The annual U.S. Open is the oldest currently running table tennis tournament in the United States. It attracts over 1000 athletes annually. 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)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 tournament was held in 1934.
The U.S. Open has been previously held in various locations, including Anaheim, California; Charlotte, North Carolina; ; Las Vegas, Nevada; Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Grand Rapids, Michigan; and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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 doubles1931 Marcus Schussheim1932 Marcus Schussheim1932 Coleman Clark1933 Sidney Heitner Fan Pockrose1933 James Jacobson Jay Purves1934 Sol Schiff Iris Little1934 Jimmy McClure Ruth Aarons1935 Abe Berenbaum Ruth Aarons1936 Victor Barna Ruth Aarons1937 Laszlo Bellak Ruth Aarons1938 Laszlo Bellak Emily Fuller1939 Jimmy McClure Emily Fuller1940 Lou Pagliaro Sally Green1941 Lou Pagliaro Sally Green1942 Lou Pagliaro Sally Green1943 W. Holzrichter Sally Green1944 John Somael Sally Green1945 Dick Miles D. Hawthorne1946 Dick Miles Bernice Charney1947 Dick Miles Leah Thall1948 Dick Miles Peggy McLean1949 Dick Miles Leah Neuberger1950 Johnny Leach Reba Moness1951 Dick Miles Leah Neuberger1952 Lou Pagliaro Leah Neuberger1953 Dick Miles Leah Neuberger1954 Dick Miles Mildred Shahian1955 Dick Miles Leah Neuberger1956 Erwin Klein Leah Neuberger1957 Bernie Bukiet Leah Neuberger1958 Marty Reisman Susie Hoshi1959 Bob Gusikoff Susie Hoshi1960 Marty Reisman Sharon Acton1961 Erwin Klein Leah Neuberger1962 Dick Miles Mildred Shahian1963 Bernie Bukiet Bernice Chotras1964 Erwin Klein Valeri Bellini1965 Erwin Klein Patty Martinez1966 Bernie Bukiet Violetta Nesukaitis1967 Manji Fukushima Patty Martinez1968 Lee Dal Joon Violetta Nesukaitis1969 Lee Dal Joon Patty Martinez1970 Lee Dal Joon Violetta Nesukaitis1971 Lee Dal Joon Connie Sweeris1972 Lee Dal Joon Wendy Hicks1973 Lee Dal Joon Violetta Nesukaitis1974 Kjell Johansson Yukie Ohzeki1975 Kjell Johansson Chung Hyun-Sook1976 Dragutin Surbek Kim Soon-Ok1977 Jochen Leiss Insook Bhushan1978 Norio Takashima Hong Ja-Park1979 Milan Orlowski Lee Ki-Won1980 Mikael Appelgren Kayoko Kawahigashi1981 Xie Saike Tong Ling1982 Zoran Kosanovic Kayoko Kawahigashi1983 Jeff Darwish Lee Soo-Ja1984 Wu Wen-Chia Kayoko Kawahigashi1985 Cheng Yinghua Li Huifen1986 Teng Yi Xu Wanhua1987 Mikael Appelgren Yang Young-Ja1988 Jean-Philippe Gatien Xu Jin1989 Jean-Michel Saive Xu Jin1990 Jan-Ove Waldner Deng Yaping1991 Zoran Primorac Qiao Hong1992 Wenguan Johnny Huang Csilla Batorfi1993 Cheng Yinghua Chen Jing1994 Kong Linghui Gao Jun1995 Liu Guoliang Geng Lijuan1996 Vasile Florea Lee Eun-Sil Karl Jindrak Werner Schlager Chiu-Chen Xiaowen Barbara Geng Lijuan1997 Kong Linghui Wang Nan Lee Chul-Seung Oh Sang-Eun Lee Eun-Sil Ryu Ji-Hae1998 Jean-Michel Saive Ni Xialian Cheng Yinghua Jean-Michel Saive Keiko Okazaki Aya Umemura1999 Chiang Peng-Lung Ni Xialian Chang Yen-shu Chiang Peng-lung Ni Xialian Peggy Regenwetter2000 Wang Liqin Wang Nan Kong Linghui Liu Guoliang Chen Jing Xu Jin2001 Liu Guozheng Niu Jianfeng Chang Yen-shu Chiang Peng-lung Bai Yang Niu Jianfeng2002 Ma Lin Zhang Yining Kong Linghui Ma Lin Li Nan Zhang Yining2003 Aleksandar Karakašević Aya Umemura Wenguan Johnny Huang Aleksandar Karakašević Naoko Taniguchi Wang Chen2004 Ryu Seung-Min Li Jiawei Lee Chul-Seung Ryu Seung-Min Liu Jia Wang Chen2005 Oh Sang-Eun Li Jiawei Lee Jung-Woo Oh Sang-Eun Tie Yana Zhang Rui2006 Aleksandar Karakašević Zhang Mo Saša Drinić Aleksandar Karakašević Judy Hugh Lily Yip2007 Aleksandar Karakašević Yuka Shiosara Takahiro Omori Katsuhito Tanaka Satoko Kishida Sachie Shigemoto2008 Weixing Chen Gao Jun Aleksandar Karakašević Žolt Sel Sayuri Shimadaa Miwako Ishizuka2009 Thomas Keinath Gao Jun Weixing Chen Jörg Roßkopf Elizabeta Samara Daniela Dodean2010 Sharath Kamal Georgina Pota Hao Chen Xin Zhou Megumi Abe Midori Ito2011 Thomas Keinath Liu Nai Hui Ryuzo Kubota Shinya Ito Sayaka Nogami Shiho Sugimoto2012 Wang Zhen Juan Liu Dae Keuiv Yang Junhyung Ko Liu Nai Hui Jenny Zhao2013 Wang Zhen Megumi Abe Filip Szymanski Marcos Madrid Mika Tsuchida Miki Tsuchida Petrissa Solja Filip Szymanski2014 Tao Wenzhang Yuko Fujii Hidetoshi Oya Yuya Mizuno Eriko Kitaoka Riyo Nemoto Jin Ueda Yuko Fujii2015 Jinxin Wang Miyu Maeda Hiromitsu Kasahara Kohei Morimoto Sakura Mori Miyu Maeda Takuya Jin Yuki Matumoto2016 Wei Wang Adriana Díaz Bob Chen Wenzhang Tao Takako Nagao Yui Odono Ryohei Kanoya Yui Odono2017 Arinobu Taimu Shoji Yuki2018 Eugene Wang Juan Liu2019 Kentaro Miuchi Lily Zhang2021 Kou Lei Lily Zhang2022 Kou Lei Amy Wang2023 Ma Jinbao Amy Wang2024 Kanak Jha Guo Yan
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.
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