The Korea Open is an annual

table tennis Table tennis (also known as ping-pong) is a racket sport derived from tennis but distinguished by its playing surface being atop a stationary table, rather than the Tennis court, court on which players stand. Either individually or in teams of ...

tournament in

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...

. It is organised by the Korea Table Tennis Association, under the authority of the

International Table Tennis Federation The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) is the Sport governing body, governing body for all national table tennis associations that use ITTF-approved sponge table tennis rackets. The role of the ITTF includes overseeing rules and regula ...

(ITTF), and is currently one of six top-tier Platinum events on the

ITTF World Tour The ITTF World Tour, known as the ITTF Pro Tour until 2011, was an annual series of table tennis tournaments introduced by International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) in 1996. The tour includes events in seven categories: Men's and Women's Singl ...

History

The tournament was first held in 1980, and has featured on the

's schedule (former ITTF Pro Tour) every year since 2001. China's Xu Xin currently holds the record for most men's singles tournament wins, with four, while Singapore's

Feng Tianwei Feng Tianwei (, ; born 31 August 1986) is a Singaporean retired table tennis player. Born in China, she permanently moved to Singapore in March 2007 at the age of 20 under the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme and commenced her international car ...

holds the record for most women's singles tournament wins, also with three.

Champions

1980–2017

*) was called Seoul Open **) was the final tournament of the Grand Prix series, called Seoul Grand Prix

2018–present

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