The Hungarian National Championships (in Hungarian:Nemzeti Teniszbajnokság, Magyar Országos Teniszbajnokság or abbreviated to tenisz ob) is a professional tennis

Tennis

Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

 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

Balatonfüred

Balatonfüred is a popular resort town in Veszprém county, in Hungary, with a population of thirteen thousand, situated on the north shore of the Lake Balaton. It is considered to be the capital of the Northern lake shore and has significant yachting life. It is also a favorite location for coarse...

 by the Stefánia Yacht Club. It was a coeducated tournament thus the first "men"'s singles trophy was awarded to Austrian countess Paulina von Pálffy. 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). 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

Budapest

Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...

 including Pécs

Pécs

Pécs is the fifth largest city of Hungary, located on the slopes of the Mecsek mountains in the south-west of the country, close to its border with Croatia. It is the administrative and economical centre of Baranya county...

, Szeged

Szeged

' is the third largest city of Hungary, the largest city and regional centre of the Southern Great Plain and the county town of Csongrád county. The University of Szeged is one of the most distinguished universities in Hungary....

 and Hódmezővásárhely

Hódmezovásárhely

Hódmezővásárhely , Romanian: Ioneşti) is a city in south-east Hungary, on the Great Hungarian Plain, at the meeting point of the Békés-Csanádi Ridge and the clay grassland surrounding the river Tisza...

. 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.

