The ITTF World Tour Grand Finals start on Thursday in Incheon (KOR), with the top 16 Singles players and eight teams in the Doubles events. The top seeds, based on the final World Tour standings:
∙ Men’s Singles:
1. Xin Xu (CHN)
2. Zhendong Fan (CHN)
3. Jingkun Liang (CHN)
4. Tomokazu Harimoto (JPN)
∙ Women’s Singles:
1. Manyu Wang (CHN)
2. Kasumi Ishikawa (JPN)
3. Shiwen Liu (CHN)
4. Mima Ito (JPN)
∙ Men’s Doubles:
1. Youngsik Jeong/Sangsu Lee (KOR)
2. Masataka Morizono/Yuya Oshima (JPN)
3. Kwan Kit Ho/Chun Ting Wong (TPE)
4. Cheng-Ting Liao/Yun-Ju Lin (TPE)
∙ Women’s Doubles:
1. Hina Hayata/Mima Ito (JPN)
2. Xingtong Chen/Yingsha Sun (CHN)
3. Jihee Jeon/Haeun Yang (KOR)
4. Ke Chen/Manyu Wang (CHN)
∙ Mixed Doubles:
1. Sangsu Lee/Jihee Jeon (KOR)
2. Woojin Jang (KOR)/Hyo-Sim Cha (PRK)
3. Chien-An chen/I-Ching Cheng (TPE)
4. Jonghoon Lim/Haeun Yang (KOR)
Each event will be run in an elimination format. There is $1,001,000 in prize money at stake, with $100,000-55,000-35,000 (semifinalists)-25,000 (quarterfinalists) and 15,000 (first-round losers) paid in the Singles events. The Doubles pay $14,000-7,500-3,750 (semifinalists) and $2,000 for the first-round losers. Look for results here.
