English Open (table tennis)

The English Open was a table tennis tournament in England, last staged by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) in Sheffield in 2011.

Tournament information
Event nameEnglish Open
Founded1927
Abolished2011
LocationSheffield (2011)
VenueEnglish Institute of Sport (2011)
Prize moneyUS$172,000 (2011)[1]

History

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The tournament was first held as the English Open in 1927 by the English Table Tennis Association. Apart from a wartime break in the early 1940s, the tournament was held every year until 1980, and then every two years until the early 1990s.

In 1996, the ITTF decided to include that year's English Open in Kettering as the very first event of the first ever ITTF Pro Tour.[2] The tournament went on to feature in the ITTF Pro Tour five more times, in 1997, 1999, 2001, 2009 and in 2011, when it was held for the last time.[3]

The record for the most men's singles tournament wins is held by Richard Bergmann, who won six titles between 1939 and 1954, including two while representing Austria and four while representing England. Maria Alexandru of Romania holds the record for the most women's singles tournaments wins, having won six titles between 1963 and 1974.

Champions

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English National Championships, 1921-1926

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From 1921 to 1926 the tournament was called the English National Championships and was organised by the Table Tennis Association.

Season Men's Singles Women's Singles
1921/22   Andrew Donaldson   F Scott
1922/23   Mike Cohen   Kathleen Berry
1923/24   Percy Bromfield   Kathleen Berry
1924/25   P.N. Nanda   Kathleen Berry
1925/26   S.R.G Suppiah   Greta Vasey

English Open Championships, 1927-1995

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In April 1927 the Table Tennis Association was dissolved and re-formed as the English Table Tennis Association. The first English Open Championships were held that year.

