Korea Open (table tennis)

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Tournament information
Event nameKorea Open
Tour ITTF World Tour
Founded1985
Location Daejeon (2018)
Venue Chungmu Sports Arena (2018)
CategoryWorld Tour Platinum
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money US$266,000 (2018)
Current champions (2018)
Men's singles Flag of South Korea.svg Jang Woo-jin
Women's singles Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhu Yuling
Men's doubles Flag of South Korea.svg Jang Woo-jin
Flag of South Korea.svg Lim Jong-hoon
Women's doubles Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Meng
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 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]

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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

YearMen's singlesWomen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's doubles
1980* Flag of France.svg Jacques Secretin Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg Hwang Nam Suk Flag of France.svg Jacques Secretin
Flag of France.svg Patrick Gernot
Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg Lee Su Ja
Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg Kim Jung Ja
1982* Flag of Sweden.svg Jan-Ove Waldner Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg Yang Young-Ja Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Masahiro Maehara
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Kiyoshi Saito
Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg An Hae-Sook
Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg Yang Young-Ja
1985** Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Huiyuan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Geng Lijuan
1993 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Tao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Deng Yaping Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg Chu Kyo-sung
Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg Kang Hee-Chan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Deng Yaping
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Gao Jun
1994 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Kong Linghui Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg Chai Po Wa Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg Chu Kyo-sung
Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg Lee Chul-seung
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Qiao Hong
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Qiao Yunping
2001 Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Taek-soo 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 Gao Xi
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Jia
2002 Flag of Austria.svg Werner Schlager Flag of Hong Kong.svg Tie Ya Na Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Taek-soo
Flag of South Korea.svg Oh Sang-eun
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Bai Yang
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guo Yan
2003 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Lin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guo Yan 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 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 Flag of South Korea.svg Oh Sang-eun Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Kyung-ah Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Jung-woo
Flag of South Korea.svg Ryu Seung-min
Flag of Singapore.svg Tan Paey Fern
Flag of Singapore.svg Zhang Xueling
2006 Flag of South Korea.svg Joo Sae-hyuk Flag of Hong Kong.svg Tie Ya Na Flag of Hong Kong.svg Cheung Yuk
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Leung Chu Yan
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Tie Ya Na
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Zhang Rui
2007 Flag of South Korea.svg Oh Sang-eun Flag of Hong Kong.svg Jiang Huajun Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Jung-woo
Flag of South Korea.svg Ryu Seung-min
Flag of the United States.svg Gao Jun
Flag of Spain.svg Shen Yanfei
2008 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 Wang Hao
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 Liu Shiwen
2009 Flag of Japan.svg Jun Mizutani Flag of Singapore.svg Feng Tianwei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Hao Shuai
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Hao
Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Kyung-ah
Flag of South Korea.svg Park Mi-young
2010 Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg Vladimir Samsonov Flag of Spain.svg Shen Yanfei Flag of Germany.svg Patrick Baum
Flag of Germany.svg Bastian Steger
Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Kyung-ah
Flag of South Korea.svg Park Mi-young
2011 Flag of Germany.svg Dimitrij Ovtcharov Flag of Singapore.svg Feng Tianwei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Jin Yixiong
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Song Hongyuan
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroko Fujii
Flag of Japan.svg Misako Wakamiya
2012 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Jike 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 Liu Shiwen
2013 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xu Xin Flag of South Korea.svg Suh Hyo-won Flag of South Korea.svg Suh Hyun-deok
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Jike
Flag of South Korea.svg Park Young-sook
Flag of South Korea.svg Yang Ha-eun
2014 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xu Xin Flag of Germany.svg Han Ying Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yu Ziyang
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhou Kai
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Ke
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Manyu
2015 Flag of South Korea.svg Jung Young-sik Flag of Japan.svg Ai Fukuhara Flag of South Korea.svg Jung Young-sik
Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Min-seok
Flag of Japan.svg Miu Hirano
Flag of Japan.svg Mima Ito
2016 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 Xu Xin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Jike
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Ning
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Shiwen
2017 [3] Flag of Germany.svg Timo Boll Flag of Singapore.svg Feng Tianwei Flag of South Korea.svg Jang Woo-jin
Flag of South Korea.svg Jeong Sang-eun
Flag of Germany.svg Shan Xiaona
Flag of Germany.svg Petrissa Solja

2018–present

YearMen's singlesWomen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's doublesMixed doubles
2018 [4] Flag of South Korea.svg Jang Woo-jin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhu Yuling Flag of South Korea.svg Jang Woo-jin
Flag of South Korea.svg Lim Jong-hoon
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Meng
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Ning
Flag of South Korea.svg Jang Woo-jin
Flag of North Korea.svg Cha Hyo Sim
2019 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 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 Wang Manyu
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Wong Chun Ting
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Doo Hoi Kem

See also

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