ITTF World Tour

The ITTF Pro Tour is a series of table tennis tournaments, which is performed by the ITTF annually. It will be held for men and women singles and doubles competitions. This prize money is available.

In early 2012 the Pro Tour series was renamed World Tour and World Tour Grand Finals.

Implementation

With several international championships, which are declared as Pro Tour competition, the participants will acquire depending on the placement of a certain score (10 points for position 33-64, 220 points for 1st place). The points are added. The 16 men and women with the most points will contest the Pro Tour Finals ( Pro Tour Grand Finals ) in an individual, as well as to qualify the 8 most successful double for the finals. However, the participation in at least six tournaments on three different continents is required. Each Pro Tour tournament prizes will be played.

For the first time the 1996 Pro Tour Series was played.

Pro Tour 1996

In 10 Pro Tour competitions, the athletes competed for the finals. [ 1996 1] Overall, there was a prize money of U.S. $ 500,000 for all 11 events in total, with 199,000 U.S. dollars for the final. This took place from 12th - 15th December 1996 in Tianjin ( China). For this purpose, were qualified from Germany Jörg Rosskopf and Steffen Fetzner only, but no ladies. The battles were fought in the KO system.

Roßkopf reached in individual after beating Liu Song (Argentina ) and Carl Prean the semifinals, where he lost to the Chinese Kong Linghui. In doubles, he played with Vladimir Samsonov. They defeated Kong Linghui / Liu Guoliang (China) and Lu Lin / Wang Tao and reached the final. Here they underwent Wang Liqin / Yan Sen ( China). This came on the Rosskopf a cash prize of U.S. $ 10,000.

Fetzner was qualified only for the single and divorced here immediately against Carl Prean.

Pro Tour 1997

In 14 Pro Tour competitions - all endowed with prize money - fought the athletes to the finals, for which there was a total prize money of 210,000 U.S. dollars. [ 1997 1]

The final took place on 18 - 22nd December 1997 held in Hong Kong. For this purpose had qualified from Germany three participants, all were eliminated in the individual in the first round: Jörg Rosskopf against Wang Liqin, Jie Schoepp against the second in the world rankings Ju Li and Jing Tian- Zörner against Wang Nan.

In double Roßkopf / Samsonov defeated the South Koreans Kim Bong Chul / Yoo Nam -kyu. With another victory over the Chinese player Wang Liqin / Yan Sen they reached the final. Here they were subject Kong Linghui / Liu Guoliang (China ), which each earned a prize of $ 2,000.

Pro Tour 1998

In 11 Pro Tour competitions, the athletes competed for the finals, for which there was a total prize money of 220,000 U.S. dollars. [ 1998 1 ]

The finals took place from 7th to 10th January 1999 in Paris. For this purpose had Peter Franz, Jing Tian- Zörner and Qianhong Gotsch qualified from Germany. All dropped out in the first round: Peter Franz against Waldner, Qianhong Gotsch against the later Second Lin Ling and Jing Tian- Zörner in singles against Tamara Boroš and doubles ( with Wong Ching, Hong Kong ) against the Japanese girls Ai Fujinuma / An Konishi.

Pro Tour in 1999

In 12 Pro Tour competitions, the athletes competed for the finals, for which there was a total prize money of 230,000 U.S. dollars. [ 1999 1] The final was held on 13 - 16th January 2000 held in Sydney. For this, the ladies from Germany Jing Tian- Zörner and Qianhong Gotsch had qualified. German men were not at the start. Jing Tian- Zörner lost in the first round against Chire Koyama (Japan). Qianhong Gotsch reached after wins over Xu Jing ( Taiwan) and An Konishi (Japan) the semi-finals, where they defeated the future champion Chen Jing from Taiwan.

Pro Tour 2000

In 9 Pro Tour competitions, the athletes competed for the finals, for which there was a total prize money of 230,000 U.S. dollars. [ 2000 1] Of these, the winner gets the men's $ 37,000, the winner in the women's competition $ 26,000.

The final took place on 11 - 14th January 2001, Yokohama (Japan) instead. Jörg Rosskopf lost in the opening round against the Chinese Kong Linghui with 0:3. Jing Tian- Zörner also different in the first round against Krisztina Tóth (Hungary).

Pro Tour 2001

In 12 Pro Tour competitions, the athletes competed for the finals, for which there was a total prize money of 230,000 U.S. dollars. [ 2001 1 ]

The final took place on 10 - 13th January 2002 in Tianjin ( China). Surprisingly, China was not represented in the double finals of men and women.

