The events for the 2017 tour were split into two tiers: World Tour Platinum and World Tour. The Platinum events offered higher prize money and more points towards the ITTF World Tour standings, which determined the qualifiers for the 2017 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals in December.[1][2][3]
On 12 January 2017 it was announced that Chinese shipping company Seamaster had agreed a four-year sponsorship deal with the ITTF World Tour.[4]
Points were accumulated during the singles tournaments at each of the twelve ITTF World Tour events.[3] The 15 men and 16 women who played in at least five events and accumulated the largest number of points were invited to play in the Grand Finals in Astana in December. Kazakhstan's Kirill Gerassimenko was also invited to take part in the men's singles event, to ensure that the host nation was represented.[20]
Player met the qualification criteria for the Grand Finals and competed at the event
Player did not qualify for the Grand Finals, either due to not meeting the qualification criteria or not finishing in a high enough position
Doubles
Points were accumulated during the doubles tournaments at each of the twelve ITTF World Tour events.[3] The eight men's pairs and eight women's pairs who played in at least four events and accumulated the largest number of points, as a pair, were invited to play in the Grand Finals in Astana in December.[20]
In addition to the twelve ITTF World Tour events, eleven ITTF Challenge Series events also took place in 2017. These events were held in Belarus, Thailand, Chile, Slovenia, Croatia, Brazil, North Korea, Nigeria, Poland, Belgium and Spain.[25] For the first time, the Challenge Series did not form part of the main ITTF World Tour.[26]
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^"2017 ITTF World Tour India Open". ITTF. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
^"2017 ITTF World Tour Platinum, Qatar Open". ITTF. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
^"2017 ITTF World Tour, Korea Open". ITTF. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
^"2017 ITTF World Tour Platinum, Japan Open". ITTF. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
^"2017 ITTF World Tour Platinum, China Open". ITTF. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
^"2017 ITTF World Tour Platinum, Australian Open". ITTF. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
^"2017 ITTF World Tour, Bulgaria Open". ITTF. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
^"2017 ITTF World Tour, Czech Open". ITTF. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
^"2017 ITTF World Tour Platinum, Austrian Open". ITTF. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
^"2017 ITTF World Tour Platinum, German Open". ITTF. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
^"2017 ITTF World Tour, Swedish Open". ITTF. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
^ a b"Kazakhstan to host the Seamaster 2017 World Tour Grand Finals". ITTF. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
^"Seamaster 2017 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals". ITTF. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
^ a b"Seamaster 2017 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals qualification criteria" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
^"2017 World Tour Men's Singles Standings" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
^"2017 World Tour Women's Singles Standings" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
^"2017 World Tour Men's Doubles Standings" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 December 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
^"2017 World Tour Women's Doubles Standings" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 December 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
^"2017 ITTF Challenge Calendar" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
^"A motivating force, the Challenge tournaments". ITTF. Retrieved 17 December 2016.