ITTF Pro Tour
Current season, competition or edition: 2017 ITTF World Tour
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| Sport | Table tennis |
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| Founded | 1996 |
| Owner(s) | International Table Tennis Federation |
| Sponsor(s) | Seamaster |
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ITTF World Tour Grand Finals |
The ITTF World Tour, known as the ITTF Pro Tour until 2011, is an annual 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 performances in the tournaments they enter. The players who gain the most points in each of the six different categories will be invited to participate in the ITTF World Tour Grand Finals at the end of the year.
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.
Number of tournaments in each year (Grand Finals not counted):
Number of tournaments in each year (Grand Finals not counted):
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 ITTF Challenge Series will run as a separate tour, reducing the number of tournaments on the main ITTF World Tour to twelve.
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