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 2024 Jinan Open | |||||||||
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| Event name | Jinan Open (2024–) Jinan International Open (2018–2019) China International Challenger Jinan (2017) | ||||||||
| Location | Jinan, China | ||||||||
| Venue | Jinan Olympic Sports Center | ||||||||
| Surface | Hard | ||||||||
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The Jinan Open is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hardcourts. It is currently part of the ATP Challenger Tour and the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. The tournament is held annually in Jinan, China since 2017.
| Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 |  Wu Yibing [1] [2] |  Rio Noguchi | 7–5, 6–3 |
| 2020–23 | not held | ||
| 2019 | Zhang Zhizhen | Go Soeda | 7–5, 2–6, 6–4 |
| 2018 |  Alexei Popyrin |  James Ward | 3–6, 6–1, 7–5 |
| 2017 |  Lu Yen-hsun |  Ričardas Berankis | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Zheng Wushuang | Yao Xinxin | 6–2, 6–2 |
| 2020–23 | not held | ||
| 2019 | You Xiaodi | Kaylah McPhee | 6–3, 7–6(7–5) |
| 2018 | Zhu Lin | Wang Yafan | 6–4, 6–1 |
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 |  Chung Yun-seong Yuta Shimizu | Rio Noguchi Edward Winter | 6–3, 6–7(5–7), [10–6] |
| 2020–23 | not held | ||
| 2019 | Matthew Ebden  Divij Sharan | Nam Ji-sung Song Min-kyu | 7–6(7–4), 5–7, [10–3] |
| 2018 | Hsieh Cheng-peng Yang Tsung-hua |  Alexander Bublik  Alexander Pavlioutchenkov | 7–6(7–5), 4–6, [10–5] |
| 2017 | Hsieh Cheng-peng Peng Hsien-yin | Sriram Balaji Vishnu Vardhan | 4–6, 6–4, [10–4] |
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Guo Meiqi Xiao Zhenghua | Feng Shuo Liu Fangzhou | 6–3, 1–6, [10–5] |
| 2020–23 | not held | ||
| 2019 | Yuan Yue Zheng Wushuang | Samantha Murray Eden Silva | 1–6, 6–4, [10–7] |
| 2018 | Wang Xinyu You Xiaodi | Hsieh Shu-ying Lu Jingjing | 6–3, 6–7(5–7), [10–2] |
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