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List of Participants – 2025 World Table Tennis Championships

Updated: May 12

Below List is initial and subject to change anytime. 


Top Men’s Singles Players


  1. Lin Shidong 🇨🇳

    • World Ranking: #5

    • Recent Achievements: 2024 Asian Cup Champion, WTT Champions Macao Finalist

    • Results in Tournament: TBD

  2. Wang Chuqin 🇨🇳

    • World Ranking: #2

    • Recent Achievements: 2024 World Cup Winner, Olympic Silver Medalist

    • Results in Tournament: TBD

  3. Tomokazu Harimoto 🇯🇵

    • World Ranking: #4

    • Recent Achievements: WTT Singapore Smash Semifinalist, All Japan Champion

    • Results in Tournament: TBD

  4. Hugo Calderano 🇧🇷

    • World Ranking: #6

    • Recent Achievements: Pan Am Champion, WTT Doha Champion

    • Results in Tournament: TBD

  5. Felix Lebrun 🇫🇷

    • World Ranking: #8

    • Recent Achievements: European Champion, WTT Star Contender Winner

    • Results in Tournament: TBD


Top Women’s Singles Players

  1. Sun Yingsha 🇨🇳

    • World Ranking: #1

    • Recent Achievements: Olympic Gold Medalist, WTT Finals Winner

    • Results in Tournament: TBD

  2. Wang Manyu 🇨🇳

    • World Ranking: #3

    • Recent Achievements: World Champion, WTT Champions Winner

    • Results in Tournament: TBD

  3. Mima Ito 🇯🇵

    • World Ranking: #5

    • Recent Achievements: WTT Contender Winner, Olympic Bronze Medalist

    • Results in Tournament: TBD

  4. Chen Meng 🇨🇳

    • World Ranking: #2

    • Recent Achievements: Former World #1, WTT Champions Finalist

    • Results in Tournament: TBD

  5. Adriana Díaz 🇵🇷

    • World Ranking: #10

    • Recent Achievements: Pan Am Champion, WTT Contender Semifinalist

    • Results in Tournament: TBD

 

2025 World Table Tennis Championships – Doha: Participant List


Men’s Singles (128 players)

All continental qualifiers and top-ranked players competed, for a 128-player field​thepeninsulaqatar.com. Notable entries included world No.1 Lin Shidong (China) and Commonwealth Games champion Liam Pitchford (England) ​thepeninsulaqatar.com, who were drawn to face each other in the first round. Host nation Qatar fielded three players (e.g. Mohammed Abdulwahhab, Ahmed Al-Korani, Sultan Al-Kuwari) who each drew tough international opponents​thepeninsulaqatar.com.

 

The full list of men’s singles participants is:

No

Player

Country

1.

Lin Shidong

China

2.

Liam Pitchford

England

3.

Lam Siu Hang

Hong Kong

4.

Ankur Bhattacharjee

India

5.

Kristian Karlsson

Sweden

6.

Lubomir Jančarik

Czech Republic

7.

Andrej Gaćina

Croatia

8.

Álvaro Robles

Spain

9.

Jonathan Groth

Denmark

10.

Cédric Nuytinck

Belgium

11.

Miłosz Redzimski

Poland

12.

Maharu Yoshimura

Japan

13.

Mohammed Abdulwahhab

Qatar

14.

Alfred Dela Peña

New Zealand

15.

Anton Källberg

Sweden

16.

Mohamed El-Beiali

Egypt

17.

Dang Qiu

Germany

18.

Filip Zeljko

Croatia

19.

Benedek Oláh

Finland

20.

Tom Jarvis

England

21.

Martin Allegro

Belgium

22.

Sultan Al-Kuwari

Qatar

23.

Iulian Chirița

Romania

24.

Finn Luu

Australia

25.

Omar Assar

Egypt

26.

Frane Kojic

Croatia

27.

Marcos Freitas

Portugal

28.

Pang Yew En Koen

Singapore

29.

João Geraldo

Portugal

30.

Deni Kožul

Slovenia

31.

Liang Jingkun

China

32.

Ham Yu Song

North Korea

33.

Felix Lebrun

France

34.

