German Open (table tennis)
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Event name | German Open |
| Tour | ITTF World Tour |
| Founded | 1925 |
| Location | Berlin (2016) |
| Venue | Max-Schmeling-Halle (2016) |
| Category | Super Series |
| Draw | 32S / 16D |
| Prize money | US$120,000 (2016) |
| Current champions (2016) | |
| Men's singles |
 Ma Long |
| Women's singles |
Wu Yang |
| Men's doubles |
 Masataka Morizono Yuya Oshima |
| Women's doubles |
 Jeon Ji-hee Yang Ha-eun |
The German Open is an annual table tennis tournament in Germany, run by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). It is currently part of the ITTF World Tour.
History
The tournament was first held in 1925, and has featured on the ITTF World Tour's schedule in 1999, and then every year since 2001.[1][2]
Germany's Eberhard Schöler and Timo Boll, along with China's Ma Long jointly hold the record for most men's singles tournament wins, with four each, while in the women's singles event, Mária Mednyánszky, Astrid Krebsbach, Trude Pritzi, Agnes Simon and Maria Alexandru all share the record with three wins each. Since the tournament became part of the ITTF World Tour in 1999, no player has won the women's singles event more than once.
In August 2016, it was announced by the ITTF that Magdeburg 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.[3] The German Table Tennis Association has confirmed that the "German Open" name will continue to be used.[4]
Champions
Individual Events
1925 - 1988
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1990 - present
Team Events
| Year | Men's team | Women's team |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 |  Sweden |
 Hungary |
| 1974 | Hungary |
South Korea |
| 1976 | Sweden |
China |
| 1980 | China Second Team |
China First Team |
| 1982 |  Yugoslavia |
South Korea |
| 1984 | Sweden |
Yugoslavia |
| 1986 |  Poland |
 West Germany First Team |
| 1988 | Poland |
 Czechoslovakia |
| 1990 | .svg.png){kind=small} Belgium |
Hungary |
| 2008 | Poland |
 Singapore |
See also
References
- ↑ "ITTF Statistics". International Table Tennis Federation. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ↑ "Die Sieger und Platzierten der German Open (Auszug)". DTTB (in German). Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ↑ "ITTF Announces 12 Host Cities for New & Improved 2017 World Tour". International Table Tennis Federation. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ↑ "German Open 2017 in Magdeburg als "Platinum-Event" eingestuft". DTTB (in German). Retrieved 30 August 2016.
- ↑ "2016 ITTF World Tour German Open (Super),27 Jan 2016 - 31 Jan 2016, Berlin, GER". International Table Tennis Federation. Retrieved 2 September 2016.