2016 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals

2016 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals
Tournament details
Dates8–11 December 2016
Edition21st
Total prize moneyUS$500,000
VenueAli Bin Hamad al-Attiyah Arena
LocationDoha, Qatar
Champions
Men's singlesChina Ma Long
Women's singlesChina Zhu Yuling
Men's doublesSouth Korea Jung Young-sik
South Korea Lee Sang-su
Women's doublesJapan Yui Hamamoto
Japan Hina Hayata
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The 2016 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals was the final competition of the 2016 ITTF World Tour, the International Table Tennis Federation's professional table tennis world tour. It was the 21st edition of the competition, and was held from 8–11 December 2016 in Doha, Qatar.[1]

The competition featured 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.

Events

Ma Long
Zhu Yuling
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's Singles
details 		China Ma Long China Fan Zhendong South Korea Jung Young-sik
China Xu Xin
Women's Singles
details 		China Zhu Yuling Germany Han Ying Japan Miu Hirano
Japan Kasumi Ishikawa
Men's Doubles
details 		South Korea Jung Young-sik
South Korea Lee Sang-su 		Japan Masataka Morizono
Japan Yuya Oshima 		Hong Kong Ho Kwan Kit
Hong Kong Tang Peng
Russia Alexey Liventsov
Russia Mikhail Paikov
Women's Doubles
details 		Japan Yui Hamamoto
Japan Hina Hayata 		Hong Kong Doo Hoi Kem
Hong Kong Lee Ho Ching 		Japan Honoka Hashimoto
Japan Hitomi Sato
South Korea Jeon Ji-hee
South Korea Yang Ha-eun
Under-21 Men's Singles[2] Chinese Taipei Liao Cheng-ting Japan Yuto Muramatsu France Can Akkuzu
Japan Mizuki Oikawa
Under-21 Women's Singles[3] Japan Hina Hayata Hong Kong Doo Hoi Kem Japan Yui Hamamoto
Japan Miyu Kato

Qualification

Individual players and doubles pairs earned points based on their performances in the 20 events of the 2016 ITTF World Tour. The top 16 men's and women's singles players, the top eight men's and women's doubles pairs and the top eight under-21 men's and women's players who satisfied the qualification criteria were invited to compete. The seedings for the tournament draws were based on final tour standings, not the official ITTF world ranking.[4][5]

Withdrawals

China's Liu Shiwen and Singapore's Yu Mengyu were not included on the list of confirmed players published on 25 November for the women's singles tournament, despite having finished in qualifying positions in the tour standings.[6] It was later reported on 28 November that Liu Shiwen has been suspended from international competition by the Chinese team.[7] On 1 December, China's Zhang Jike was forced to withdraw from the men's singles tournament because of a foot injury.[8]

After winning her first round match, defending champion Ding Ning was forced to withdraw from the women's singles tournament due to illness.[9]

Men's singles

Players

  1. China Ma Long (champion)
  2. China Fan Zhendong (final)
  3. China Xu Xin (semifinals)
  4. Japan Jun Mizutani (first round)
  5. Chinese Taipei Chuang Chih-yuan (quarterfinals)
  6. Belarus Vladimir Samsonov (first round)
  7. Hong Kong Wong Chun Ting (quarterfinals)
  8. Germany Dimitrij Ovtcharov (quarterfinals)
  9. Japan Kenta Matsudaira (first round)
  10. Japan Yuto Muramatsu (quarterfinals)
  11. Chinese Taipei Chen Chien-an (first round)
  12. South Korea Jung Young-sik (semifinals)
  13. Japan Yuya Oshima (first round)
  14. Hong Kong Tang Peng (first round)
  15. Japan Koki Niwa (first round)
  16. Qatar Li Ping (first round)

