GAC Group ITTF World Tour 2014 Statistics & Facts Presented by Zoltan Bencsik
ORGANIZATION 20 World Tour events: by continents: 9 in Europe 6 in Asia 3 in Latin America 1 in Oceania 1 in Africa by tier: 6 Super Series (1 in Europe, 5 in Asia) 4 Major Series (all in Europe) Prize Money: 2,762,700 US$ World Tour events: 1,762,700 US$ World Tour Grand Finals: 1,000,000 US$ 10 Challenge Series (4 in EUR, 3 in LAM, 1 in ASI, 1 in OCE, 1 in AFR) 2
World Tour Entries 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 SWE CZE GER HUN KUW QAT CRO ESP KOR RUS JPN BEL BLR CHN ARG BRA PHI AUS NGR CHI MAJ MAJ SUP CHALL SUP SUP CHALL MAJ SUP MAJ SUP CHALL CHALL SUP CHALL CHALL CHALL CHALL CHALL CHALL Total 301 296 284 273 217 214 203 202 186 172 159 153 144 126 107 94 85 84 80 42 Men 178 170 168 171 130 128 120 117 100 103 100 81 80 61 69 60 46 51 47 22 Women 123 126 116 102 87 86 83 85 86 69 59 72 64 65 38 34 39 33 33 20 Assoc 47 40 41 35 32 35 33 34 18 23 19 41 16 14 10 9 14 19 12 5 3
World Tour entries per events 180 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 SWE CZE GER HUN KUW QAT CRO ESP KOR RUS JPN BEL BLR CHN ARG BRA PHI AUS NGR CHI MS 157 167 168 171 130 125 119 115 92 102 85 71 80 60 69 60 46 49 37 22 WS 114 126 116 102 87 86 83 84 76 69 52 72 64 64 38 34 39 33 26 20 MD 66 57 61 0 49 43 0 44 31 25 33 0 0 18 0 0 0 20 0 0 WD 45 47 42 0 29 27 0 37 26 21 17 0 0 17 0 0 0 9 0 0 U21B 77 59 0 75 34 37 65 52 52 51 52 41 36 25 44 34 23 24 18 7 U21G 50 53 0 53 33 33 47 37 43 40 26 45 39 27 28 25 18 13 13 14 4
PLAYERS AND ASSOCIATIONS
ASSOCIATIONS The total number of Associations participating in at least 1 event: 85 Associations, which represents 38,64% of all member Associations 85 associations took part by men 65 associations took part by women 39 associations were represented by 10 players or more throughout the year 6
PLAYERS The total number of playersparticipating in at least 1 event: 1378 players 834 men 544 women The most unique players are from Russia 61 men and 39 women 7
Most participating players per associations 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Men Women 8
CONTINENTS 450 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 EUR ASI LAM AFR OCE NAM Men Women Associations (men) Associations (women) Europe 426 265 40 33 Asia 211 177 20 15 Latin America 116 51 11 7 Africa 54 33 10 5 Oceania 21 12 2 2 North America 6 6 2 2 Men Women 9
CONTINENTS European players represented 50,1% of all the World Tour Participants in 2014. ASI 28% LAM 12% AFR 6% OCE 3% NAM 1% EUR 50% 10
Overall number of players grouping by age 834 61% 544 39% Men Women 22-30 35,1% U21 58,8% U21 49,8% 22-30 33,6% 40+ 2,4% 31-40 12,7% 40+ 0,9% 31-40 6,6% 11
Under 21 age grouping by gender Under 21 Boys Under 21 Girls 15-5% 15-7% 19-21 45% 19-21 44% 15-18 50% 15-18 49% Youngest boy: PARK Cheolwoo (KOR) 10 years old played in U21 event in WT KOR Youngest girls: BELLO Muibat (NGR) 10 years old played in U21 event in WT NGR and reached round of 16 on main draw 12
