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English Open (table tennis)

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

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

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 England Andrew Donaldson England F Scott
1922/23 England Mike Cohen England Kathleen Berry
1923/24 England Percy Bromfield England Kathleen Berry
1924/25 India P.N. Nanda England Kathleen Berry
1925/26 India S.R.G Suppiah England 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 India S.R.G. Suppiah Wales Dolly Gubbins England Percy Bromfield
England Lionel Farris
Wales Dolly Gubbins
England Joan Ingram
England Lionel Farris
England Joan Ingram
1927/28 Hungary Daniel Pecsi Germany Erika Metzger England Charlie Bull
England Fred Perry
England Winifred Land
England Brenda Sommerville
Hungary Daniel Pecsi
Germany Erika Metzger
1928/29 Czechoslovakia Antonín Malecek Czechoslovakia Marie Šmídová England Charlie Bull
England Fred Perry
England Phyllis Moser
Czechoslovakia Marie Šmídová
England Fred Perry
England Winifred Land
1929/30 Hungary Sándor Glancz Wales Dolly Gubbins England Charlie Bull
England Fred Perry
Hungary Magda Gál
England Winifred Land
Hungary Sándor Glancz
Hungary Magda Gál
1930/31 Hungary Miklós Szabados England Valerie Bromfield Hungary Viktor Barna
Hungary Miklós Szabados
England Mary Holt
England N Wood
Hungary Sándor Glancz
England Valerie Bromfield
1931/32 Hungary Miklós Szabados Hungary Mária Mednyánszky Czechoslovakia Stanislav Kolár
Czechoslovakia Antonín Malecek
England H Martin
Hungary Mária Mednyánszky
Hungary Miklós Szabados
Hungary Mária Mednyánszky
1932/33 Hungary Viktor Barna England Dora Emdin Hungary Viktor Barna
Hungary Sándor Glancz
England N Wood
England Wendy Woodhead
Hungary Viktor Barna
England Dora Emdin
1933/34 Hungary Viktor Barna England Margaret Osborne Hungary Viktor Barna
England Tommy Sears
England Dora Emdin
England Phyllis Moser
Hungary Viktor Barna
England Dora Emdin
1934/35 Hungary Viktor Barna England Margaret Osborne Hungary Viktor Barna
England Tommy Sears
England Margaret Osborne
England Wendy Woodhead
Hungary Viktor Barna
England Margaret Osborne
1935/36 Poland Alojzy Ehrlich Czechoslovakia Marie Kettnerová Hungary Laszlo Bellak
Hungary Miklós Szabados
England Dora Emdin
Germany Astrid Krebsbach
Hungary Viktor Barna
England Margaret Osborne
1936/37 Hungary Viktor Barna United States Ruth Aarons United States Abe Berenbaum
United States Sol Schiff
England Margaret Osborne
England Wendy Woodhead
United States Buddy Blattner
United States Ruth Aarons
1937/38 Hungary Viktor Barna Hungary Dora Beregi Hungary Viktor Barna
Hungary Laszlo Bellak
England Margaret Osborne
England Wendy Woodhead
Hungary Viktor Barna
England Margaret Osborne
1938/39 Austria Richard Bergmann England Jean Nicoll Hungary Viktor Barna
Hungary Laszlo Bellak
Czechoslovakia Vlasta Depetrisová
Czechoslovakia Vera Votrubcová
Czechoslovakia Bohumil Vána
Czechoslovakia Vera Votrubcová
1939/40 Austria Richard Bergmann England Vera Dace Austria Richard Bergmann
Austria Alfred Liebster
England Dora Beregi
England Jean Nicoll
Hungary Viktor Barna
Hungary Dora Beregi
1945/46 Czechoslovakia Bohumil Vána England Dora Beregi Czechoslovakia Adolf Šlár
Czechoslovakia Bohumil Vána
England Dora Beregi
England Vera Dace
England Eric Filby
England Dora Beregi
1946/47 Czechoslovakia Václav Tereba Hungary Gizi Farkas Czechoslovakia Abe Berenbaum
Czechoslovakia Bohumil Vána
England Elizabeth Blackbourn
England Vera Dace
Czechoslovakia Bohumil Vána
Czechoslovakia Vera Votrubcová
1947/48 England Richard Bergmann Hungary Gizi Farkas England Richard Bergmann
Sweden Tage Flisberg
England Pinkie Barnes
Hungary Gizi Farkas
Hungary Ferenc Sidó
Hungary Gizi Farkas
