ITTF World Tour 2015

2014 ← ITTF World Tour → 2016
Tournaments (including finals)	23
Prize money	$ 3 million
Grand Finals	Lisbon
	winner	Winners
singles	Ma Long	Ding Ning
Double	Masataka Morizono Yuya Oshima	Ding Ning Zhu Yuling
U-21	Yuya Oshima	Lin Ye

The ITTF World Tour took place in its 20th edition in 2015. It began on January 28th with the Hungarian Open in Budapest and ended on December 13th with the last day of the Grand Finals in Lisbon.

mode

The participating players were able to play in 22 different qualifying tournaments, which were divided into three categories - Super, Major and Challenge Series. In each tournament there was a singles, doubles and U-21 competition for men and women. Depending on the category and the placement achieved, points were distributed, with the players with the most points qualifying for the Grand Finals. 16 players qualified in singles, each of which had to have participated in at least 5 tournaments, in doubles 8 pairs who had to take part in 4 tournaments with the same line-up, 8 players in 4 tournaments in at least 2 different ones in the U-21 competition Continents must have participated. A seat was reserved for a player or a double from the host country of the Grand Finals, if someone was present who met the entry criteria.

The grand finals in singles and doubles took place in the knockout system from the beginning , in the U-21 competition the participants were divided into two groups of 4 players each, the group first and second made it to the semi-finals.

Distribution of points	Super Series (6 ×)			Major Series (6 ×)			Challenge Series (8 ×)
	singles	Double	U-21	singles	Double	U-21	singles	Double	U-21
1st place	500	500	500	200	200	200	100	100	100
place 2	300	300	300	100	100	100	50	50	50
Semifinals	200	200	200	50	50	50	25th	25th	25th
Quarter finals	100	100	100	25th	25th	25th	13	13	13
Round of 16	50	50	50	13	13	13	6th	6th	6th
last 32	25th	-	25th	6th	-	6th	3	-	3
last 64	-	-	-	3	-	3	2	-	2

Tournaments

In total there were 11 tournaments of the Challenge Series, 5 tournaments of the Major Series and 6 tournaments of the Super Series. 12 tournaments (including Grand Finals) took place in Europe, 7 in Asia, 2 in (Latin) America and one each in Africa and Oceania, with the German Open being the only tournament in the Super Series that did not take place in Asia. The four tournaments outside of Europe and Asia all belonged to the Challenge Series.