Participation on events and on continents Participation on events by # players 700 Participation by players on # continents 649 600 450 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 Women 278 78 52 32 32 26 21 9 4 6 3 2 1 Men 434 116 89 72 45 32 21 13 9 1 2 500 400 300 200 100 0 160 Men 417 109 24 16 1 2 1 2 3 4 Women 13
WORLD TOUR TIERS
OVERALL SUPER SERIES MAJOR SERIES CHALLENGE SERIES Men 331 370 560 Women 227 245 351 Europe 219 445 477 Asia 302 135 155 Latin America 10 18 163 Africa 21 13 77 Oceania 0 1 33 North America 3 3 6
TOP PARTICIPATION ON ALL SERIES MEN Name Assoc. Nr. of events WOMEN Name Assoc. Nr. of events OUAICHE Stephane FRA 11 SAKAI Asuka JPN 11 SAMBE Kohei JPN 10 TANG Peng HKG 9 VLASOV Grigory RUS 9 WONG Chun Ting HKG 9 LIVENTSOV Alexey RUS 9 LORENTZ Romain FRA 9 KUZMIN Fedor RUS 9 DEVOS Robin BEL 9 BROSSIER Benjamin FRA 9 SODERLUND Hampus SWE 9 SAKAI Haruka JPN 14 MORIZONO Misaki JPN 12 MATSUDAIRA Shiho JPN 12 HIRANO Sayaka JPN 11 ISHIGAKI Yuka JPN 11 WAKAMIYA Misako JPN 11 HIRANO Miu JPN 10 ITO Mima JPN 10 SATO Hitomi JPN 10 MIKHAILOVA Polina RUS 10 MAEDA Miyu JPN 10 HAMAMOTO Yui JPN 10 16
TOP 100 ranked men players participation on WT series 6 5 4 Number of events 3 2 1 0 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 World Ranking position (December 2014) Super Major Challenge 17
TOP 100 ranked women players participation on WT series 7 6 5 Number of events 4 3 2 1 0 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 World Ranking position (December 2014) Super Major Challenge 18
SUPER SERIES Men s participation per continents Women s participation per continents 140 42% 137 60% 165 50% 79 35% 3 1% 0 0% 15 5% 8 2% 3 1% 0 0% 6 3% 2 1% EUR ASI LAM AFR OCE NAM EUR ASI LAM AFR OCE NAM 19
TOP PARTICIPATION ON SUPER SERIES MEN Name Assoc. Nr. of events SAKAI Asuka JPN 6 CHIANG Hung-Chieh TPE 6 HUANG Sheng-Sheng TPE 6 OUAICHE Stephane FRA 5 TANG Peng HKG 5 WONG Chun Ting HKG 5 KUZMIN Fedor RUS 5 BROSSIER Benjamin FRA 5 NIWA Koki JPN 5 LEBESSON Emmanuel FRA 5 SKACHKOV Kirill RUS 5 DESAI Harmeet IND 5 CHO Eonrae KOR 5 JUNG Youngsik KOR 5 KARLSSON Kristian SWE 5 LEE Sangsu KOR 5 CHEN Feng ^ SIN 5 KIM Donghyun KOR 5 GHOSH Soumyajit IND 5 SEO Hyundeok KOR 5 HUNG Tzu-Hsiang TPE 5 CHEN Chien-An TPE 5 KISHIKAWA Seiya JPN 5 FLORE Tristan FRA 5 WU Chih-Chi TPE 5 CHUANG Chih-Yuan TPE 5 WOMEN Name Assoc. Nr. of events HIRANO Sayaka JPN 6 ITO Mima JPN 6 MORI Sakura JPN 6 LEE I-Chen TPE 6 HUANG Yi-Hua TPE 6 CHENG Hsien-Tzu TPE 6 HUANG Hsin TPE 6 SAKAI Haruka JPN 5 MATSUDAIRA Shiho JPN 5 HIRANO Miu JPN 5 HAMAMOTO Yui JPN 5 FENG Tianwei SIN 5 ISHIKAWA Kasumi JPN 5 HAN Ying ^ GER 5 YU Fu ^ POR 5 YANG Haeun KOR 5 LIN Ye ^ SIN 5 ZHOU Yihan ^ SIN 5 NONAKA Yuki JPN 5 JEON Jihee ^ KOR 5 CHEN Szu-Yu TPE 5 SEO Hyowon KOR 5 LEE Ho Ching HKG 5 DOO Hoi Kem HKG 5 NG Wing Nam HKG 5 PARK Youngsook KOR 5 CHO Hala KOR 5 20
TOP 100 men and women players on Super Series 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 World Ranking position (December 2014) Men Women 21