Draw

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 China Ma Long 4 11 7 11 11 11
16 Qatar Li Ping 11 9 11 3 6 8 1 China Ma Long 11 11 11 11
9 Japan K. Matsudaira 11 14 8 11 9 16 8 7 Hong Kong Wong C.T. 4 3 6 5
7 Hong Kong Wong C.T. 6 12 11 13 11 14 11 1 China Ma Long 11 11 11 14
5 Chinese Taipei Chuang C-y. 11 11 10 4 11 11 12 South Korea Jung Y-s. 9 8 8 12
13 Japan Y. Oshima 8 7 12 11 4 9 5 Chinese Taipei Chuang C-y. 13 12 6 7 10 1
12 South Korea Jung Y-s. 7 10 12 11 11 11 11 12 South Korea Jung Y-s. 11 10 11 11 12 11
4 Japan J. Mizutani 11 12 10 8 13 7 9 1 China Ma Long 11 11 11 7 12 11
3 China Xu Xin 11 11 11 11 2 China Fan Z. 5 4 9 11 14 9
11 Chinese Taipei Chen C-a. 8 5 6 8 3 China Xu Xin 11 11 11 11
10 Japan Y. Muramatsu 11 11 5 6 1 11 11 10 Japan Y. Muramatsu 2 6 5 4
6 Belarus V. Samsonov 5 7 11 11 11 9 6 3 China Xu Xin 5 11 5 11 6 9
8 Germany D. Ovtcharov 11 11 13 14 11 2 China Fan Z. 11 5 11 6 11 11
14 Hong Kong Tang Peng 9 5 15 12 6 8 Germany D. Ovtcharov 11 12 13 8 8 5
15 Japan Koki Niwa 6 7 7 11 4 2 China Fan Z. 9 10 15 11 11 11
2 China Fan Z. 11 11 11 9 11

[10][11]

Women's singles

Players

  1. China Ding Ning (quarterfinals)
  2. Japan Kasumi Ishikawa (semifinals)
  3. China Zhu Yuling (champion)
  4. Singapore Feng Tianwei (first round)
  5. Hong Kong Tie Yana (quarterfinals)
  6. Chinese Taipei Cheng I-ching (quarterfinals)
  7. Japan Mima Ito (first round)
  8. South Korea Yang Ha-eun (quarterfinals)
  9. Japan Yuka Ishigaki (first round)
  10. Japan Miu Hirano (semifinals)
  11. Germany Han Ying (final)
  12. Hong Kong Lee Ho Ching (first round)
  13. Germany Shan Xiaona (first round)
  14. Japan Hina Hayata (first round)
  15. South Korea Seo Hyo-won (first round)
  16. Japan Hitomi Sato (first round)

Draw

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 China Ding Ning 14 11 11 11
12 Hong Kong Lee H.C. 12 7 5 6 1 China Ding Ning
11 Germany Han Ying 8 11 11 11 6 11 11 Germany Han Ying w / o
7 Japan Mima Ito 11 9 8 2 11 5 11 Germany Han Ying 11 11 11 11
5 Hong Kong Tie Yana 9 7 12 11 6 11 11 10 Japan M. Hirano 2 4 3 5
9 Japan Y. Ishigaki 11 11 10 6 11 7 4 5 Hong Kong Tie Yana 9 7 11 11 11 8 6
10 Japan M. Hirano 6 4 11 11 7 11 11 10 Japan M. Hirano 11 11 8 5 6 11 11
4 Singapore Feng T. 11 11 9 6 11 5 4 11 Germany Han Ying 9 10 10 3
3 China Zhu Yuling 11 11 11 11 3 China Zhu Yuling 11 12 12 11
16 Japan H. Sato 3 6 5 3 3 China Zhu Yuling 8 10 12 11 11 11
14 Japan H. Hayata 6 8 5 9 6 Chinese Taipei Cheng I-c. 11 12 10 8 8 7
6 Chinese Taipei Cheng I-c. 11 11 11 11 3 China Zhu Yuling 16 11 11 11
8 South Korea Yang H-e. 6 6 11 11 9 12 11 2 Japan K. Ishikawa 14 3 8 6
13 Germany Shan X. 11 11 9 7 11 10 9 8 South Korea Yang H-e. 12 11 9 7 11 6
15 South Korea Seo H-w. 11 11 9 4 8 11 5 2 Japan K. Ishikawa 10 7 11 11 13 11
2 Japan K. Ishikawa 8 2 11 11 11 6 11