Senior events

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Season Men's Singles Women's Singles Men's Doubles Women's Doubles Mixed Doubles
1926/27   S.R.G. Suppiah   Dolly Gubbins   Percy Bromfield
  Lionel Farris
  Dolly Gubbins
  Joan Ingram
  Lionel Farris
  Joan Ingram
1927/28   Daniel Pecsi   Erika Metzger   Charlie Bull
  Fred Perry
  Winifred Land
  Brenda Sommerville
  Daniel Pecsi
  Erika Metzger
1928/29   Antonín Malecek   Marie Šmídová   Charlie Bull
  Fred Perry
  Phyllis Moser
  Marie Šmídová
  Fred Perry
  Winifred Land
1929/30   Sándor Glancz   Dolly Gubbins   Charlie Bull
  Fred Perry
  Magda Gál
  Winifred Land
  Sándor Glancz
  Magda Gál
1930/31   Miklós Szabados   Valerie Bromfield   Viktor Barna
  Miklós Szabados
  Mary Holt
  N Wood
  Sándor Glancz
  Valerie Bromfield
1931/32   Miklós Szabados   Mária Mednyánszky   Stanislav Kolár
  Antonín Malecek
  H Martin
  Mária Mednyánszky
  Miklós Szabados
  Mária Mednyánszky
1932/33   Viktor Barna   Dora Emdin   Viktor Barna
  Sándor Glancz
  N Wood
  Wendy Woodhead
  Viktor Barna
  Dora Emdin
1933/34   Viktor Barna   Margaret Osborne   Viktor Barna
  Tommy Sears
  Dora Emdin
  Phyllis Moser
  Viktor Barna
  Dora Emdin
1934/35   Viktor Barna   Margaret Osborne   Viktor Barna
  Tommy Sears
  Margaret Osborne
  Wendy Woodhead
  Viktor Barna
  Margaret Osborne
1935/36   Alojzy Ehrlich   Marie Kettnerová   Laszlo Bellak
  Miklós Szabados
  Dora Emdin
  Astrid Krebsbach
  Viktor Barna
  Margaret Osborne
1936/37   Viktor Barna   Ruth Aarons   Abe Berenbaum
  Sol Schiff
  Margaret Osborne
  Wendy Woodhead
  Buddy Blattner
  Ruth Aarons
1937/38   Viktor Barna   Dora Beregi   Viktor Barna
  Laszlo Bellak
  Margaret Osborne
  Wendy Woodhead
  Viktor Barna
  Margaret Osborne
1938/39   Richard Bergmann   Jean Nicoll   Viktor Barna
  Laszlo Bellak
  Vlasta Depetrisová
  Vera Votrubcová
  Bohumil Vána
  Vera Votrubcová
1939/40   Richard Bergmann   Vera Dace   Richard Bergmann
  Alfred Liebster
  Dora Beregi
  Jean Nicoll
  Viktor Barna
  Dora Beregi
1945/46   Bohumil Vána   Dora Beregi   Adolf Šlár
  Bohumil Vána
  Dora Beregi
  Vera Dace
  Eric Filby
  Dora Beregi
1946/47   Václav Tereba   Gizi Farkas   Abe Berenbaum
  Bohumil Vána
  Elizabeth Blackbourn
  Vera Dace
  Bohumil Vána
  Vera Votrubcová
1947/48   Richard Bergmann   Gizi Farkas   Richard Bergmann
  Tage Flisberg
  Pinkie Barnes
  Gizi Farkas
  Ferenc Sidó
  Gizi Farkas
1948/49   Marty Reisman   Peggy McLean   Viktor Barna
  Richard Bergmann
  Peggy McLean
  Leah Thall
  Dick Miles
  Leah Thall
1949/50   Richard Bergmann   Mildred Shahian   Žarko Dolinar
  Vilim Harangozo
  Diane Rowe
  Rosalind Rowe
  Johnny Leach
  Peggy Franks
1950/51   Alojzy Ehrlich   Trude Pritzi   Jack Carrington
  Johnny Leach
  Diane Rowe
  Rosalind Rowe
  Viktor Barna
  Helen Elliot
1951/52   Richard Bergmann   Linde Wertl   Žarko Dolinar
  Vilim Harangozo
  Diane Rowe
  Rosalind Rowe
  Johnny Leach
  Diane Rowe
1952/53   Michel Haguenauer   Rosalind Rowe   Richard Bergmann
  Johnny Leach
  Diane Rowe
  Rosalind Rowe
  Viktor Barna
  Rosalind Rowe
1953/54   Richard Bergmann   Linde Wertl   Brian Kennedy
  Aubrey Simons
  Diane Rowe
  Rosalind Rowe
  Johnny Leach
  Diane Rowe
1954/55   Žarko Dolinar   Rosalind Rowe   Ivan Andreadis
  Ladislav Štípek
  Diane Rowe
  Rosalind Rowe
  Aubrey Simons
  Helen Elliot
1955/56   Elemér Gyetvai   Gizi Farkas   Elemér Gyetvai
  Kálmán Szepesi
  Ann Haydon
  Diane Rowe
  Johnny Leach
  Diane Rowe
1956/57   Zoltán Berczik   Fujie Eguchi   Ichiro Ogimura
  Toshiaki Tanaka
  Taeko Namba
  Tomi Okawa
  Keisuke Tsunoda
  Taeko Namba
1957/58   Ferenc Sidó   Agnes Simon   Zoltán Berczik
  Ferenc Sidó
  Ann Haydon
  Pamela Mortimer
  Ferenc Sidó
  Éva Kóczián
1958/59   Ichiro Ogimura   Fujie Eguchi   Teruo Murakami
  Ichiro Ogimura
  Fujie Eguchi
  Kimiyo Matsuzaki
  Teruo Murakami
  Kimiyo Matsuzaki
