2019 ITTF World Tour

The 2019 ITTF World Tour was the 24th season of the International Table Tennis Federation's professional table tennis world tour.[1][2]

2019 ITTF World Tour
Details
Duration17 January 2019 – 15 December 2019
Edition24th
Tournaments12 + Grand Finals
CategoriesWorld Tour Platinum (6)
World Tour (6)
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titlesMen: China Xu Xin (3)
Women: China Chen Meng (4)
Most tournament finalsMen: China Lin Gaoyuan (5)
Women: China Chen Meng (4)
Points leaderMen: China Lin Gaoyuan, 2044
Women: China Sun Yingsha, 1882
← 2018
2020 →

Schedule

The tournaments in the 2019 tour have been split into two tiers: World Tour Platinum and World Tour. The Platinum events offer higher prize money and more points towards the ITTF World Tour standings, which determine the qualifiers for the ITTF World Tour Grand Finals in December.

Below is the 2019 schedule announced by the International Table Tennis Federation:[3]

Key
Grand Finals
World Tour Platinum
World Tour
No. Date Tournament Location Venue Prize (USD) Report Ref.
1 17–20 January Hungary Hungarian Open Budapest Budapest Olympic Hall 170,000 Report [4]
2 28–31 March Qatar Qatar Open Doha Ali Bin Hamad al-Attiyah Arena 300,000 Report [5]
3 30 May–2 June China China Open Shenzhen Bao'an District Sports Center 400,000 Report [6]
4 6–9 June Hong Kong Hong Kong Open Hong Kong Queen Elizabeth Stadium 175,000 Report [7]
5 14–16 June Japan Japan Open Sapporo Hokkai Kitayell 270,000 Report [8]
6 4–7 July South Korea Korea Open Busan Sajik Indoor Gymnasium 150,000 Report [9]
7 11–14 July Australia Australian Open Geelong Geelong Arena 332,000 Report [10]
8 15–18 August Bulgaria Bulgaria Open Panagyurishte Arena Asarel 190,000 Report [11]
9 22–25 August Czech Republic Czech Open Olomouc OMEGA Sport Center 190,000 Report [12]
10 3–6 October Sweden Swedish Open Stockholm Eriksdalshallen 170,000 Report [13]
11 10–13 October Germany German Open Bremen ÖVB Arena 270,000 Report [14]
12 14–17 November Austria Austrian Open Linz TipsArena Linz 260,000 Report [15]
13 12–15 December China Grand Finals Zhengzhou Zhengzhou Olympic Sports Center 1,001,000 Report [16]

Results
Date Tournament Champions Runners-up
17–20 January

Hungarian Open

 China Lin Gaoyuan China Wang Chuqin
Score: 4–0 (13–11, 12–10, 11–8, 11–9)
China Chen Meng China Zhu Yuling
Score: 4–2 (9–11, 11–7, 11–13, 13–11, 11–4, 11–5)
China Liang Jingkun
China Xu Xin		 China Fan Zhendong
China Lin Gaoyuan
Score: 3–2 (11–5, 9–11, 11–7, 5–11, 11–8)
China Wang Manyu
China Zhu Yuling		 China Chen Meng
China Sun Yingsha
Score: 3–1 (8–11, 11–7, 15–13, 11–2)
China Xu Xin
China Liu Shiwen		 Hungary Adam Szudi
Hungary Szandra Pergel
Score: 3–0 (11–3, 11–6, 11–5)
28–31 March

Qatar Open

 China Ma Long China Lin Gaoyuan
Score: 4–2 (9–11, 8–11, 11–5, 11–5, 11–9, 11–9)
China Wang Manyu China Liu Shiwen
Score: 4–2 (11–3, 10–12, 12–10, 11–6, 5–11, 11–5)
Hong Kong Ho Kwan Kit
Hong Kong Wong Chun Ting		 Germany Timo Boll
Germany Patrick Franziska
Score: 3–1 (11–4, 7–11, 11–9, 11–9)
China Sun Yingsha
China Wang Manyu		 China Ding Ning
China Wang Yidi
Score: 3–2 (12–14, 16–14, 11–6, 11–13, 11–4)
China Xu Xin
China Liu Shiwen		 Japan Masataka Morizono
Japan Mima Ito
Score: 3–0 (11–5, 11–7, 11–7)
30 May–2 June

