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ITTF World Tour 2012
2012 saw the launch of the ITTF World Tour with a $2,500,000 prize fund for players who consistently performed at the highest level
By Martin Hughes
Owner and Editor
In 1996 the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) launched a brand new premier competition - The ITTF Pro Tour and you can read about it here.
The new ITTF World Tour is sponsored by the China-based car manufacturer Guangzhou Automobile Group (GAC) and had a total prize fund of $2,500,000 and an end of season finale with a prize fund of $1,016,000 - the highest ever in the history of the sport.
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So let's take a look at what happened in 2012...
The 2012 ITTF World Tour Schedule
Although the ITTF World 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 here are the tournaments which made up the ITTF World Tour in 2012 and the winners of the Men's Singles.
World Tour 2012
| DATES | WORLD TOUR EVENTS | MS WINNERS |
|---|---|---|
| 17-21 Jan | Hungarian Open (Budapest) | Ma Long (China) |
| 25-29 Jan | Slovenia Open (Velenje) | Zhang Jike (China) |
| 7-11 Feb | Qatar Open (Doha) | Xu Xin (China) |
| 14-18 Feb | Kuwait Open (Kuwait City) | Jun Mizutani (Japan) |
| 18-22 Apr | Spanish Open (Almeria) | Chuang Chih-Yun (Chinese Taipei) |
| 25-29 Apr | Chile Open (Santiago) | Gao Ning (Singapore) |
| 16-20 May | Korea Open (Incheon City) | Zhang Jike (China) |
| 23-27 May | China Open ((Shanghai) | Xu Xin (China) |
| 6-10 June | Japan Open (Kobe) | Jun Mizutani (Japan) |
| 13-17 June | Brazil Open (Rio de Janeiro) | Oh Sang Eun (South Korea) |
| 22-26 Aug | China Open (Suzhou) | Hao Shuai (China) |
| 29 Aug-2 Sept | Czech Open (Plzen) | Christian Suss (Germany) |
| 12-16 Sept | Russian Open (Ekaterinburg) | Xu Xin (China) |
| 31 Oct-4 Nov | German Open (Bremen) | Dimitrij Ovtcharov (Germany) |
| 7-11 Nov | Polish Open (Warsaw) | Wang Hao (China) |
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Euro-Africa Satellite Circuit 2012
| DATES | Euro-Africa Events | MS WINNERS |
|---|---|---|
| 17-20 May | Belarus Open (Minsk) | Vasily Lakeev (Russia) |
| 24-27 May | Croatian Open (Zagreb) | Tan Ruiwu (Croatia) |
| 7-10 June | Swedish Open (Helsingborg) | Hampus Nordberg (Sweden) |
| 22-25 June | Morocco Open (Rabat) | Noshad Alamiyan (Iran) |
| 26-29 Sept | Belgium Open (Antwerpen) | Yannick Vostes (Belgium) |
| 4-7 Oct | Egypt Open (Cairo) | Vasily Lakeev (Russia) |
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So when and where were the Grand Finals staged?
The Grand Finals
The best players in world table tennis gathered for the Grand Finals from 6-9 December 2012 in Hangzhou, China.
Here is the list of the 16 men who were invited to take part in the 2012 Grand Finals men's singles event.
Several players accumulated sufficient Grand Prix points but they didn't meet the additional qualifying criteria of competing in at least five tournaments.
So unfortunately they were not eligible to take part in the prestigious end of season grand finals (N/E).
| Rank | Elig | Points | Events | Continents | Player | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 60600 | 7 | 2 | XU Xin | China | |
| 2 | 41100 | 7 | 3 | MIZUTANI Jun | Japan | |
| 3 | N/E | 33000 | 1 | 1 | HAO Shuai | China |
| 4 | N/E | 26500 | 4 | 2 | ZHANG Jike | China |
| 5 | 24775 | 5 | 2 | WANG Hao | China | |
| 6 | N/E | 21200 | 4 | 2 | OVTCHAROV Dimitrij | Germany |
| 7 | 20925 | 6 | 2 | MA Lin | China | |
| 8 | 20100 | 6 | 2 | CHUANG Chih-Yuan | Chinese Taipei | |
| 9 | N/E | 20000 | 2 | 1 | WANG Liqin | China |
| 10 | 19700 | 6 | 3 | JOO Saehyuk | South Korea | |
| 11 | N/E | 18300 | 4 | 2 | MA Long | China |
| 12 | 17294 | 12 | 3 | GAO Ning | Singapore | |
| 13 | 17000 | 6 | 2 | OH Sangeun | South Korea | |
| 14 | 14144 | 6 | 2 | RYU Seungmin | South Korea | |
| 15 | 13650 | 9 | 2 | JIANG Tianyi | Hong Kong China | |
| 16 | 12663 | 10 | 3 | ZHAN Jian | Singapore | |
| 17 | N/E | 10188 | 3 | 2 | BOLL Timo | Germany |
| 18 | N/E | 10100 | 2 | 1 | ZHOU Yu | China |
| 19 | 9750 | 8 | 2 | LEE Jungwoo | South Korea | |
| 20 | 9150 | 7 | 2 | NIWA Koki | Japan | |
| 21 | 9082 | 7 | 2 | KIM Minseok | South Korea | |
| 22 | 7882 | 8 | 2 | CHEN Chien-An | Chinese Taipei | |
| 23 | N/E | 7800 | 3 | 2 | SAMSONOV Vladimir | Belarus |
| 24 | 7338 | 7 | 3 | CHAN Kazuhiro | Japan | |
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| 25 | 7282 | 7 | 2 | MATSUDAIRA Kenta | Japan | |
| 26 | 7057 | 10 | 3 | LI Hu | Singapore | |
| 27 | 6582 | 8 | 2 | JEONG Sangeun | South Korea | |
| 28 | 6313 | 5 | 2 | SUSS Christian | Germany | |
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Four players qualified from the Euro Africa Circuit
| Rank | Points | Events | Player | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5000 | 2 | LAKEEV Vasily | Russia |
| 2= | 3500 | 1 | NORDBERG Hampus | Sweden |
| 2= | 3500 | 1 | TAN Ruiwu | Croatia |
| 4 | 2700 | 3 | PAYKOV Mikhail | Russia |
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| 5 | 2500 | 1 | ALAMIYAN Noshad | Iran |
| 6 | 2000 | 2 | AL-HASAN Ibrahem | Kuwait |
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So, here are the results of the ...