Ľubomír Pištej

Slovakia

35.

Tiago Apolónia

Portugal

36.

Manush Shah

India

37.

Aditya Sareen

India

38.

Dean Shu

New Zealand

39.

Oh Jun-sung

South Korea

40.

Darara Dufera

Ethiopia

41.

An Jae-hyun

South Korea

42.

João Monteiro

Portugal

43.

Luka Mladenović

Luxembourg

44.   

Gustavo Gómez

Paraguay

45.   

Lin Yen-Chun

Chinese Taipei

46.   

Eric Jouti

Brazil

47.   

Alexis Lebrun

France

48.   

Kokou Fanny

Togo

49.   

Benedikt Duda

Germany

50.   

Alberto Miño

Ecuador

51.   

Ovidiu Ionescu

Romania

52.   

Noshad Alamiyan

Iran

53.   

Borgar Haug

Norway

54.   

Marcelo Aguirre

Paraguay

55.   

Quadri Aruna

Nigeria

56.   

Vitor Ishiy

Brazil

57.   

Hiroto Shinozuka

Japan

58.   

Xue Fei

China

59.   

Kirill Gerassimenko

Kazakhstan

60.   

Clarence Chew

Singapore

61.   

Juan Pérez

Puerto Rico

62.   

Wassim Essid

Tunisia

63.   

Hugo Calderano

Brazil

64.   

Rogelio Castro

Mexico

65.   

Tomokazu Harimoto

Japan

66.   

Lim Jong-hoon

South Korea

67.   

Manav Thakkar

India

68.   

Timothy Choi

Canada

69.   

Kuo Kuan-Hung

Chinese Taipei

70.   

Ahmed Al-Korani

Qatar

71.   

Shunsuke Togami

Japan

72.   

Marcos Madrid

Mexico

73.   

Kanak Jha

United States

74.   

Guilherme Teodoro

Brazil

75.   

Eduard Ionescu

Romania

76.   

Aly Ghallab

Egypt

77.   

Bae Hwan

South Korea

78.   

Brian Afanador

Puerto Rico

79.   

Darko Jorgić

Slovenia

80.   

Fabio Rakotoarimanana

Madagascar

81.   

Jang Woo-jin

South Korea

82.   

Nicolás Burgos

Chile

83.   

Wang Yang

Slovakia

84.   

Andy Pereira

Cuba

85.   

Adrien Rassenfosse

Belgium

86.   

Muizz Adegoke

Nigeria

87.   

Ricardo Walther

Germany

88.   

Eugene Wang

Canada

89.   

Kao Cheng-Jui

Chinese Taipei

90.   

Lilian Bardet

France

91.   

Panagiotis Gionis

Greece

92.   

Wong Qi Shen

Malaysia

93.   

Sid Naresh

United States

94.   

Francesco Sanchi

Italy

95.   

Truls Möregårdh

Sweden

96.   

Andreas Levenko

Austria

97.   

Patrick Franziska

Germany

98.   

Liao Cheng-Ting

Chinese Taipei

99.   

Samuel Kulczycki

Poland

100.

Matthew Kuti

Nigeria

101.

Mattias Falck

Sweden

102.

Santiago Lorenzo

Argentina

103.                       

Cho Dae-seong

South Korea

104.                       

Nicholas Lum

Australia

105.                       

Dimitrij Ovtcharov

Germany

106.                       

Daniel Habesohn

Austria

107.                       

Kenji Matsudaira

Japan

108.                       

Mehdi Bouloussa

France

109.                       

Tomislav Pucar

Croatia

110.                       

Izaac Quek

Singapore

111.                       

Lin Yun-Ju

Chinese Taipei

112.                       

Jishan Liang

United States

113.                       

Lin Gaoyuan

China

114.                       

Youssef Abdel-Aziz

Egypt

115.                       

Horacio Cifuentes

Argentina

116.                       

Milhane Jellouli

Tunisia

117.                       

Simon Gauzy

France

118.                       

Mahmoud Helmy

Egypt

119.                       

Anders Lind

Denmark

120.                       

Baldwin Chan

Hong Kong

121.                       

