Qatar Open (table tennis)

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

Tournament information
Event nameQatar Open
TourITTF World Tour
Founded1994
LocationDoha
VenueAli Bin Hamad al-Attiyah Arena (since 2016)
CategoryWorld Tour Platinum
Draw32S / 16D
Prize moneyUS$235,000 (2018)
Current champions (2018)
Doubles Xu Xin
Liu Shiwen
Men's singles Ma Long
Women's singles Wang Manyu
Men's doubles Ho Kwan Kit
Wong Chun Ting
Women's doubles Sun Yingsha
Wang Manyu

History

The tournament was first held in 1994, and has featured on the ITTF World Tour's schedule every year since 2005, and previously from 1997–99 and 2001-03.[1]

Ma Long of China holds the record for most men's singles tournament wins, with four, while Zhang Yining of China holds the record for most women's singles tournament wins, also with four.

In August 2016, it was announced by the ITTF that Doha 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

1994–2018

Year Men's Singles Women's Singles Men's Doubles Women's Doubles
1994 Kim Taek-soo
1996 Jean-Michel Saive
1997 Jan-Ove Waldner Koji Matsushita
Hiroshi Shibutani
1998 Zoran Primorac Li Ju Wang Liqin
Yan Sen
Li Ju
Wang Nan
1999 Zoran Primorac Jing Tian-Zörner Chang Yen-shu
Chiang Peng-lung
Csilla Bátorfi
Krisztina Tóth
2001 Zoran Primorac Kim Hyon-hui Chang Yen-shu
Chiang Peng-lung
Kim Moo-kyo
Ryu Ji-hae
2002 Jean-Michel Saive Wang Nan Wang Liqin
Yan Sen
Li Jia
Niu Jianfeng
2003 Vladimir Samsonov Tamara Boros Kalinikos Kreanga
Jörg Roßkopf
Tatyana Logatzkaya
Veronika Pavlovich
2005 Wang Liqin Zhang Yining Kong Linghui
Wang Hao
Guo Yue
Niu Jianfeng
2006 Wang Liqin Zhang Yining Wang Hao
Wang Liqin
Wang Nan
Zhang Yining
2007 Ma Lin Li Xiaoxia Cho Eon-rae
Lee Jung-woo
Li Xiaoxia
Wang Nan
2008 Ma Lin Zhang Yining Chen Qi
Ma Lin
Guo Yue
Zhang Yining
2009 Timo Boll Zhang Yining Ma Long
Xu Xin
Guo Yue
Zhang Yining
2010 Wang Liqin Guo Yue Ma Lin
Wang Hao
Ding Ning
Liu Shiwen
2011 Xu Xin Liu Shiwen Wang Liqin
Xu Xin
Guo Yue
Li Xiaoxia
2012 Xu Xin Chen Meng Ma Lin
Xu Xin
Li Xiaodan
Wen Jia
2013 Ma Long Ding Ning Wang Hao
Yan An
Ding Ning
Li Xiaoxia
2014 Xu Xin Hu Limei Cho Eon-rae
Joo Sae-hyuk
Lee Ho Ching
Ng Wing Nam
2015 Vladimir Samsonov Elizabeta Samara Marcos Freitas
Andrej Gaćina
Jiang Huajun
Tie Ya Na
2016[3] Ma Long Liu Shiwen Fan Zhendong
Zhang Jike
Ding Ning
Liu Shiwen
2017[4] Ma Long Chen Meng Masataka Morizono
Yuya Oshima
Chen Meng
Wang Manyu
2018[5] Fan Zhendong Liu Shiwen Fan Zhendong
Xu Xin
Chen Ke
Wang Manyu

2019–present

Year Men's Singles Women's Singles Men's Doubles Women's Doubles Mixed Doubles
2019 Ma Long Wang Manyu Ho Kwan Kit
Wong Chun Ting
Sun Yingsha
Wang Manyu
Xu Xin
Liu Shiwen
2020 Fan Zhendong Chen Meng Ma Long
Xu Xin
Wang Manyu
Zhu Yuling
Jun Mizutani
Mima Ito

See also

References

  1. "ITTF Statistics". International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 14 August 2010. Retrieved 4 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 4 September 2016.
  3. "2016 ITTF World Tour Qatar Open (Super),23 Mar 2016 - 27 Mar 2016, Doha, QAT". International Table Tennis Federation. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  4. "Seamaster 2017 ITTF World Tour Platinum, Qatar Open". ITTF. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  5. "Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour Platinum, Qatar Open". ITTF. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
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