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

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

History

The tournament was first held in 1989, and has 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

Individual Events

1989–2017

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

2018–present

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

Team Events

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

See also

References

  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.

External links

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