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

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

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  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.