1959/60   Ian Harrison   Agnes Simon   Johnny Leach
  Michael Thornhill
  Kathy Best
  Diane Rowe
  Ian Harrison
  Diane Rowe
1960/61   Victor Markovic   Eva Kóczián-Földy   Hans Alsér
  Tony Larsson
  Kathy Best
  Agnes Simon
  Zoltán Berczik
  Eva Kóczián-Földy
1961/62   Zoltán Berczik   Diane Rowe   Ivan Andreadis
  Vladimír Miko
  Diane Rowe
  Mary Shannon
  Zoltán Berczik
  Sarolta Lukacs
1962/63   Zoltán Berczik   Maria Alexandru   Ivan Andreadis
  Vilim Harangozo
  Diane Rowe
  Mary Shannon
  János Faházi
  Eva Kóczián-Földy
1963/64   Dorin Giurgiuca   Maria Alexandru   János Faházi
  Péter Rózsás
  Diane Rowe
  Mary Shannon
  Péter Rózsás
  Sarolta Lukacs
1964/65   Eberhard Schöler   Marta Luzova   Vladimír Miko
  Jaroslav Stanek
  Diane Rowe
  Mary Shannon
  Vladimír Miko
  Marta Luzova
1966/67   Jaroslav Stanek   Mary Shannon-Wright   Vladimír Miko
  Jaroslav Stanek
  Maria Alexandru
  Eleonora Mihalca
  Vladimír Miko
  Marta Luzova
1967/68   Stanislav Gomozkov   Eleonora Mihalca   Istvan Korpa
  Dragutin Šurbek
  Svetlana Grinberg
  Zoja Rudnova
  Stanislav Gomozkov
  Zoja Rudnova
1968/69   Stanislav Gomozkov   Zoja Rudnova   Anatoly Amelin
  Stanislav Gomozkov
  Svetlana Grinberg
  Zoja Rudnova
  Eberhard Schöler
  Diane Schöler
1969/70   Štefan Kollárovits   Maria Alexandru   István Jónyer
  Tibor Klampár
  Karenza Mathews
  Mary Shannon-Wright
  Denis Neale
  Mary Shannon-Wright
1970/71   Tibor Klampár   Maria Alexandru   Stellan Bengtsson
  Bo Persson
  Maria Alexandru
  Eleonora Mihalca
  Antun Stipancic
  Maria Alexandru
1971/72   Stellan Bengtsson   Maria Alexandru   Antun Stipancic
  Dragutin Šurbek
  Maria Alexandru
  Eleanora Vlaicov
  Milan Orlowski
  Ilona Uhlíková-Voštová
1972/73   Stellan Bengtsson   Brigitta Radberg   Stellan Bengtsson
  Kjell Johansson
  Miloslava Polackova
  Ilona Uhlíková-Voštová
  Milan Orlowski
  Ilona Uhlíková-Voštová
1973/74   Kjell Johansson   Maria Alexandru   Stellan Bengtsson
  Kjell Johansson
  Maria Alexandru
  Alice Grófová
  Bo Persson
  Brigitta Radberg
1974/75   Anatoli Strokatov   Elmira Antonyan   Stanislav Gomozkov
  Anatoli Strokatov
  Yen Kuei-li
  Yu Ching Chia
  Li Ching-Kwang
  Yen Kuei-li
1975/76   Stellan Bengtsson   Jill Hammersley   Desmond Douglas
  Denis Neale
  Blanka Silhanova
  Ilona Uhlíková-Voštová
  Stellan Bengtsson
  Ann Hellman
1976/77   Stanislav Gomozkov   Carole Knight   Stanislav Gomozkov
  Anatoli Strokatov
  Jill Hammersley
  Linda Howard
  Bagrat Burnazian
  Tatiana Ferdman
1977/78   Li Chen-Shih   Chu Hsiang-Yun   Li Chen-Shih
  Wang Huiyuan
  Chu Hsiang-Yun
  Wei Li Chieh
  Desmond Douglas
  Linda Howard
1978/79   Kou Yao-Hua   Jill Hammersley   Kou Yao-Hua
  Liang Ko-liang
  Judit Magos
  Gabriela Szabo
  Desmond Douglas
  Linda Howard
1979/80   Desmond Douglas   Jill Hammersley   Andrzej Grubba
  Leszek Kucharski
  Blanka Silhanova
  Ilona Uhlíková-Voštová
  Erik Lindh
  Marie Lindblad
1981/82   Teng Yi   Chen Lili   Teng Yi
  Fan Changmao
  Dai Lili
  Chen Jieling
  Chen Xinhua
  Chen Lili
1983/84   Desmond Douglas   Anita Zakharjan   Jonny Akesson
  Jörgen Persson
  Patricia Germain
  Brigitte Thiriet
  Seiji Ono
  Yoshiko Shimauchi
1985/86   Zoran Kalinic   Ellen Kovtun   Zoran Kalinic
  Masahiro Maehara
  Alison Gordon
  Joy Grundy
  Desmond Douglas
  Alison Gordon
1987/88   Jörgen Persson   Li Huifen   Andrzej Grubba
  Leszek Kucharski
  Daniela Guergueltcheva
  Valentina Popova
  Wei Qingguang
  Li Huifen
1989/90   Yu Shentong   Mika Hoshino   Wei Qingguang
  Chen Longcan
  Kim Youn Sook
  Lee Jung Ae
  Jean-Philippe Gatien
  Xiaoming Wang-Dréchou
1991/92   Jean-Philippe Gatien   Mirjam Hooman   Mikael Appelgren
  Jan-Ove Waldner
  Irina Palina
  Elena Timina
  Jean-Philippe Gatien
  Xiaoming Wang-Dréchou
1994/95   Damien Éloi   Bettine Vriesekoop   Damien Éloi
  Christophe Legoût
  Åsa Svensson
  Marie Svensson
n/a