Timo Boll lost in the opening round against Trinko Keen (Netherlands) 3:4. The double Boll / Fejer - Konnerth beat the Chinese player Wang Liqin / Yan Sen and then defeated in the semifinals later victors Kim Taek-soo/Oh Sang -eun (KOR ) ​​. Jie Schoepp also different in the first round against Aya Umemura (Japan).

Pro Tour 2002

In 13 Pro Tour competitions, the athletes competed for the finals, for which there was a total prize money of 240,000 U.S. dollars. [ 2002 1 ]

The final took place on 12 - 15th December 2002 in Stockholm (Sweden) instead. Except in the men's singles, which won the Taiwanese Chuang Chih -Yuan, China won all disciplines.

Timo Boll reached the semifinals. Here he was defeated, handicapped by an injury against Kalinikos Kreanga. Previously, he had Peter Karlsson and the reigning world champion Wang Liqin off. Nicole Struse came by defeating Jing June Hong (Singapore ) to the quarterfinals, where she lost to the Chinese Niu Jianfeng.

Junior U21 2002

2002, a junior final was played. As the only German Christian Suess took. In the first round he won against Daniel Zwickl (Hungary ), but lost to Gustavo Tsubois (Brazil) and Yang Xiaofu (China). So that he could not qualify for the semi final itself.

Pro Tour 2003

In 11 Pro Tour competitions, the athletes competed for the finals, for which there was a total prize money of 240,000 U.S. dollars. The winners received $ 38,000. [ 2003 1]

The final took place on 11 - 14th December 2003 in Guangzhou ( China). The Chinese won all four contests.

German participants were not represented. Because of a persistent Timo Boll failed to qualify for the final. Jörg Rosskopf and the double Torben Wosik / Zoltan Fejer - Konnerth were indeed qualified, but did not participate due to commitments with their club.

Pro Tour 2004

In 16 Pro Tour competitions, the athletes competed for the finals. [2004 1]

The finale took place in Beijing (China) in December 2004. The Chinese dominated the tournament and played all the finals of all four competitions.

Timo Boll won, among others Lucjan Blaszczyk against (Poland), but then lost in the semifinals against Ma Lin. In doubles with Christian Suss he failed in the quarterfinals at the Dane Michael Maze / Finn Tugwell. Peter Franz played doubles with Jens Lundqvist, with the quarter- final against Ma Lin / Chen Qi it.

As the only German lady Kristin silver iron was present. She lost arbitration in the first round against Tamara Boroš from.

Pro Tour 2005

In 16 Pro Tour competitions, the athletes competed for the finals. [ 2005 1 ] This was held to December 11, 2005 in Fuzhou ( China ), 9. Some of the strongest Chinese men and women were not represented.

For the first time Timo Boll won the tournament after he had against Chunang Chi -Yuan (Taiwan), Ko Lai Chak ( Hong Kong), Ryu Seung- min ( Korea ), and finally prevailed in the final against the Belgian Jean -Michel Saive. Also the doubles competition he won together with Christian Suss. They defeated Cheung Yuk / Leung Chu Han ( Hong Kong), Ko Lai Chak / Li Ching ( Hong Kong) and Lee Jung Woo / Oh Sang -eun (Korea ). Peter Franz difference in round 1 against Ma Long.

Nicole Struse sat against Zhang Rui ( Hong Kong) and then lost to the eventual winner Zhang Yining (China). Elke Wosik also failed to Zhang Yining. The double Tanja Hain-Hofmann/Georgina Póta (Hungary ) reached by a victory over Tan Paey remote / Zhang Xueling (Singapore ) the semi-finals, where it lost to the Koreans Kim Rae Book / Kim Kyung- ah.

Pro Tour 2006

In 16 Pro Tour competitions, the athletes competed for the finals. [2006 1 ] This took place from 14th to 17th December, 2006 Hong Kong instead. There was a prize of $ 315,000 available. Of these, the winners of the singles competitions each received $ 38,000. China won all four contests.

Timo Boll defeated the Austrian Chen Weixing 4-0. He then lost in the quarterfinals 3-3 draw with Oh Sang -eun (Korea ). In double Timo Boll / Christian Suss were unable to defend their victory from last year. They lost in the quarterfinals against Ko Lai Chak / Li Ching ( Hong Kong). German ladies were not at the start.

