German Open (table tennis)
# German Open (table tennis)

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.

China's Ma Long holds the record for most men's singles tournament wins, with five, 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, Chen Meng is the only player wins 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. The German Table Tennis Association has confirmed that the "German Open" name will continue to be used.

## Champions

### Individual Events

**1925–1988**

| Year | Men's singles | Women's singles | Men's doubles | Women's doubles | Mixed doubles |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1925 | Prashant N. Nanda | Richter-Schwerdtfeger | | | |
| 1926 | Zoltán Mechlovits | Josephine Wiesenthal | | | |
| 1927 | Sándor Glancz | Erika Metzger | Béla von Kehrling Zoltán Mechlovits | Josephine Wiesenthal Gertrude Wildhamn | Laszlo Bellak Mona Rüster |
| 1928 | Alfred Liebster | Mária Mednyánszky | Laszlo Bellak Sándor Glancz | | Daniel Pecsi Erika Metzger |
| 1929 | Antonin Malecek | Ingeborg Carnatz | Mordecai Finberg Arnold Oschin | | Valter Kolomodin Ingeborg Carnatz |
| 1930 | Viktor Barna | Mária Mednyánszky | Lajos Dávid István Kelen | | Miklós Szabados Mária Mednyánszky |
| 1931 | Viktor Barna | Magda Gál | Viktor Barna Miklós Szabados | | Viktor Barna Magda Gál |
| 1932 | Viktor Barna | Mária Mednyánszky | Viktor Barna Miklós Szabados | Lefeld Mária Mednyánszky | Miklós Szabados Mária Mednyánszky |
| 1933 | Mordecai Finberg | Astrid Krebsbach | Manfred Feher Alfred Liebster | | David Jones Astrid Krebsbach |
| 1935 | Miloslav Hamr | Astrid Krebsbach | Stanislav Kolář Karel Svoboda | Marie Kettnerová Marie Šmídová | Miloslav Hamr Gertrude Kleinová |
| 1936 | Stanislav Kolář | Astrid Krebsbach | István Boros Tibor Házi | Hilde Bussmann Astrid Krebsbach | Stanislav Kolář Hilde Bussmann |
| 1937 | Bohumil Váňa | Gertrude Pritzi | Götz Meschede Bohumil Váňa | Hilde Bussmann Astrid Krebsbach | Bohumil Váňa Věra Votrubcová |
| 1938 | Miloslav Hamr | Gertrude Pritzi | Miloslav Hamr Bohumil Váňa | Vlasta Depetrisová Věra Votrubcová | Bohumil Váňa Věra Votrubcová |
| 1939 | Miloslav Hamr | Gertrude Pritzi | Ivan Andreadis Miloslav Hamr | Hilde Bussmann Gertrude Pritzi | Miloslav Hamr Marie Kettnerová |
| 1954 | Vilim Harangozo | Fujie Eguchi | Vilim Harangozo Josip Vogrinc | Fujie Eguchi Kiiko Watanabe | Ichiro Ogimura Kiiko Watanabe |
| 1955 | Alojzy Ehrlich | Helen Elliot | Bernhard Bukiet Erwin Klein | Ursula Paulsen Annegret Thöle | Josip Vogrinc Helen Elliot |
| 1960 | Tony Larsson | Agnes Simon | Vilim Harangozo Josip Vogrinc | Diane Rowe Kathleen Best | Bert Onnes Agnes Simon |
| 1961 | Hans Alsér | Agnes Simon | Hans Alsér Tony Larsson | Heide Dauphin Rosemarie Seidel | Tony Larsson Lena Guntsch |
| 1962 | Eberhard Schöler | Agnes Simon | Vojislav Markovic Janez Teran | Inge Harst-Muser Agnes Simon | Eberhard Schöler Agnes Simon |
| 1963 | Eberhard Schöler | Maria Alexandru | Istvan Korpa Josip Vogrinc | Maria Alexandru Georgita Pitica | Zoltán Berczik Erzsebet Heirits |
| 1964 | Eberhard Schöler | Maria Alexandru | Istvan Korpa Edvard Vecko | Maria Alexandru Ella Zeller | Dorin Giurgiuca Ella Zeller |
| 1965 | Dorin Giurgiuca | Mary Shannon | Ernst Gomolla Eberhard Schöler | Diane Rowe Mary Shannon | Vladimir Miko Marta Luzova |
| 1966 | Jaroslav Stanek | Maria Alexandru | Vladimir Miko Jaroslav Stanek | Diane Schöler Mary Shannon | Dorin Giurgiuca Maria Alexandru |
| 1968 | Istvan Korpa | Marta Luzova | Vladimir Miko Jaroslav Stanek | Jitka Karlikova Marta Luzova | Vladimir Miko Marta Luzova |
| 1970 | Eberhard Schöler | Zoja Rudnova | Hans Alsér Kjell Johansson | Svetlana Grinberg Zoja Rudnova | Stanislav Gomozkov Zoja Rudnova |
| 1972 | Kjell Johansson | Zoja Rudnova | Stellan Bengtsson Kjell Johansson | Maria Alexandru Carmen Crișan | Jacques Secrétin Claude Bergeret |
| 1974 | Kjell Johansson | Chung Hyun-sook | Antun Stipančić Dragutin Šurbek | Maria Alexandru Miho Hamada | Jacques Secrétin Claude Bergeret |
| 1976 | Kjell Johansson | Lee Ailesa | Patrick Birocheau Jacques Secrétin | Yang Ying Zhang Li | Jacques Secrétin Claude Bergeret |
| 1980 | Shi Zhihao | Cao Yanhua | Patrick Birocheau Jacques Secrétin | Cao Yanhua Zhang Deying | Li Zhenshi Zhang Deying |
| 1982 | Josef Dvoracek | An Hae-sook | Paul Day Desmond Douglas | An Hae-sook Hwang Nam-sook | Jindrich Pansky Marie Hrachova |
| 1984 | Andrzej Grubba | Zsuzsa Oláh | Mikael Appelgren Ulf Carlsson | Fliura Abbate-Bulatova Anita Zakharjan | János Molnár Zsuzsa Oláh |
| 1986 | Jan-Ove Waldner | Fliura Abbate-Bulatova | Ulf Carlsson Jörgen Persson | Olga Nemes Katja Nolten | Zoran Kalinić Daniela Guergueltcheva |
| 1988 | Andrzej Grubba | Daniela Guergueltcheva | Steffen Fetzner Jörg Roßkopf | Olga Nemes Katja Nolten | Zoran Kalinić Daniela Guergueltcheva |

