Korea Open (table tennis)

Tournament information
Event name Korea Open
Tour ITTF World Tour
Founded 1985
Location Incheon (since 2010)
Venue Namdong Gymnasium (since 2015)
Category World Tour
Draw 32S / 16D
Prize money US$155,000 (2017)
Current champions (2017)
Men's singles Germany Timo Boll
Women's singles Singapore Feng Tianwei
Men's doubles South Korea Jang Woo-jin
South Korea Jeong Sang-eun
Women's doubles Germany Shan Xiaona
Germany Petrissa Solja

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

History

The tournament was first held in 1985, and has featured on the ITTF World Tour's schedule every year since 2001.[1]

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

In August 2016, it was announced by the ITTF that Incheon had been chosen as one of six cities to host a regular World Tour event in 2017, missing out on the chance to host one of the new "Platinum" events in the tour's revamped schedule. This meant that the Korea Open lost the place it had held in the tour's top tier of events since 2014.[2]

Champions

Year Men's Singles Women's Singles Men's Doubles Women's Doubles
1985 China Wang Huiyuan China Geng Lijuan
1994 China Kong Linghui Hong Kong Chai Po Wa South Korea Chu Kyo-sung
South Korea Lee Chul-seung
China Qiao Hong
China Qiao Yunping
2001 South Korea Kim Taek-soo China Wang Nan China Kong Linghui
China Liu Guoliang
China Gao Xi
China Li Jia
2002 Austria Werner Schlager Hong Kong Tie Ya Na South Korea Kim Taek-soo
South Korea Oh Sang-eun
China Bai Yang
China Guo Yan
2003 China Ma Lin China Guo Yan China Chen Qi
China Ma Lin
China Guo Yue
China Niu Jianfeng
2004 China Wang Liqin China Zhang Yining China Kong Linghui
China Wang Hao
China Wang Nan
China Zhang Yining
2005 South Korea Oh Sang-eun South Korea Kim Kyung-ah South Korea Lee Jung-woo
South Korea Ryu Seung-min
Singapore Tan Paey Fern
Singapore Zhang Xueling
2006 South Korea Joo Sae-hyuk Hong Kong Tie Ya Na Hong Kong Cheung Yuk
Hong Kong Leung Chu Yan
Hong Kong Tie Ya Na
Hong Kong Zhang Rui
2007 South Korea Oh Sang-eun Hong Kong Jiang Huajun South Korea Lee Jung-woo
South Korea Ryu Seung-min
United States Gao Jun
Spain Shen Yanfei
2008 China Ma Long China Guo Yue China Wang Hao
China Wang Liqin
China Guo Yue
China Liu Shiwen
2009 Japan Jun Mizutani Singapore Feng Tianwei China Hao Shuai
China Wang Hao
South Korea Kim Kyung-ah
South Korea Park Mi-young
2010 Belarus Vladimir Samsonov Spain Shen Yanfei Germany Patrick Baum
Germany Bastian Steger
South Korea Kim Kyung-ah
South Korea Park Mi-young
2011 Germany Dimitrij Ovtcharov Singapore Feng Tianwei China Jin Yixiong
China Song Hongyuan
Japan Hiroko Fujii
Japan Misako Wakamiya
2012 China Zhang Jike China Liu Shiwen China Ma Long
China Xu Xin
China Ding Ning
China Liu Shiwen
2013 China Xu Xin South Korea Seo Hyo-won South Korea Seo Hyun-deok
China Zhang Jike
South Korea Park Young-sook
South Korea Yang Ha-eun
2014 China Xu Xin Germany Han Ying China Yu Ziyang
China Zhou Kai
China Chen Ke
China Wang Manyu
2015 South Korea Jung Young-sik Japan Ai Fukuhara South Korea Jung Young-sik
South Korea Kim Min-seok
Japan Miu Hirano
Japan Mima Ito
2016[3] China Xu Xin China Ding Ning China Xu Xin
China Zhang Jike
China Ding Ning
China Liu Shiwen
2017 Germany Timo Boll Singapore Feng Tianwei South Korea Jang Woo-jin
South Korea Jeong Sang-eun
Germany Shan Xiaona
Germany Petrissa Solja

See also

References

  1. "ITTF Statistics". International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 14 August 2010. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  2. "ITTF Announces 12 Host Cities for New & Improved 2017 World Tour". International Table Tennis Federation. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  3. "2016 ITTF World Tour Korea Open (Super),22 Jun 2016 - 26 Jun 2016, Incheon, KOR". International Table Tennis Federation. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
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