# 2017 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals

The 2017 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals was the final competition of the 2017 ITTF World Tour, the International Table Tennis Federation's professional table tennis world tour. It was the 22nd edition of the competition, and was held from 14 to 17 December in Astana, Kazakhstan.
The competition featured events in four categories: men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles and women's doubles.

## Events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's Singles details | Fan Zhendong | Dimitrij Ovtcharov | Lin Gaoyuan |
| Men's Singles details | Fan Zhendong | Dimitrij Ovtcharov | Timo Boll |
| Women's Singles details | Chen Meng | Zhu Yuling | Gu Yuting |
| Women's Singles details | Chen Meng | Zhu Yuling | Chen Xingtong |
| Men's Doubles details | Masataka Morizono Yuya Oshima | Ho Kwan Kit Wong Chun Ting | Jin Ueda Maharu Yoshimura |
| Men's Doubles details | Masataka Morizono Yuya Oshima | Ho Kwan Kit Wong Chun Ting | Chen Chien-an Chiang Hung-chieh |
| Women's Doubles details | Chen Meng Zhu Yuling | Hina Hayata Mima Ito | Doo Hoi Kem Lee Ho Ching |
| Women's Doubles details | Chen Meng Zhu Yuling | Hina Hayata Mima Ito | Honoka Hashimoto Hitomi Sato |

## Qualification

Players earned points based on their performances in the singles and doubles tournaments at the 12 events of the 2017 ITTF World Tour. The top 15 men's singles players, the top 16 women's singles players, and the top eight men's and women's doubles pairs who satisfied the qualification criteria were invited to compete. Kazakhstan's Kirill Gerassimenko was the 16th player added to the men's singles event to ensure that the host nation was represented.

## 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.

## Men's singles
### Players

* Dimitrij Ovtcharov (final)
* Timo Boll (semifinals)
* Fan Zhendong (champion)
* Lin Gaoyuan (semifinals)
* Xu Xin (quarterfinals)
* Tomokazu Harimoto (quarterfinals)
* Simon Gauzy (first round)
* Vladimir Samsonov (first round)
* Kenta Matsudaira (first round)
* Fang Bo (quarterfinals)
* Koki Niwa (first round)
* Wong Chun Ting (quarterfinals)
* Masaki Yoshida (first round)
* Yuya Oshima (first round)
* Chuang Chih-yuan (first round)
* Kirill Gerassimenko (first round)

### Draw

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Dimitrij Ovtcharov | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Koki Niwa | 12 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | D. Ovtcharov | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Kirill Gerassimenko | 9 | 6 | 5 | 11 | | | | 6 | T. Harimoto | 7 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Tomokazu Harimoto | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | D. Ovtcharov | 7 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 12 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Simon Gauzy | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Lin Gaoyuan | 11 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 10 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Fang Bo | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | 10 | Fang Bo | 11 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | Masaki Yoshida | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | | | | 4 | Lin Gaoyuan | 8 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Lin Gaoyuan | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | D. Ovtcharov | 7 | 9 | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | Fan Zhendong | 17 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Fan Zhendong | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 |
| 15 | Chuang Chih-yuan | 15 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 6 | | 3 | Fan Zhendong | 11 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Kenta Matsudaira | 6 | 8 | 9 | 8 | | | | 5 | Xu Xin | 6 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Xu Xin | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Fan Zhendong | 11 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Vladimir Samsonov | 3 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Timo Boll | 6 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 7 | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Wong Chun Ting | 11 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 12 | Wong C.T. | 11 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Yuya Oshima | 6 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 6 | | 2 | Timo Boll | 4 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Timo Boll | 11 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Women's singles
### Players

* Chen Meng (champion)
* Wang Manyu (quarterfinals)
* Kasumi Ishikawa (quarterfinals)
* Mima Ito (quarterfinals)
* Gu Yuting (semifinals)
* Chen Xingtong (semifinals)
* Zhu Yuling (final)
* Feng Tianwei (quarterfinals)
* Sakura Mori (first round)
* Shan Xiaona (first round)
* Hina Hayata (first round)
* Miu Hirano (first round)
* Han Ying (first round)
* Doo Hoi Kem (first round)
* Hitomi Sato (first round)
* Cheng I-ching (first round)

