Hungarian Open (table tennis) explained

Hungarian Open
Tour:ITTF World Tour
Founded:2010
Location:Budapest (since 2015)
Venue:Budapest Olympic Hall (since 2018)
Category:World Tour
Draw:32S / 16D
Prize Money:US$170,000 (2019)
Completed Event:2020
Men's Singles: Tomokazu Harimoto
Women's Singles: Mima Ito
Men's Doubles: Benedikt Duda
Patrick Franziska
Women's Doubles: Miu Hirano
Kasumi Ishikawa

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

History

The Hungarian Open was first included on the ITTF Pro Tour schedule in 2010.[1] It returned to the schedule in 2012 as part of the rebranded ITTF World Tour, and after not appearing in 2013 the tournament made its second return in 2014 as part of the new third-tier Challenge Series. In 2016, the tournament was promoted to the second-tier Major Series, and in August 2016 it was confirmed that the event would keep its place on the schedule as part of the revamped ITTF World Tour in 2017.[2]

Champions

2010–2018

YearLocationMen's singlesWomen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's doublesRef.
2010Budaörs Jun Mizutani Tie Yana Kenta Matsudaira
Koki Niwa
Ai Fukuhara
Kasumi Ishikawa
[3]
2012Budapest Ma Long Liu Shiwen Chen Qi
Ma Lin
Ding Ning
Liu Shiwen
[4]
2014Szombathely Daniel Habesohn Liu JiaNOT HELDNOT HELD[5]
2015Budapest Jiang Tianyi Misako Wakamiya Jeong Sang-eun
Lee Sang-su
Sofia Polcanova
Amelie Solja
[6]
2016Budapest Chuang Chih-yuan Tie Yana Chuang Chih-yuan
Huang Sheng-sheng
Jeon Ji-hee
Yang Ha-eun
[7]
2017Budapest Yan An Chen Xingtong Fang Bo
Zhou Yu
Chen Xingtong
Li Jiayi
[8]
2018Budapest Fan Zhendong Wang Manyu Fan Zhendong
Yu Ziyang
Chen Xingtong
Sun Yingsha
[9]

2019–

YearLocationMen's singlesWomen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's doublesMixed doublesRef.
2019Budapest Lin Gaoyuan Chen Meng Liang Jingkun
Xu Xin
Wang Manyu
Zhu Yuling
Xu Xin
Liu Shiwen
[10]
2020Budapest Tomokazu Harimoto Mima Ito Benedikt Duda
Patrick Franziska
Miu Hirano
Kasumi Ishikawa
Wong Chun Ting
Doo Hoi Kem
[11]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ITTF Press Release: Dates and prize money of the 2010 ITTF Pro Tour. ITTF. 19 December 2016.
  2. Web site: ITTF Announces 12 Host Cities for New & Improved 2017 World Tour. ITTF. 26 August 2016 . 19 December 2016.
  3. Web site: JOOLA 2010 Hungarian Open - ITTF Pro Tour,13 Oct 2010 - 17 Oct 2010, Budaors, HUN. ITTF. 19 December 2016.
  4. Web site: GAC GROUP 2012 ITTF World Tour, Hungarian Open,,17 Jan 2012 - 21 Jan 2012, Budapest, HUN. ITTF. 19 December 2016.
  5. Web site: GAC Group 2014 ITTF World Tour, Hungary Open (Challenge),29 Jan 2014 - 31 Jan 2014, Szombathely, HUN. ITTF. 19 December 2016.
  6. Web site: GAC Group 2015 ITTF World Tour, Hungary Open (Challenge),28 Jan 2015 - 01 Feb 2015, Budapest, HUN. ITTF. 19 December 2016.
  7. Web site: 2016 ITTF World Tour Hungarian Open (Major),20 Jan 2016 - 24 Jan 2016, Budapest, HUN. ITTF. 19 December 2016. 13 May 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170513074820/http://www.old.ittf.com/competitions/competitions2.asp?Competition_ID=2615&category=PT. dead.
  8. Web site: 2017 ITTF World Tour Hungarian Open. ITTF. 19 December 2016.
  9. Web site: Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour, Hungarian Open. ITTF. 18 January 2018.
  10. Web site: Seamaster 2019 ITTF World Tour, Hungarian Open . ITTF . 12 January 2019.
  11. Web site: 2020 ITTF World Tour, Hungarian Open . ITTF . 24 February 2020.