English Table Tennis Association
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The English Table Tennis Association is the national governing body responsible for table tennis
Table tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...

 in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 and has been affiliated to the ITTF (International Table Tennis Federation)
International Table Tennis Federation
The International Table Tennis Federation is the governing body for all national table tennis associations.-Founding history:The ITTF was founded in 1926, the nine founding members being Austria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, England, Germany, Hungary, India, Sweden and Wales...

 since the formation of the ETTA in 1927.

Events/Tournaments

  • English National Championships
    English National Table Tennis Championships
    The English National Table Tennis Championships are run by the English Table Tennis Association.- Past Winners :-Senior Events:- Disabled :...

  • British League
  • Grand Prix Circuit
    English Table Tennis Grand Prix Circuit
    The English Table Tennis Grand Prix Circuit is a national championship competition run by the English Table Tennis Association.-Overall Season Champions:-2009/10:-2009/10:...

  • English Open
    English Open (table tennis)
    The English Open is now part of the ITTF Pro Tour and is hosted by the English Table Tennis Association-ITTF Pro Tour English Open 1996-Present:The ITTF Pro Tour has come to England 6 times since it began in 1996...


Men's Singles

Year Player Event Location
2001  Matthew Syed
Matthew Syed
Matthew Syed is a British journalist and broadcaster. He used to be an English table tennis international, and was the English number one for many years...

Commonwealth Championships New Delhi
2000  Matthew Syed
Matthew Syed
Matthew Syed is a British journalist and broadcaster. He used to be an English table tennis international, and was the English number one for many years...

Commonwealth Championships Singapore
1997  Matthew Syed
Matthew Syed
Matthew Syed is a British journalist and broadcaster. He used to be an English table tennis international, and was the English number one for many years...

Commonwealth Championships Glasgow
1996  Carl Prean
Carl Prean
Carl Lustig Prean in Ryde, Isle of Wight is a table tennis player. He is former England senior no.1 table tennis player, a feat he first achieved when he was only 15...

ITTF Pro Tour Brazil Open Rio de Janeiro
1989  Alan Cooke Commonwealth Championships Cardiff
1987  Desmond Douglas
Desmond Douglas
Desmond Douglas MBE is a British table tennis player. He was an attacking, left-handed, player, notable for his scissor jump smash. He was famous for his use of pips-out block on the backhand side, mixing pace with powerful topspin from his forehand side.Douglas was 11 times English Table Tennis...

European Master Top 12 Basel
1985  Desmond Douglas
Desmond Douglas
Desmond Douglas MBE is a British table tennis player. He was an attacking, left-handed, player, notable for his scissor jump smash. He was famous for his use of pips-out block on the backhand side, mixing pace with powerful topspin from his forehand side.Douglas was 11 times English Table Tennis...

Commonwealth Championships Douglas
1984  Desmond Douglas
Desmond Douglas
Desmond Douglas MBE is a British table tennis player. He was an attacking, left-handed, player, notable for his scissor jump smash. He was famous for his use of pips-out block on the backhand side, mixing pace with powerful topspin from his forehand side.Douglas was 11 times English Table Tennis...

English Open
1980  Desmond Douglas
Desmond Douglas
Desmond Douglas MBE is a British table tennis player. He was an attacking, left-handed, player, notable for his scissor jump smash. He was famous for his use of pips-out block on the backhand side, mixing pace with powerful topspin from his forehand side.Douglas was 11 times English Table Tennis...

English Open
1980  John Hilton European Championship Berne
1975  Trevor Taylor Commonwealth Championships Melbourne
1973  Trevor Taylor Commonwealth Championships Cardiff
1971  Trevor Taylor Commonwealth Championships COMW
1960  Ian Harrison English Open
1954  Richard Bergmann
Richard Bergmann
Richard Bergmann was an Austrian and British table tennis player. Winner of seven World Championships, including four Singles, one Men's Doubles, two Team's titles and 22 medals in total.-Tennis career:...