### Draw

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Chen Meng | 11 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Doo Hoi Kem | 5 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 8 | | 1 | Chen Meng | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Cheng I-ching | 9 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 8 | | | 8 | Feng Tianwei | 4 | 8 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Feng Tianwei | 11 | 7 | 17 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Chen Meng | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Gu Yuting | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Gu Yuting | 10 | 4 | 5 | 9 | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Miu Hirano | 5 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 5 | Gu Yuting | 6 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | Han Ying | 3 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 4 | | 3 | K. Ishikawa | 11 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Kasumi Ishikawa | 11 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Chen Meng | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 |
| 4 | Mima Ito | 11 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Zhu Yuling | 6 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 9 | Sakura Mori | 8 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 5 | | 4 | Mima Ito | 8 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Shan Xiaona | 2 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 10 | | | 6 | Chen Xingtong | 11 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Chen Xingtong | 11 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | Chen Xingtong | 11 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 7 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Zhu Yuling | 9 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Zhu Yuling | 9 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 11 | | | | | | |
| 11 | Hina Hayata | 11 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 7 | Zhu Yuling | 11 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | Hitomi Sato | 6 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 10 | | | 2 | Wang Manyu | 6 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Wang Manyu | 11 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Men's doubles
### Players

* Jin Ueda / Maharu Yoshimura (semifinals)
* Masataka Morizono / Yuya Oshima (champions)
* Ho Kwan Kit / Wong Chun Ting (final)
* Patrick Franziska / Jonathan Groth (quarterfinals)
* Tomokazu Harimoto / Yuto Kizukuri (quarterfinals)
* Chen Chien-an / Chiang Hung-chieh (semifinals)
* Robin Devos / Cédric Nuytinck (quarterfinals)
* Gao Ning / Pang Xue Jie (quarterfinals)

### Draw

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Ueda / Yoshimura | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Devos / Nuytinck | 9 | 6 | 7 | | | 1 | Ueda / Yoshimura | 11 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Gao / Pang | 4 | 2 | 11 | | | 3 | Ho / Wong | 4 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 11 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Ho / Wong | 11 | 11 | 13 | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Ho / Wong | 7 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 |
| 4 | Franziska / Groth | 7 | 7 | 11 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Morizono / Oshima | 11 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 12 |
| 6 | Chen / Chiang | 11 | 11 | 3 | 11 | | 6 | Chen / Chiang | 5 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Harimoto / Kizukuri | 11 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 2 | Morizono / Oshima | 11 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Morizono / Oshima | 8 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Women's doubles
### Players

* Hina Hayata / Mima Ito (final)
* Chen Meng / Zhu Yuling (champions)
* Matilda Ekholm / Georgina Póta (quarterfinals)
* Doo Hoi Kem / Lee Ho Ching (semifinals)
* Chen Szu-yu / Cheng I-ching (quarterfinals)
* Honoka Hashimoto / Hitomi Sato (semifinals)
* Barbora Balážová / Hana Matelová (quarterfinals)
* Ng Wing Nam / Soo Wai Yam Minnie (quarterfinals)

### Draw

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Hayata / Ito | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Balážová / Matelová | 9 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 1 | Hayata / Ito | 8 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 16 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Chen / Cheng | 8 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 4 | Doo / Lee | 11 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 14 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Doo / Lee | 11 | 11 | 4 | 13 | | | | | | | | | 1 | Hayata / Ito | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 |
| 3 | Ekholm / Póta | 6 | 9 | 11 | 7 | | | | | | | | | 2 | Chen / Zhu | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| 6 | Hashimoto / Sato | 11 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 6 | Hashimoto / Sato | 12 | 4 | 9 | 8 | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Ng / Soo | 3 | 4 | 7 | | 2 | Chen / Zhu | 14 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Chen / Zhu | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## ITTF Star Awards

The 2017 ITTF Star Awards ceremony was held on the first evening of the Grand Finals at the Rixos President Hotel on 14 December.
Awards were handed out in eight categories:
* Male Table Tennis Star: Timo Boll
* Female Table Tennis Star: Ding Ning
* Male Para Table Tennis Star: Viktor Didukh
* Female Para Table Tennis Star: Neslihan Kavas
* Table Tennis Star Coach: Jörg Roßkopf
* Table Tennis Breakthrough Star: Tomokazu Harimoto
* Table Tennis Star Point: Ding Ning (versus Zhu Yuling at the 2017 World Championships)
* Fair Play Star: Irvin Bertrand