MAJOR SERIES Men s participation per continents Women s participation per continents 272 74% 173 71% 3 1% 1 0% 9 2% 15 4% 70 19% 0 0% 0 0% 4 2% 3 1% 65 26% EUR ASI LAM AFR OCE NAM EUR ASI LAM AFR OCE NAM 22
TOP PARTICIPATION ON MAJOR SERIES MEN Name Assoc. Nr. of events WOMEN Name Assoc. Nr. of events MORIZONO Masataka JPN 4 DURAN Marc ESP 4 DEVOS Robin BEL 4 SMIRNOV Alexey RUS 4 ROBLES Alvaro ESP 4 HIRANO Sayaka JPN 4 HIRANO Miu JPN 4 MORIZONO Misaki JPN 4 ISHIGAKI Yuka JPN 4 WAKAMIYA Misako JPN 4 MAEDA Miyu JPN 4 SCHUH Anja GER 4 SILBEREISEN Kristin GER 4 23
TOP 100 men and women players on Major Series 4 3 2 1 0 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 World Ranking position (December 2014) Men Women 24
CHALLENGE SERIES Men s participation per continents Women s participation per continents 297 53% 81 14% 180 51% 74 21% 112 20% 51 15% 3 1% 21 4% 46 8% 3 1% 12 3% 31 9% EUR ASI LAM AFR OCE NAM EUR ASI LAM AFR OCE NAM 25
TOP PARTICIPATION ON CHALLENGE SERIES MEN Name Assoc. Nr. of events SAMBE Kohei JPN 5 WOMEN Name Assoc. Nr. of events SAKAI Haruka JPN 7 NUYTINCK Cedric BEL 5 OUAICHE Stephane FRA 4 PETIOT Jeremy FRA 4 ALTO Gaston ARG 4 GILABERT Rodrigo ARG 4 MATSUDAIRA Shiho JPN 5 ERMAKOVA Irina RUS 5 MORIZONO Misaki JPN 4 SIKORSKA Magdalena POL 4 CODINA Ana ARG 4 26
TOP 100 men and women players on Challenge Series 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 World Ranking position (December 2014) Men Women 27
FACTS
GAC GROUP ITTF WORLD TOUR WINNERS 2014 MEN S SINGLES WOMEN S SINGLES U21 BOYS SINGLES U21 GIRLS SINGLES WT HUN HABESOHN Daniel AUT LIU Jia AUT LORENTZ Romain FRA POLCANOVA Sofia ^ AUT WT KUW FAN Zhendong CHN ZHU Yuling CHN SAKAI Asuka JPN YANG Haeun KOR WT QAT XU Xin CHN HU Limei CHN FLORE Tristan FRA SOLJA Petrissa GER WT GER OVTCHAROV Dimitrij GER SHAN Xiaona ^ GER WT ESP DRINKHALL Paul ENG LI Fen ^ SWE LORENTZ Romain FRA POLCANOVA Sofia ^ AUT WT CHI SAMBE Kohei JPN MAEDA Miyu JPN OIKAWA Mizuki JPN MAEDA Miyu JPN WT PHI HO Kwan Kit HKG FENG Tianwei SIN CHEN Feng ^ SIN LIN Ye ^ SIN WT AUS WU Zhikang ^^ SIN FENG Tianwei SIN SAKAI Asuka JPN ITO Mima JPN WT CRO WALTHER Ricardo GER YANG Xiaoxin ^^ MON ROBINOT Alexandre FRA POLCANOVA Sofia ^ AUT WT CHN MA Long CHN DING Ning CHN MACHI Asuka JPN CHEN Szu-Yu TPE WT KOR XU Xin CHN HAN Ying ^ GER JANG Woojin KOR SATO Hitomi JPN WT JPN YU Ziyang CHN FENG Tianwei SIN CALDERANO Hugo BRA MORI Sakura JPN WT NGR ASSAR Omar EGY EL-DAWLATLY Nadeen EGY ONAOLAPO Ojo NGR EL-DAWLATLY Nadeen EGY WT BLR SAMSONOV Vladimir BLR HIRANO Sayaka JPN SAMBE Kohei JPN MORI Sakura JPN WT CZE FREITAS Marcos POR SAMARA Elizabeta ROU GAUZY Simon FRA SOLJA Petrissa GER WT ARG ZHU Cheng CHN HE Zhuojia CHN ZHU Cheng CHN ZHU Chaohui CHN WT BEL SAMSONOV Vladimir BLR POTA Georgina HUN OUAICHE Stephane FRA SZOCS Bernadette ROU WT BRA LIU Dingshuo CHN LIU Xin CHN ZHU Cheng CHN LIU Xin CHN WT RUS NIWA Koki JPN ISHIKAWA Kasumi JPN OSHIMA Yuya JPN HIRANO Miu JPN WT SWE FAN Zhendong CHN ZHU Yuling CHN YOSHIDA Masaki JPN SATO Hitomi JPN WTGF THA MIZUTANI Jun JPN ISHIKAWA Kasumi JPN MACHI Asuka JPN CHEN Szu-Yu TPE 29