1948/49 United States Marty Reisman United States Peggy McLean England Viktor Barna
England Richard Bergmann
United States Peggy McLean
United States Leah Thall
United States Dick Miles
United States Leah Thall
1949/50 England Richard Bergmann United States Mildred Shahian Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Žarko Dolinar
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vilim Harangozo
England Diane Rowe
England Rosalind Rowe
England Johnny Leach
England Peggy Franks
1950/51 France Alojzy Ehrlich Austria Trude Pritzi England Jack Carrington
England Johnny Leach
England Diane Rowe
England Rosalind Rowe
England Viktor Barna
Scotland Helen Elliot
1951/52 England Richard Bergmann Austria Linde Wertl Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Žarko Dolinar
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vilim Harangozo
England Diane Rowe
England Rosalind Rowe
England Johnny Leach
England Diane Rowe
1952/53 France Michel Haguenauer England Rosalind Rowe England Richard Bergmann
England Johnny Leach
England Diane Rowe
England Rosalind Rowe
England Viktor Barna
England Rosalind Rowe
1953/54 England Richard Bergmann Austria Linde Wertl England Brian Kennedy
England Aubrey Simons
England Diane Rowe
England Rosalind Rowe
England Johnny Leach
England Diane Rowe
1954/55 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Žarko Dolinar England Rosalind Rowe Czechoslovakia Ivan Andreadis
Czechoslovakia Ladislav Štípek
England Diane Rowe
England Rosalind Rowe
England Aubrey Simons
Scotland Helen Elliot
1955/56 Hungary Elemér Gyetvai Hungary Gizi Farkas Hungary Elemér Gyetvai
Hungary Kálmán Szepesi
England Ann Haydon
England Diane Rowe
England Johnny Leach
England Diane Rowe
1956/57 Hungary Zoltán Berczik Japan Fujie Eguchi Japan Ichiro Ogimura
Japan Toshiaki Tanaka
Japan Taeko Namba
Japan Tomi Okawa
Japan Keisuke Tsunoda
Japan Taeko Namba
1957/58 Hungary Ferenc Sidó Netherlands Agnes Simon Hungary Zoltán Berczik
Hungary Ferenc Sidó
England Ann Haydon
England Pamela Mortimer
Hungary Ferenc Sidó
Hungary Éva Kóczián
1958/59 Japan Ichiro Ogimura Japan Fujie Eguchi Japan Teruo Murakami
Japan Ichiro Ogimura
Japan Fujie Eguchi
Japan Kimiyo Matsuzaki
Japan Teruo Murakami
Japan Kimiyo Matsuzaki
1959/60 England Ian Harrison Netherlands Agnes Simon England Johnny Leach
England Michael Thornhill
England Kathy Best
England Diane Rowe
England Ian Harrison
England Diane Rowe
1960/61 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Victor Markovic Hungary Eva Kóczián-Földy Sweden Hans Alsér
Sweden Tony Larsson
England Kathy Best
Netherlands Agnes Simon
Hungary Zoltán Berczik
Hungary Eva Kóczián-Földy
1961/62 Hungary Zoltán Berczik England Diane Rowe Czechoslovakia Ivan Andreadis
Czechoslovakia Vladimír Miko
England Diane Rowe
England Mary Shannon
Hungary Zoltán Berczik
Hungary Sarolta Lukacs
1962/63 Hungary Zoltán Berczik Romania Maria Alexandru Czechoslovakia Ivan Andreadis
Czechoslovakia Vilim Harangozo
England Diane Rowe
England Mary Shannon
Hungary János Faházi
Hungary Eva Kóczián-Földy
1963/64 Romania Dorin Giurgiuca Romania Maria Alexandru Hungary János Faházi
Hungary Péter Rózsás
England Diane Rowe
England Mary Shannon
Hungary Péter Rózsás
Hungary Sarolta Lukacs
1964/65 West Germany Eberhard Schöler Czechoslovakia Marta Luzova Czechoslovakia Vladimír Miko
Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Stanek
England Diane Rowe
England Mary Shannon
Czechoslovakia Vladimír Miko
Czechoslovakia Marta Luzova
1966/67 Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Stanek England Mary Shannon-Wright Czechoslovakia Vladimír Miko
Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Stanek
Romania Maria Alexandru
Romania Eleonora Mihalca
Czechoslovakia Vladimír Miko
Czechoslovakia Marta Luzova
