Hungarian National Tennis Championships

Magyar Országos Teniszbajnokság
Exhibition
Location	Hungary
Draw	32S/16D
Prize Money	US$10,000

The Hungarian National Championships (in Hungarian:Nemzeti Teniszbajnokság, Magyar Országos Teniszbajnokság or abbreviated to tenisz ob) is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It is currently part of the official Tennis Calendar of Hungary of the Hungarian Tennis Association and is a gentlemen's and ladies' event.

It is the fourth oldest permanent annual tennis tournament of the world. The first championships entitled as the Hungary's Lawn Tennis Championships were arranged on June 16, 1894 in Balatonfüred by the Stefánia Yacht Club.^[1] It was a coeducated tournament thus the first "men"'s singles trophy was awarded to Austrian countess Paulina von Pálffy.^[2] Couple years later the Hungarian Lawn Tennis Association was formed as a subsidiary of the Hungarian Athletics Club thus the latter's name was included as the Annual HAC Tennis Championships (later the governing body was shortened to Hungarian Tennis Association). The next year the women's roster was distinguished and the men's, women's and mixed doubles were added. The surface was grass while later the red clay was introduced. The hard court came into use when the National Indoors Championships were separated in 1922 (fedett pályás ob).^[3] Traditionally the winner of the outdoors championships is considered the Hungarian (National) champion. In the beginning the tournament accepted international entries but after World War II only Hungarian players could possibly go for the title. Thus the tournament does not qualify as an open on ATP standards and no points are awarded for the results. The location of the event is determined each year, which allows several clubs and cities to host it outside the capital Budapest including Pécs,^[4] Szeged^[5] and Hódmezővásárhely.^[6] The date also varies to fit the schedule of other events but to be suitable for open air playing thus it takes place between May and end of September.

Contents 1 Past finals 1.1 Men 2 Statistics 3 See also 4 Notes 5 References 6 External links

