The German Open is an annual

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tournament in

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, run by the

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(ITTF). It is currently part of the

ITTF World Tour The ITTF World Tour, known as the ITTF Pro Tour until 2011, is 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 Single ...

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 Ma Long (; born 20 October 1988) is a Chinese table tennis player and the reigning Olympic singles champion. Widely regarded as the greatest table tennis player of all time, he is the first and only male player to complete a career Double Grand ...

holds the record for most men's singles tournament wins, with five, while in the women's singles event,

Mária Mednyánszky Mária Mednyánszky (7 April 1901 Budapest – 22 December 1978 also Budapest) was a Hungarian international table tennis star. Table tennis career She became the first official women's world champion winning the women's singles event gol ...

Astrid Krebsbach Astrid Krebsbach (married name Horn), (9 February 1913 in Vienna - 17 September 1995 in Quedlinburg) was a German international table tennis player. Table tennis career From 1933 to 1937 she won eight medals in singles, doubles and team events ...

, Trude Pritzi, Agnes Simon and

Maria Alexandru Maria Alexandru (née Golopența) (born 30 December 1939 in Plugova) is a former Romanian table tennis player. Table tennis career From 1957 to 1980 she won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the Table Tennis European Champio ...

all share the record with three wins each. Since the tournament became part of the ITTF World Tour in 1999,

Chen Meng Chen Meng (; born 15 January 1994) is a Chinese table tennis player and the current World No. 2 in Women's Singles. She joined the provincial team when she was 9 and joined the national team when she was only 13 in 2007. She is the women's singl ...

is the only player wins the women's singles event more than once. In August 2016, it was announced by the ITTF that

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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

1990–2018

ITTF World Tour 2017 German Open GETEC Arena 01

2019–present

Team Events

References

External links

International Table Tennis FederationGerman Table Tennis Association
{{ITTF World Tour ITTF World Tour Table tennis competitions Table tennis competitions in Germany Annual sporting events in Germany Recurring sporting events established in 1925