China sit top of the standings in both the men's and women's world rankings with 11 of the 20 top male and female players from the country.

However, they will miss the tournament at Budapest Olympic Hall due to travel restrictions caused by the coronavirus outbreak.

This mean's that men's world number five, Japan's Tomokazu Harimoto, comes into the competition as the top seed and is looking to win his first ITTF World Tour event since June 2018.

The competition takes place from tomorrow until February 23.

Harimoto, who won the ITTF World Tour finals in 2018 at just 15-years-old, has a good opportunity to get back to winning ways after 2019 was the first year the teenager failed to make a final in three years.

Number two seed Hugo Calderano of Brazil will have confidence after cruising through the Pan America Cup to win a fortnight ago.

The Brazilian's best result in the ITTF World Tour came in 2018 when he lost the Qatar Open final to China's Fan Zhendong, and he now has a prime opportunity to win his first title. 

Germany's Dimitrij Ovtcharov comes back from a fever that kept him out of the Europe Top 16 Cup and as third seed will be looking to win his first World Tour title in three years.

His team-mate Patrick Franziska has never made a singles final, having specialised in the doubles, but will also hope to capitalise. 

A wildcard could be Slovenia's Darko Jorgić who made the Europe Top 16 Cup final, losing to Germany's Timo Boll who will not feature in Budapest.

In the women's singles, Japan also have the top seed in 19-year-old Ito Mima Ito, who boasts seven World Tour victories to date.

The world number three will face familiar opposition from other Japanese players, world number nine Kasumi Ishikawa, number 11 Miu Hirano and number 17 Hitomi Sato, who are all among the top six seeds.

Cheng I-Ching of Chinese Taipei is the third seed behind Ishikawa and will look to win her first singles World Tour event.

Germany's number eight seed Petrissa Solja won the Europe Top 16 Cup and looked good throughout.

She is seeded one place ahead of Puerto Rico's new Pan America Cup champion Adriana Diaz, who she will face in the last-16.

Hong Kong, Germany, Chinese Taipei and home favourites Hungary sit as the top seeds in the men's doubles with Germany's Franziska in with a chance of two golds with his doubles partner Benedikt Duda.

Both contenders in the women's singles, Hirano and Ishikawa, hold Japan's best chances of a medal in the doubles as fourth seeds, with the top seeds coming from Chinese Taipei in the form of Chen Szu-Yu and Cheng Hsien-Tzu.

Ito sits as number two seed in the mixed doubles with partner Jun Mizutani, behind Hong Kong duo Wong Chun Thing and Doo Hoi Kem.