English Open
1952  Richard Bergmann
Richard Bergmann
Richard Bergmann was an Austrian and British table tennis player. Winner of seven World Championships, including four Singles, one Men's Doubles, two Team's titles and 22 medals in total.-Tennis career:...

English Open
1951  Johnny Leach
Johnny Leach
Johnny Leach was a British table tennis player. From 1947 to 1955 he won several medals in single, double, and team events at the World Table Tennis Championships.. He is currently the president of the English Table Tennis Association.-References:...

World Championships Vienna
1950  Richard Bergmann
Richard Bergmann
Richard Bergmann was an Austrian and British table tennis player. Winner of seven World Championships, including four Singles, one Men's Doubles, two Team's titles and 22 medals in total.-Tennis career:...

English Open
1950  Richard Bergmann
Richard Bergmann
Richard Bergmann was an Austrian and British table tennis player. Winner of seven World Championships, including four Singles, one Men's Doubles, two Team's titles and 22 medals in total.-Tennis career:...

World Championships Budapest
1949  Johnny Leach
Johnny Leach
Johnny Leach was a British table tennis player. From 1947 to 1955 he won several medals in single, double, and team events at the World Table Tennis Championships.. He is currently the president of the English Table Tennis Association.-References:...

World Championships Stockholm
1948  Richard Bergmann
Richard Bergmann
Richard Bergmann was an Austrian and British table tennis player. Winner of seven World Championships, including four Singles, one Men's Doubles, two Team's titles and 22 medals in total.-Tennis career:...

English Open
1948  Richard Bergmann
Richard Bergmann
Richard Bergmann was an Austrian and British table tennis player. Winner of seven World Championships, including four Singles, one Men's Doubles, two Team's titles and 22 medals in total.-Tennis career:...

World Championships Wembley
1939  Richard Bergmann
Richard Bergmann
Richard Bergmann was an Austrian and British table tennis player. Winner of seven World Championships, including four Singles, one Men's Doubles, two Team's titles and 22 medals in total.-Tennis career:...

World Championships Cairo
1929  Fred Perry
Fred Perry
Frederick John Perry was a championship-winning English tennis and table tennis player who won 10 Majors including eight Grand Slams and two Pro Slams. Perry won three consecutive Wimbledon Championships between 1934 and 1936 and was World No. 1 four years in a row...

World Championships Budapest
1924  Percival Bromfield English Open
1923  Mike Cohen English Open
1922  Andrew Donaldson English Open

Women's Singles

Year Player Player Event Location
Winner Runner-Up
1996 Lisa Lomas-Bellinger ITTF Pro Tour Brazil Open Rio de Janeiro
1992 Lisa Lomas-Bellinger European Championships Stuttgart
1985 Karen Witt Commonwealth Championships Douglas
1982 Carole Knight Alison Gordon Commonwealth Championships Bombay
1982 Jill Hammersley European Championships Budapest
1982 Jill Hammersley European Master Top 12 Nantes
1981 Jill Hammersley European Master Top 12 Prague
1980 Jill Hammersley European Master Top 12 Prague
1979 Carole Knight Commonwealth Championships Edinburgh
1978 Jill Hammersley European Master Top 12 Prague
1978 Jill Hammersley European Championships Dulsburg
1977 Jill Hammersley European Master Top 12 Sarajevo
1976 Jill Hammersley European Championships Prague
1975 Jill Hammersley Linda Jarvis-Howard Commonwealth Championships Melbourne
1973 Jill Hammersley Karenza Matthews-Smith Commonwealth Championships Cardiff
1971 Jill Hammersley Karenza Matthews-Smith Commonwealth Championships COMW
1958 Ann Haydon European Championships Budapest
1957 Ann Haydon World Championships Stockholm
1948 Vera Thomas-Dace World Championships Wembley
1947 Elizabeth Blackbourn World Championships Paris
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