U.S. Open (table tennis)

The annual U.S. Open is the oldest currently running table tennis tournament in the United States.[1] It attracts over 600 athletes annually.[2] The first events were actually run by either the New York Table Tennis Club or the American Ping Pong Association. The first USA Table Tennis (USTTA)[3] tournament was held in 1934.

The U.S. Open has been previously held in various locations, including Anaheim, California; Charlotte, North Carolina; Chicago, Illinois; Las Vegas, Nevada; Fort Lauderdale, Florida;[4] Grand Rapids, Michigan;[4][5] and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[6]

Due to its international nature, most events are played under International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) rules and at times the tournament has been included as an ITTF Pro Tour / World Tour event.

List of champions

Year Men's singles Women's singles Men's doubles Women's doubles Mixed doubles
1931 United States Marcus Schussheim
1932[a] United States Marcus Schussheim
1932[b] United States Coleman Clark
1933[a] United States Sidney Heitner United States Fan Pockrose
1933[b] United States James Jacobson United States Jay Purves
1934 United States Sol Schiff United States Iris Little
1934[b] United States Jimmy McClure United States Ruth Aarons
1935 United States Abe Berenbaum United States Ruth Aarons
1936 Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946) Victor Barna United States Ruth Aarons
1937 Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946) Laszlo Bellak United States Ruth Aarons
1938 Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946) Laszlo Bellak United States Emily Fuller
1939 United States Jimmy McClure United States Emily Fuller
1940 United States Lou Pagliaro United States Sally Green
1941 United States Lou Pagliaro United States Sally Green
1942 United States Lou Pagliaro United States Sally Green
1943 United States W. Holzrichter United States Sally Green
1944 United States John Somael United States Sally Green
1945 United States Dick Miles United States D. Hawthorne
1946 United States Dick Miles United States Bernice Charney
1947 United States Dick Miles United States Leah Thall
1948 United States Dick Miles United States Peggy McLean
1949 United States Dick Miles United States Leah Neuberger
1950 England Johnny Leach United States Reba Moness
1951 United States Dick Miles United States Leah Neuberger
1952 United States Lou Pagliaro United States Leah Neuberger
1953 United States Dick Miles United States Leah Neuberger
1954 United States Dick Miles United States Mildred Shahian
1955 United States Dick Miles United States Leah Neuberger
1956 United States Erwin Klein United States Leah Neuberger
1957 United States Bernie Bukiet United States Leah Neuberger
1958 United States Marty Reisman United States Susie Hoshi
1959 United States Bob Gusikoff United States Susie Hoshi
1960 United States Marty Reisman United States Sharon Acton
1961 United States Erwin Klein United States Leah Neuberger
1962 United States Dick Miles United States Mildred Shahian
1963 United States Bernie Bukiet United States Bernice Chotras
1964 United States Erwin Klein United States Valeri Bellini
1965 United States Erwin Klein United States Patty Martinez
1966 United States Bernie Bukiet Canada Violetta Nesukaitis
1967 Japan Manji Fukushima United States Patty Martinez
1968 United States Lee Dal Joon Canada Violetta Nesukaitis
1969 United States Lee Dal Joon United States Patty Martinez
1970 United States Lee Dal Joon Canada Violetta Nesukaitis
1971 United States Lee Dal Joon United States Connie Sweeris
1972 United States Lee Dal Joon United States Wendy Hicks
1973 United States Lee Dal Joon Canada Violetta Nesukaitis
1974 Sweden Kjell Johansson Japan Yukie Ohzeki
1975 Sweden Kjell Johansson South Korea Chung Hyun-Sook
1976 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragutin Surbek South Korea Kim Soon-Ok
1977 Germany Jochen Leiss United States Insook Bhushan
1978 Japan Norio Takashima South Korea Hong Ja-Park
1979 Czechoslovakia Milan Orlowski South Korea Lee Ki-Won
1980 Sweden Mikael Appelgren Japan Kayoko Kawahigashi
1981 China Xie Saike China Tong Ling
1982 Canada Zoran Kosanovic Japan Kayoko Kawahigashi
1983 United States Eric Boggan United States Lee Soo-Ja
1984 Chinese Taipei Wu Wen-Chia Japan Kayoko Kawahigashi
1985 China Cheng Yinghua China Li Huifen
1986 China Teng Yi China Xu Wanhua
1987 Sweden Mikael Appelgren South Korea Yang Young-Ja
1988 France Jean-Philippe Gatien China Xu Jin
1989 Belgium Jean-Michel Saive China Xu Jin
1990 Sweden Jan-Ove Waldner China Deng Yaping
1991 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zoran Primorac China Qiao Hong
1992 Canada Wenguan Johnny Huang Hungary Csilla Batorfi
1993 United States Cheng Yinghua Chinese Taipei Chen Jing
1994 China Kong Linghui China Gao Jun
1995 China Liu Guoliang Canada Geng Lijuan
1996 Romania Vasile Florea South Korea Lee Eun-Sil Austria Karl Jindrak
Austria Werner Schlager
Canada Chiu-Chen Xiaowen Barbara
Canada Geng Lijuan
1997 China Kong Linghui China Wang Nan South Korea Lee Chul-Seung
South Korea Oh Sang-Eun
South Korea Lee Eun-Sil
South Korea Ryu Ji-Hae
1998 Belgium Jean-Michel Saive Luxembourg Ni Xialian United States Cheng Yinghua
Belgium Jean-Michel Saive
Japan Keiko Okazaki
Japan Aya Umemura
1999 Chinese Taipei Chiang Peng-Lung Luxembourg Ni Xialian Chinese Taipei Chang Yen-shu
Chinese Taipei Chiang Peng-lung
Luxembourg Ni Xialian
Luxembourg Peggy Regenwetter
2000[c] China Wang Liqin China Wang Nan China Kong Linghui
China Liu Guoliang
Chinese Taipei Chen Jing
Chinese Taipei Xu Jin
2001[c] China Liu Guozheng China Niu Jianfeng Chinese Taipei Chang Yen-shu
Chinese Taipei Chiang Peng-lung
China Bai Yang
China Niu Jianfeng
2002[c] China Ma Lin China Zhang Yining China Kong Linghui
China Ma Lin
China Li Nan
China Zhang Yining
2003 Serbia and Montenegro Aleksandar Karakašević Japan Aya Umemura Canada Wenguan Johnny Huang
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Aleksandar Karakašević
Japan Naoko Taniguchi
United States Wang Chen
2004[c] South Korea Ryu Seung-Min Singapore Li Jiawei South Korea Lee Chul-Seung
South Korea Ryu Seung-Min
Austria Liu Jia
United States Wang Chen
2005[c] South Korea Oh Sang-Eun Singapore Li Jiawei South Korea Lee Jung-Woo
South Korea Oh Sang-Eun
Hong Kong Tie Yana
Hong Kong Zhang Rui
2006 Serbia Aleksandar Karakašević Canada Zhang Mo Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Saša Drinić
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Aleksandar Karakašević
United States Judy Hugh
United States Lily Yip
2007 Serbia Aleksandar Karakašević Japan Yuka Shiosara Japan Takahiro Omori
Japan Katsuhito Tanaka
Japan Satoko Kishida
Japan Sachie Shigemoto
2008 Austria Weixing Chen United States Gao Jun Serbia Aleksandar Karakašević
Serbia Žolt Sel
Japan Sayuri Shimadaa
Japan Miwako Ishizuka
2009 Slovakia Thomas Keinath United States Gao Jun Austria Weixing Chen
Germany Jörg Roßkopf
Romania Elizabeta Samara
Romania Daniela Dodean
2010 India Sharath Kamal Hungary Georgina Pota China Hao Chen
China Xin Zhou
Japan Megumi Abe
Japan Midori Ito
2011 Slovakia Thomas Keinath United States Liu Nai Hui Japan Ryuzo Kubota
Japan Shinya Ito
Japan Sayaka Nogami
Japan Shiho Sugimoto
2012 Canada Wang Zhen United States Juan Liu South Korea Dae Keuiv Yang
South Korea Junhyung Ko
United States Liu Nai Hui
United States Jenny Zhao
2013[d] Canada Wang Zhen Japan Megumi Abe Poland Filip Szymanski
Mexico Marcos Madrid
Japan Mika Tsuchida
Japan Miki Tsuchida
Germany Petrissa Solja
Poland Filip Szymanski
2014 China Tao Wenzhang Japan Yuko Fujii Japan Hidetoshi Oya
Japan Yuya Mizuno
Japan Eriko Kitaoka
Japan Riyo Nemoto
Japan Jin Ueda
Japan Yuko Fujii
2015 China Jinxin Wang Japan Miyu Maeda Japan Hiromitsu Kasahara
Japan Kohei Morimoto
Japan Sakura Mori
Japan Miyu Maeda
Japan Takuya Jin
Japan Yuki Matumoto
2016 China Wei Wang Puerto Rico Adriana Díaz China Bob Chen
China Wenzhang Tao
Japan Takako Nagao
Japan Yui Odono
Japan Ryohei Kanoya
Japan Yui Odono