1967/68 Soviet Union Stanislav Gomozkov Romania Eleonora Mihalca Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Istvan Korpa
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragutin Šurbek
Soviet Union Svetlana Grinberg
Soviet Union Zoja Rudnova
Soviet Union Stanislav Gomozkov
Soviet Union Zoja Rudnova
1968/69 Soviet Union Stanislav Gomozkov Soviet Union Zoja Rudnova Soviet Union Anatoly Amelin
Soviet Union Stanislav Gomozkov
Soviet Union Svetlana Grinberg
Soviet Union Zoja Rudnova
West Germany Eberhard Schöler
West Germany Diane Schöler
1969/70 Czechoslovakia Štefan Kollárovits Romania Maria Alexandru Hungary István Jónyer
Hungary Tibor Klampár
England Karenza Mathews
England Mary Shannon-Wright
England Denis Neale
England Mary Shannon-Wright
1970/71 Hungary Tibor Klampár Romania Maria Alexandru Sweden Stellan Bengtsson
Sweden Bo Persson
Romania Maria Alexandru
Romania Eleonora Mihalca
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Antun Stipancic
Romania Maria Alexandru
1971/72 Sweden Stellan Bengtsson Romania Maria Alexandru Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Antun Stipancic
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragutin Šurbek
Romania Maria Alexandru
Romania Eleanora Vlaicov
Czechoslovakia Milan Orlowski
Czechoslovakia Ilona Uhlíková-Voštová
1972/73 Sweden Stellan Bengtsson Sweden Brigitta Radberg Sweden Stellan Bengtsson
Sweden Kjell Johansson
Czechoslovakia Miloslava Polackova
Czechoslovakia Ilona Uhlíková-Voštová
Czechoslovakia Milan Orlowski
Czechoslovakia Ilona Uhlíková-Voštová
1973/74 Sweden Kjell Johansson Romania Maria Alexandru Sweden Stellan Bengtsson
Sweden Kjell Johansson
Romania Maria Alexandru
Czechoslovakia Alice Grófová
Sweden Bo Persson
Sweden Brigitta Radberg
1974/75 Soviet Union Anatoli Strokatov Soviet Union Elmira Antonyan Soviet Union Stanislav Gomozkov
Soviet Union Anatoli Strokatov
China Yen Kuei-li
China Yu Ching Chia
China Li Ching-Kwang
China Yen Kuei-li
1975/76 Sweden Stellan Bengtsson England Jill Hammersley England Desmond Douglas
England Denis Neale
Czechoslovakia Blanka Silhanova
Czechoslovakia Ilona Uhlíková-Voštová
Sweden Stellan Bengtsson
Sweden Ann Hellman
1976/77 Soviet Union Stanislav Gomozkov England Carole Knight Soviet Union Stanislav Gomozkov
Soviet Union Anatoli Strokatov
England Jill Hammersley
England Linda Howard
Soviet Union Bagrat Burnazian
Soviet Union Tatiana Ferdman
1977/78 China Li Chen-Shih China Chu Hsiang-Yun China Li Chen-Shih
China Wang Huiyuan
China Chu Hsiang-Yun
China Wei Li Chieh
England Desmond Douglas
England Linda Howard
1978/79 China Kou Yao-Hua England Jill Hammersley China Kou Yao-Hua
China Liang Ko-liang
Hungary Judit Magos
Hungary Gabriela Szabo
England Desmond Douglas
England Linda Howard
1979/80 England Desmond Douglas England Jill Hammersley Poland Andrzej Grubba
Poland Leszek Kucharski
Czechoslovakia Blanka Silhanova
Czechoslovakia Ilona Uhlíková-Voštová
Sweden Erik Lindh
Sweden Marie Lindblad
1981/82 China Teng Yi China Chen Lili China Teng Yi
China Fan Changmao
China Dai Lili
China Chen Jieling
China Chen Xinhua
China Chen Lili
1983/84 England Desmond Douglas Soviet Union Anita Zakharjan Sweden Jonny Akesson
Sweden Jörgen Persson
France Patricia Germain
France Brigitte Thiriet
Japan Seiji Ono
Japan Yoshiko Shimauchi
1985/86 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zoran Kalinic Soviet Union Ellen Kovtun Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zoran Kalinic
Japan Masahiro Maehara
England Alison Gordon
England Joy Grundy
England Desmond Douglas
England Alison Gordon
1987/88 Sweden Jörgen Persson China Li Huifen Poland Andrzej Grubba
Poland Leszek Kucharski
Bulgaria Daniela Guergueltcheva
Soviet Union Valentina Popova
China Wei Qingguang
China Li Huifen
1989/90 China Yu Shentong Japan Mika Hoshino China Wei Qingguang
