:2020 ITTF World Tour

{{Infobox tennis circuit season

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| duration = 28 January – 8 March 2020

| edition = 25th

| tournaments = 3

| categories = World Tour Platinum (2)
World Tour (1)

| most_tournament_titles = Men:
{{flagicon|CHN}} Fan Zhendong (1)
{{flagicon|JPN}} Tomokazu Harimoto (1)
{{flagicon|CHN}} Xu Xin (1)
Women:
{{flagicon|CHN}} Chen Meng (2)

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| previous = 2019

| next = 2021 (World Table Tennis)

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The 2020 ITTF World Tour was the 25th season of the International Table Tennis Federation's professional table tennis world tour.{{cite web |title=2020 ITTF World Tour / Directives |url=https://www.ittf.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/2020_WT_Directives.pdf |website=ITTF |accessdate=3 February 2020}}{{cite web |title=2020 ITTF World Tour – Event Information Map |url=https://www.ittf.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/2020_WT_Map.pdf |website=ITTF |accessdate=3 February 2020}}

The season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with only three events having taken place. The ITTF World Tour Grand Finals were replaced by the 2020 ITTF Finals, a one-off event featuring the top-ranked male and female players, as part of the International Table Tennis Federation's #RESTART series of events in November 2020.{{cite web |title=#RESTART – International Table Tennis Returns! |url=https://www.ittf.com/2020/09/04/restart-international-table-tennis-returns/ |website=ITTF |date=4 September 2020 |accessdate=1 November 2020}}

Points allocation

class="wikitable" ! colspan=3\|World Tour Platinum ! colspan=2\|World Tour
colspan=1\|x !colspan=1\|MS/WS !colspan=1\|MD/WD/XD !colspan=1\|MS/WS !colspan=1\|MD/WD/XD
Winner \|500 \|300 \|250 \|200
Finalist \|300 \|150 \|125 \|100
Semifinalists \|200 \|75 \|63 \|50
Quarterfinalists \|100 \|38 \|31 \|25
Round of 16 \|50 \|19 \|16 \|13
Round of 32 \|25 \| \|8 \|

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! colspan=3|World Tour Platinum

! colspan=2|World Tour

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!colspan=1|MS/WS

!colspan=1|MD/WD/XD

!colspan=1|MS/WS

!colspan=1|MD/WD/XD

Winner

|500

|300

|250

|200

Finalist

|300

|150

|125

|100

Semifinalists

|200

|75

|63

|50

Quarterfinalists

|100

|38

|31

|25

Round of 16

|50

|19

|16

|13

Round of 32

|25

Schedule

The tournaments in the 2020 tour were split into two tiers: World Tour Platinum and World Tour. The Platinum events offered higher prize money and more points towards the ITTF World Tour standings, which would have determined the qualifiers for the ITTF World Tour Grand Finals in December.

Below is the 2020 schedule announced by the International Table Tennis Federation:{{cite web|title=2020 ITTF World Tour / Events|url=https://www.ittf.com/ittf-world-tour/2020-ittf-world-tour/events/|website=ITTF|accessdate=3 February 2020}}

;Key

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|Grand Finals

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|World Tour Platinum

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|World Tour

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!No.

!Date

!Tournament

!Location

!Venue

!Prize (USD)

!Report

!Ref.

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|28 January – 2 February

|{{flagicon|GER}} German Open

|Magdeburg

|GETEC Arena

|align=center|270,000

|Report

|{{cite web|title=2020 ITTF World Tour Platinum, German Open|url=https://www.ittf.com/tournament/5139/2020/2020-ittf-world-tour-german-open/|website=ITTF|accessdate=3 February 2020}}

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|18–23 February

|{{flagicon|HUN}} Hungarian Open

|Budapest

|Budapest Olympic Hall

|align=center|125,000

|Report

|{{cite web|title=2020 ITTF World Tour, Hungarian Open|url=https://www.ittf.com/tournament/5145/2020/2020-ittf-world-tour-hungarian-open/|website=ITTF|accessdate=3 February 2020}}

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|3–8 March

|{{flagicon|QAT}} Qatar Open

|Doha

|Aspire Dome

|align=center|400,000

|Report

|{{cite web |title=2020 ITTF World Tour Platinum, Qatar Open |url=https://www.ittf.com/tournament/5146/2020/2020-ittf-world-tour-qatar-open/|website=ITTF |accessdate=3 February 2020}}

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|~~21–26 April~~ (cancelled)

|{{flagicon|JPN}} ~~Japan Open~~

|~~Kitakyushu~~

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|~~5–10 May~~ (cancelled)

|{{flagicon|HKG}} ~~Hong Kong Open~~

|~~Hong Kong~~

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|12–17 May (postponed)

|{{flagicon|CHN}} China Open

|Shenzhen

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|~~16–21 June~~ (cancelled)

|{{flagicon|KOR}} ~~Korea Open~~

|~~Busan~~

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|~~23–28 June~~ (cancelled)

|{{flagicon|AUS}} ~~Australian Open~~

|~~Geelong~~

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|~~25–30 August~~ (cancelled)

|{{flagicon|CZE}} ~~Czech Open~~

|~~Olomouc~~

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|10

|~~1–6 September~~ (cancelled)

|{{flagicon|BUL}} ~~Bulgaria Open~~

|~~Panagyurishte~~

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|11

|~~3–8 November~~ (cancelled)

|{{flagicon|SWE}} ~~Swedish Open~~

|~~Stockholm~~

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|12

|~~10–15 November~~ (cancelled)

|{{flagicon|AUT}} ~~Austrian Open~~

|~~Linz~~

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|13

|~~10–13 December~~ (cancelled)

|~~Grand Finals~~

|colspan=5|Replaced by the 2020 ITTF Finals.

