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ITTF Pro Tour 2010
The ITTF Pro Tour. World table tennis at its best. Here's what happened in 2010
By Martin Hughes
Owner and Editor
by courtesy of the ITTF
The 2010 ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals took place in Seoul, South Korea from 16-19 December 2010 and you'll find all the results below.
13 international tournaments made up the 2010 Pro Tour which culminated with the Grand Finals in December.
This was the 15th year of the Pro Tour following the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) initiating it in 1996, and it continued to attract the best players in the world.
You can read all about how the ITTF Pro Tour started, here.
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But let's take a look at what happened in 2010...
The 2010 Pro-Tour Schedule
The 2010 ITTF Pro-Tour consisted of 13 international tournaments leading up to the Grand Finals held in Seoul, South Korea.
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 2010? And who won the Men's Singles?
| DATES | Pro Tour Events 2010 | MS WINNERS |
|---|---|---|
| 19-23 Jan | Slovenian Open (Velenje) | LEE Sang Su (South Korea) |
| 17-21 Feb | Qatar Open (Doha) | Wang Liqin (China) |
| 23-27 Feb | Kuwait Open (Kuwait City) | Xu Xin (China) |
| 18-21 Mar | German Open (Berlin) | Ma Long (China) |
| 16-20 June | Indian Open (New Delhi) | Dimitrij Ovtcharov (Germany) |
| 1-4 July | Japan Open (Kobe) | Timo Boll (Germany) |
| 7-11 July | Egypt Open (Cairo) | Sharath Kamal Achanta (India) |
| 22-26 July | Morocco Open (Rabat) | Vladimir Samsonov (Belarus) |
| 11-15 Aug | Korean Open (Incheon City) | Vladimir Samsonov (Belarus) |
| 18-22 Aug | China Open (Suzhou) | Zhang Jike (China) |
| 13-17 Oct | Hungarian Open (Harkany) | Jun Mizutani (Japan) |
| 20-24 Oct | Austrian Open (Wels) | Tiago Apolonia (Portugal) |
| 10-14 Nov | Polish Open (Warsaw) | Vladimir Samsonov (Belarus) |
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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 2010 was $2,441,800.
The top event, the China Open, offered a total purse of $330,000 ... with the men's and women's singles winners receiving $33,000 each.
The Egypt Open and the Morocco Open offered the least amount of prize money, both with a $20,000 total purse. The men's and women's singles winners received $2,800 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.
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So who qualified for the prestigious end of season grand finals?
The Grand Finals
The Grand Finals were held in Seoul, South Korea from 16-19 December 2010 and after all the Pro-Tour events were completed, the players who had accumulated the most points in the men's singles were as follows:
| Rank | Elig | Points | Events | Continents | Player | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NE | 55300 | 4 | 2 | ZHANG Jike | China | |
| NE | 39150 | 4 | 2 | XU Xin | China | |
| NE | 38250 | 5 | 2 | BOLL Timo | Germany | |
| NE | 36850 | 3 | 1 | WANG Liqin | China | |
| 1 | 34800 | 3 | 3 | SAMSONOV Vladimir | Belarus | |
| NE | 33900 | 3 | 2 | MA Long | China | |
| NE | 33200 | 3 | 1 | MA Lin | China | |
| 2 | 26225 | 6 | 2 | OVTCHAROV Dimitrij | Germany | |
| NE | 21825 | 5 | 1 | JOO Se Hyuk | South Korea | |
| 3 | 20319 | 7 | 2 | LEE Sang Su | South Korea | |
| 4 | 19950 | 6 | 2 | MIZUTANI Jun | Japan | |
| 5 | 19213 | 8 | 2 | RYU Seung Min | South Korea | |
| NE | 19100 | 4 | 2 | WANG Hao | China | |
| NE | 17563 | 5 | 2 | APOLONIA Tiago | Portugal | |
| 6 | 14288 | 8 | 2 | GAO Ning | Singapore | |
| 7 | 12925 | 7 | 2 | CHUANG Chih-Yuan | Chinese Taipei | |
| 8 | 12163 | 6 | 2 | OH Sang Eun | South Korea | |
| 9 | 11232 | 6 | 2 | LUNDQVIST Jens | Sweden | |
| 10 | 10907 | 8 | 2 | SEO Hyun Deok | South Korea | |
| NE | 10494 | 5 | 1 | LEE Jung Woo | South Korea | |
| 11 | 10026 | 8 | 2 | CHEN Weixing | Austria | |
| 12 | 9838 | 6 | 2 | TANG Peng | Hong Kong China | |
| 13 | 9770 | 8 | 2 | STEGER Bastian | Germany | |
| 14 | 8288 | 6 | 2 | SMIRNOV Alexey | Russia | |
| 15 | 8207 | 6 | 3 | ACHANTA Sharath Kamal | India | |
| 16 | 7938 | 8 | 2 | JUNG Young Sik | South Korea |
However, although some players had accumulated sufficient Grand Prix points, they didn't meet the additional qualifying criteria of competing in at least six 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.
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So, here are the results of the...
2010 ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals
Round One
| Winner | Result | Loser |
|---|---|---|
| SAMSONOV Vladimir | 4-1 | CHEN Weixing |
| CHUANG Chih-Yuan | 4-1 | SMIRNOV Alexey |
| TANG Peng | 4-2 | OH Sang Eun |
| MIZUTANI Jun | 4-2 | JUNG Young Sik |
| ACHANTA Sharath Kamal | 4-3 | LEE Sang Su |
| RYU Seung Min | 4-3 | LUNDQVIST Jens |
| GAO Ning | 4-3 | SEO Hyun Deok |
| STEGER Bastian | 4-3 | OVTCHAROV Dimitrij |
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Quarter Finals
| Winner | Result | Loser |
|---|---|---|
| SAMSONOV Vladimir | 4-1 | CHUANG Chih-Yuan |
| MIZUTANI Jun | 4-2 | TANG Peng |
| RYU Seung Min | 4-3 | ACHANTA Sharath Kamal |
| STEGER Bastian | 4-2 | GAO Ning |
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Semi Finals
| Winner | Result | Loser |
|---|---|---|
| MIZUTANI Jun | 4-2 | SAMSONOV Vladimir |
| STEGER Bastian | 4-2 | RYU Seung Min |
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Final
| Winner | Result | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| MIZUTANI Jun | 4-1 | STEGER Bastian |
| 11-5, 11-9, 8-11, 11-9, 11-7 |
Jun Mizutani
Winner of the 2010 ITTF Pro-Tour Final
You can read more about the ITTF Pro-Tour here.
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