Past finals

Men

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1894	Paulina von Pálffy[a]	Károly Demény	[1]
1895	Károly Demény		[7]
1896	Tibor Dániel		[8]
1897	Tibor Dániel		[8]
1898	Tibor Dániel		[8]
1899	Arthur Yolland		[2]
1900	Arthur Yolland		[2]
1901	Ödön Schmid		[9]
1902	Pál Segner	Ödön Schmid	[9]
1903	Pál Segner	Ödön Schmid	[9]
1904	Ede Tóth		[10]
1905	Pál Segner		[10]
1906	Pál Segner		[11]
1907	Jenő Zsigmondy		[12]
1908	Ede Tóth		[13]
1909	Pál Segner		[10]
1910	Jenő Zsigmondy		[10]
1911	Jenő Zsigmondy		[10]
1912	Béla Von Kehrling		[14]
1913	Béla Von Kehrling	Jenő Zsigmondy	3–6, 6–4, 6–1[15]
1914	Béla Von Kehrling	Jenő Zsigmondy	8–6, 6–2, 6–2[16]
1915–1919	Not Held[b]
1920	Béla Von Kehrling		[17]
1921	Béla Von Kehrling		[17]
1922	Béla Von Kehrling		[10]
1923	Béla Von Kehrling		[18]
1924	Béla Von Kehrling	L.M. Grandy	6–1, 6–3, 6–2[18]
1925	Béla Von Kehrling	Georg Demasius	6–3, 6–?, 4–6, 7–5[19]
1926	Béla Von Kehrling	Curt Bergmann	6–3, 6–3, retired [20]
1927	Béla Von Kehrling	Leonce J. Aslangul	2–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4[21]
1929	Béla Von Kehrling	Roderich Menzel	7–5, 4–6, 6–3 ret.[22]
1930	Roderich Menzel	Béla Von Kehrling	4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2,[23]
1931	Béla Von Kehrling	Jiro Sato	6–3, 6–2, 5–7, 6–2[22]
1932	Béla Von Kehrling	Emil Gabrovitz[c]	[24]
1933	Emil Gabrovitz	Kálmán Kiss	6–3, 6–3, 7–5 [25]
1934	Emil Gabrovitz		[26]
1935	Ottó Szigeti	Emil Gabrovitz	6–4, 9–7, 6–0[26]
1936	Ottó Szigeti	Zsigmond Balázs	6–4, 6–3, 6–3[27]
1937	Adam Baworowsky	Kho Sin Kie	[28]
1938	Ottó Szigeti	Emil Gábori	3–6, 9–7, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3[29]
1939	Emil Gábori	Gottfried von Cramm	[30]
1940	József Asbóth		[8]
1941	József Asbóth		[8]
1942	József Asbóth	Ottó Szigeti	6–0, 6–1. 6–3[31]
1943	József Asbóth	Ottó Szigeti	7–5, 6–2, 6–1[32]
1944	József Asbóth		[10]
1945	József Asbóth		[10]
1946	József Asbóth	Ottó Szigeti	[33]
1947	Ottó Szigeti		[10]
1948	András Ádám-Stolpa		[10]
1949	József Asbóth		[34]
1950	József Asbóth		[34]
1951	Zoltán Katona		[10]
1952	József Asbóth		[34]
1953	József Asbóth		[34]
1954	István Gulyás		[35]
1955	József Asbóth		[10]
1956	József Asbóth		[10]
1957	István Gulyás		[8]
1958	István Gulyás		[8]
1959	István Gulyás		[8]
1960	István Gulyás		[8]
1961	István Gulyás		[8]
1962	István Gulyás		[8]
1963	István Gulyás		[8]
1964	István Gulyás		[8]
1965	István Gulyás		[8]
1966	István Gulyás		[8]
1967	István Gulyás		[8]
1968	István Gulyás		[8]
1969	Szabolcs Baranyi	István Gulyás	[8]
1970	Szabolcs Baranyi		[10]
1971	István Gulyás		[10]
1972	István Gulyás		[10]
1973	Balázs Taróczy		[8]
1974	Balázs Taróczy		[8]
1975	Balázs Taróczy		[8]
1976	Balázs Taróczy		[8]
1977	János Benyik		[10]
1978	Balázs Taróczy		[34]
1979	Balázs Taróczy		[34]
1980	János Benyik		[10]
1981	Róbert Machán		[36]
1982	Géza Varga		[10]
1983	Sándor Kiss		[10]
1984	Sándor Kiss		[10]
1985	Ferenc Zentai		[10]
1986	László Markovits		[37]
1987	András Lányi		[38]
1988	Sándor Noszály		[39]
1989	Sándor Noszály	László Markovits	6–4, 1–6, 7–6, 6–2[40]
1990	László Markovits	József Krocskó	6–3, 1–6, 7–6, 6–3[37]
1991	Sándor Noszály		[39]
1992	József Krocskó		[10]
1993	József Krocskó		[10]
1994	Viktor Nagy		[34]
1995	Zoltán Nagy		[41]
1996	Levente Barátosi		[10]
1997	Iván Lukács		[34]
1998	Attila Sávolt		[42]
1999	Attila Sávolt	Gergely Kisgyörgy	6–2, 6–4[5]
2000	Zoltán Nagy	Balázs Veress	7–6, 3–6, 6–2[41]
2001	Kornél Bardóczky	Gergely Kisgyörgy	6–4, 4–6, 6–3[43]
2002	Kornél Bardóczky	Zoltán Nagy	6–1, 3–6, 6–0[44]
2003	Sándor Noszály (WC)	Gábor Jaross	7–6, 4–6, 6–2[45]
2004	György Balázs	Sebő Kiss	[46][47]
2005	Norbert Pákai	Tamás Krafcsik	6–1, 6–0[46]
2006	Kornél Bardóczky		[39]
2007	Ádám Kellner	Dénes Lukács	5–7, 6–3, 6–2[6]
2008	Attila Balázs	Sebő Kiss	[8]
2009	Attila Balázs	György Balázs	[8]
2010	Attila Balázs	György Balázs	7–6, 6–1[4]

Statistics

Hungarian Champions^[48]

15 times champion	István Gulyás
13 times champions	József Asbóth, Béla von Kehrling
6 times champion	Balázs Taróczy
5 times champion	Pál Segner
4 times champions	Sándor Noszály, Ottó SZigeti
3 times champions	Attila Balázs, Jenő Zsigmondi, Tibor Dániel, Kornél Bardóczky, Emil Gabrowitz (-Gábori)
2 times champions	Arthur Yolland, János Benyik, Sándor Kiss, József Krocskó, László Markovits, Zoltán Nagy, Attila Sávolt, Ede Tóth
1 time champions	Paulina Pálffy, András Ádám-Stolpa, György Balázs, Szabolcs Baranyi, Levente Barátosi, Károly Demény, Zoltán Katona Ádám Kellner, András Lányi, Iván Lukács, Róbert Machán, Viktor Nagy, Norbert Pákai, Ödön Schmid, Géza Varga, Ferenc Zentai jr.

• Eternal Champions (honorary title):István Gulyás
• Longest winning streak: István Gulyás (1957–1968, 12yrs)
• Triple consecutive title holders:Tibor Daniel (1896–1898), Béla von Kehrling (1912–1914), József Asbóth (1940–1942), István Gulyás (1957–1959), Balázs Taróczy (1973–1975), Attila Balázs (2008–2010) ^[8]

See also

• Hungary Davis Cup team

Notes

References

External links

• Hungarian Tennis Association