AUTHORITY AND ORGANIZATION

The ITTF Pro-Tour Grand Finals 2001 is co-organized by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) and the Chinese Table Tennis Association.

SPONSORSHIPS
The event is sponsored by DAWEI.
The Official Equipment sponsor and supplier is Tamasu (Butterfly), Japan and the Official court mat supplier is Gerflor, France.

TELEVISION HOST BROADCASTER
CCTV and Tianjin TV (joint hostbroadcaster)

DATE AND PLACE
10^th (Thu) ~ 13^th (Sun) January 2002
Tianjin Gymnasium / Address : Binshui Road West, Nankai District, Tianjin, P.R. China

COMPETITION
Men’s Singles (16 players)
Women’s Singles (16 players)
Men’s Doubles (8 pairs)
Women’s Doubles (8 pairs)

All events will be played by knock-out system best of seven (7) games

PROGRAM

09/1 - 16:00 Draw and Press Conference
11/1 - 10:00 Umpires Meeting
13/1 - Evening Farewell diner

SCHEDULE
Check schedule section

Players are expected to attend all the official functions (Press conference and farewell dinner).

DRAW
The draw will be made under the supervision of the ITTF and will be held at 16:00 on 9 January 2002.

RULES AND REGULATIONS
The event will be conducted in accordance with the current laws of Table Tennis, the Regulation for the International Competitions and the Special Regulations for the ITTF Pro-Tour Grand Finals.

EQUIPMENT
Table : Butterfly – Centerfold Rollway, Blue
Net : Butterfly
Ball : Butterfly 3 star, white
Surround : Butterfly, blue
Floor mat : Gerflor, red

AWARDS
Total prize money will be US$235,000. The prize money will be paid by the ITTF Marketing Division from Ottawa. The allocation of the prize money is as follows :

Position	Men’s Singles	Women’s Singles
1	$37,000	$26,000
2	$18,000	$13,000
3-4	$10,000 each (2)	$6,500 each (2)
5-8	$5,000 each (4)	$3,000 each (4)
9-16	$2,500 each (8)	$1,500 each (8)

Position	Men’s Doubles	Women’s Doubles
1	$10,000 per pair	$6,000 per pair
2	$5,000 per pair	$3,000 per pair
3-4	$3,000 each pair (2)	$2,000 each pair (2)
5-8	$1,500 each pair (4)	$1,000 each pair (4)

HOSPITALITY
All qualified players will be accommodated at the Official Hotel. Free accommodation and meals will be provided from dinner on 9 January to breakfast on 14 January 2002.

Accompanying persons have to pay by cash upon arrival.
Single room : ? / person per night
Double room: ? / person per night

OFFICIAL HOTEL (*****)
The Crystal Palace Hotel, Tianjin
N°28 Youyi Road, Hexi District, Tianjin
T. 86 22 2835 6666 or 86 22 2835 6888 F. 86 22 2835 8886
Web site : www.tcph.com

TRANSPORT

All players and officials will be met at Beijing airport and transferred to the hotel and the shuttle bus transport will be provided between the official hotel and the stadium.

The participants are requested to send the itinerary (date, time and flight No of arrival and departure at Beijing Airport ) to ChineseTable Tennis Association by fax or e-mail below until 20 December 2001.
Fax: + 86 10 67129838.

VISA APPLICATION
Persons who are required to obtain the visa should send Passport Number and the city/country they are going to apply for a visa to Chinese Table Tennis Association by 15 December, 2001