Veteran events

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Season Veteran men's singles Veteran women's singles
1932/33   Zoltán Mechlovits
1933/34   J Thompson
1934/35   A J Wilmott
1935/36   E C Gunn
1936/37   A Melnick
1937/38   H Knibbs
1938/39   Zoltán Mechlovits
1939/40   A J Wilmott
1945/46   R V Bryant
1946/47   J Taylor
1947/48   Edgar Reay
1948/49   S Sugarhood
1949/50   S Sugarhood   N Evans
1950/51   Leo Thompson   S Betling
1951/52   Alex Brook   S Betling
1952/53   L C Kerslake   I B Bell
1953/54   L C Kerslake   C Cook
1954/55   Alex Brook   I Huntner
1955/56   H Spears   G Davies
1956/57   L C Kerslake   I B Bell
1957/58   L C Kerslake   V Cherriman
1958/59   Ronald Sharman   I B Bell
1959/60   Ronald Sharman   I B Bell
1960/61   Ronald Craydon   C Whitehouse
1961/62   Ronald Craydon   C Whitehouse
1962/63   Ronald Craydon   D Crosby
1963/64   Harry Venner   D Crosby
1964/65   Harry Venner   Gladys Horn
1966/67   Harry Venner   Majorie Cumberbatch
1967/68   Lou Hoffman   Majorie Cumberbatch
1968/69   S Norton   Judy Williams
1969/70   Jack Clayton   Judy Williams
1970/71   Gordon Chapman   Molly Prowen
1971/72   Ron Ethridge   Daphne Gray
1972/73   Derek Schofield   Daphne Gray
1973/74   K Beamish   Daphne Gray
1974/75   Peter D\'Arcy   Daphne Gray
1975/76   Henry Buist   Daphne Gray
1976/77   Derek Schofield n/a
1977/78   Derek Schofield n/a
1978/79   H Bolena n/a
1991/92   John Hilton   Judy Williams
1995/96   John Hilton   Pauline Perry
Season Veteran men's doubles Veteran women's doubles
1991/92   John Hilton
  Malcolm Corking
  D Dawson
  L Radford

Team events

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Men's and women's team events were held as part of the English Open from 1963 to 1992.

Season Men's Team Women's Team
1962/63   Czechoslovakia   Hungary
1963/64   Yugoslavia   Hungary
1964/65   Romania   England
1966/67   Czechoslovakia   Hungary
1967/68   Yugoslavia   Czechoslovakia
1968/69   Sweden   Soviet Union
1969/70   England   Romania
1970/71   England   West Germany
1971/72   Sweden   Czechoslovakia
1972/73   Sweden   Sweden
1973/74   Sweden   Sweden
1974/75   England   China
1975/76   England   Sweden
1976/77   England   England
1977/78   China   China
1978/79   China   Czechoslovakia
1979/80   England   Czechoslovakia
1981/82   China   China
1983/84   Japan   Soviet Union
1985/86   Yugoslavia   Czechoslovakia
1987/88   China   China
1989/90   China   South Korea
1991/92   Germany   Sweden

ITTF Pro Tour English Open, 1996-2011

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The ITTF Pro Tour included the English Open in its schedule on six occasions from 1996 to 2011.

Season Host Men's Singles Women's Singles Men's Doubles Women's Doubles U21 Men's Singles U21 Women's Singles
1996 Kettering  
Kong Linghui
 
Yang Ying
  Werner Schlager
  Karl Jindrak
  Yang Ying
  Wang Hui
 
Ryo Yuzawa
 
Keiko Okazaki
1997 Kettering  
Jean-Michel Saive
 
Tong Fei-ming
  Christophe Legout
  Patrick Chila
  Chai Po Wa
  Qiao Yunping
 
Martin Monrad
 
Fumie Kawano
1999 Hopton-on-Sea  
Ma Wenge
 
Jie Schöpp
  Trinko Keen
  Danny Heister
  Lee Eun-sil
  Ryu Ji-hae
 
Cheng Yuan Su
 
An Konishi
2001 Chatham  
Wang Liqin
 
Yoshie Takada
  Timo Boll
  Zoltan Fejer-Konnerth
  Kim Hyang-mi
  Kim Hyon-hui
 
Bastian Steger
 
Kim Yun-mi
2009[4] Sheffield  
Ma Long
 
Guo Yan
  Ma Long
  Wang Liqin
  Kim Kyungah
  Park Mi-young
 
Seo Hyun-deok
 
Daniela Dodean
2011 Sheffield  
Chen Qi
 
Ding Ning
  Xu Xin
  Zhang Jike
  Guo Yan
  Guo Yue
 
Seo Hyun-deok
 
Kasumi Ishikawa

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2011 English Open - ITTF Pro Tour ,26 Jan 2011 - 30 Jan 2011, Sheffield, ENG". International Table Tennis Federation. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  2. ^ "English Open at Kettering Arena (Table Tennis News, Issue 237, Page 5)" (PDF). Table Tennis England. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  3. ^ "ITTF Statistics". International Table Tennis Federation. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  4. ^ "English Open: world's top five table tennis stars set for Sheffield". The Telegraph.
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