2016 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals explained

2016 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals
Dates:8–11 December 2016
Number Edition:21st
Prize Money:500000
Venue:Ali Bin Hamad al-Attiyah Arena
Location:Doha, Qatar
Ms:Ma Long
Country Ms:CHN
Ws:Zhu Yuling
Country Ws:CHN
Md1:Jung Young-sik
Country Md1:KOR
Md2:Lee Sang-su
Country Md2:KOR
Wd1:Yui Hamamoto
Country Wd1:JPN
Wd2:Hina Hayata
Country Wd2:JPN
Website:2016 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals
Previous:2015
Next:2017

The 2016 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals was the final competition of the 2016 ITTF World Tour, the International Table Tennis Federation's professional table tennis world tour. It was the 21st edition of the competition, and was held from 8–11 December 2016 in Doha, Qatar.[1]

The competition featured events in six categories: men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles, and under-21 men's and women's singles.

Events

Men's Singles
Ma Long Fan Zhendong Jung Young-sik
Xu Xin
Women's Singles
Zhu Yuling Han Ying Miu Hirano
Kasumi Ishikawa
Men's Doubles
Jung Young-sik
Lee Sang-su
Masataka Morizono
Yuya Oshima
Ho Kwan Kit
Tang Peng
Alexey Liventsov
Mikhail Paikov
Women's Doubles
Yui Hamamoto
Hina Hayata
Doo Hoi Kem
Lee Ho Ching
Honoka Hashimoto
Hitomi Sato
Jeon Ji-hee
Yang Ha-eun
Under-21 Men's Singles[2] Liao Cheng-ting Yuto Muramatsu Can Akkuzu
Mizuki Oikawa
Under-21 Women's Singles[3] Hina Hayata Doo Hoi Kem Yui Hamamoto
Miyu Kato

Qualification

Individual players and doubles pairs earned points based on their performances in the 20 events of the 2016 ITTF World Tour. The top 16 men's and women's singles players, the top eight men's and women's doubles pairs and the top eight under-21 men's and women's players who satisfied the qualification criteria were invited to compete. The seedings for the tournament draws were based on final tour standings, not the official ITTF world ranking.[4] [5]

Withdrawals

China's Liu Shiwen and Singapore's Yu Mengyu were not included on the list of confirmed players published on 25 November for the women's singles tournament, despite having finished in qualifying positions in the tour standings.[6] It was later reported on 28 November that Liu Shiwen has been suspended from international competition by the Chinese team.[7] On 1 December, China's Zhang Jike was forced to withdraw from the men's singles tournament because of a foot injury.[8]

After winning her first round match, defending champion Ding Ning was forced to withdraw from the women's singles tournament due to illness.[9]

Men's singles

Draw

[10] [11]

Women's singles

Draw

[12] [13]

Men's doubles

Draw

[14] [15]

Women's doubles

Draw

[16] [17]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Press Release: World's Best Players Ready for Action at 2016 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals. ITTF. 7 December 2016 . 9 December 2016.
  2. Web site: Sequence ends Liao Cheng-Ting beats Yuto Muramatsu to claim second ever win for Chinese Taipei. ITTF. 11 December 2016 . 11 December 2016.
  3. Web site: Silver in Bangkok and Lisbon turns to gold for Japan in Doha. ITTF. 11 December 2016 . 11 December 2016.
  4. Web site: ITTF World Tour Grand Finals qualification criteria. ITTF. 9 December 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161220192648/http://www.old.ittf.com/WorldTours/2016/Documents/2016_WTGF_qual_criteria.pdf. 20 December 2016. dead.
  5. Web site: Confirmed list of players. ITTF. 9 December 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161213042924/http://www.old.ittf.com/WorldTours/2016/22_WTGF2016/2016_WTGF_Confirmed_List_of_players_clean.pdf. 13 December 2016. dead.
  6. Web site: Invitations confirmed, Olympic and World champions head Doha list. ITTF. 25 November 2016 . 10 December 2016.
  7. Web site: Liu Shiwen suspended from international play. ITTF. 28 November 2016 . 10 December 2016.
  8. Web site: Foot injury forces Zhang Jike to withdraw from Grand Finals. ITTF. December 2016 . 10 December 2016.
  9. Web site: Illness forces Ding Ning to withdraw from Grand Finals. ITTF. 9 December 2016 . 10 December 2016.
  10. Web site: Men's Singles draw. https://web.archive.org/web/20161210192302/http://old.ittf.com/competitions/test/matches_per_round1.asp?s_Event_Type=MS&rnd=16&Competition_ID=2710&Event_Type=&ID=&Rnd=&. dead. 10 December 2016. ITTF. 10 December 2016.
  11. Web site: Title retained, dramatic fifth win, Ma Long out of sight. ITTF. 11 December 2016 . 11 December 2016.
  12. Web site: Women's Singles draw. https://web.archive.org/web/20161210193345/http://old.ittf.com/competitions/test/matches_per_round1.asp?s_Event_Type=WS&rnd=16&Competition_ID=2710&Event_Type=&ID=&Rnd=&. dead. 10 December 2016. ITTF. 10 December 2016.
  13. Web site: Zhu Yuling secures title, joins illustrious list. ITTF. 11 December 2016 . 11 December 2016.
  14. Web site: Men's Doubles draw. https://web.archive.org/web/20161210194245/http://old.ittf.com/competitions/test/matches_per_round1.asp?s_Event_Type=MD&rnd=8&Competition_ID=2710&Event_Type=&ID=&Rnd=&. dead. 10 December 2016. ITTF. 10 December 2016.
  15. Web site: Title defence thwarted, Korean duo recovers to clinch top prize. ITTF. 11 December 2016 . 11 December 2016.
  16. Web site: Women's Doubles draw. https://web.archive.org/web/20161210194250/http://old.ittf.com/competitions/test/matches_per_round1.asp?s_Event_Type=WD&rnd=8&Competition_ID=2710&Event_Type=&ID=&Rnd=&. dead. 10 December 2016. ITTF. 10 December 2016.
  17. Web site: We meet again, same fortunes for Hina Hayata and Doo Hoi Kem. ITTF. 11 December 2016 . 11 December 2016.