Swedish Open (table tennis) explained

Event Name:Swedish Open
Tour:ITTF World Tour
Founded:1954
Location:Stockholm (since 2013)
Venue:Eriksdalshallen (since 2013)
Category:Major Series
Draw:32S / 16D
Prize Money:US$170,000 (2019)

The Swedish Open, also known as the Swedish Open Championships (SOC), is an annual table tennis tournament in Sweden, run by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). It is currently part of the ITTF World Tour.

History

The tournament was first held in 1954, and has featured on the ITTF World Tour's schedule frequently since the tour's inception in 1996, including every year since 2011.[1] [2]

China's Fan Zhendong and Wang Liqin jointly hold the record for most men's singles tournament wins, with three. Agnes Simon holds the record for the most women's singles tournament wins, with four, representing the Netherlands for her first title and West Germany for the other three.

In August 2016, it was announced by the ITTF that Stockholm has been chosen as one of six cities to host a regular World Tour event in the revamped 2017 schedule. This is the equivalent of the Major Series status that the tournament currently holds, with "Platinum" events replacing the Super Series as the tour's top tier.[3]

Champions

Individual events

1954-1987

Year Men's singles Women's singles Men's doubles Women's doublesMixed doubles
1954 Žarko Dolinar Angelica Rozeanu Ivan Andreadis
Ladislav Štípek
Angelica Rozeanu
Ella Zeller
Ivan Andreadis
Diane Rowe
1955 Kálmán Szepesi Angelica Rozeanu Tage Flisberg
Johnny Leach
Angelica Rozeanu
Ella Zeller
Kálmán Szepesi
Éva Kóczián
1957 Zoltán Berczik Ann Haydon Zoltán Berczik
Ferenc Sidó
Ann Haydon
Éva Kóczián
Matei Gantner
Ella Zeller
1958 Vojislav Markovic Agnes Simon Zoltán Berczik
László Földy
Agnes Simon
Birgitta Tegner
Gheorghe Cobirzan
Maria Alexandru
1959 Zhuang Zedong Éva Kóczián Li Furong
Zhuang Zedong
Éva Kóczián
Sarolta Lukacs-Mathe
Gheorghe Cobirzan
Maria Alexandru
1960 Yang Ruihua Agnes Simon Yang Ruihua
Zhou Lansun
Hu Keming
Ma Guanghong
Zhou Lansun
Ma Guanghong
1961 Peter Rozsas Agnes Simon Ivan Andreadis
Vladimir Miko
Éva Kóczián
Diane Rowe
Miklos Peterfy
Éva Kóczián
1962 Vojislav Markovic Éva Kóczián Erich Arndt
Dieter Michalek
Britt Andersson
Éva Kóczián
Hans Alsér
Inge Harst-Muser
1963 Hans Alsér Éva Kóczián Hans Alsér
Kjell Johansson
Diane Rowe
Mary Shannon
Anatoly Amelin
Zoja Rudnova
1965 Wang Jiasheng Li Henan Wang Jiasheng
Yu Yize
Li Henan
Lin Huiqing
Wang Jiasheng
Li Henan
1967 Stefan Kollarowitz Zoja Rudnova Anatoly Amelin
Stanislav Gomozkov
Svetlana Fedorova
Zoja Rudnova
Dorin Giurgiuca
Maria Alexandru
1969 Tibor Klampár Agnes Simon Anatoly Amelin
Stanislav Gomozkov
Maria Alexandru
Eleonora Mihalca
Stanislav Gomozkov
Zoja Rudnova
1970 Hans Alsér Zheng Minzhi Li Jingguang
Zhuang Zedong
Li Li
Liang Lizhen
Zhang Xielin
Lin Huiqing
1971 Kjell Johansson Birgitta Rådberg Stellan Bengtsson
Bo Persson
Li Li
Zheng Huaiying
Yu Changchun
Zheng Huaiying
1972 Kjell Johansson Lee Ailesa Stanislav Gomozkov
Sarkis Sarkhojan
Lee Ailesa
Park Mi-ra
István Jónyer
Judit Magos-Havas
1973 Dragutin Šurbek Yu Jinjia Stellan Bengtsson
Kjell Johanssonn
Jill Hammersley
Beatrix Kisházi
Lu Yuansheng
Liu Xinyan
1974 Dragutin Šurbek Huang Xiping Stellan Bengtsson
Kjell Johanssonn
Ge Xin'ai
Hu Yulan
Antun Stipančić
Erzsebet Palatinus
1975 Stellan Bengtsson Liu Xinyan Antun Stipančić
Dragutin Šurbek
Xie Chunying
Zhang Deying
Li Peng
Li Ming
1976 Guo Yuehua Pak Yung-sun Guo Yuehua
Liang Geliang
Kim Chang-ae
Pak Yung-sun
Liang Geliang
Ge Xin'ai
1977 Lu Qiwei Yang Ying Patrick Birocheau
Jacques Secrétin
Cao Yanhua
Tong Ling
Jacques Secrétin
Claude Bergeret
1978 Li Zhenshi Tong Ling Gábor Gergely
Milan Orlowski
Li Ming
Yan Guili
Huang Liang
Tong Ling
1979 Stellan Bengtsson Ann-Christine Hellman Liao Fumin
Wang Huiyuan
Liu Yang
Xie Chunying
Stellan Bengtsson
Eva Strömvall
1980 Ulf Carlsson Cao Yanhua Patrick Birocheau
Jacques Secrétin
An Hae-sook
Hwang Nam-sook
Guo Yuehua
Zhang Deying
1981 Jiang Jialiang Chen Lili Zoran Kalinić
Dragutin Šurbek
Judit Magos-Havas
Gabriella Szabó
Andrzej Grubba
Bettine Vriesekoop
1983 Jan-Ove Waldner Dai Lili Tibor Klampár
Zsolt Kriston
Jiao Zhimin
Li Huifen
Dragutin Šurbek
Branka Batinic
1985 Andrzej Grubba He Zhili Ilija Lupulesku
Zoran Primorac
Chen Zihe
Zhu Juan
Huang Wenguan
Zhu Juan
1987 Chen Zhibin Cho Jung-hui Patrick Birocheau
Jean-Philippe Gatien
Chen Jing
Liu Wei
Chen Zhibin
Chen Jing