China Open

  • Location: Shenzhen, China
  • Venue: Bao'an District Sports Center
  • Category: World Tour Platinum
  • Prize: $400,000
  • Draws: 32MS/32WS/16MD/16WD/16XD
 China Ma Long China Lin Gaoyuan
Score: 4–0 (12–10, 11–6, 11–5, 11–4)
China Chen Meng China Wang Manyu
Score: 4–1 (11–3, 8–11, 11–9, 11–9, 11–7)
Germany Timo Boll
Germany Patrick Franziska		 China Ma Long
China Wang Chuqin
Score: 3–0 (11–8, 11–7, 11–5)
China Gu Yuting
China Liu Shiwen		 China Wang Manyu
China Zhu Yuling
Score: 3–0 (11–7, 12–10, 11–9)
Chinese Taipei Lin Yun-ju
Chinese Taipei Cheng I-ching		 Hong Kong Wong Chun Ting
Hong Kong Doo Hoi Kem
Score: 3–1 (10–12, 11–6, 11–1, 11–5)
6–9 June

Hong Kong Open

 China Lin Gaoyuan Japan Tomokazu Harimoto
Score: 4–2 (11–3, 7–11, 8–11, 11–6, 11–9, 11–7)
China Wang Yidi Japan Mima Ito
Score: 4–0 (11–3, 11–7, 11–5, 11–6)
China Liang Jingkun
China Lin Gaoyuan		 South Korea Jang Woo-jin
South Korea Lim Jong-hoon
Score: 3–1 (6–11, 11–6, 12–10, 11–8)
China Chen Ke
China Mu Zi		 South Korea Jeon Ji-hee
South Korea Yoo Eun-chong
Score: 3–1 (9–11, 11–1, 11–4, 11–5)
Chinese Taipei Lin Yun-ju
Chinese Taipei Cheng I-ching		 South Korea Lee Sang-su
South Korea Choi Hyo-joo
Score: 3–0 (11–8, 11–3, 11–7)
14–16 June

Japan Open

 China Xu Xin Chinese Taipei Lin Yun-ju
Score: 4–1 (11–9, 14–12, 8–11, 11–3, 11–8)
China Sun Yingsha China Liu Shiwen
Score: 4–3 (11–4, 11–9, 4–11, 6–11, 7–11, 11–8, 11–3)
China Fan Zhendong
China Xu Xin		 Germany Benedikt Duda
Germany Qiu Dang
Score: 3–0 (12–10, 11–9, 11–7)
China Chen Meng
China Liu Shiwen		 China Sun Yingsha
China Wang Manyu
Score: 3–1 (11–9, 11–6, 7–11, 11–9)
China Xu Xin
China Zhu Yuling		 Japan Tomokazu Harimoto
Japan Hina Hayata
Score: 3–0 (12–10, 11–6, 11–5)
4–7 July

Korea Open

  • Location: Busan, South Korea
  • Venue: Sajik Indoor Gymnasium
  • Category: World Tour
  • Prize: $150,000
  • Draws: 32MS/32WS/16MD/16WD/16XD
 China Xu Xin China Ma Long
Score: 4–1 (7–11, 11–6, 11–9, 11–7, 11–8)
China Chen Meng China Ding Ning
Score: 4–1 (11–5, 11–6, 11–5, 7–11, 11–9)
China Fan Zhendong
China Xu Xin		 South Korea Jeoung Young-sik
South Korea Lee Sang-su
Score: 3–0 (11–9, 11–7, 11–6)
China Chen Meng
China Wang Manyu		 South Korea Choi Hyo-joo
South Korea Yang Ha-eun
Score: 3–0 (12–10, 15–13, 11–6)
Hong Kong Wong Chun Ting
Hong Kong Doo Hoi Kem		 China Xu Xin
China Liu Shiwen
Score: 3–1 (11–9, 11–8, 6–11, 13–11)
11–14 July

