Korea Open (table tennis)

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 singlesSouth Korea Jang Woo-jin
Women's singlesChina Zhu Yuling
Men's doublesSouth Korea Jang Woo-jin
South Korea Lim Jong-hoon
Women's doublesChina Chen Meng
China Ding Ning

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]

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* France Jacques Secretin South Korea Hwang Nam Suk France Jacques Secretin
France Patrick Gernot 		South Korea Lee Su Ja
South Korea Kim Jung Ja
1982* Sweden Jan-Ove Waldner South Korea Yang Young-Ja Japan Masahiro Maehara
Japan Kiyoshi Saito 		South Korea An Hae-Sook
South Korea Yang Young-Ja
1985** China Wang Huiyuan China Geng Lijuan
1993 China Wang Tao China Deng Yaping South Korea Chu Kyo-sung
South Korea Kang Hee-Chan 		China Deng Yaping
China Gao Jun
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 Suh Hyo-won South Korea Suh 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 China Xu Xin China Ding Ning China Xu Xin
China Zhang Jike 		China Ding Ning
China Liu Shiwen
2017[3] Germany Timo Boll Singapore Feng Tianwei South Korea Jang Woo-jin
South Korea Jeong Sang-eun 		Germany Shan Xiaona
Germany 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] South Korea Jang Woo-jin China Zhu Yuling South Korea Jang Woo-jin
South Korea Lim Jong-hoon 		China Chen Meng
China Ding Ning 		South Korea Jang Woo-jin
North Korea Cha Hyo Sim
2019 China Xu Xin China Chen Meng China Fan Zhendong
China Xu Xin 		China Chen Meng
China Wang Manyu 		Hong Kong Wong Chun Ting
Hong Kong 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.