Super Series

Major Series

Challenge Series

Grand Finals

No.	place	date	Winner men			Winners women
			singles	Double	U-21	singles	Double	U-21
1	Budapest	28.1. – 1.2.	Jiang Tianyi	Jeong Sang-eun Lee Sang-su	Ho Kwan kit	Misako Wakamiya	Sofia Polcanova Amelie Solja	Yui Hamamoto
2	Kuwait City	11.2. – 15.2.	Ma Long	Chiang Hung-Chieh Huang Sheng-Sheng	Zhai Yujia	Li Xiaoxia	Ding Ning Zhu Yuling	Doo Hoi Kem
3	Doha	17.2. – 22.2.	Vladimir Samsonov	Marcos Freitas Andrej Gaćina	Benjamin Brossier	Elizabeta Samara	Tie Yana Jiang Huajun	Bernadette Szőcs
4th	Lagos	10.3. – 14.3.	Omar Assar	Quadri Aruna Kazeem Makanjuola	Shady Magdy	Shao Jieni	Shao Jieni Dina Meshref	Dina Meshref
5	Berlin	18.3. – 22.3.	Ma Long	Timo Boll Patrick Franziska	Kim Dong-hyun	Mima Ito	Shan Xiaona Petrissa Solja	Petrissa Solja
6th	Almeria	25.3. – 29.3.	Maharu Yoshimura	Hey Zhiwen Carlos Machado	Kim Dong-hyun	Jeon Jihee	Ai Fukuhara Misako Wakamiya	Miu Hirano
7th	Minsk	13.5. – 17.5.	Li ping	Jonathan Groth Kasper Sternberg	Florent Lambiet	Mima Ito	Miyu Maeda Sakura Mori	Hitomi Satō
8th	Zagreb	May 19-23	Maharu Yoshimura	Masataka Morizono Yuya Oshima	Jakub Dyjas	Choi Hyojoo	Yang Ha-eun Jeon Jihee	Choi Hyojoo
9	Subic Bay	27.5. – 31.5.	Yuya Oshima	Robin Devos Cedric Nuytinck	Tonin Ryuzaki	Kasumi Ishikawa	Lee Ho Ching Zhu Chengzhu	Hitomi Satō
10	Gold coast	3.6. – 7.6.	Jung Young-sik	Ho Kwan Kit Lam Siu Hang	Jang Woojin	Ai Fukuhara	Jeon Jihee Lee Dasom	Hitomi Satō
11	Kobe	24.6. – 28.6.	Xu Xin	Ma Long Xu Xin	Yuya Oshima	Chen Meng	Wu Yang Liu Fei	Hitomi Satō
12	Incheon	1.7. – 5.7.	Jung Young-sik	Jung Young-sik Kim Min-seok	Masaki Yoshida	Ai Fukuhara	Miu Hirano Mima Ito	Yui Hamamoto
13	Pyongyang	29.7. – 2.8.	Choe Il	Pak Sin Hyok Choe Il	Pak Un Hyok	Sun Chen	Kim Song-i Ri Myong-sun	Kim Song-i
14th	Cheng you	5.8. – 9.8.	Ma Long	Fan Zhendong Xu Xin	Jang Woojin	Zhu Yuling	Liu Shiwen Chen Meng	Hitomi Satō
15th	Panagyurishte	August 19-23	Kim Dong-hyun	Kim Dong-hyun Cho Eon-rae	Kim Dong-hyun	Kasumi Ishikawa	Yang Ha-eun Jeon Jihee	Choi Hyojoo
16	Olomouc	26.8. – 30.8.	Wong Chun Ting	Par Gerell Jon Persson	Yuya Oshima	Ai Fukuhara	Yang Ha-eun Jeon Jihee	Lin Ye
17th	catfish	2.9. – 6.9.	Jun Mizutani	Jang Woojin Lee Sang-su	Zhai Yujia	Han Ying	Shan Xiaona Petrissa Solja	Shao Jieni
18th	De Haan	8.9. – 12.9.	Nima Alamian	Nima Alamian Noshad Alamiyan	Kohei Sambe	Suh Hyowon	Lin Ye Zhou Yihan	Zhou Yihan
19th	Mendoza	16.9. – 20.9.	Eric Jouti	Gaston Alto Pablo Tabachnik	Hampus Soderlund	Jeon Jihee	Yang Ha-eun Jeon Jihee	Kim Byeolnim
20th	Santiago	9/23 - 9/27	Thiago Monteiro	Gustavo Gómez Maunel Moya	Hampus Soderlund	Jeon Jihee	Leticia Nakada Bruna Takahashi	Bruna Takahashi
21st	Warsaw	21.10. – 25.10.	Fan Zhendong	Kristian Karlsson Mattias Karlsson	Jakub Dyjas	Liu Shiwen	Ding Ning Zhu Yuling	Miu Hirano
22nd	Stockholm	11/11 - 15/11	Fan Zhendong	Fang Bo Xu Xin	Tristan Flore	Mu Zi	Chen Meng Mu Zi	Yui Hamamoto
23	Lisbon	December 10th - December 13th	Ma Long	Masataka Morizono Yuya Oshima	Yuya Oshima	Ding Ning	Ding Ning Zhu Yuling	Lin Ye

Grand Finals

The Grand Finals took place in Lisbon from December 10th to 13th . In contrast to most tournaments, the setting was not carried out according to the current world ranking position , but based on the points collected on the World Tour.