Results

width=110\|Date !width=330\|Tournament !width=250\|Champions !width=250\|Runners-up
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valign=top \|rowspan=10\|28 January – 2 February \| style="background:#e5e4e2;" rowspan="10"\| German Open Location: Magdeburg, Germany Venue: GETEC Arena Category: World Tour Platinum Prize: $270,000 Draws: 32MS/32WS/16MD/16WD/16XD \|{{flagicon\|CHN}} Xu Xin \|{{flagicon\|CHN}} Ma Long
colspan=2\| Score: 4–0 (15–13, 11–8, 11–7, 11–5)
valign=top \|{{flagicon\|CHN}} Chen Meng \|{{flagicon\|CHN}} Ding Ning
colspan=2\| Score: 4–1 (3–11, 11–1, 11–7, 11–3, 11–1)
valign=top \|{{flagicon\|KOR}} Cho Dae-seong {{flagicon\|KOR}} Jang Woo-jin \|{{flagicon\|CHN}} Lin Gaoyuan {{flagicon\|CHN}} Ma Long
colspan=2\| Score: 3–2 (10–12, 15–13, 12–14, 14–12, 11–6)
valign=top \|{{flagicon\|CHN}} Chen Meng {{flagicon\|CHN}} Wang Manyu \|{{flagicon\|JPN}} Miu Hirano {{flagicon\|JPN}} Kasumi Ishikawa
colspan=2\| Score: 3–1 (11–7, 8–11, 11–7, 11–8)
valign=top \|{{flagicon\|CHN}} Xu Xin {{flagicon\|CHN}} Liu Shiwen \|{{flagicon\|JPN}} Jun Mizutani {{flagicon\|JPN}} Mima Ito
colspan=2\| Score: 3–1 (12–10, 13–11, 7–11, 11–7)
valign=top \|rowspan=10\|18–23 February \| style="background:#c7f2d5;" rowspan="10"\| Hungarian Open Location: Budapest, Hungary Venue: Budapest Olympic Hall Category: World Tour Prize: $170,000 Draws: 32MS/32WS/16MD/16WD/16XD \|{{flagicon\|JPN}} Tomokazu Harimoto \|{{flagicon\|JPN}} Yukiya Uda
colspan=2\| Score: 4–1 (7–11, 11–8, 11–2, 11–6, 11–9)
valign=top \|{{flagicon\|JPN}} Mima Ito \|{{flagicon\|TPE}} Cheng I-ching
colspan=2\| Score: 4–3 (11–7, 1–11, 11–6, 7–11, 2–11, 11–9, 11–7)
valign=top \|{{flagicon\|GER}} Benedikt Duda {{flagicon\|GER}} Patrick Franziska \|{{flagicon\|IND}} Sharath Kamal {{flagicon\|IND}} Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
colspan=2\| Score: 3–1 (11–5, 11–9, 8–11, 11–9)
valign=top \|{{flagicon\|JPN}} Miu Hirano {{flagicon\|JPN}} Kasumi Ishikawa \|{{flagicon\|HKG}} Doo Hoi Kem {{flagicon\|HKG}} Lee Ho Ching
colspan=2\| Score: 3–0 (11–6, 11–9, 12–10)
valign=top \|{{flagicon\|HKG}} Wong Chun Ting {{flagicon\|HKG}} Doo Hoi Kem \|{{flagicon\|GER}} Patrick Franziska {{flagicon\|GER}} Petrissa Solja
colspan=2\| Score: 3–2 (11–6, 6–11, 12–9, 7–11, 11–9)
valign=top \|rowspan=10\|3–8 March \| style="background:#e5e4e2;" rowspan="10"\| Qatar Open Location: Doha, Qatar Venue: Aspire Dome Category: World Tour Platinum Prize: $400,000 Draws: 32MS/32WS/16MD/16WD/16XD \|{{flagicon\|CHN}} Fan Zhendong \|{{flagicon\|ENG}} Liam Pitchford
colspan=2\| Score: 4–2 (11–9, 11–7, 8–11, 11–4, 6–11, 11–7)
valign=top \|{{flagicon\|CHN}} Chen Meng \|{{flagicon\|JPN}} Mima Ito
colspan=2\| Score: 4–1 (3–11, 11–7, 11–9, 11–7, 11–7)
valign=top \|{{flagicon\|CHN}} Ma Long {{flagicon\|CHN}} Xu Xin \|{{flagicon\|ENG}} Paul Drinkhall {{flagicon\|ENG}} Liam Pitchford
colspan=2\| Score: 3–1 (11–8, 8–11, 11–1, 11–6)
valign=top \|{{flagicon\|CHN}} Wang Manyu {{flagicon\|CHN}} Zhu Yuling \|{{flagicon\|JPN}} Miyuu Kihara {{flagicon\|JPN}} Miyu Nagasaki
colspan=2\| Score: 3–1 (11–4, 7–11, 11–8, 11–9)
valign=top \|{{flagicon\|JPN}} Jun Mizutani {{flagicon\|JPN}} Mima Ito \|{{flagicon\|CHN}} Wang Chuqin {{flagicon\|CHN}} Sun Yingsha
colspan=2\| Score: 3–1 (11–8, 7–11, 11–4, 15–13)

Grand Finals

The 2020 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They were replaced by the 2020 ITTF Finals, an event featuring the highest-ranked male and female players, which took place in Zhengzhou, China, from 19 to 22 November 2020.

References

External links

[http://www.ittf.com International Table Tennis Federation]

Category:ITTF World Tour seasons

World Tour

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Points allocation

Schedule

Results

Grand Finals

See also

References

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