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2026 Ballarat Open Review

Published Wed 01 Jul 2026

The 2026 Ballarat Open took place over the past 2 weekends, with the Senior & Para Open taking place on Saturday June 20th, Junior Open on Sunday June 21st & the Veterans Open on Sunday June 28th. 

Ballarat Stadium Manager Adam Pegg shared his thoughts about the event stating We had a fairly busy first weekend with 2 days of action-packed high-quality table tennis.” 

“On the Saturday saw some international level matches with Australian Olympian Finn Luu holding his nerve to narrowly defeat Xavier Dixon in 7 games to win the Mens Open Singles.” 

“Up and coming young gun Aradhya Dhingra defeating fellow Oceania Team member Cherry Le to win the Womens Open Singles.”  

“The Juniors on Sunday weren't to be outdone with some brilliant competitive matches and their own upsets and brilliance.”  

“The Ballarat Veterans the following weekend attracted record entries and delivered an exciting tournament, with the experienced players demonstrating that passion and experience remain a winning combination,” added Pegg. 

 

Finalists: 

Senior & Para: 

Event Name Winner Runner-up
Open Men's Singles Luu, Finn Dixon, Xavier
Open Women's Singles Dhingra, Aradhya Le, Nguyen Cherry
U/19 Boys' Singles Nguyen, Aaron Chen, Colin
U/19 Girls' Singles Li, Ariel Zhang, Serena
Open Men's Doubles Shi, Nathan, & Silk, Anthony Tan, Teck Woon, & Hu, Heming
Open Women's Doubles Li, Ling Yue Larisa, & Walker, Ellen Haughton, Mel, & Tan, Yoke-Ching
O/30 Men's Doubles Anstey, Zachary, & Carter, Craig Ediriweera, Shanika, & Jayasinghe, Lahiru
Open Mixed Doubles Carter, Craig, & James, Kim Tung, Jackson, & Haughton, Mel
U/21 Men's Singles D'Crus, Joel Song, Andy
U/21 Women's Singles Li, Ariel Dhingra, Aradhya
Twenties Singles Silk, Anthony Kerwin, Emile Schaaf
O/30 Men's Singles Carter, Craig Anstey, Zachary
O/30 Women's Singles James, Kim Haughton, Mel
Para Singles Pace, Adele Doan, Thi
Under 1900 Points Singles Chan, Chun Yu John Punani, Shagun
Under 1600 Points Singles Punani, Shagun Sposato, Heath
Under 1300 Points Singles Tilkeridis, Nicolas Patton, Timothy N
Under 1000 Points Singles Doan, Thi Clark, Quentin

Full results please click here. 

 

Junior: 

Event Name Winner Runner-up
U/11 Boys' Singles Wang, Flynn Chen, Hanrui Hayden
U/11 Girls' Singles Guo, Vicky Konara, Gashie
U/15 Boys' Singles Konara, Warrun Vinodhkumar, Samyukt
U/15 Girls' Singles Tatikonda, Dhatri Zhao, Lena
U/11 Boys' Doubles Deng, Aiden, & Liang, Marcus Chen, Hanrui Hayden, & Abdul, Ayaan
U/11 Doubles Lu, Grace Xiaoxi, & Qiu, Anna Ye, Kathryn, & Shen, Austin
U/15 Boys' Doubles Li, Gavin, & Yan, Zixuan Eric Menon, Krith, & Bhaskaracharya, Rishabh
U/17 Boys' Doubles Paton, Sid, & Toohill, Nate Mehul Gaglani, Ekansh, & Dabic, Maksim
U/11 Mixed Doubles Gao, Stanley, & Lu, Grace Xiaoxi Chu, Xinyue Queena, & Gu, Vinson
U/15 Mixed Doubles Prasanna Kumar, Aatmika, & Menon, Krith Yong, Xinyee Jasmine, & Bhaskaracharya, Rishabh
U/9 Singles Ma, Heyi Shen, Austin
U/9 Girls' Singles Shi, Anqi Ye, Kathryn
U/13 Boys' Singles Bhaskaracharya, Rishabh Menon, Krith
U/13 Girls' Singles Lu, Grace Xiaoxi Guo, Vicky
U/17 Boys' Singles Xu Somers, Ashley Lu, Pin-Yi
U/17 Girls' Singles Zhao, Lena Tatikonda, Dhatri
Under 1900 Singles Menon, Krith Li, Yizhuo Alston
Under 1600 Singles Menon, Krith Ke, Kk Yongrui
Under 1200 Singles Dabic, Maksim Onley, Tate
Under 1000 Singles Nguyen, Hieu Minh Alex Seg, Levi

Full results please click here. 

