ITTF World Tour 2018

ITTF World Tour
2017 ← World Tour 2018 → 2019
Number of tournaments	13 (including finals)
Prize money	US $ 3,585,000
winner
Single (♂)	Tomokazu Harimoto
Single (♀)	Chen Meng
Double (♂)	Jang Woojin Lim Jonghoon
Double (♀)	Hina Hayata Mima Itō
Doubles (mixed)	Wong Chun Ting Doo Hoi Kem

The ITTF World Tour took place in its 23rd edition in 2018. It began on January 16 with the Hungarian Open in Budapest and ended on December 16 with the Grand Finals in Incheon.

mode

The participating players can play in 12 different qualifying tournaments, which are divided into two categories - World Tour and World Tour Platinum. In each tournament there is a single and double competition for men and women. A competition for U-21 players and / or mixed doubles is optional. Depending on the category and the placement achieved, points are distributed, with the players with the most points qualifying for the Grand Finals. A seat is reserved for one player or a double from the host country of the Grand Finals, if there is someone who meets the entry criteria.

Independently of this, nine additional tournaments of the Challenge Series will take place.

Distribution of points	World Tour Platinum (6 ×)			World Tour (6 ×)
	singles	Doubles / mixed	U-21	singles	Doubles / mixed	U-21
1st place	500	300	300	250	200	200
place 2	300	150	150	125	100	100
Semifinals	200	75	75	63	50	50
Quarter finals	100	38	38	31	25th	25th
Round of 16	50	19th	19th	16	13	13
last 32	25th	-	9	8th	-	6th

Tournaments

Six tournaments took place in Asia (including the Grand Finals), six in Europe and one in Oceania.

World Tour Platinum

World Tour

Grand Finals

No.	competition	place	date	Winner men			Winners women			Mixed winner	Prize money
				singles	Double	U-21	singles	Double	U-21
1	Hungarian Open	Budapest	16.1. – 21.1.	Fan Zhendong	Fan Zhendong Yu Ziyang	Lin Yun-Ju	Wang Manyu	Chen Xingtong Sun Yingsha	Chen Ke	-	$ 150,000
2	Qatar Open	Doha	6.3. – 11.3.	Fan Zhendong	Fan Zhendong Xu Xin	Xue Fei	Liu Shiwen	Chen Ke Wang Manyu	Zhang Rui	-	$ 235,000
3	German Open	Bremen	20.3. – 25.3.	Ma Long	Ma Long Xu Xin	Joé Seyfried	Kasumi Ishikawa	Hina Hayata Mima Itō	Saki Shibata	-	$ 235,000
4th	Hong Kong Open	Hong Kong	22.5. – 27.5.	Kazuhiro Yoshimura	Ho Kwan Kit Wong Chun Ting	Lin Yun-Ju	Wang Manyu	Chen Xingtong Sun Yingsha	Wang Yidi	-	$ 145,000
5	China Open	Shenzhen	29.5. – 3.6.	Ma Long	Fan Zhendong Lin Gaoyuan	-	Wang Manyu	Ding Ning Zhu Yuling	-	Lin Gaoyuan Chen Xingtong	$ 346,000
6th	Japan Open	Kitakyushu	6.6-10.6.	Tomokazu Harimoto	Jung Young-sik Lee Sang-su	-	Mima Ito	Gu Yuting Mu Zi	-	Liang Jingkun Chen Xingtong	$ 170,000
7th	Korea Open	Daejeon	17.7. – 22.7.	Jang Woojin	Jang Woojin Lim Jonghoon	Ham Yu song	Zhu Yuling	Chen Meng Ding Ning	Miyuu Kihara	Jang Woojin Cha Hyo Sim	$ 266,000
8th	Australian Open	Geelong	July 24-29	Xu Xin	Jung Young-sik Lee Sang-su	-	Liu Shiwen	Hina Hayata Mima Itō	-	Lee Sang-su Jeon Jihee	$ 316,000
9	Bulgaria Open	Panagyurishte	14.8. – 19.8.	Xu Xin	Ma Long Xu Xin	Lin Yun-Ju	Ding Ning	Kasumi Ishikawa Mima Itō	Wang Yidi	-	$ 160,000
10	Czech Open	Olomouc	21.8. – 26.8.	Zheng Peifeng	Patrick Franziska Jonathan Groth	Yūto Kizukuri	Kasumi Ishikawa	Liu Gaoyang Zhang Rui	Wang Yidi	-	$ 160,000
11	Swedish Open	Stockholm	October 29 - November 4	Fan Zhendong	Liao Cheng-Ting Lin Yun-Ju	Cho Seung-min	Mima Ito	Chen Xingtong Sun Yingsha	Choi Hyojoo	-	$ 150,000
12	Austrian Open	Linz	November 6th - November 11th	Liang Jingkun	Masataka Morizono Yūya Ōshima	-	Chen Meng	Hina Hayata Mima Itō	-	Xu Xin Liu Shiwen	$ 251,000
13	Grand Finals	Incheon	12/13 - 12/16	Tomokazu Harimoto	Jang Woojin Lim Jonghoon	-	Chen Meng	Hina Hayata Mima Itō	-	Wong Chun Ting Doo Hoi Kem	$ 1,001,000

