Hungarian National Tennis Championships
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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)
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