Korea Open (table tennis)

The Korea Open is an annual table tennis tournament in South Korea. It is organised by the Korea Table Tennis Association, under the authority of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), and is currently one of six top-tier Platinum events on the ITTF World Tour.[1]

Tournament information
Event nameKorea Open
TourITTF World Tour
Founded1985
LocationDaejeon (2018)
VenueChungmu Sports Arena (2018)
CategoryWorld Tour Platinum
Draw32S / 16D
Prize moneyUS$266,000 (2018)
Current champions (2018)
Men's singles Jang Woo-jin
Women's singles Zhu Yuling
Men's doubles Jang Woo-jin
Lim Jong-hoon
Women's doubles Chen Meng
Ding Ning

History

The tournament was first held in 1980, and has featured on the ITTF World Tour's schedule (former ITTF Pro Tour) every year since 2001.

China's Xu Xin currently holds the record for most men's singles tournament wins, with four, while Singapore's Feng Tianwei holds the record for most women's singles tournament wins, also with three.[2]

Champions

1980–2017

Year Men's Singles Women's Singles Men's Doubles Women's Doubles
1980* Jacques Secretin Hwang Nam Suk Jacques Secretin
Patrick Gernot
Lee Su Ja
Kim Jung Ja
1982* Jan-Ove Waldner Yang Young-Ja Masahiro Maehara
Kiyoshi Saito
An Hae-Sook
Yang Young-Ja
1985** Wang Huiyuan Geng Lijuan
1993 Wang Tao Deng Yaping Chu Kyo-sung
Kang Hee-Chan
Deng Yaping
Gao Jun
1994 Kong Linghui Chai Po Wa Chu Kyo-sung
Lee Chul-seung
Qiao Hong
Qiao Yunping
2001 Kim Taek-soo Wang Nan Kong Linghui
Liu Guoliang
Gao Xi
Li Jia
2002 Werner Schlager Tie Ya Na Kim Taek-soo
Oh Sang-eun
Bai Yang
Guo Yan
2003 Ma Lin Guo Yan Chen Qi
Ma Lin
Guo Yue
Niu Jianfeng
2004 Wang Liqin Zhang Yining Kong Linghui
Wang Hao
Wang Nan
Zhang Yining
2005 Oh Sang-eun Kim Kyung-ah Lee Jung-woo
Ryu Seung-min
Tan Paey Fern
Zhang Xueling
2006 Joo Sae-hyuk Tie Ya Na Cheung Yuk
Leung Chu Yan
Tie Ya Na
Zhang Rui
2007 Oh Sang-eun Jiang Huajun Lee Jung-woo
Ryu Seung-min
Gao Jun
Shen Yanfei
2008 Ma Long Guo Yue Wang Hao
Wang Liqin
Guo Yue
Liu Shiwen
2009 Jun Mizutani Feng Tianwei Hao Shuai
Wang Hao
Kim Kyung-ah
Park Mi-young
2010 Vladimir Samsonov Shen Yanfei Patrick Baum
Bastian Steger
Kim Kyung-ah
Park Mi-young
2011 Dimitrij Ovtcharov Feng Tianwei Jin Yixiong
Song Hongyuan
Hiroko Fujii
Misako Wakamiya
2012 Zhang Jike Liu Shiwen Ma Long
Xu Xin
Ding Ning
Liu Shiwen
2013 Xu Xin Suh Hyo-won Suh Hyun-deok
Zhang Jike
Park Young-sook
Yang Ha-eun
2014 Xu Xin Han Ying Yu Ziyang
Zhou Kai
Chen Ke
Wang Manyu
2015 Jung Young-sik Ai Fukuhara Jung Young-sik
Kim Min-seok
Miu Hirano
Mima Ito
2016 Xu Xin Ding Ning Xu Xin
Zhang Jike
Ding Ning
Liu Shiwen
2017[3] Timo Boll Feng Tianwei Jang Woo-jin
Jeong Sang-eun
Shan Xiaona
Petrissa Solja
  • ) was called Seoul Open
    • ) was the final tournament of the Grand Prix series, called Seoul Grand Prix

2018–present

Year Men's Singles Women's Singles Men's Doubles Women's Doubles Mixed Doubles
2018[4] Jang Woo-jin Zhu Yuling Jang Woo-jin
Lim Jong-hoon
Chen Meng
Ding Ning
Jang Woo-jin
Cha Hyo Sim
2019 Xu Xin Chen Meng Fan Zhendong
Xu Xin
Chen Meng
Wang Manyu
Wong Chun Ting
Doo Hoi Kem

See also

References

  1. "2018 Korea Open / Prospectus" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  2. "ITTF Stats / World Tour Data". ITTF. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  3. "Seamaster 2017 ITTF World Tour, Korea Open". ITTF. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  4. "Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour Platinum, Korea Open". ITTF. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
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