gray = Not Played
white = results not known or yet researched
∗ The Mixed Doubles played at the 2003 U.S. Open was a delayed closed event. See the 2002 U.S. Nationals results below.

  1. ^ a b New York Table Tennis Club tournament
  2. ^ a b c American Ping Pong Association tournament
  3. ^ a b c d e Also an ITTF Pro Tour Event in these years.
  4. ^ Also an ITTF World Tour Event (singles only).

References

  1. ^ "2010 U.S. Table Tennis Open Heading to Grand Rapids, Mich". USA Table Tennis. Retrieved 23 June 2010.
  2. ^ "2010 U.S. Table Tennis Open Heading to Grand Rapids, Mich". United States Olympic Committee. 5 December 2009. Archived from the original on March 4, 2010. Retrieved 23 June 2010.
  3. ^ Since late 1993, the USTTA has been "doing business as" USA Table Tennis or USATT. But the legal and original name of the organization is the United States Table Tennis Association, Inc. or USTTA
  4. ^ a b "2010 U.S. Table Tennis Open Heading to Grand Rapids, Mich" (PDF). West Michigan Sports Commission. 4 December 2009. Retrieved 23 June 2010.
  5. ^ "2010 U.S. Open" (PDF). USA Table Tennis. Retrieved 23 June 2010.
  6. ^ Kaminski, Steve (3 July 2010). "Dell Sweeris hopes to get U.S. Open Table Tennis Championships back in Grand Rapids soon". The Grand Rapids Press. Retrieved 21 July 2010.