**1990–2018**

| Year | Men's singles | Women's singles | Men's doubles | Women's doubles |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1990 | Jean-Philippe Gatien | Geng Lijuan | Steffen Fetzner Jörg Roßkopf | Csilla Bátorfi Gabriella Wirth |
| 1999 | Liu Guoliang | Wang Nan | Chang Yen-shu Chiang Peng-lung | Csilla Bátorfi Krisztina Tóth |
| 2001 | Vladimir Samsonov | Ryu Ji-hae | Slobodan Grujić Aleksandar Karakašević | Kim Bok-rae Kim Kyung-ah |
| 2002 | Ma Lin | Tamara Boroš | Kong Linghui Ma Lin | Li Jia Niu Jianfeng |
| 2003 | Wang Liqin | Zhang Yining | Ko Lai Chak Li Ching | Wang Nan Zhang Yining |
| 2004 | Timo Boll | Niu Jianfeng | Timo Boll Christian Süß | Guo Yue Niu Jianfeng |
| 2005 | Vladimir Samsonov | Cao Zhen | Lee Jung-woo Oh Sang-eun | Tie Ya Na Zhang Rui |
| 2006 | Timo Boll | Wang Yuegu | Patrick Chila Werner Schlager | Li Jiawei Sun Beibei |
| 2007 | Ma Long | Li Xiaoxia | Wang Hao Wang Liqin | Guo Yue Li Xiaoxia |
| 2008 | Timo Boll | Liu Jia | | |
| 2009 | Timo Boll | Sayaka Hirano | Timo Boll Christian Süß | Li Xiaodan Mu Zi |
| 2010 | Ma Long | Feng Yalan | Chen Qi Ma Long | Ai Fukuhara Kasumi Ishikawa |
| 2011 | Zhang Jike | Guo Yan | Hao Shuai Zhang Jike | Guo Yue Li Xiaoxia |
| 2012 | Dimitrij Ovtcharov | Shen Yanfei | Jiang Tianyi Wong Chun Ting | Petrissa Solja Sabine Winter |
| 2013 | Fan Zhendong | Wen Jia | Timo Boll Patrick Franziska | Wen Jia Zhao Yan |
| 2014 | Dimitrij Ovtcharov | Shan Xiaona | Lyu Xiang Wang Hao | Miu Hirano Mima Ito |
| 2015 | Ma Long | Mima Ito | Timo Boll Patrick Franziska | Shan Xiaona Petrissa Solja |
| 2016 | Ma Long | Wu Yang | Masataka Morizono Yuya Oshima | Jeon Ji-hee Yang Ha-eun |
| 2017 | Dimitrij Ovtcharov | Chen Meng | Jung Young-sik Lee Sang-su | Hina Hayata Miu Hirano |
| 2018 | Ma Long | Kasumi Ishikawa | Ma Long Xu Xin | Hina Hayata Mima Ito |

**2019–present**

| Year | Men's singles | Women's singles | Men's doubles | Women's doubles | Mixed doubles |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2019 | Fan Zhendong | Sun Yingsha | Liang Jingkun Xu Xin | Jeon Ji-hee Yang Ha-eun | Xu Xin Sun Yingsha |
| 2020 | Xu Xin | Chen Meng | Cho Dae-seong Jang Woo-jin | Chen Meng Wang Manyu | Xu Xin Liu Shiwen |

### 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 | Belgium | Hungary |
| 2008 | Poland | Singapore |