Australian Open

 China Xu Xin China Wang Chuqin
Score: 4–0 (11–6, 11–8, 11–4, 11–8)
China Sun Yingsha China Ding Ning
Score: 4–0 (11–1, 11–9, 11–9, 11–9)
South Korea Jeoung Young-sik
South Korea Lee Sang-su		 China Lin Gaoyuan
China Ma Long
Score: 3–0 (11–6, 11–8, 11–6)
China Chen Meng
China Wang Manyu		 South Korea Jeon Ji-hee
South Korea Yang Ha-eun
Score: 3–1 (11–6, 11–6, 8–11, 11–6)
Hong Kong Wong Chun Ting
Hong Kong Doo Hoi Kem		 Japan Jun Mizutani
Japan Mima Ito
Score: 3–1 (5–11, 13–11, 11–8, 11–9)
15–18 August

Bulgaria Open

  • Location: Panagyurishte, Bulgaria
  • Venue: Arena Asarel
  • Category: World Tour
  • Prize: $190,000
  • Draws: 32MS/32WS/16MD/16WD/16XD
 Japan Tomokazu Harimoto China Zhao Zihao
Score: 4–2 (11–6, 12–14, 11–5, 13–11, 13–15, 11–4)
China Chen Xingtong China He Zhuojia
Score: 4–1 (11–4, 7–11, 12–10, 11–6, 11–4)
South Korea Jeoung Young-sik
South Korea Lee Sang-su		 Japan Yukiya Uda
Japan Kazuhiro Yoshimura
Score: 3–1 (4–11, 11–4, 11–9, 11–8)
China Gu Yuting
China Mu Zi		 Japan Miu Hirano
Japan Saki Shibata
Score: 3–0 (11–7, 11–6, 11–5)
Japan Jun Mizutani
Japan Mima Ito		 China Ma Te
China Wu Yang
Score: 3–1 (11–8, 12–10, 9–11, 11–9)
22–25 August

Czech Open

  • Location: Olomouc, Czech Republic
  • Venue: OMEGA Sport Center
  • Category: World Tour
  • Prize: $190,000
  • Draws: 32MS/32WS/16MD/16WD/16XD
 Chinese Taipei Lin Yun-ju Germany Dimitrij Ovtcharov
Score: 4–1 (11–9, 11–5, 4–11, 11–5, 11–9)
China Chen Xingtong Japan Miu Hirano
Score: 4–3 (11–5, 11–8, 11–7, 8–11, 12–14, 8–11, 11–8)
South Korea Cho Dae-seong
South Korea Lee Sang-su		 Chinese Taipei Liao Cheng-Ting
Chinese Taipei Lin Yun-ju
Score: 3–1 (11–4, 11–8, 7–11, 11–6)
China Gu Yuting
China Mu Zi		 Japan Miu Hirano
Japan Saki Shibata
Score: 3–1 (9–11, 11–7, 11–6, 11–6)
South Korea Cho Dae-seong
South Korea Shin Yu-bin		 Japan Jun Mizutani
Japan Mima Ito
Score: 3–2 (6–11, 15–13, 12–10, 16–18, 12–10)
3–6 October

