Kuwait Open (table tennis)

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Tournament information
Event nameKuwait Open
Founded2006
Location Kuwait City
VenueSalwa Sports Club (2014-2016)
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money US$300,000 (2016)

The Kuwait Open was a table tennis tournament held annually in Kuwait by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). It featured regularly on the ITTF World Tour calendar from 2006 to 2016.

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History

The tournament was first held in 2006, and has featured on the ITTF World Tour's schedule every year since then, with the exception of 2011 when the country was temporarily suspended due to a recommendation from the International Olympic Committee. [1] [2] [3]

China's Ma Long holds the record for most men's singles tournament wins, with three, while Liu Shiwen and Li Xiaoxia of China jointly hold the record for most women's singles tournament wins, with two each.

In August 2016, Kuwait was not included on the 2017 World Tour schedule announced by the ITTF. [4]

Champions

YearMen's singlesWomen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's doubles
2006 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Lin Flag of Hong Kong.svg Jiang Huajun 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 Wang Nan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Yining
2007 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Long Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guo Yue Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Jin-kwon
Flag of South Korea.svg Ryu Seung-min
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Xiaoxia
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Yining
2008 Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg Vladimir Samsonov 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 Wang Nan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Yining
2009 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 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 Zhang Yining
2010 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xu Xin 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 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 Flag of Japan.svg Jun Mizutani Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Feng Yalan Flag of Singapore.svg Gao Ning
Flag of Singapore.svg Li Hu
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Meng
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhu Yuling
2013 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 Xu Xin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yan An
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Ning
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Xiaoxia
2014 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Fan Zhendong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhu Yuling Flag of Austria.svg Stefan Fegerl
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lin Gaoyuan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Shiwen
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Mu Zi
2015 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Long Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Xiaoxia Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chiang Hung-chieh
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Huang Sheng-sheng
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Ning
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhu Yuling
2016 [5] 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 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

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