China Chen Longcan
South Korea Kim Youn Sook
South Korea Lee Jung Ae
France Jean-Philippe Gatien
France Xiaoming Wang-Dréchou
1991/92 France Jean-Philippe Gatien Netherlands Mirjam Hooman Sweden Mikael Appelgren
Sweden Jan-Ove Waldner
Commonwealth of Independent States Irina Palina
Commonwealth of Independent States Elena Timina
France Jean-Philippe Gatien
France Xiaoming Wang-Dréchou
1994/95 France Damien Éloi Netherlands Bettine Vriesekoop France Damien Éloi
France Christophe Legoût
Sweden Åsa Svensson
Sweden Marie Svensson
n/a

Veteran events

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Season Veteran men's singles Veteran women's singles
1932/33 Hungary Zoltán Mechlovits
1933/34 England J Thompson
1934/35 England A J Wilmott
1935/36 England E C Gunn
1936/37 England A Melnick
1937/38 England H Knibbs
1938/39 Hungary Zoltán Mechlovits
1939/40 England A J Wilmott
1945/46 England R V Bryant
1946/47 England J Taylor
1947/48 England Edgar Reay
1948/49 England S Sugarhood
1949/50 England S Sugarhood Wales N Evans
1950/51 England Leo Thompson France S Betling
1951/52 England Alex Brook France S Betling
1952/53 England L C Kerslake England I B Bell
1953/54 England L C Kerslake England C Cook
1954/55 England Alex Brook England I Huntner
1955/56 England H Spears England G Davies
1956/57 England L C Kerslake England I B Bell
1957/58 England L C Kerslake England V Cherriman
1958/59 England Ronald Sharman England I B Bell
1959/60 England Ronald Sharman England I B Bell
1960/61 England Ronald Craydon England C Whitehouse
1961/62 England Ronald Craydon England C Whitehouse
1962/63 England Ronald Craydon England D Crosby
1963/64 England Harry Venner England D Crosby
1964/65 England Harry Venner England Gladys Horn
1966/67 England Harry Venner England Majorie Cumberbatch
1967/68 England Lou Hoffman England Majorie Cumberbatch
1968/69 England S Norton England Judy Williams
1969/70 England Jack Clayton England Judy Williams
1970/71 England Gordon Chapman England Molly Prowen
1971/72 England Ron Ethridge England Daphne Gray
1972/73 England Derek Schofield England Daphne Gray
1973/74 England K Beamish England Daphne Gray
1974/75 England Peter D\'Arcy England Daphne Gray
1975/76 England Henry Buist England Daphne Gray
1976/77 England Derek Schofield n/a
1977/78 England Derek Schofield n/a
1978/79 Austria H Bolena n/a
1991/92 England John Hilton Netherlands Judy Williams
1995/96 England John Hilton England Pauline Perry
Season Veteran men's doubles Veteran women's doubles
1991/92 England John Hilton
England Malcolm Corking
England D Dawson
England 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 China
Kong Linghui
China
Yang Ying
Austria Werner Schlager
Austria Karl Jindrak
China Yang Ying
China Wang Hui
Japan
Ryo Yuzawa
Japan
Keiko Okazaki
1997 Kettering Belgium
Jean-Michel Saive
Chinese Taipei
Tong Fei-ming
France Christophe Legout
France Patrick Chila
Hong Kong Chai Po Wa
China Qiao Yunping
Denmark
Martin Monrad
Japan
Fumie Kawano
1999 Hopton-on-Sea China
Ma Wenge
Germany
Jie Schöpp
Netherlands Trinko Keen
Netherlands Danny Heister
South Korea Lee Eun-sil
South Korea Ryu Ji-hae
China
Cheng Yuan Su
Japan
An Konishi
2001 Chatham China
Wang Liqin
Japan
Yoshie Takada
Germany Timo Boll
Germany Zoltan Fejer-Konnerth
North Korea Kim Hyang-mi
North Korea Kim Hyon-hui
Germany
Bastian Steger
South Korea
Kim Yun-mi
2009[4] Sheffield China
Ma Long
China
Guo Yan
China Ma Long
China Wang Liqin
South Korea Kim Kyungah
South Korea Park Mi-young
South Korea
Seo Hyun-deok
Romania
Daniela Dodean
2011 Sheffield China
Chen Qi
China
Ding Ning
China Xu Xin
China Zhang Jike
China Guo Yan
China Guo Yue
South Korea
Seo Hyun-deok
Japan
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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