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ITTF Pro Tour 2009

The ITTF Pro Tour. World table tennis at its best. Find out what happened in 2009.

 

ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals 2009-2010

The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) took a bold step in 1996 when they initiated a brand new premier competition ... one that was specifically designed to attract the best players in the world ...

The ITTF Pro Tour.

You can read all about it here.

 

 

But let's take a look at what happened in 2009 ...

 

  The 2009 Pro-Tour Schedule

The 2009 ITTF Pro-Tour consisted of 14 international tournaments leading up to the Grand Finals held in Macao, China.

Although the ITTF Pro-Tour consists of men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles and women's doubles, I'll be concentrating on the main event ... the men's singles.

 

So what were the tournaments which made up the ITTF Pro Tour in 2009? ...

DATES Pro Tour Events 2009 MS WINNERS
     
13-17 Jan Slovenian Open (Velenje) Hao Shuai
     
21-25 Jan Danish Open (Frederikshavn) Ma Long
     
11-15 Feb Kuwait Open (Kuwait City) Ma Long
     
17-21 Feb Qatar Open (Doha) Timo Boll
     
11-15 Mar Indian Open (Indore) MA Liang
     
19-22 Mar German Open (Bremen) Timo Boll
     
27-31 May Belarus Open (Minsk) Pete Zolt
     
3-7 June China Open (Suzhou) Ma Long
     
11-14 June Japan Open (Wakayama) Oh Sang Eun
     
7-10 July Morocco Open (Rabat) Vladimir Samsonov
     
12-16 Aug China Open (Tianjin) Wang Hao
     
19-23 Aug Korean Open (Seoul) Jun Mizutani
     
28 Oct-1 Nov English Open (Sheffield) Ma Long
     
25-29 Nov Polish Open (Warsaw) Timo Boll
     
7-10 Jan Grand Finals (Macao, China) Ma Long
     

 

 

Let's take a look at what prize money was on offer ...

 

  Prize money ...

The prize money varied from tournament to tournament, but the overall purse for 2009 was $2,783,880.

Some of the events were designated as premier events, such as Kuwait and Qatar, and they both offered a total purse of $300,000 ... with the men's and women's singles winners receiving $30,000 each.

The top event, the China Open in June 2009, offered a total purse of $330,000 ... and the men's and women's singles winners received $33,000 each.

The Pro Tour Grand Finals offered a total prize fund of $365,000 ... with the men's and women's singles winners collecting $40,000 each and the men's and women's doubles winners collecting $20,000.

 

 

So who qualified for the prestigious end of season grand finals?

 

  The Grand Finals

The Grand Finals were held in Macao, China from 7-10 January 2010 and with all the Pro-Tour events completed, the players who had accumulated the most points in the men's singles were as follows:

Rank Elig Points Events Continents

Player

1   99938 5 2 MA Long CHN
2   78000 6 2 BOLL Timo GER
3   44375 6 2 HAO Shuai CHN
4   43250 5 2 MA Lin CHN
  NE 39000 3 1 WANG Hao CHN
5   31188 5 2 WANG Liqin CHN
    29938 6 2 MIZUTANI Jun JPN
6   26938 6 2 OH Sang Eun KOR
7   20875 6 2 JOO Se Hyuk KOR
8   19595 7 2 BAUM Patrick GER
9   17032 7 2 OVTCHAROV Dimitrij GER
10   16375 5 2 ZHANG Jike CHN
11   15313 5 2 XU Xin CHN
    15190 3 3 SAMSONOV Vladimir BLR
12   14282 7 2 STEGER Bastian GER
13   12844 6 2 SUSS Christian GER
14   11220 8 2 CHEN Weixing AUT
  NE 10000 2 1 ZHANG Chao CHN
    9938 6 2 MAZE Michael DEN
    9438 5 2 YOSHIDA Kaii JPN
15   9125 CHUANG Chih-Yuan TPE
16  Invitation place for a
 Home Association player
LEONG Kin Wa MAC

Although Wang Hao and Zhang Chao had accumulated sufficient Grand Prix points, they didn't meet the additional qualifying criteria of competing in at least five tournaments or playing on at least three continents.

So unfortunately they weren't eligible to take part in the prestigious end of season grand finals.

Additionally, Jun MIZUTANI, Vladimir SAMSONOV, Michael MAZE and Kaii YOSHIDA elected not to take part.

 

So, here are the results of the ...

 

   2009 ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals

Round One

Winner Result Loser
MA Long 4-1 OVTCHAROV Dimitrij
SUSS Christian 4-1 OH Sang Eun
JOO Se Hyuk 4-0 CHEN Weixing
ZHANG Jike 4-1 MA Lin
     
HAO Shuai 4-1 CHUANG Chih-Yuan
WANG Liqin 4-0 LEONG Kin Wa
STEGER Bastian 4-2 BAUM Patrick
XU Xin 4-0 BOLL Timo

 

Quarter Finals

Winner Result Loser
MA Long 4-2 SUSS Christian
ZHANG Jike 4-2 JOO Se Hyuk
     
WANG Liqin 4-2 HAO Shuai
XU Xin 4-0 STEGER Bastian

 

Semi Finals

Winner Result Loser
MA Long 4-2 ZHANG Jike
     
XU Xin 4-2 WANG Liqin

 

Final

Winner Result Runner-up
MA Long 4-2 XU Xin
11-9, 7-11, 5-11,
11-3, 11-5, 11-2
   

 

Ma Long - winner of 2009 Pro Tour Grand Final 

Ma Long
Winner of the 2009 ITTF Pro-Tour Final

 

You can read more about the ITTF Pro-Tour here.

 


  Learn more about world table tennis:

 


 

Go to Table Tennis Tournaments page from ITTF Pro Tour 2009

 

Go to All About Table Tennis home page from ITTF Pro Tour 2009

 


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