Japan Open (table tennis)

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Japan Open
Tournament information
Tour ITTF World Tour
SponsorLION (from 2017)
Founded1989
Location Kitakyushu (2018)
Venue Kitakyushu City General Gymnasium (2018)
CategoryWorld Tour
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money US$170,000 (2018)
Current champions (2018)
Men's singles Flag of Japan.svg Tomokazu Harimoto
Women's singles Flag of Japan.svg Mima Ito
Men's doubles Flag of South Korea.svg Jung Young-sik
Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Sang-su
Women's doubles Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Gu Yuting
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Mu Zi

The Japan Open is an annual table tennis tournament in Japan, 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 1989, and has featured on the ITTF World Tour's schedule every year since the Tour's inception in 1996. [1]

Sweden's Jan-Ove Waldner and Germany's Timo Boll jointly hold the record for most men's singles tournament wins, with three each, while Wang Nan of China holds the record for most women's singles tournament wins, with four.

In August 2016, it was announced by the ITTF that Tokyo 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

1989–2017

YearMen's singlesWomen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's doubles
1989 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Wenge Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg Chan Tan Lui Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Kiyoshi Saito
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Yuji Matsushita
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Hu Xiaoxin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Qiao Hong
1990 Flag of Sweden.svg Jan-Ove Waldner Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Zihe Flag of Sweden.svg Erik Lindh
Flag of Sweden.svg Jörgen Persson
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Yaping
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Jun
1991 Flag of Sweden.svg Jan-Ove Waldner Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Deng Yaping Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Yonggan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yu Shentong
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Deng Yaping
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Qiao Hong
1992 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Tao 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 South Korea (1984-1997).svg Hong Cha-ok
Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg Hyun Jung-hwa
1993 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Tao Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg Chai Po Wa Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lü Lin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Tao
Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg Kim Boon-sik
Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg Park Hae-jung
1994 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Wenguan Johnny Huang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Tang Weiyi
1995 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Song Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg Park Hae-jung
1996 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Song Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Qiao Hong Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg Kang Hee-chan
Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg Kim Taek-soo
Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg Park Hae-jung
Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg Ryu Ji-hae
1997 Flag of Sweden.svg Jan-Ove Waldner Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Chen Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Liqin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yan Sen
Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Eun-sil
Flag of South Korea.svg Ryu Ji-hae
1998 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Kong Linghui Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Ju Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Lin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Tao
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Ju
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Nan
1999 Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg Vladimir Samsonov 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 Sun Jin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yang Ying
2000 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 Kong Linghui
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Guoliang
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Sun Jin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yang Ying
2001 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chiang Peng-lung 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 Wang Hao
Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Bok-rae
Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Kyung-ah
2002 Flag of Greece.svg Kalinikos Kreanga Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Kyung-ah Flag of Japan.svg Akira Kito
Flag of Japan.svg Toshio Tasaki
Flag of Singapore.svg Jing Junhong
Flag of Singapore.svg Li Jiawei
2003 Flag of Germany.svg Timo Boll 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 Ma Lin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guo Yue
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Niu Jianfeng
2004 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Qi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Yining 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 Guo Yue
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Niu Jianfeng
2005 Flag of Germany.svg Timo Boll Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Yining Flag of Germany.svg Timo Boll
Flag of Germany.svg Christian Süß
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Bai Yang
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Cao Zhen
2006 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Liqin Flag of Singapore.svg Wang Yuegu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Lin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Hao
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Tie Ya Na
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Zhang Rui
2007 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 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 Li Xiaoxia
2008 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Lin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Yining
2009 Flag of South Korea.svg Oh Sang-eun Flag of South Korea.svg Park Mi-young Flag of Japan.svg Seiya Kishikawa
Flag of Japan.svg Jun Mizutani
Flag of Japan.svg Sayaka Hirano
Flag of Japan.svg Reiko Hiura
2010 Flag of Germany.svg Timo Boll Flag of Singapore.svg Wang Yuegu Flag of Japan.svg Kenta Matsudaira
Flag of Japan.svg Koki Niwa
Flag of Japan.svg Yuka Ishigaki
Flag of Japan.svg Yuri Yamanashi
2011 Flag of Japan.svg Seiya Kishikawa Flag of Singapore.svg Feng Tianwei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lin Gaoyuan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wu Jiaji
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroko Fujii
Flag of Japan.svg Misako Wakamiya
2012 Flag of Japan.svg Jun Mizutani Flag of Spain.svg Shen Yanfei Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Min-seok
Flag of South Korea.svg Seo Hyun-deok
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroko Fujii
Flag of Japan.svg Misako Wakamiya
2013 Flag of Japan.svg Masato Shiono Flag of Japan.svg Ai Fukuhara Flag of Japan.svg Jin Ueda
Flag of Japan.svg Maharu Yoshimura
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Gu Yuting
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhou Xintong
2014 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yu Ziyang Flag of Singapore.svg Feng Tianwei Flag of Japan.svg Seiya Kishikawa
Flag of Japan.svg Jun Mizutani
Flag of Japan.svg Ai Fukuhara
Flag of Japan.svg Misako Wakamiya
2015 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 Ma Long
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xu Xin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Fei
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wu Yang
2016 [3] Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Fan Zhendong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Shiwen 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 Ding Ning
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Xiaoxia
2017 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Long Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Sun Yingsha 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 Xingtong
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Sun Yingsha

2018–present

YearMen's singlesWomen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's doublesMixed doubles
2018 Flag of Japan.svg Tomokazu Harimoto Flag of Japan.svg Mima Ito Flag of South Korea.svg Jung Young-sik
Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Sang-su
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Gu Yuting
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Mu Zi
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liang Jingkun
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Xingtong
2019 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xu Xin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Sun Yingsha 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
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xu Xin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhu Yuling

Team Events

YearMen's TeamWomen's Team
1989 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
1990 Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
1991 Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
1992 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
1994 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
1995 Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg South Korea Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg South Korea
2008 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China

See also

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