Men

singles

Attendees

Settlement	player	Points	Tournaments	Continents	placement
1	Ma Long	1556	5	2	gold
2	Xu Xin	1250	5	2	Semifinals
3	Fan Zhendong	1000	5	2	silver
4th	Jung Young-sik	978	10	3	Round of 16
	Maharu Yoshimura	738	7th	2	not started
5	Vladimir Samsonov	669	6th	2	Quarter finals
6th	Dimitrij Ovtcharov	650	5	2	Quarter finals
7th	Zhang Jike	613	5	2	Semifinals
8th	Wong Chun Ting	566	10	2	Round of 16
9	Chuang Chih-Yuan	488	7th	2	Quarter finals
10	Marcos Freitas	481	6th	2	Round of 16
	Joo Se-hyuk	475	4th	1	not qualified
11	Jun Mizutani	394	6th	2	Round of 16
12	Lee Sang-su	371	11	2	Round of 16
13	Kōki Niwa	362	7th	2	Round of 16
14th	Yuya Oshima	346	10	3	Quarter finals
15th	Kim Dong-hyun	338	13	2	Round of 16
16	Jang Woojin	322	10	2	Round of 16

Maharu Yoshimura canceled and was replaced by Jang Woojin. Joo Se-hyuk had the necessary number of points for a qualification, but only participated in four of the five necessary tournaments, so that he did not qualify.

competition

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

Ma Long

4th

10

Marcos Freitas

1

1

Ma Long

4th

6th

Dimitrij Ovtcharov

0

11

Jun Mizutani

3

6th

Dimitrij Ovtcharov

4th

1

Ma Long

4th

7th

Zhang Jike

2

7th

Zhang Jike

4th

12

Lee Sang-su

2

7th

Zhang Jike

4th

14th

Yuya Oshima

2

14th

Yuya Oshima

4th

4th

Jung Young-sik

3

1

Ma Long

4th

3

Fan Zhendong

3

3

Fan Zhendong

4th

15th

Kim Dong-hyun

0

3

Fan Zhendong

4th

9

Chuang Chih-Yuan

0

9

Chuang Chih-Yuan

4th

8th

Wong Chun Ting

1

3

Fan Zhendong

4th

2

Xu Xin

2

5

Vladimir Samsonov

4th

13

Koki Niwa

1

5

Vladimir Samsonov

2

2

Xu Xin

4th

16

Jang Woojin

0

2

Xu Xin

4th

Double

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

Jung Young-sik Kim Minseok

4th

6th

Tang Peng Wong Chun Ting

1

1

Jung Young-sik Kim Minseok

0

5

Masataka Morizono Yuya Oshima

4th

5

Masataka Morizono Yuya Oshima

4th

4th

Marcos Freitas Andrej Gaćina

3

5

Masataka Morizono Yuya Oshima

4th

8th

Tiago Apolónia João Monteiro

1

3

Jeong Sang-eun Lee Sang-su

1

8th

Tiago Apolónia João Monteiro

4th

8th

Tiago Apolónia João Monteiro

4th

2

Chiang Hung-Chieh Huang Sheng-Sheng

3

7th

Cho Eon-rae Kim Dong-hyun

2

2

Chiang Hung-Chieh Huang Sheng-Sheng

4th

U-21

Group stage

Group 1

	Result
Jang Woojin	4: 3	Benjamin Brossier
Yuya Oshima	4: 1	João Geraldo
Jang Woojin	0: 4	Yuya Oshima
Benjamin Brossier	4: 2	João Geraldo
Jang Woojin	2: 4	João Geraldo
Yuya Oshima	4: 2	Benjamin Brossier

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Yuya Oshima	3	12: 3	6th
2	Benjamin Brossier	3	9:10	4th
3	João Geraldo	3	7:10	4th
4th	Jang Woojin	3	6:11	4th

