Complete WTTC Stat/Fact Sheet
-Total match results tally of the 2015 World ChampionshipsMatches
Games
Points
977
4658
83’064
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Day 6
Day 7
Day 8
Matches 302
238
267
92
41
21
10
6
Games
1310
1146
1336
470
204
105
55
32
Points
22672
20651
23815
8668
3772
1900
1015
571
Number of 7-game matches
101 (11.53% of best-of-7 matches)
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Slight increase compared to Paris wttc 2013
Number of 7-game deuce matches (12-10 or closer)
MS
6
WS
5
MD
2
WD
1
XD
2
Longest Game
Peter Sereda (SVK) won 21-19 in the single game he took against Alexander
Shibaev in their Round of 128 encounter
This was the only time a game reached the length of former years.
Total 16 matches (1.83% of all best-of-7 matches)
While such close matches are rare, they were even more so when games were
played to 21 points, prior to 2001. However, since the change there has never
been a World Championships final won in deuce.
In the seven editions of 11 point games and 7-game matches at wttc, only 7
finals have reached 7 games, the Men’s Doubles is the only event which has not
140 points in a match is an average of 20 points per game, or 11-9 each game!
This happened 13 times (1.33% of all matches) throughout the 8 days
competition. There has been a small increase in overall match length compared
with 2013
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Longest match
Elia Schmid (SUI) bt. Sanil Shetty (IND), 10-12, 15-13, 9-11, 11-6, 7-11, 15-13, 11-9 (153 points)
Shortest 4-0 match
Rita Fins (POR) bt. Habab Hussein (SUD), 11-1, 11-1, 11-1, 11-2 (49 points)
Most common game score: 11-7 (665 occurrences, 14.3% of games)
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Games were closer in Tokyo 2014 team event, the most common being 11-9
Number of Donuts: 3 (0.06% of games scored 11-0)
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In Paris 2013 there were 16 (0.24%)
49% of matches were played on the first two days, in qualification rounds
Doubles qualification rounds were best-of-5, and comprised 10% of all matches,
but only 7.5% of all points, since matches were shorter
Average total number of points per best-of-7 match: 87
Average points difference between winner and loser: 16.3
Xu Xin & Yang Ha Eun only lost three games on the road to gold in mixed doubles
There was only one occasion where a player was forced to withdraw from injury.
Kamal Sharath Achanta (IND) opted not to play against Fang Bo (CHN) in their
Rd32 match, as Achanta was injured in his previous match vs Simon Gauzy
(FRA). Ding Ning was also injured in her women’s single final, but continued and
won in an historic victory. She also played in the doubles final, losing narrowly
with Li Xiaoxia to colleagues Liu Shiwen & Zhu Yuling. This was the 4th time in a
row Ding Ning has lost the women’s doubles final.
-General Stats523 players (compared to 804 in 2014, and 845 in 2013)
1000 Accredited Media
265 security personnel at the venue
963 volunteers from seven universities in Suzhou
12 hotels accommodating players and media
Over 120 vehicles for transportation
40 competition tables (8 in main hall), and 36 practice tables
41 instances of international doubles pairs
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18 in Men’s Doubles
16 in Women’s Doubles
7 in Mixed Doubles
Statistics provided by Matt Solt, ITTF ttGuru
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-Media Coverage
440 videos on itTV (compared to 176 videos in Paris 2013)
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ITTF Youtube channel views: 7 Million (compared with 4.2
Million in Tokyo2014)
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25 Million minutes watched on Youtube channel
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231 Countries watched content on Youtube channel
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170 TV stations broadcasting the event
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542,262 ITTF.com unique visitors over 8 days
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2,851,892 hits on ITTF’s Facebook page
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Now over 200,000 ITTF followers on Facebook page
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11,000 media articles
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83,000 spectators
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252 Million CCTV viewers (188 Million in Tokyo2014)
Statistics provided by Matt Solt, ITTF ttGuru
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