| Australian Open Champions | |||
| Year | Open Champion | Nationals venue | |
| 1978 | H. Masuda | Sydney |
| 1979 | I. Hou | Canberra |
| 1980 | Sang Dae Hahn | |
| 1981 | Sang Dae Hahn | |
| 1982 | Sang Dae Hahn | |
| 1983 | Kwang Ho An | |
| 1984 | Sang Dae Hahn | |
| 1985 | Sang Dae Hahn | |
| 1986 | Yufei Wang | |
| 1987 | Choon-sik Moon | |
| 1988 | Yufei Wang | |
| 1989 | Sang Dae Hahn | |
| 1990 | Yufei Wang | |
| 1991 | Sang Dae Hahn | |
| 1992 | Syn Liew | |
| 1993 | Sang Dae Hahn | |
| 1994 | Yufei Wang 7d | Melbourne |
| 1995 | Andrew Chi 8d | Brisbane |
| 1996 | Andrew Chi 7d | Sydney |
| 1997 | Andrew Chi 7d | Melbourne |
| 1998 | Andrew Chi 8d | Adelaide |
| 1999 | Andrew Chi 7d | Sydney |
| 2000 | Yiming Guo 7d | Canberra |
| 2001 | David Huang 6d | Melbourne |
| 2002 | ChengLiang Wang 6d | Brisbane |
| 2003 | Yiming Guo 7d | Sydney |
| 2004 | Yiming Guo 8d | Canberra |
| 2005 | Kevin Chen 6D | Melbourne |
| 2006 | Raphael Shin 7d | Brisbane |
| 2007 | David He 7d | Sydney |
| 2008 | Miao Zhao 7d | Brisbane |
| 2009 | Zack Zou 7d | Melbourne |
| 2010 | Bi Jang 7d | Sydney |
| 2011 | Guyu Liu 7d | Canberra |
| 2012 | Chimin Oh 7d | Gold Coast |
| 2013 | Shuping Cai 7d | Melbourne |
| 2014 | Zhou Wei 7d | Sydney |
| 2015 | Zhou Wei 7d | Brisbane |
| 2016 | Zekun Yu 6d | Melbourne |
| 2017 | GwangHo Choi 7d | Sydney (Australian Go Congress) |
| 2018 | Zhou Wei 7d | Gold Coast |
| 2019 | Zhou Wei 7d | Melbourne |
| 2020 | - | not held due to Covid-19 |
| 2021 | Daniel Li 6d | Online, with 6th Australian Digital |
| 2022 | Hongru Gu | Sydney |
| 2023 | Ruochen Wang | Brisbane |
| 2024 | Muxin Chen | Melbourne |