China Open (table tennis)

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Tournament information
Event nameChina Open
Tour ITTF World Tour
Founded1988
Location Shenzhen (from 2018)
VenueBao'an District Sports Center Gymnasium (2018)
CategoryWorld Tour Platinum
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money US$346,000 (2018)

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

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History

The tournament was first held in 1988, and has featured on the ITTF World Tour's schedule every year since the Tour's inception in 1996. [1]

China's Ma Long holds the record for most men's singles tournament wins, with eight, while Wang Nan, Zhang Yining and Li Xiaoxia of China all share the record for most women's singles tournament wins, with five each.

In August 2016, it was announced by the ITTF that Chengdu has been chosen as one of six cities to host a "World Tour Platinum" event in 2017. These events will replace the Super Series as the top tier of the ITTF World Tour. [2]

Champions

Individual Events

1988–1989

YearHost CityMen's singlesWomen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's doublesMixed doubles
1988 Guangzhou Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xu Zengcai Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg He Zhili Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Longcan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wei Qingguang
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Katsuko Tominaga
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Kyoko Uchiyama
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lin Zhigang
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Wei
1989 Shanghai Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Zhibin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Deng Yaping Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Wenge
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yu Shentong
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Jing
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Deng Yaping
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Longcan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Jing

1991–2017

YearHost CityMen's singlesWomen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's doubles
1991 Chengdu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lü Lin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Qiao Hong
1992 Chengdu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Wenge Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Deng Yaping
1993 Hangzhou Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jean-Michel Saive Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Deng Yaping
1994 Dalian Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Tao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Wei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lü Lin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Tao
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Wei
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Qiao Yunping
1995 Shantou Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Kong Linghui Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Nan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Guoliang
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Tao
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Chen
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wu Na
1996 Xi'an Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Kong Linghui Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Chen Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Kong Linghui
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Guoliang
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Chen
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wu Na
1997 Zhuhai Flag of Croatia.svg Zoran Primorac Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Ju Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Kong Linghui
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Guoliang
Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Eun-sil
Flag of South Korea.svg Ryu Ji-hae
1998 Jinan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Guoliang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Nan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Lin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Qin Zhijian
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wu Na
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yang Ying
1999 Guilin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Guozheng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Ju Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Liqin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yan Sen
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Nan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lin Ling
2000 Changchun Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Liqin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Ju Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Liqin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yan Sen
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Sun Jin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yang Ying
2001 Hainan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Liqin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Nan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Liqin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yan Sen
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Bai Yang
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Niu Jianfeng
2002 Qingdao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Liqin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Nan Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Chul-seung
Flag of South Korea.svg Ryu Seung-min
Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Eun-sil
Flag of South Korea.svg Seok Eun-mi
2003 Guangzhou Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Lin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Yining Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Qi
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Lin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Bai Yang
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Ju
2004 Wuxi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Lin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Cao Zhen Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Qi
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Lin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Cao Zhen
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Xiaoxia
2004 Changchun Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Liqin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Yining Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Kong Linghui
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Hao
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Nan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Yining
2005 Shenzhen Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Liqin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Xiaoxia Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Qi
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Liqin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guo Yue
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Yining
2005 Harbin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Liqin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guo Yue Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Kong Linghui
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Long
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guo Yan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guo Yue
2006 Guangzhou Flag of Germany.svg Timo Boll Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Yining Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Hao Shuai
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Liqin
Flag of the United States.svg Gao Jun
Flag of Spain.svg Shen Yanfei
2006 Kunshan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Lin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Nan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Qi
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Liqin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Nan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Yining
2007 Nanjing Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Lin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guo Yue Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Qi
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Hao
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guo Yue
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Xiaoxia
2007 Shenzhen Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Hao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Yining Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Lin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Hao
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guo Yan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guo Yue
2008 Changchun Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Hao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Yining
2008 Shanghai Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Hao Shuai Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Xiaoxia Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Lin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Liqin
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Jiang Huajun
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Tie Ya Na
2009 Tianjin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Hao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Shiwen Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Hao Shuai
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Ping
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Ning
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Shiwen
2009 Suzhou Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Long Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Shiwen Flag of Japan.svg Seiya Kishikawa
Flag of Japan.svg Jun Mizutani
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guo Yue
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Xiaoxia
2010 Suzhou Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Jike Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Xiaoxia Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Lin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xu Xin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guo Yue
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Xiaoxia
2011 Shenzhen Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Lin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wen Jia Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Long
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Hao
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guo Yue
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Shiwen
2011 Suzhou Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Long Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guo Yan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Lin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Jike
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guo Yan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guo Yue
2012 Shanghai Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xu Xin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Xiaoxia Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Long
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Hao
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Jiang Huajun
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Lee Ho Ching
2012 Suzhou Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Hao Shuai Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Meng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Liqin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xu Xin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Meng
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhu Yuling
2013 Changchun Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Long Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Xiaoxia Flag of Germany.svg Timo Boll
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Long
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guo Yue
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Shiwen
2013 Suzhou Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Long Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Meng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Long
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xu Xin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Meng
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhu Yuling
2014 Chengdu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Long Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Ning Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Fan Zhendong
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Long
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Ning
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Shiwen
2015 [3] Chengdu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Long Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhu Yuling Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Fan Zhendong
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xu Xin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Meng
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Shiwen
2016 [4] Chengdu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Fan Zhendong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Ning Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Long
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Jike
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Meng
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhu Yuling
2017 Chengdu Flag of Germany.svg Dimitrij Ovtcharov Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Ning Flag of Japan.svg Jin Ueda
Flag of Japan.svg Maharu Yoshimura
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Ning
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Shiwen

2018–present

YearHost CityMen's singlesWomen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's doublesMixed doubles
2018 Shenzhen Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Long Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Manyu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Fan Zhendong
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lin Gaoyuan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Ning
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhu Yuling
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lin Gaoyuan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Xingtong
2019 Shenzhen Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Long Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Meng Flag of Germany.svg Timo Boll
Flag of Germany.svg Patrick Franziska
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Gu Yuting
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Shiwen
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lin Yun-ju
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Cheng I-ching

Team Events

YearHost CityMen's TeamWomen's Team
1988 Guangzhou Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China First Team Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
1989 Shanghai Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
1991 Chengdu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
1992 Chengdu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China Second Team Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China First Team
1993 Hangzhou Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China Second Team Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China First Team
2008 Changchun Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China

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