2012 ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals
Challenge Round
Thursday 6 December 2012
| Winner | Result | Loser |
|---|---|---|
| XU Xin (China) | Bye | |
| KIM Minseok (South Korea) | 4-2 | PAYKOV Mikhail (Russia) |
| TAN Ruiwu (Croatia) | 4-0 | CHAN Kazuhiro (Japan) |
| JOO Se Hyuk (South Korea) | Bye | |
| RYU Seung Min (South Korea) | Bye | |
| NORDBERG Hampus (Sweden) | 4-3 | MATSUDAIRA Kenta (Japan) |
| NIWA Koki (Japan) | Bye | |
| MA Lin (China) | Bye | |
| CHUANG Chih-Yuan (Chinese Taipei) | Bye | |
| JIANG Tianyi (Hong Kong China) | Bye | |
| LEE Jungwoo (South Korea) | Bye | |
| GAO Ning (Singapore) | Bye | |
| OH Sang Eun (South Korea) | Bye | |
| ZHAN Jian (Singapore) | Bye | |
| CHEN Chien-An (Chinese Taipei) | 4-3 | LAKEEV Vasily (Russia) |
| WANG Hao (China) | Bye |
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Last 16
Thursday 6 December 2012
| Winner | Result | Loser |
|---|---|---|
| XU Xin (China) | 4-1 | KIM Minseok (South Korea) |
| JOO Se Hyuk (South Korea) | 4-3 | TAN Ruiwu (Croatia) |
| RYU Seung Min (South Korea) | 4-2 | NORDBERG Hampus (Sweden) |
| MA Lin (China) | 4-2 | NIWA Koki (Japan) |
| CHUANG Chih-Yuan (Chinese Taipei) | 4-0 | JIANG Tianyi (Hong Kong China) |
| GAO Ning (Singapore) | 4-1 | LEE Jungwoo (South Korea) |
| ZHAN Jian (Singapore) | 4-3 | OH Sang Eun (South Korea) |
| WANG Hao (China) | 4-2 | CHEN Chien-An (Chinese Taipei) |
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Quarter Finals
Saturday 8 December 2012
| Winner | Result | Loser |
|---|---|---|
| XU Xin (China) | 4-0 | JOO Se Hyuk (South Korea) |
| 11-8, 12-10, 11-8, 13-11 | ||
| MA Lin (China) | 4-1 | RYU Seung Min (South Korea) |
| 11-2, 11-5, 8-11, 11-8, 12-10 | ||
| CHUANG Chih-Yuan (Chinese Taipei) | 4-3 | GAO Ning (Singapore) |
| 7-11, 10-12, 6-11, 11-7, 11-7, 12-10, 11-8 | ||
| WANG Hao (China) | 4-1 | ZHAN Jian (Singapore) |
| 10-12, 11-9, 11-4, 11-8, 16-14 |
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Semi Finals
Sunday 9 December 2012
| Winner | Result | Loser |
|---|---|---|
| XU Xin (China) | 4-1 | MA Lin (China) |
| 11-7, 11-9, 8-11, 11-6, 11-9 | ||
| WANG Hao (China) | 4-2 | CHUANG Chih-Yuan (Chinese Taipei) |
| 11-4, 11-8, 7-11, 11-5, 9-11, 13-11 |
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Final
Sunday 9 December 2012
| Winner | Result | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| XU Xin (China) | 4-0 | WANG Hao (China) |
| 11-8, 11-7, 11-6, 11-7 |
Xu Xin - Winner of 2012 ITTF World Tour Grand Final
Wang Hao - Runner-up 2012 ITTF World Tour Grand Final
Xu Xin and Wang Hao receiving their prizes
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