2013 North American Tour Grand Final

2013 North American Tour Grand Final
Preliminaries - Saturday, January 11, 2014 - 5:00 PM to 9:30 PM PST

2013 North American Tour Grand Final
Quarters, Semis and Final - Sunday, January 12, 2014 - 4:30 PM to 9:00 PM PST


2013 North American Tour Grand FinalHan Zheng, Ren Ruiqin, Wang Rui, Zhou Xin, Liang Yonghui, and Timothy Wang won the 2013 US Club Championship

  • When: January 11 and 12, 2014
  • Where: ICC, 1453 N. Milpitas, Milpitas, California
  • Who: 16 top players qualified through the tournaments in the Tour
  • Prize: $6100
  • Admission: FREE ($5 or more suggested for adults)
  • Tournament Referee: Yelena Karshtedt, International Umpire
  • Media contact: Bruce H. Liu, 408-887-3410, bay_tt@yahoo.com
All matches will have umpires or score keepers. All courts will have individually barriers. The luminosity will exceed the ITTF or USATT requirement. Lily Zhang has confirmed to be one of the interviewees interviewed by Carl Danner during the live streaming. A few more special guests may appear as well.

Confirmed players:

  1. Zhou Xin (2727), Milpitas, CA - #1 active player in the US

  2. Liang Yonghui, Milpitas (2667), CA - #4 active player in the US

  3. Timothy Wang (2604), Milpitas, CA - Three time US Men's Singles Champion

  4. Zaman Molla (2474), Los Angeles, CA - Former Iranian National Team member

  5. Han Zheng (2581), Milpitas, CA - Former Chinese Provincial Team member

  6. Zhang Xiang Jing (2664), Los Angeles, CA - #6 active player in the US

  7. Truong Tu (2444), San Jose, CA - Former Ho-Chi-Minh City Team member

  8. Liu Dan (2572), Milpitas, CA - Former Chinese Provincial Team member

  9. Wang Rui (2548), Milpitas, CA - Former Chinese Provincial Team member

  10. Jordan Yee (2332), Alameda, CA - One of the most promising juniors in the US

  11. Li RuiNi (2492), Milpitas, CA - Former Chinese Provincial Team member

  12. Kanak Jha (2635), Milpitas, CA - #8 in the ITTF Under 15 World Ranking list

  13. Zhang JinGe (2321), Milpitas, CA - Former Chinese Provincial Team member

  14. Liang Jishan (2665), Bellevue, WA - #5 active player in the US

  15. Victor Liu (2347), San Jose, CA - US Cadet Boys' Team member

  16. Krish Avvari (2463), Fremont, CA - US Junior Boys' Team member


David Del Vecchio

Final 16 record and stats:


Schedule:
http://www.battf.com/2013_Grand_Final/Schedule.htm

Made possible by the collective effort of:

Special thanks to David Del Vecchio for providing all the hard/software for streaming the event and Paddle Palace for providing the official Nittaku balls.

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