Korea Open (table tennis)

Tournament information
Event name	Korea Open
Tour	ITTF World Tour
Founded	1985
Location	Daejeon (2018)
Venue	Chungmu Sports Arena (2018)
Category	World Tour Platinum
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	US$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

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*	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

References

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

External links

International Table Tennis Federation
Korean Table Tennis Association (in Korean)

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[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.