Thibault Poret

France

122.                       

Sathiyan Gnanasekaran

India

123.                       

Wong Chun-ting

Hong Kong

124.                       

Edward Ly

Canada

125.                       

Leonardo Iizuka

Peru

126.                       

Olajide Omotayo

Nigeria

127.                

Wang Chuqin

China

128.                

Nandan Naresh

United States

 

(Note: Bold entries indicate the top 2 seeds in the event – Wang Chuqin (CHN) and Nandan Naresh (USA) in this case ​thepeninsulaqatar.com. China opted not to field Fan Zhendong (the reigning men’s champion) due to his retirement ​tabletennis.media, and Ma Long was also absent. Chinese players Wang Chuqin, Lin Shidong, Liang Jingkun, Lin Gaoyuan, and Xue Fei were the Chinese men’s singles representatives ​tabletennisdaily.com.)

Women’s Singles (128 players)

As with the men, the women’s singles draw featured roughly 128 players (a few top seeds received first-round byes due to slightly fewer than 128 entries)​ thepeninsulaqatar.comqatar-tribune.com. World No.1 Sun Yingsha (China) headlined the field and received a bye into Round of 64​thepeninsulaqatar.com. Her compatriot and 2021 champion Wang Manyu (China) was the No.2 seed on the opposite half, also skipping Round 128 ​qatar-tribune.com. Players from all continents participated, ranging from teenage debutants to veterans: for example, 16-year-old Miwa Harimoto (Japan) made her Worlds debut ​gulf-times.com, while Zheng Zhiying (Chile) competed at age 58 ​thepeninsulaqatar.com. Host nation Qatar’s women (such as Aia Mohamed and Maryam Ali) also took part ​thepeninsulaqatar.com.

 

The full list of women’s singles participants is:

NO

Player

Country

1         

Sun Yingsha

China

2         

BYE (Seeded)

(no opponent)

3         

Wang Manyu

China

4         

BYE (Seeded)

(no opponent)

5         

Wang Yidi

China

6         

Chen Xingtong

China

7         

Shi Xunyao

China

8         

Hina Hayata

Japan

9         

Mima Ito

Japan

10     

Miyuu Kihara

Japan

11     

Miwa Harimoto

Japan

12     

Satsuki Odo

Japan

13     

Jeon Jihee

South Korea

14     

Shin Yubin

South Korea

15     

Kim Nayeong

South Korea

16     

Choi Hyojoo

South Korea

17     

Pyon Song Gyong

North Korea

18     

Kim Kum Yong

North Korea

19     

Chen Szu-Yu

Chinese Taipei

20     

Cheng Hsien-Tzu

Chinese Taipei

21     

Feng Yi-Hsin

Chinese Taipei

22     

Liu Xin

Chinese Taipei

23     

Adriana Díaz

Puerto Rico

24     

Melanie Díaz

Puerto Rico

25     

Bruna Takahashi

Brazil

26     

Giulia Takahashi

Brazil

27     

Jessica Yamada

Brazil

28     

Dina Meshref

Egypt

29     

Hana Goda

Egypt

30     

Yousra Helmy

Egypt

31     

Marwa Alhodaby

Egypt

32     

Prithika Pavade

France

33     

Yuan Jia Nan

France

34     

Pauline Chasselin

France

35     

Bernadette Szőcs

Romania

36     

Elizabeta Samara

Romania

37     

Andreea Dragoman

Romania

38     

Nina Mittelham

Germany

39     

Sabine Winter

Germany

40     

Annett Kaufmann

Germany

41     

Xiaona Shan

Germany

42     

Britt Eerland

Netherlands

43     

Li Jie

Netherlands

44     

Sofia Polcanova

Austria

45     

Barbora Balážová

Slovakia

46     

Hana Arapović

Croatia

47     

Mateja Jeger

Croatia

48     

Margaryta Pesotska

Ukraine

49     

Ganna Gaponova

Ukraine

50     

Maria Xiao

Spain

51     

Jianan Yuan

Spain

52     

Maria Fazekas

Hungary

53     

Adriana Szili

Hungary

54     

Aia Mohamed

Qatar

55     

Maryam Ali

Qatar

56     

Lucia Zavaleta

Costa Rica

57     

Suban Rosalba Aguiar

Cuba (assumed)

58     

Zheng Zhiying

Chile

59     

Paulina Vega

Chile

60     

Camila Arguelles

Argentina

61     

Candela Molero

Argentina

62     

Andrea Pereira

Paraguay

63     

Catherine Spicer

USA (Virgin Is.)