GAC GROUP ITTF WORLD TOUR WINNERS 2014 MEN S DOUBLES WOMEN S DOUBLES WT KUW FEGERL Stefan AUT LIN Gaoyuan CHN LIU Shiwen CHN MU Zi CHN WT QAT CHO Eonrae KOR SEO Hyundeok KOR LEE Ho Ching HKG NG Wing Nam HKG WT GER LYU Xiang CHN WANG Hao CHN HIRANO Miu JPN ITO Mima JPN WT ESP TANG Peng HKG WONG Chun Ting HKG HIRANO Miu JPN ITO Mima JPN WT AUS TANG Peng HKG WONG Chun Ting HKG FUJII Yuko JPN TASHIRO Saki JPN WT CHN FAN Zhendong CHN MA Long CHN DING Ning CHN LIU Shiwen CHN WT KOR YU Ziyang CHN ZHOU Kai CHN CHEN Ke CHN WANG Manyu CHN WT JPN KISHIKAWA Seiya JPN MIZUTANI Jun JPN FUKUHARA Ai JPN WAKAMIYA Misako JPN WT CZE MORIZONO Masataka JPN OSHIMA Yuya JPN FUKUHARA Ai JPN WAKAMIYA Misako JPN WT RUS TANG Peng HKG WONG Chun Ting HKG HIRANO Sayaka JPN ISHIKAWA Kasumi JPN WT SWE WANG Hao CHN YAN An CHN LIU Shiwen CHN ZHU Yuling CHN WTGF THA CHO Eonrae KOR SEO Hyundeok KOR HIRANO Miu JPN ITO Mima JPN 30
WT2014 IN NUMBERS Total Men s Singles Women s Singles Men s Doubles Women s Doubles U21 Boys U21 Girls Matches played: 7527 2621 2027 444 312 1184 939 Games played: 30073 12857 5984 1734 1212 4677 3609 Points played: 549439 235315 108908 31945 22312 85784 65175 Longest game: GAC Group 2014 ITTF World Tour, Belgium Open (Challenge) Women s Singles (Group 9, round 3) TOMANOVSKA Katerina (CZE) vs. SAGER Luisa (GER) 4:1 (11:4,12:10,24:26,11:7,11:8) Longest match with the most points: GAC Group 2014 ITTF World Tour, Croatia (Zagreb) Open (Challenge) Men s Singles (Group 2, round 3) BERGLUND Simon (SWE) vs. CHEN Alexander (AUT) 3:4 (11:6,12:14,8:11,12:10,18:20,13:11,16:18) 180 points 31
FROM YOUGEST TO OLDEST Name Assoc. Age Youngest player in U21 Boys Singles: PARK Cheolwoo KOR 10 years old Youngest player in U21 Girls Singles: BELLO Muibat NGR 10 years old Youngest player in Men s Singles: GUADALUPE Matias ARG 12 years old Youngest player in Women s Singles: WU Jin CAN 11 years old Youngest player in Men s Doubles: HARIMOTO Tomokazu JPN 11 years old Youngest player in Women s Doubles: HOLMSTEN Ellen SWE 14 years old Oldest player in Men s Singles: HE Zhiwen ESP 52 years old Oldest player in Women s Singles: NI Xialian LUX 51 years old Oldest player in Men s Doubles: HE Zhiwen ESP 52 years old Oldest player in Women s Doubles: NI Xialian LUX 51 years old 32
MOST SUCCESSFUL PLAYERS IN 2014 Name Assoc. Played Won % Men s Singles MA Long CHN 7 7 100% Women s Singles DING Ning CHN 5 5 100% U21 Boys Singles ZHU Cheng GAUZY Simon ONAOLAPO Ojo CHN FRA NGR 10 5 3 10 5 3 100% U21 Girls Singles SZOCS Bernadette ROU 5 5 100% Men s Doubles LYU Xiang WANG Hao FEGERL Stefan LIN Gaoyuan FAN Zhendong MA Long KISHIKAWA Seiya MIZUTANI Jun CHN AUT-CHN CHN JPN 7 6 4 4 7 6 4 4 100% Women s Doubles LIU Shiwen ZHU Yuling CHN 4 4 100% 33
PLAYING STYLES MEN WOMEN 78% 22% Left-handed Right-handed 84% 16% 4% 96% Defender Attacker 90% 10% 5% 95% Shakehand Penhold 3% 97% 34