Sport Table tennis Sponsor(s) Seamaster | Founded 1996 | |
Owner(s) International Table Tennis Federation Related
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The ITTF World Tour (known as the ITTF Pro Tour from its inception in 1996 until 2011), is a series of table tennis tournaments introduced by International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) in 1996. The tour includes events in six categories: Men's and Women's Singles, Men's and Women's Doubles, and Under-21 Men's and Women's Singles. The Tour has its own points system, with players accumulating points based on their performance in the tournaments they participate in. The players who gain the most points in the six different categories will be invited to the ITTF World Tour Grand Finals at the end of the year.
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On 12 January 2017 it was announced that Chinese shipping company Seamaster had agreed a four-year sponsorship and strategic partnership deal with the ITTF World Tour.
ITTF Pro Tour: 1996–2011
Number of tournaments in each year (Grand Finals not counted):
ITTF World Tour: 2012–
Number of tournaments in each year (Grand Finals not counted):
Tournaments
This is a list of tournaments that have featured in the ITTF Pro Tour and ITTF World Tour since 1996, with "•" indicating the years in which each tournament featured. Please note that from 2004–09 and again from 2011–13 there were two China Open tournaments in each calendar year.
From 2017, the third-tier Challenge Series will not form part of the main tour, reducing the number of tournaments on the ITTF World Tour to twelve.