Group 2

	Result
Zhai Yujia	4: 3	Kim Dong-hyun
Masaki Yoshida	4: 1	Kohei Sambe
Zhai Yujia	4: 1	Masaki Yoshida
Kim Dong-hyun	2: 4	Kohei Sambe
Zhai Yujia	4: 3	Kohei Sambe
Masaki Yoshida	4: 2	Kim Dong-hyun

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Zhai Yujia	3	12: 7	6th
2	Masaki Yoshida	3	9: 7	5
3	Kohei Sambe	3	8:10	4th
4th	Kim Dong-hyun	3	7:12	3

Main round

	Semifinals					final
	3	Yuya Oshima	4th
	6th	Masaki Yoshida	2
						3	Yuya Oshima	4th
						2	Zhai Yujia	1
	5	Benjamin Brossier	1
	2	Zhai Yujia	4th

Women

singles

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

Ai Fukuhara

3

15th

Misako Wakamaya

4th

15th

Misako Wakamaya

2

6th

Jeon Jihee

4th

11

Yang Ha-eun

0

6th

Jeon Jihee

4th

6th

Jeon Jihee

2

10

Chen Meng

4th

5

Liu Shiwen

4th

13

Suh Hyowon

1

5

Liu Shiwen

1

10

Chen Meng

4th

10

Chen Meng

4th

3

Mima Ito

1

10

Chen Meng

2

4th

Ding Ning

4th

4th

Ding Ning

4th

16

Fu Yu

0

4th

Ding Ning

4th

8th

Han Ying

2

12

Elizabeta Samara

3

8th

Han Ying

4th

4th

Ding Ning

4th

2

Zhu Yuling

1

7th

Kasumi Ishikawa

4th

14th

Shan Xiaona

2

7th

Kasumi Ishikawa

0

2

Zhu Yuling

4th

9

Feng Tianwei

2

2

Zhu Yuling

4th

Double

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

Lin Ye Zhou Yihan

1

7th

Miu Hirano Mima Ito

4th

7th

Miu Hirano Mima Ito

4th

5

Jiang Huajun Tie Yana

2

5

Jiang Huajun Tie Yana

4th

4th

Shan Xiaona Petrissa Solja

0

7th

Miu Hirano Mima Ito

0

3

Ding Ning Zhu Yuling

4th

3

Ding Ning Zhu Yuling

4th

6th

Doo Hoi Kem Lee Ho Ching

1

3

Ding Ning Zhu Yuling

4th

2

Jeon Jihee Yang Ha-eun

1

8th

Shao Jieni Fu Yu

0

2

Jeon Jihee Yang Ha-eun

4th

U-21

Group stage

Group 1

	Result
Hitomi Satō	4: 1	Doo Hoi Kem
Zhou Yihan	4: 3	Zeng Jian
Hitomi Satō	4: 1	Zhou Yihan
Doo Hoi Kem	4: 1	Zeng Jian
Hitomi Satō	4: 3	Zeng Jian
Zhou Yihan	2: 4	Doo Hoi Kem

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Hitomi Satō	3	12: 5	6th
2	Doo Hoi Kem	3	9: 7	5
3	Zhou Yihan	3	7:11	4th
4th	Zeng Jian	3	7:12	3

Group 2

	Result
Yui Hamamoto	4: 1	Bernadette Szőcs
Lin Ye	4: 1	Shao Jieni
Yui Hamamoto	2: 4	Lin Ye
Bernadette Szőcs	1: 4	Shao Jieni
Yui Hamamoto	4: 1	Shao Jieni
Lin Ye	2: 4	Bernadette Szőcs

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Lin Ye	3	10: 7	5
2	Yui Hamamoto	3	10: 6	5
3	Shao Jieni	3	6: 9	4th
4th	Bernadette Szőcs	3	6:10	4th

Main round

	Semifinals					final
	1	Hitomi Satō	1
	2	Yui Hamamoto	4th
						2	Yui Hamamoto	2
						4th	Lin Ye	4th
	3	Doo Hoi Kem	0
	4th	Lin Ye	4th

Web links

• Official ITTF website (accessed September 3, 2016)

Individual evidence

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