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Men's doubles

Players

  1. Japan Masataka Morizono / Yuya Oshima (final)
  2. South Korea Jung Young-sik / Lee Sang-su (champions)
  3. Russia Alexey Liventsov / Mikhail Paikov (semifinals)
  4. Chinese Taipei Chuang Chih-yuan / Huang Sheng-sheng (quarterfinals)
  5. Hong Kong Ho Kwan Kit / Tang Peng (semifinals)
  6. Japan Koki Niwa / Maharu Yoshimura (quarterfinals)
  7. Belgium Robin Devos / Cédric Nuytinck (quarterfinals)
  8. France Antoine Hachard / Romain Ruiz (quarterfinals)

Draw

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Japan Morizono / Oshima 11 11 11 11
8 France Hachard / Ruiz 6 6 6 8 1 Japan Morizono / Oshima 7 11 11 11 11
5 Hong Kong Ho / Tang 10 11 11 11 3 7 11 5 Hong Kong Ho / Tang 11 5 7 4 9
4 Chinese Taipei Chuang / Huang 12 5 9 7 11 11 5 1 Japan Morizono / Oshima 11 11 10 9 7 4
3 Russia Liventsov / Paikov 11 11 16 11 2 South Korea Jung / Lee 5 2 12 11 11 11
7 Belgium Devos / Nuytinck 7 7 14 9 3 Russia Liventsov / Paikov 11 10 12 4 9 12 7
6 Japan Niwa / Yoshimura 6 11 12 14 12 11 14 2 South Korea Jung / Lee 8 12 10 11 11 10 11
2 South Korea Jung / Lee 11 4 10 16 14 9 16

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Women's doubles

Players

  1. South Korea Jeon Ji-hee / Yang Ha-eun (semifinals)
  2. Japan Honoka Hashimoto / Hitomi Sato (semifinals)
  3. Russia Maria Dolgikh / Polina Mikhailova (quarterfinals)
  4. Chinese Taipei Cheng I-ching / Huang Yi-hua (quarterfinals)
  5. Hong Kong Doo Hoi Kem / Lee Ho Ching (final)
  6. Germany Shan Xiaona / Petrissa Solja (quarterfinals)
  7. Japan Yui Hamamoto / Hina Hayata (champions)
  8. Hungary Dóra Madarász / Szandra Pergel (quarterfinals)

Draw

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 South Korea Jeon / Yang 11 11 12 11
8 Hungary Madarász / Pergel 6 4 10 6 1 South Korea Jeon / Yang 11 9 6 7
5 Hong Kong Doo / Lee 11 11 11 5 9 9 11 5 Hong Kong Doo / Lee 13 11 11 11
4 Chinese Taipei Cheng / Huang 8 8 9 11 11 11 4 5 Hong Kong Doo / Lee 8 17 9 11 8 10
3 Russia Dolgikh / Mikhailova 7 11 9 7 7 7 Japan Hamamoto / Hayata 11 15 11 9 11 12
7 Japan Hamamoto / Hayata 11 9 11 11 11 7 Japan Hamamoto / Hayata 8 12 11 11 12 11
6 Germany Shan / Solja 10 6 13 7 2 Japan Hashimoto / Sato 11 10 13 5 10 6
2 Japan Hashimoto / Sato 12 11 15 11

[16][17]

See also

References

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  3. ^ "Silver in Bangkok and Lisbon turns to gold for Japan in Doha". ITTF. 11 December 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
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  5. ^ "Confirmed list of players" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 December 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
  6. ^ "Invitations confirmed, Olympic and World champions head Doha list". ITTF. 25 November 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
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  8. ^ "Foot injury forces Zhang Jike to withdraw from Grand Finals". ITTF. December 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  9. ^ "Illness forces Ding Ning to withdraw from Grand Finals". ITTF. 9 December 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
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  17. ^ "We meet again, same fortunes for Hina Hayata and Doo Hoi Kem". ITTF. 11 December 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016.