Men

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1894	Paulina von Pálffy	Károly Demény
1895	Károly Demény
1896	Tibor Dániel
1897	Tibor Dániel
1898	Tibor Dániel
1899	Arthur Yolland
1900	Arthur Yolland
1901	Ödön Schmid
1902	Pál Segner	Ödön Schmid
1903	Pál Segner	Ödön Schmid
1904	Ede Tóth
1905	Pál Segner
1906	Pál Segner
1907	Jenő Zsigmondy
1908	Ede Tóth
1909	Pál Segner
1910	Jenő Zsigmondy
1911	Jenő Zsigmondy
1912	Béla Von Kehrling Béla von Kehrling Béla von Kehrling was a Hungarian tennis, table tennis, and football player but eventually a winter sportsman familiar with ice-hockey and occasionally competing in bobsleigh....
1913	Béla Von Kehrling	Jenő Zsigmondy	3–6, 6–4, 6–1
1914	Béla Von Kehrling	Jenő Zsigmondy	8–6, 6–2, 6–2
1915–1919	Not Held
1920	Béla Von Kehrling
1921	Béla Von Kehrling
1922	Béla Von Kehrling
1923	Béla Von Kehrling
1924	Béla Von Kehrling	Weimar Republic L.M. Grandy	6–1, 6–3, 6–2
1925	Béla Von Kehrling	Weimar Republic Georg Demasius	6–3, 6–?, 4–6, 7–5
1926	Béla Von Kehrling	Weimar Republic Curt Bergmann	6–3, 6–3, retired
1927	Béla Von Kehrling	Leonce J. Aslangul	2–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4
1929	Béla Von Kehrling	Czechoslovakia Roderich Menzel Roderich Menzel Roderich Ferdinand Ottomar Menzel was an amateur tennis player and after his active career an author.-Birth:...	7–5, 4–6, 6–3 ret.
1930	Czechoslovakia Roderich Menzel	Béla Von Kehrling	4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2,
1931	Béla Von Kehrling	Jiro Sato Jiro Sato Jiro Sato was a former tennis player from Japan. He graduated from Waseda University...	6–3, 6–2, 5–7, 6–2
1932	Béla Von Kehrling	Emil Gabrovitz
1933	Emil Gabrovitz	Kálmán Kiss	6–3, 6–3, 7–5
1934	Emil Gabrovitz
1935	Ottó Szigeti	Emil Gabrovitz	6–4, 9–7, 6–0
1936	Ottó Szigeti	Zsigmond Balázs	6–4, 6–3, 6–3
1937	Adam Baworowsky	Kho Sin Kie
1938	Ottó Szigeti	Emil Gábori	3–6, 9–7, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3
1939	Emil Gábori	Gottfried von Cramm Gottfried von Cramm Gottfried Alexander Maximilian Walter Kurt Freiherr von Cramm was a German amateur tennis champion and twice French Open champion.-Birth:...
1940	József Asbóth József Asbóth József Asbóth was a Hungarian male tennis player, best remembered for being the first Hungarian tennis player to win a Grand Slam singles title, at the 1947 Roland Garros French Open. He reached the semifinals at Wimbledon in 1948. In 1941 he was a member of the Hungarian team that won the Central...
1941	József Asbóth
1942	József Asbóth	Ottó Szigeti	6–0, 6–1. 6–3
1943	József Asbóth	Ottó Szigeti	7–5, 6–2, 6–1
1944	József Asbóth
1945	József Asbóth
1946	József Asbóth	Ottó Szigeti
1947	Ottó Szigeti
1948	András Ádám-Stolpa Andras Adam-Stolpa András Adam-Stolpa was a Hungarian tennis player.Adam-Stolpa was on the Hungarian Davis Cup team in 1948 , 1949, 1952, 1954, 1955, and 1957–1960....
1949	József Asbóth
1950	József Asbóth
1951	Zoltán Katona
1952	József Asbóth
1953	József Asbóth
1954	István Gulyás István Gulyás István Gulyás , after allowing the match to be delayed 24 hours to allow Roche to recover from an ankle injury. It was Gulyas' lone Grand Slam final. He holds the record for most Hungarian National Championship titles by having it awarded 15 times in his career.-Singles: 1 :-References:...
1955	József Asbóth
1956	József Asbóth
1957	István Gulyás
1958	István Gulyás
1959	István Gulyás
1960	István Gulyás
1961	István Gulyás
1962	István Gulyás
1963	István Gulyás
1964	István Gulyás
1965	István Gulyás
1966	István Gulyás
1967	István Gulyás
1968	István Gulyás
1969	Szabolcs Baranyi	István Gulyás
1970	Szabolcs Baranyi
1971	István Gulyás
1972	István Gulyás
1973	Balázs Taróczy Balazs Taroczy Balázs Taróczy is a former tennis player from Hungary, who won thirteen singles titles in his career. The right-hander achieved his highest ranking during the ATP Tour on February 8, 1982, when he became World Number 13. He's a six times Hungarain champion...
1974	Balázs Taróczy
1975	Balázs Taróczy
1976	Balázs Taróczy
1977	János Benyik
1978	Balázs Taróczy
1979	Balázs Taróczy
1980	János Benyik
1981	Róbert Machán Robert Machan Robert Machan , is a former professional tennis player from Hungary. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles...
1982	Géza Varga
1983	Sándor Kiss
1984	Sándor Kiss
1985	Ferenc Zentai
1986	László Markovits Laszlo Markovits Count László Markovits de Spizza et Kisterpest is a former tennis player from Hungary, son of water polo player and national team captain Kálmán Markovits...
1987	András Lányi
1988	Sándor Noszály Sandor Noszaly Sándor Noszály is an active tennis player from Hungary, who is a five times Hungarian Champion in singles and 16 times adding the doubles.-Career:...
1989	Sándor Noszály	László Markovits	6–4, 1–6, 7–6, 6–2
1990	László Markovits	József Krocskó	6–3, 1–6, 7–6, 6–3
1991	Sándor Noszály Sandor Noszaly Sándor Noszály is an active tennis player from Hungary, who is a five times Hungarian Champion in singles and 16 times adding the doubles.-Career:...
1992	József Krocskó
1993	József Krocskó
1994	Viktor Nagy
1995	Zoltán Nagy
1996	Levente Barátosi
1997	Iván Lukács
1998	Attila Sávolt Attila Savolt Attila Sávolt is a tennis player from Hungary, who represented his native country at the 2000 Sydney Olympics where he was losing to Paradorn Srichaphan in his very first match. Starting his professional career in 1995, he peaked the ATP-ranking on May 20, 2002, reaching 68 on the world rankings...
1999	Attila Sávolt	Gergely Kisgyörgy	6–2, 6–4
2000	Zoltán Nagy	Balázs Veress	7–6, 3–6, 6–2
2001	Kornél Bardóczky Kornél Bardóczky Kornél Bardóczky is a professional male tennis player from Hungary.Bardóczky reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on July 5, 2004, when he became World number 254...	Gergely Kisgyörgy	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
2002	Kornél Bardóczky	Zoltán Nagy	6–1, 3–6, 6–0
2003	Sándor Noszály Sandor Noszaly Sándor Noszály is an active tennis player from Hungary, who is a five times Hungarian Champion in singles and 16 times adding the doubles.-Career:...  (WC)	Gábor Jaross	7–6, 4–6, 6–2
2004	György Balázs	Sebő Kiss
2005	Norbert Pákai	Tamás Krafcsik	6–1, 6–0
2006	Kornél Bardóczky
2007	Ádám Kellner Ádám Kellner Ádám Kellner is a professional Hungarian tennis player.Kellner reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on August 29, 2011, when he became World number 218...	Dénes Lukács	5–7, 6–3, 6–2
2008	Attila Balázs Attila Balázs Attila Balázs is a Hungarian professional tennis player. He's a three time Hungarian National Tennis Champion.-Titles :-Runner-Up :-External links:...	Sebő Kiss
2009	Attila Balázs	György Balázs
2010	Attila Balázs	György Balázs	7–6, 6–1

Statistics

Hungarian Champions

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)