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, and is currently one of six top-tier Platinum events on the ITTF World Tour.
History
The tournament was first held in 1980, and has featured on the ITTF World Tour's schedule 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.
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 | 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 | 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 |