In parallel, the U21 Pro Tour Grand Final took place. Here Patrick Baum reached after victories in the group stages over Cazuo Matsumoto (Brazil), Johan Axelquist (Sweden) and Kim Tae Hoon (South Korea) the semi-finals, where he turned off the Spaniard Marc Duran. In the final, he defeated the Hungarian Janos Jakab.

Pro Tour 2007

In 18 Pro Tour competitions, the athletes competed for the finals. [2007 1 ] This took place from 13th to 16th December, 2007 Beijing. Once again, China won all four contests. In the semi-finals of the individual exclusively Chinese athletes were compared.

Timo Boll threw in the first round Dimitrij Ovtcharov out of the race. He then lost in the quarterfinals against Ma Lin. In double Ovtcharov / Sweet Ko Lai Chak eliminated against / Li Ching ( Hong Kong). In the women's Wu Jiaduo was represented as the only German. It failed in the first round of Wang Yuegu ( Singapore).

In the same tournament, " U21 " did not survive Zhenqi Barthel the first round. She lost to Li Qian (Poland).

Pro Tour 2008

In 16 Pro Tour competitions, the athletes competed for the finals. [2008 1 ] This took place from 11 to 14 December 2008, Macao ( China ) instead. China won the individual competition, Singapore, the double competitions.

Timo Boll had played too few Pro Tour tournaments and was therefore not qualified. Dimitrij Ovtcharov was eliminated in the first round against Vladimir Samsonov (Russia), as well as Wu Jiaduo against Guo Yan (China).

In the same tournament, " U21 " Zhenqi Barthel reached number three.

Pro Tour 2009

In 14 Pro Tour competitions, the athletes competed for the finals. [2009 1 ] This took place from 7 to 10 January 2010 in Macau ( China). In the finals of the individual competition only Chinese were represented. In contrast, the German Timo Boll / Christian Suss won the doubles competition.

In individual secreted Timo Boll ( against Xu Xin, China), Dimitrij Ovtcharov ( against Ma Long, China), and Patrick Baum ( against Bastian Steger ) from the first round. Bastian Steger failed in the quarterfinals to Xu Xin (China). Also for Christian Suss was after his victory Oh ​​Sang -eun (Korea ) in the quarter-final stage, where he lost to Ma Long (China).

As the only participant in the German Single Wu Jiaduo had to fit in the first round against Ding Ning (China).

Boll / Suss reached by beating the two French double Christophe LEGOUT / Abdel-Kader Salifou and Emmanuel Lebesson / Adrien Mattenet the final. Here they sat down by 4-1 against Gao Ning / Yang Zi ( Singapore). Tree / Hielscher lost in the semifinals against Gao Ning / Yang Zi ( Singapore). The women's doubles Elke Schall / Wu Jiaduo reached the semifinals with a victory over Sayaka Hirano / Reiko Hiura (Japan). Here they underwent later victors Ding Ning / Liu Shiwen (China).

In the same tournament, " U21 " failed Steffen Mengel in the group, where he won against Oh Sang -eun (Korea ), but against Ma Liang ( Singapore) and Jung Young Sik (Korea ) lost. Ruwen Filus survived the group stage by beating Ovidiu Ionescu (Romania) and Abdel-Kader Salifou (France). In the semifinals, he won against Jung Young Sik (Korea ). The final he lost to the Ukrainian Yaroslav Zhmudenko.

Swell

• Results of the Finals - Magazine DTS, 1998/1 P.7 14
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• Results of the Finals - Magazine DTS, 1999/2 p.14 20
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• Results of the Finals - Magazine DTS, 2000/2 pages 6 27
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• Preview - Journal of DTS, 2001/1 p.6
• Results of the Finals - Magazine DTS, 2001/2 p.6
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• Results of the Finals - Magazine DTS, 2002/2, p.12 -14
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• Detailed reports ( engl)

• Results of the Finals - Magazine DTS, 2003/1 p.12 -14
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• Results of the Finals - Magazine DTS, 2004/1 p.17 42
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• Report of the finals - Magazine table tennis, 2005/1 p.16 -19
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• Report of the finals - Magazine table tennis, 2006/1 p.28 30
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• Report of the finals - Magazine table tennis, 1/2007 p.16 -19 27
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• Report of the finals - Magazine table tennis, 2008/1 p.5 30
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• Report of the finals - Magazine table tennis, 2009/2 p.27 28
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