5 | 134 |
| Rank | after all 20 events | Events | Points |
| 1 | Ding Ning | 5 | 1,900 |
| 2 | Liu Shiwen | 5 | 1,700 |
| 3 | Kasumi Ishikawa | 9 | 881 |
| 4 | Zhu Yuling | 5 | 800 |
| 5 | Feng Tianwei | 9 | 612 |
| 6 | Li Xiaoxia | 2 | 600 |
| 7 | Wu Yang | 3 | 600 |
| 8 | Tie Ya Na | 6 | 550 |
| 9 | Cheng I-ching | 8 | 538 |
| 10 | Mima Ito | 11 | 525 |
| 11 | Yang Ha-eun | 10 | 459 |
| 12 | Yuka Ishigaki | 13 | 451 |
| 13 | Miu Hirano | 7 | 450 |
| 14 | Han Ying | 7 | 400 |
| 15 | Lee Ho Ching | 11 | 362 |
| 16 | Yu Mengyu | 8 | 362 |
| 17 | Shan Xiaona | 10 | 360 |
| 18 | Hina Hayata | 11 | 353 |
| 19 | Seo Hyo-won | 9 | 338 |
| 20 | Hitomi Sato | 15 | 326 |
| 21 | Jeon Ji-hee | 11 | 310 |
| 22 | Ai Fukuhara | 9 | 307 |
| 23 | Yui Hamamoto | 13 | 306 |
| 24 | Li Jie | 4 | 288 |
| 25 | Melek Hu | 7 | 225 |

### 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 Grand Finals in December.
| Rank | after all 20 events | Events | Points |
| 1 | Masataka Morizono / Yuya Oshima | 6 | 632 |
| 2 | Xu Xin / Zhang Jike | 2 | 600 |
| 3 | Jung Young-sik / Lee Sang-su | 8 | 526 |
| 4 | Alexey Liventsov / Mikhail Paikov | 6 | 488 |
| 5 | Chuang Chih-yuan / Huang Sheng-sheng | 4 | 426 |
| 6 | Patrick Franziska / Jonathan Groth | 4 | 400 |
| 7 | Ho Kwan Kit / Tang Peng | 4 | 376 |
| 8 | Fan Zhendong / Zhang Jike | 2 | 375 |
| 9 | Koki Niwa / Maharu Yoshimura | 5 | 332 |
| 10 | Hugo Calderano / Gustavo Tsuboi | 4 | 326 |
| 11 | Ma Long / Xu Xin | 2 | 319 |
| 12 | Ma Long / Zhang Jike | 1 | 300 |
| 13 | Robin Devos / Cédric Nuytinck | 8 | 233 |
| 14 | Chen Chien-an / Chiang Hung-chieh | 7 | 221 |
| 15 | Ho Kwan Kit / Wong Chun Ting | 4 | 219 |
| 16 | Cho Eon-rae / Park Jeong-woo | 2 | 206 |
| 17 | Antoine Hachard / Romain Ruiz | 4 | 188 |
| 18 | Kim Min-hyeok / Park Gang-hyeon | 5 | 163 |
| 19 | Fan Zhendong Xu Xin | 1 | 150 |
| 20 | Fan Zhendong / Ma Long | 2 | 150 |
| Rank | after all 20 events | Events | Points |
| 1 | Jeon Ji-hee / Yang Ha-eun | 9 | 1082 |
| 2 | Ding Ning / Liu Shiwen | 4 | 1050 |
| 3 | Honoka Hashimoto / Hitomi Sato | 11 | 589 |
| 4 | Maria Dolgikh / Polina Mikhailova | 7 | 451 |
| 5 | Ding Ning / Li Xiaoxia | 1 | 300 |
| 6 | Chen Meng / Zhu Yuling | 1 | 300 |
| 7 | Matilda Ekholm / Georgina Póta | 3 | 263 |
| 8 | Cheng I-ching / Huang Yi-hua | 6 | 251 |
| 9 | Doo Hoi Kem / Lee Ho Ching | 5 | 226 |
| 10 | Cheng I-ching / Lee I-chen | 2 | 225 |
| 11 | Ai Fukuhara / Mima Ito | 2 | 225 |
| 12 | Yu Mengyu / Zhou Yihan | 7 | 208 |
| 13 | Miyu Kato / Misaki Morizono | 1 | 200 |
| 14 | Han Ying / Irene Ivancan | 2 | 175 |
| 15 | Jiang Huajun / Tie Yana | 2 | 175 |
| 16 | Shan Xiaona / Petrissa Solja | 5 | 158 |
| 17 | Li Xiaoxia / Zhu Yuling | 1 | 150 |
| 18 | Liu Shiwen / Zhu Yuling | 1 | 150 |
| 19 | Yui Hamamoto Hina Hayata | 4 | 145 |
| 20 | Li Jie / Li Qian | 2 | 138 |
| 23 | Dóra Madarász Szandra Pergel | 6 | 120 |

## Grand Finals

The 2016 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals took place from 8–11 December at the Ali Bin Hamad al-Attiyah Arena in Doha, Qatar.

## 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
* Female Table Tennis Star: Ding Ning
* Male Para Table Tennis Star: Laurens Devos
* Female Para Table Tennis Star: Liu Jing
* Table Tennis Star Coach: Liu Guoliang
* Table Tennis Breakthrough Star: Miu Hirano
* Table Tennis Star Point: Fan Zhendong at the 2016 Japan Open
* Fair Play Star: Rinad Fathy