ITTF Star Awards explained

The ITTF Star Awards are annual awards organized by the International Table Tennis Federation to recognize professional table tennis players and coaches. The awards were established in 2013.^[1]

Awards

Year	Male Star	Female Star	Para Male Star	Para Female Star	Star Point	Star Coach	Breakthrough Star	Other awards
2013^[2]	Zhang Jike	Li Xiaoxia	Ma Lin*	Anna-Carin Ahlquist	Timo Boll			Fan's Stars: Zhang Jike Liu Shiwen
2014^[3]	Quadri Aruna	Ding Ning	Álvaro Valera	Sandra Paović	Quadri Aruna	Liu Jia		Fair Play Star: Pedro Rufino
2015^[4]	Ma Long	Liu Shiwen	David Jacobs	Borislava Perić	Fang Bo	Liu Guoliang	Mima Ito	Fair Play Stars: Linor Çitaku Vlona Maloku
2016^[5]	Ma Long	Ding Ning	Laurens Devos	Liu Jing	Fan Zhendong	Liu Guoliang	Miu Hirano	Fair Play Star: Rinad Fathy
2017^[6]	Timo Boll	Ding Ning	Viktor Didukh	Neslihan Kavas	Ding Ning	Jörg Roßkopf	Tomokazu Harimoto	Fair Play Star: Irvin Bertrand
2018^[7]	Fan Zhendong	Ding Ning	Jordi Morales	Kelly van Zon	Xu Xin	Massimo Costantini	Manika Batra	MVP: Fan Zhendong Mima Ito
2019^[8]	Ma Long	Liu Shiwen	Thomas Schmidberger	Giada Rossi	Xu Xin Fan Zhendong	Bladimir Díaz	Lily Zhang	Best Dressed: Xu Xin
"—" denotes the category did not exist that year.*Not to be confused with famous table tennis player Ma Lin, also of China.|} See also ITTF World Tour External links ITTF Star Awards

Notes and References

1. Web site: About the ITTF Star Awards. International Table Tenis Federation. 6 April 2018.
2. Web site: Winners of 2013 ITTF Star Awards, Driven by GAC Motor. International Table Tennis Federation. 7 Apr 2018.
3. Web site: Winners of Dubai 2014 ITTF Star Awards. International Table Tennis Federation. 7 Apr 2018.
4. Web site: Winners of the Lisbon 2015 ITTF Star Awards. International Table Tennis Federation. 7 Apr 2018.
5. Web site: Winners of the Seamaster Qatar 2016 ITTF Star Awards. International Table Tennis Federation. 7 Apr 2018.
6. News: Timo Boll & Ding Ning Crowned 2017 Table Tennis Stars at ITTF Star Awards. December 14, 2017. April 6, 2018. International Table Tennis Federation.
7. News: The Stars come out in Korea! . 14 December 2018 . International Table Tennis Federation . 12 December 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181214191612/https://www.ittf.com/2018/12/12/stars-come-korea/ . 14 December 2018.
8. Web site: Ma Long and Liu Shiwen lead prestigious line of winners at Agricultural Bank of China 2019 ITTF Star Awards. 11 December 2019. European Table Tennis Union. 18 January 2020.