USATT Event Coming to Las Vegas in July

The 2015 U.S. Open, the premier international table tennis tournament in the country, will be held July 6-11 in Las Vegas. 

The tournament is expected to attract more than 1,000 players from around the world competing for one of the sport's most prestigious titles. Events include men’s and women’s singles, men’s and women’s doubles, mixed doubles, and over fifty other age and rated classified events. 

"We are pleased to stay in Las Vegas one of the great sporting capitals in the world," said CEO Gordon Kaye. “Las Vegas is a city that loves its action and table tennis is a perfect fit with our high voltage excitement and fast paced matches. We are looking forward to bringing some of the world's best table tennis action back to Las Vegas." 

Men’s singles, Women’s singles, U-21 Men’s singles, U-21 Women’s singles, Junior Boys’ singles, Junior Girls’ singles, Cadet Boys' singles, and Cadet Girls' singles are ITTF approved events for the World Ranking.

Last year's men's singles champion was Wenzhang Tao (China) and women's winner was Yuko Fukii (Japan). The Japanese also swept the three doubles events. 

Information is available here.