The India Open is a
table tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...
tournament held in
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
. It featured on the
ITTF World Tour schedule in 2017.
History
The India Open was first included on the
ITTF Pro 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 ...
schedule in 2007, and featured again in 2009 and 2010.
In August 2016 it was announced that the India Open would make its return as part of the revamped
ITTF World Tour schedule in 2017. This was the first time the event had been included on the tour since it was rebranded as the ITTF World Tour in 2012. In May 2017, the India Open was not included on the schedule announced for the 2018 tour.
Germany's
Dimitrij Ovtcharov
Dimitrij Ovtcharov (russian: Дмитрий Овчаров) or Dmytro Ovtcharov ( uk, Дмитро Овчаров; born 2 September 1988) is a Ukrainian-born German table tennis player. His father Mikhail (or Mikhaylo), a Soviet table tennis cha ...
is the most successful player in the tournament's history, having won the men's singles title in 2010 and 2017.
Champions
ITTF Pro Tour, 2007–2010
ITTF World Tour, 2017
See also
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Asian Table Tennis Union
The Asian Table Tennis Union (ATTU) is an Asian table tennis governing body formed on May 7, 1972, and recognized by International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) in 1975. ATTU was founded by 16 member associations, currently, 44 member associations ...
References
External links
International Table Tennis Federation
{{ITTF World Tour
ITTF World Tour
Table tennis competitions
Recurring sporting events established in 2007