USA Table Tennis Champions

USA Table Tennis (USATT) is the national governing body for table tennis in the United States. In addition to its other functions as the national governing body for table tennis, the USATT holds two major tournaments each year—U.S. Open and U.S. Nationals.

In addition to the championship events, both of these two major tournaments have numerous events that are age and ratings limited. These tournaments typically attract between six to seven hundred participants for the various events that are held over four days.

U.S. Open

The annual U.S. Open is the oldest currently running table tennis tournament in the U.S., dating back to the early days when the sport began to be played seriously. The first events listed here were actually run by either the New York Table Tennis Club or the American Ping Pong Association. The first USTTA ^[1] tournament was held in 1934.

The U.S. Open is held in various cities throughout the United States with the next (2014) tournament being held in Grand Rapids, MI. Due to its international nature, most events are played under ITTF rules and at times the tournament has been included as an ITTF Pro Tour / World Tour event.

U.S. Open Table Tennis Champions

Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
1931	Marcus Schussheim
19322	Marcus Schussheim
19321	Coleman Clark
19332	Sidney Heitner	Fan Pockrose
19331	James Jacobson	Jay Purves
1934	Sol Schiff	Iris Little
19341	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	M. 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	K. Kawahigashi
1981	Xie Saike	Tong Ling
1982	Zoran Kosanovic	K. Kawahigashi
1983	Eric Boggan	Lee Soo-Ja
1984	Wu Wen-Chia	K. 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	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**	Wang Liqin	Wang Nan	Kong Linghui Liu Guoliang	Chen Jing Xu Jin
2001**	Liu Guozheng	Niu Jianfeng	Chang Yen-shu Chiang Peng-lung	Bai Yang Niu Jianfeng
2002**	Ma Lin	Zhang Yining	Kong Linghui Ma Lin	Li Nan Zhang Yining
2003	Aleksandar Karakasevic	Aya Umemura	Johnny Huang Aleksandar Karakasevic	Naoko Taniguchi Wang Chen
2004**	Ryu Seung-Min	Li Jiawei	Lee Chul-Seung Ryu Seung-Min	Liu Jia Wang Chen
2005**	Oh Sang-Eun	Li Jiawei	Lee Jung-Woo Oh Sang-Eun	Tie Yana Zhang Rui
2006	Aleksandar Karakasevic	Zhang Mo	Sasa Drinic Aleksandar Karakasevic	Judy Hugh Lily Yip
2007	Aleksandar Karakasevic	Yuka Shiosara	Takahiro Omori Katsuhito Tanaka	Satoko Kishida Sachie Shigemoto
2008	Weixing Chen	Gao Jun	Aleksandar Karakasevic Zolt 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	Sang Soo Kim Dongjin Lee
2013***	Wang Zhen	Megumi Abe	Filip Szymanski Marcos Madrid	Mika Tsuchida Miki Tsuchida	Petrissa Solja Filip Szymanski

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.
∗∗ Also an ITTF Pro Tour Event in these years.
∗∗∗ Also an ITTF World Tour Event (singles only).
¹ American Ping Pong Association tournament
² New York Table Tennis Club tournament

U.S. Nationals

Held since 1976, the annual U.S. Nationals (often referred to as the U.S. Closed) is a closed tournament that only U.S. citizens may enter. The U.S. Nationals also serves as a qualifying tournament for USA Table Tennis National Team Trials and determines the USA Table Tennis Cadet and Juniors teams. This tournament is traditionally held in Las Vegas, NV.

U.S. National Table Tennis Champions

∗ Closed Event at U.S. Open
∗∗ Held at 2003 U.S. Open

Footnotes

External Links

• US Open Champions
• US National Champions