Japan Open (table tennis)

The Japan Open was an annual table tennis tournament in Japan, run by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). It was part of the ITTF World Tour.

Japan Open
Tournament information
TourITTF World Tour
SponsorLION (from 2017)
Founded1989
LocationKitakyushu (2018)
VenueKitakyushu City General Gymnasium (2018)
CategoryWorld Tour
Draw32S / 16D
Prize moneyUS$170,000 (2018)
Current champions (2018)
Men's singlesJapan Tomokazu Harimoto
Women's singlesJapan Mima Ito
Men's doublesSouth Korea Jung Young-sik
South Korea Lee Sang-su
Women's doublesChina Gu Yuting
China Mu Zi

History

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The tournament was first held in 1989, and was 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

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Individual Events

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1989–2017

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

2018–present

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Year Men's singles Women's singles Men's doubles Women's doubles Mixed doubles
2018   Tomokazu Harimoto   Mima Ito   Jung Young-sik
  Lee Sang-su
  Gu Yuting
  Mu Zi
  Liang Jingkun
  Chen Xingtong
2019   Xu Xin   Sun Yingsha   Fan Zhendong
  Xu Xin
  Chen Meng
  Liu Shiwen
  Xu Xin
  Zhu Yuling

Team Events

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Year Men's Team Women's Team
1989   Czechoslovakia   China
1990   Sweden   China
1991   Sweden   China
1992   China   China
1994   China   China
1995   South Korea   South Korea
2008   China   China

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "ITTF Statistics". International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 14 August 2010. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  2. ^ "ITTF Announces 12 Host Cities for New & Improved 2017 World Tour". International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 29 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  3. ^ "2016 ITTF World Tour Laox Japan Open (Super),15 Jun 2016 - 19 Jun 2016, Tokyo, JPN". International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 31 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
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