Edition 21st | Tournaments 20 + Grand Finals | |
Duration 20 January 2016 – 11 December 2016 Categories Super Series (6)
Major Series (6)
Challenge Series (8)
Grand Finals (1) Most tournament titles Men:
Ma Long (3, inc. Grand Finals)
Jun Mizutani (3)
Women:
Ding Ning (2)
Liu Shiwen (2) Points leader Men: Ma Long (2,100)
Women: Ding Ning (1,900) | ||
The 2016 ITTF World Tour was the 21st season of the International Table Tennis Federation's professional table tennis world tour. 2016 also marked the tour's 20th anniversary.
Contents
The events of the 2016 tour were split into three tiers: Super Series, Major Series and Challenge Series. The Super Series events offered the highest prize money and the most points towards the ITTF World Tour standings, which determined the qualifiers for the 2016 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals in December. The Major Series was the middle tier, with the Challenge Series being the lowest tier.
Schedule
Below is the schedule released by the ITTF:
Finals
German Open
Kuwait Open
Qatar Open
Japan Open
Korea Open
China Open
Singles
The 15 men and 16 women who played in at least five events and accumulated the largest number of points during the 2016 ITTF World Tour were invited to play in the Grand Finals in December. Qatar's Li Ping was also invited to take part in the men's singles event, to ensure that the host nation was represented.