Swedish Open

  • Location: Stockholm, Sweden
  • Venue: Eriksdalshallen
  • Category: World Tour
  • Prize: $170,000
  • Draws: 32MS/32WS/16MD/16WD/16XD
 China Wang Chuqin China Lin Gaoyuan
Score: 4–0 (11–8, 11–5, 11–8, 11–9)
China Chen Meng Japan Mima Ito
Score: 4–3 (8–11, 11–6, 7–11, 10–12, 11–8, 11–9, 11–5)
China Fan Zhendong
China Xu Xin		 China Liang Jingkun
China Lin Gaoyuan
Score: 3–2 (10–12, 11–1, 11–9, 11–13, 11–5)
China Chen Meng
China Ding Ning		 Japan Miu Hirano
Japan Kasumi Ishikawa
Score: 3–1 (5–11, 11–5, 11–8, 11–4)
China Xu Xin
China Liu Shiwen		 Japan Jun Mizutani
Japan Mima Ito
Score: 3–2 (8–11, 11–8, 13–11, 3–11, 11–9)
10–13 October

German Open

  • Location: Bremen, Germany
  • Venue: ÖVB Arena
  • Category: World Tour Platinum
  • Prize: $270,000
  • Draws: 32MS/32WS/16MD/16WD/16XD
 China Fan Zhendong China Xu Xin
Score: 4–1 (5–11, 11–8, 14–12, 11–7, 11–7)
China Sun Yingsha Japan Mima Ito
Score: 4–1 (11–3, 9–11, 11–5, 11–5, 11–4)
China Liang Jingkun
China Xu Xin		 Germany Benedikt Duda
Germany Dang Qiu
Score: 3–1 (11–13, 11–9, 11–9, 11–5)
South Korea Jeon Ji-hee
South Korea Yang Ha-eun		 Japan Miyuu Kihara
Japan Miyu Nagasaki
Score: 3–1 (11–5, 4–11, 11–9, 11–7)
China Xu Xin
China Sun Yingsha		 China Wang Chuqin
China Wang Manyu
Score: 3–1 (12–10, 11–7, 5–11, 11–7)
14–17 November

Austrian Open

 China Fan Zhendong China Zhao Zihao
Score: 4–0 (12–10, 11–6, 11–6, 11–5)
Japan Mima Ito China Zhu Yuling
Score: 4–1 (11–5, 16–18, 11–7, 13–11, 12–10)
China Liang Jingkun
China Lin Gaoyuan		 South Korea Jeoung Young-sik
South Korea Lee Sang-su
Score: 3–0 (11–8, 12–10, 11–7)
Japan Miyuu Kihara
Japan Miyu Nagasaki		 Chinese Taipei Chen Szu-yu
Chinese Taipei Cheng Hsien-tzu
Score: 3–2 (11–8, 11–7, 7–11, 9–11, 11–4)
Japan Tomokazu Harimoto
Japan Hina Hayata		 China Lin Gaoyuan
China Zhu Yuling
Score: 3–1 (11–5, 4–11, 11–5, 11–6)
12–15 December

Grand Finals

  • Location: Zhengzhou, China
  • Venue: Zhengzhou Olympic Sports Center
  • Category: Grand Finals
  • Prize: $1,001,000
  • Draws: 16MS/16WS/8MD/8WD/8XD
 China Fan Zhendong China Ma Long
Score: 4–1 (11–6, 12–10, 11–6, 6–11, 11–8)
China Chen Meng China Wang Manyu
Score: 4–1 (11–9, 11–6, 11–6, 9–11, 11–6)
China Fan Zhendong
China Xu Xin		 Chinese Taipei Liao Cheng-ting
Chinese Taipei Lin Yun-ju
Score: 3–1 (11–7, 11–6, 11–13, 11–3)
Japan Miyuu Kihara
Japan Miyu Nagasaki		 South Korea Jeon Ji-hee
South Korea Yang Ha-eun
Score: 3–0 (12–10, 11–6, 11–6)
China Xu Xin
China Liu Shiwen		 Japan Jun Mizutani
Japan Mima Ito
Score: 3–2 (9–11, 6–11, 11–3, 11–8, 11–9)

Grand Finals
Main article: 2019 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals

The 2019 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals will take place in Zhengzhou, China, from 12–15 December 2019.

See also

References
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