 
Veterans:

Event Name Winner Runner-up
O/40 Men's Singles Pandya, Zankar Salem, John
O/40 Women's Singles Liu, Lydia James, Kim
O/60 Men's Singles Brand, David Huang, Robert
O/60 Women's Singles Bennett, Belgin Xiong, Christina
O/70 Men's Singles Dever, Jeff Bowler, Bob
O/70 Women's Singles Woolcock, Jane O'Bryan, Daisy
O/30 Men's Doubles Palmer, Sam, & Salem, John Tran, Tuan, & Pham, Tu
O/30 Women's Doubles Tan, Yoke-Ching, & Liu, Lydia James, Kim, & Udugama, Niva
O/40 Men's Doubles Pearce, Frank, & Chan, Chun Yu John Pandya, Zankar, & Subramaniam, Harish
O/50 Men's Doubles Huang, Scott Q, & Huang, Robert Segal, David, & Pui, David
O/50 Women's Doubles Bennett, Belgin, & Brindley, Aviva Cawood, Melisa, & Xu, Chunyang Ruby
O/60 Men's Doubles McKay, Peter A, & Anderson, Gary Bolitho, Phillip, & Bricknell, Andrew
O/60 Women's Doubles Xiong, Christina, & Fernandez, Agatha Carruthers, Vicki, & Wilson, Debbie
O/65 Men's Doubles Pattison, John, & Greaves, Wayne Dever, Jeff, & Kung, Felix
O/65 Women's Doubles Paolini, Jan, & Jones, Chrissy Rigot, Genevieve, & Welbourne, Paulina
O/70 Men's Doubles Geller, Mikhail, & Bronstein, Paul Carruthers, Phillip, & Wilopo, Mikael
O/70 Women's Doubles O'Bryan, Daisy, & Woolcock, Jane Fischer, Maureen, & Taylor, Jan
O/30 Mixed Doubles Carmichael, Kate, & Salem, John Liu, Lydia, & Chan, Chun Yu John
O/50 Mixed Doubles Brindley, Aviva, & Huang, Scott Q Huang, Harrison, & Zhang, May
O/60 Mixed Doubles Bennett, Belgin, & Huang, Robert McKay, Peter A, & Xiong, Christina
O/65 Mixed Doubles Carruthers, Vicki, & Carruthers, Phillip Brackley, Colin, & Rigot, Genevieve
O/70 Mixed Doubles Woolcock, Warren, & Woolcock, Jane Kumar, David, & O'Bryan, Daisy
Single Mixed Doubles Collier, Mark, & Mahbub, Syed Dever, Jeff, & Hayes, Stephen
O/30 Men's Singles Pandya, Zankar Pham, Tu
O/30 Women's Singles Liu, Lydia Pathirannehelage, Koshi
O/50 Men's Singles Huang, Scott Q Huang, Robert
O/50 Women's Singles Cawood, Melisa Liang, Hong
O/65 Men's Singles Berry, Brian Bricknell, Andrew
O/65 Women's Singles Carruthers, Vicki Rigot, Genevieve
O/75 Singles Bowler, Bob Woolcock, Warren
Under 2000 Points Singles Pham, Tu Berry, Brian
Under 1700 Points Singles Palmer, Sam Stevels, Lenno
Under 1400 Points Singles Anderson, Gary Burke, Brendan
Under 1200 Points Singles Pathirannehelage, Koshi Udugama, Niva
Under 1000 Points Singles Bolitho, Sue-Ann Patton, Samantha
Under 800 Points Singles Thompson, Diane Fernandes, Diana

Full results please click here. 

 

We turn our attention now to the upcoming Costa Victorian Closed Veterans on July 26th at MSAC. 


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