Challenge Series

Six tournaments take place in Europe, two in Asia and one in Africa.

No.	place	date	Winner men			Winners women			Prize money
			singles	Double	U-21	singles	Double	U-21
1	Spała	13.3. – 17.3.	Lim Jonghoon	Jung Young-sik Lee Sang-su	Marek Badowski	Yang Ha-eun	Jeon Jihee Yang Ha-eun	Kim Jiho	$ 40,000
2	Guadalajara	28.3. – 1.4.	Kim Minhyeok	To Jaehyun Cho Seung-min	Cho Seungmin	Saki Shibata	Honoka Hashimoto Hitomi Satō	Saki Shibata	$ 40,000
3	Otočec	2.4. – 6.4.	Mizuki Oikawa	Marek Badowski Patryk Zatowka	Bence Majoros	Miyu Kato	Ng Wing Nam Soo Wai Yam Minnie	Saki Shibata	$ 40,000
4th	Zagreb	10.4. – 14.4.	Panagiotis Gionis	Nandor Ecseki Adam Szudi	Different Lind	Saki Shibata	Honoka Hashimoto Hitomi Satō	Saki Shibata	$ 40,000
5	Bangkok	16.5. – 20.5.	Xu Ruifeng	Tobias Hippler Kilian Place	Yuta Tanaka	Liu Shiwen	Orawan Paranang Suthasini Sawettabut	Saki Shibata	$ 40,000
6th	Pyongyang	13.6. – 17.6.	Pak Sin Hyok	Ji Jiale Liu Yebo	Cao Wei	Kim Song-i	Cha Hyo Sim Kim Nam Hae	Guo Yuhan	$ 40,000
7th	Lagos	8.8. – 12.8.	Quadri Aruna	Alexandre Robinot Joé Seyfried	Wang Shaobo	Guo Yan	Qi Fenjie Sun Chen	Guo Yan	$ 40,000
8th	De Haan	October 23-27	Ganghyeon Park	To Jaehyun Cho Seung-min	Shunsuke Togami	Saki Shibata	Satsuki Odo Saki Shibata	Kim Youjin	$ 40,000
9	Minsk	11/14 - 11/18	Zhao Zihao	Kakeru Sone Yuta Tanaka	Zhao Zihao	Saki Shibata	Satsuki Odo Saki Shibata	Hey Aige	$ 40,000

Web links

• The World Tour 2018 on the ITTF website (accessed December 23, 2018)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2018 ITTF WORLD TOUR ORGANIZATIONAL REQUIREMENTS / DIRECTIVES. ittf.com, p. 5 , accessed December 19, 2017 . 
2. ↑ POINTS ALLOCATION FOR ITTF WORLD TOUR STANDINGS. ittf.com, accessed January 15, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Events. ittf.com, accessed December 19, 2017 . 
4. ^ Prize Money. (No longer available online.) Ittf.com, archived from the original on November 10, 2018 ; accessed on November 10, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ Challenge Events. ittf.com, accessed December 19, 2017 . 
6. ↑ 2018 ITTF Challenge PRIZE MONEY DISTRIBUTION. ittf.com, accessed March 10, 2018 .