The new decade brings positive news for all event hosts and participating players on the 2020 ITTF World Tour, after the ITTF decided to top up the prize money at all 12 events on the prestigious circuit.

The support provided ensures a record-high prize purse across the entire year, with winnings tiered in favour of the six Platinum events (German, Qatar, China, Japan, Australian and Austrian Opens) with highly competitive earnings on offer also at the six Regular events (Hungarian, Hong Kong, Korea, Bulgarian, Czech and Swedish Opens).

The 2020 ITTF World Tour marks the 25^th year of the competition and the upcoming German Open in Magdeburg – held between Tuesday 28^th January and Sunday 2^nd February 2020 – will be the landmark 350^thevent in ITTF World Tour history.