Tournament information | |
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Event name | Swedish Open |
Tour | ITTF World Tour |
Founded | 1954 |
Location | Stockholm (since 2013) |
Venue | Eriksdalshallen (since 2013) |
Category | Major Series |
Draw | 32S / 16D |
Prize money | US$170,000 (2019) |
The Swedish Open, also known as the Swedish Open Championships (SOC), is an annual table tennis tournament in Sweden, run by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). It is currently part of the ITTF World Tour.
The tournament was first held in 1954, and has featured on the ITTF World Tour's schedule frequently since the tour's inception in 1996, including every year since 2011. [1] [2]
China's Fan Zhendong and Wang Liqin jointly hold the record for most men's singles tournament wins, with three. Agnes Simon holds the record for the most women's singles tournament wins, with four, representing the Netherlands for her first title and West Germany for the other three.
In August 2016, it was announced by the ITTF that Stockholm has been chosen as one of six cities to host a regular World Tour event in the revamped 2017 schedule. This is the equivalent of the Major Series status that the tournament currently holds, with "Platinum" events replacing the Super Series as the tour's top tier. [3]
Year | Men's singles | Women's singles | Men's doubles | Women's doubles | Mixed doubles |
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2019 | Wang Chuqin | Chen Meng | Fan Zhendong Xu Xin | Chen Meng Ding Ning | Xu Xin Liu Shiwen |
Year | Men's team | Women's team |
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1957 | Hungary | |
1958 | Sweden | |
1959 | China | |
1960 | Yugoslavia | |
1961 | Hungary | |
1962 | ||
1963 | Sweden | |
1965 | China | |
1967 | ||
1969 | Sweden | Soviet Union |
1970 | Hungary | China |
1971 | Sweden | China |
1972 | Yugoslavia | China |
1973 | Hungary | Sweden |
1974 | China | Japan |
1975 | China | China |
1976 | Hungary | China |
1977 | China | China |
1978 | Hungary | China |
1979 | China Second Team | China Second Team |
1980 | China | China |
1981 | Yugoslavia | China First Team |
1983 | China | China |
1985 | China | China |
1987 | Sweden First Team | North Korea |
1989 | North Korea | Hong Kong |
1991 | Sweden Second Team | China |
1993 | China | China |
1994 | Sweden | China |
1995 | Sweden | China |
2012 | Sweden First Team | Belarus |
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