2017 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals | |
Dates: | 14–17 December 2017 |
Number Edition: | 22nd |
Prize Money: | 1000000 |
Venue: | "Daulet" Sport Complex |
Location: | Astana, Kazakhstan |
Ms: | Fan Zhendong |
Country Ms: | CHN |
Ws: | Chen Meng |
Country Ws: | CHN |
Md1: | Masataka Morizono |
Country Md1: | JPN |
Md2: | Yuya Oshima |
Country Md2: | JPN |
Wd1: | Chen Meng |
Country Wd1: | CHN |
Wd2: | Zhu Yuling |
Country Wd2: | CHN |
Website: | 2017 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals |
Previous: | 2016 |
Next: | 2018 |
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.[1] [2]
The competition featured events in four categories: men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles and women's doubles.[3]
Men's Singles | Fan Zhendong | Dimitrij Ovtcharov | Lin Gaoyuan |
Timo Boll | |||
Women's Singles | Chen Meng | Zhu Yuling | Gu Yuting |
Chen Xingtong | |||
Men's Doubles | Masataka Morizono Yuya Oshima | Ho Kwan Kit Wong Chun Ting | Jin Ueda Maharu Yoshimura |
Chen Chien-an Chiang Hung-chieh | |||
Women's Doubles | Chen Meng Zhu Yuling | Hina Hayata Mima Ito | Doo Hoi Kem Lee Ho Ching |
Honoka Hashimoto Hitomi Sato |
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.[4] [5] [6]
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.[3]
The 2017 ITTF Star Awards ceremony was held on the first evening of the Grand Finals at the Rixos President Hotel on 14 December.[11]
Awards were handed out in eight categories: