Japan Open (table tennis)

The Japan Open is an annual table tennis tournament in Japan, run by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). It is currently part of the ITTF World Tour.

Japan Open
Tournament information
TourITTF World Tour
SponsorLION (from 2017)
Founded1989
LocationKitakyushu (2018)
VenueKitakyushu City General Gymnasium (2018)
CategoryWorld Tour
Draw32S / 16D
Prize moneyUS$170,000 (2018)
Current champions (2018)
Men's singles Tomokazu Harimoto
Women's singles Mima Ito
Men's doubles Jung Young-sik
Lee Sang-su
Women's doubles Gu Yuting
Mu Zi

History

The tournament was first held in 1989, and has featured on the ITTF World Tour's schedule every year since the Tour's inception in 1996.[1]

Sweden's Jan-Ove Waldner and Germany's Timo Boll jointly hold the record for most men's singles tournament wins, with three each, while Wang Nan of China holds the record for most women's singles tournament wins, with four.

In August 2016, it was announced by the ITTF that Tokyo has been chosen as one of six cities to host a "World Tour Platinum" event in 2017. These events will replace the Super Series as the top tier of the ITTF World Tour.[2]

Champions

1989–2017

Year Men's Singles Women's Singles Men's Doubles Women's Doubles
1989 Ma Wenge Chan Tan Lui Kiyoshi Saito
Yuji Matsushita
Hu Xiaoxin
Qiao Hong
1990 Jan-Ove Waldner Chen Zihe Erik Lindh
Jörgen Persson
Ding Yaping
Li Jun
1991 Jan-Ove Waldner Deng Yaping Wang Yonggan
Yu Shentong
Deng Yaping
Qiao Hong
1992 Wang Tao Deng Yaping Ma Wenge
Yu Shentong
Hong Cha-ok
Hyun Jung-hwa
1993 Wang Tao Chai Po Wa Lü Lin
Wang Tao
Kim Boon-sik
Park Hae-jung
1994 Wenguan Johnny Huang Tang Weiyi
1995 Ding Song Park Hae-jung
1996 Ding Song Qiao Hong Kang Hee-chan
Kim Taek-soo
Park Hae-jung
Ryu Ji-hae
1997 Jan-Ove Waldner Wang Chen Wang Liqin
Yan Sen
Lee Eun-sil
Ryu Ji-hae
1998 Kong Linghui Li Ju Ma Lin
Wang Tao
Li Ju
Wang Nan
1999 Vladimir Samsonov Wang Nan Ma Lin
Qin Zhijian
Sun Jin
Yang Ying
2000 Wang Liqin Wang Nan Kong Linghui
Liu Guoliang
Sun Jin
Yang Ying
2001 Chiang Peng-lung Wang Nan Ma Lin
Wang Hao
Kim Bok-rae
Kim Kyung-ah
2002 Kalinikos Kreanga Kim Kyung-ah Akira Kito
Toshio Tasaki
Jing Junhong
Li Jiawei
2003 Timo Boll Guo Yue Chen Qi
Ma Lin
Guo Yue
Niu Jianfeng
2004 Chen Qi Zhang Yining Wang Liqin
Yan Sen
Guo Yue
Niu Jianfeng
2005 Timo Boll Zhang Yining Timo Boll
Christian Süß
Bai Yang
Cao Zhen
2006 Wang Liqin Wang Yuegu Ma Lin
Wang Hao
Tie Ya Na
Zhang Rui
2007 Wang Hao Wang Nan Chen Qi
Wang Liqin
Guo Yue
Li Xiaoxia
2008 Ma Lin Zhang Yining
2009 Oh Sang-eun Park Mi-young Seiya Kishikawa
Jun Mizutani
Sayaka Hirano
Reiko Hiura
2010 Timo Boll Wang Yuegu Kenta Matsudaira
Koki Niwa
Yuka Ishigaki
Yuri Yamanashi
2011 Seiya Kishikawa Feng Tianwei Lin Gaoyuan
Wu Jiaji
Hiroko Fujii
Misako Wakamiya
2012 Jun Mizutani Shen Yanfei Kim Min-seok
Seo Hyun-deok
Hiroko Fujii
Misako Wakamiya
2013 Masato Shiono Ai Fukuhara Jin Ueda
Maharu Yoshimura
Gu Yuting
Zhou Xintong
2014 Yu Ziyang Feng Tianwei Seiya Kishikawa
Jun Mizutani
Ai Fukuhara
Misako Wakamiya
2015 Xu Xin Chen Meng Ma Long
Xu Xin
Liu Fei
Wu Yang
2016[3] Fan Zhendong Liu Shiwen Ma Long
Xu Xin
Ding Ning
Li Xiaoxia
2017 Ma Long Sun Yingsha Ma Long
Xu Xin
Chen Xingtong
Sun Yingsha

2018–present

Year Men's Singles Women's Singles Men's Doubles Women's Doubles Mixed Doubles
2018 Tomokazu Harimoto Mima Ito Jung Young-sik
Lee Sang-su
Gu Yuting
Mu Zi
Liang Jingkun
Chen Xingtong
2019 Xu Xin Sun Yingsha Fan Zhendong
Xu Xin
Chen Meng
Liu Shiwen
Xu Xin
Zhu Yuling

Team Events

Year Men's Team Women's Team
1989 Czechoslovakia China
1990 Sweden China
1991 Sweden China
1992 China China
1994 China China
1995 South Korea South Korea
2008 China China

See also

References

  1. "ITTF Statistics". International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 14 August 2010. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  2. "ITTF Announces 12 Host Cities for New & Improved 2017 World Tour". International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 29 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  3. "2016 ITTF World Tour Laox Japan Open (Super),15 Jun 2016 - 19 Jun 2016, Tokyo, JPN". International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 31 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
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