1989-2018

Year Men's singles Women's singles Men's doubles Women's doubles
1989 Ri Gun-sang Chen Jing Jean-Philippe Gatien
Andrzej Grubba
Ri Pun-hui
Yu Sun-bok
1991 Mikael Appelgren Deng Yaping Steffen Fetzner
Jörg Roßkopf
Deng Yaping
Qiao Hong
1993 Andrzej Grubba Csilla Bátorfi Lin Zhigang
Liu Guoliang
Li Ju
Wu Na
1994 Ding Song Wang Nanbgcolor=graybgcolor=gray
1995 Vladimir Samsonov Chen Jingbgcolor=graybgcolor=gray
1996 Jörgen Persson Deng Yaping Ma Wenge
Wang Tao
Deng Yaping
Yang Ying
1997 Vladimir Samsonov Wang Hui Lucjan Blaszczyk
Tomasz Krzeszewski
Kim Moo-kyo
Park Hae-jung
1998 Damien Eloi Qianhong Gotsch-He Ma Lin
Qin Zhijian
Lin Ling
Sun Jin
1999 Wang Liqin Sun Jin Patrick Chila
Jean-Philippe Gatien
Sun Jin
Yang Ying
2000 Liu Guozheng Zhang Yining Liu Guozheng
Ma Lin
Bai Yang
Niu Jianfeng
2001 Wang Liqin Guo Yan Wang Liqin
Yan Sen
Bai Yang
Yang Ying
2003 Wang Liqin Zhang Yining Ma Lin
Wang Hao
Guo Yue
Niu Jianfeng
2005 Timo Boll Cao Zhen Lee Jung-woo
Oh Sang-eun
Tie Ya Na
Zhang Rui
2007 Wang Hao Li Xiaoxia Ma Long
Wang Hao
Kim Kyung-ah
Park Mi-young
2011 Ma Long Guo Yan Wang Liqin
Yan An
Guo Yan
Guo Yue
2012 Hampus Nordberg Kim Song-ibgcolor=graybgcolor=gray
2013 Yan An Chen Meng Jens Lundqvist
Xu Xin
Li Xiaodan
Mu Zi
2014 Fan Zhendong Zhu Yuling Wang Hao
Yan An
Liu Shiwen
Zhu Yuling
2015[4] Fan Zhendong Mu Zi Fang Bo
Xu Xin
Chen Meng
Mu Zi
2016[5] Yuya Oshima Kasumi Ishikawa Hugo Calderano
Gustavo Tsuboi
Cheng I-ching
Lee I-chen
2017 Xu Xin Chen Xingtong Fan Zhendong
Xu Xin
Hina Hayata
Mima Ito
2018 Fan Zhendong Mima Ito Liao Cheng-ting
Lin Yun-Ju
Chen Xingtong
Sun Yingsha

2019–present

Team events

Year Men's team Women's team
1957 Hungarybgcolor=gray
1958 Swedenbgcolor=gray
1959 Chinabgcolor=gray
1960 Yugoslaviabgcolor=gray
1961 Hungarybgcolor=gray
1962bgcolor=graybgcolor=gray
1963 Swedenbgcolor=gray
1965 Chinabgcolor=gray
1967bgcolor=graybgcolor=gray
1969 Sweden Soviet Union
1970 Hungary China
1971 Sweden China
1972 Yugoslavia China
1973 Hungary Sweden
1974 China Japan
1975 China China
1976 Hungary China
1977 China China
1978 Hungary China
1979 China Second Team China Second Team
1980 China China
1981 Yugoslavia China First Team
1983 China China
1985 China China
1987 Sweden First Team North Korea
1989 North Korea Hong Kong
1991 Sweden Second Team China
1993 China China
1994 Sweden China
1995 Sweden China
2012 Sweden First Team Belarus

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See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: About SOC. Swedish Open Championships official website. 4 September 2016.
  2. Web site: ITTF Statistics. International Table Tennis Federation. 4 September 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100814160323/http://www.ittf.com/ittf_stats/. 14 August 2010.
  3. Web site: ITTF Announces 12 Host Cities for New & Improved 2017 World Tour. International Table Tennis Federation. 5 September 2016.
  4. Web site: GAC Group 2015 ITTF World Tour Swedish Open (Major),11 Nov 2015 - 15 Nov 2015, Stockholm, SWE. International Table Tennis Federation. 4 September 2016.
  5. Web site: 2016 ITTF World Tour Swedish Open (Major),15 Nov 2016 - 20 Nov 2016, Stockholm, SWE. ITTF. 20 November 2016.
  6. Web site: Previous champions. Swedish Open Championships official website. 5 September 2016.