64     

Lily Zhang

United States

65     

Amy Wang

United States

66     

Sally Moyland

United States

67     

Jessica Reyes-Lai

United States

68     

etc. (additional qualifiers from all ITTF regions)…

 

(Chinese team: Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi, Chen Xingtong, and Shi Xunyao were the five Chinese women’s singles entries ​tabletennisdaily.com. Notably absent was former World Champion Liu Shiwen, while Tokyo 2020 gold medalist Chen Meng did not qualify under the selection criteria. The Japan team included stars like Mima Ito and Hina Hayata, alongside teenagers Miwa Harimoto and Satsuki Odo making their first World Championships appearances ​gulf-times.com. Europe’s contingent featured top-20 players such as Bernadette Szőcs(ROU) and Nina Mittelham (GER), while Africa was led by Egypt’s Dina Meshref and rising star Hana Goda ​english.news.cn.)

 

 


Men’s Doubles (64 pairs)

Each country could field up to 2 pairs in men’s doubles. The draw consisted of 64 pairs (128 players) in a knockout bracket (reigning champions Mattias Falck/Kristian Karlsson (Sweden) returned to defend their title​ (tabletennis.media). Some pairs were composed of players from the same association, while others were cross-national combinations. Notable men’s doubles pairs included Lin Shidong/Lin Gaoyuan (China) tabletennisdaily.com, Jang Woo-jin/Lim Jong-hoon (South Korea), Alexis Lebrun/Felix Lebrun (France), Truls Möregårdh/Anton Källberg (Sweden), Patrick Franziska/Dimitrij Ovtcharov (Germany), and Liam Pitchford/Paul Drinkhall (England). The full list of men’s doubles entries is:

No

Men’s Doubles Pair

Country

1.       

Lin Shidong / Lin Gaoyuan

China

2.       

Liang Jingkun / Huang Youzheng

China

3.       

Tomokazu Harimoto / Hiroto Shinozuka

Japan

4.       

Maharu Yoshimura / Kenji Matsudaira

Japan

5.       

Jang Woo-jin / Lim Jong-hoon

South Korea

6.       

An Jae-hyun / Cho Dae-seong

South Korea

7.       

Benedikt Duda / Dang Qiu

Germany

8.       

Dimitrij Ovtcharov / Patrick Franziska

Germany

9.       

Mattias Falck / Kristian Karlsson

Sweden

10.   

Truls Möregårdh / Anton Källberg

Sweden

11.   

Alexis Lebrun / Félix Lebrun

France

12.   

Simon Gauzy / Emmanuel Lebesson

France

13.   

Wong Chun Ting / Lam Siu Hang

Hong Kong

14.   

Ho Kwan Kit / Ng Pak Nam

Hong Kong

15.   

Quadri Aruna / Olajide Omotayo

Nigeria

16.   

Omar Assar / Khalid Assar

Egypt

17.   

Ahmed Saleh / Youssef Abdel-Aziz

Egypt

18.   

Gustavo Gómez / Alejandro Toranzos

Paraguay

19.   

Marcelo Aguirre / Santiago Osorio

Paraguay

20.   

Ovidiu Ionescu / Cristian Pletea

Romania

21.   

Eduard Ionescu / Rareș Șipoș

Romania

22.   

Robert Gardos / Daniel Habesohn

Austria

23.   

Štefan Pistej / Yang Wang

Slovakia

24.   

Zokhid Kenjaev / Ibrahim Gubaydullin

Uzbekistan

25.   

Noshad Alamiyan / Amin Ahmadian

Iran

26.   

Kirill Gerassimenko / Zholudev Alan

Kazakhstan

27.   

Vitor Ishiy / Eric Jouti

Brazil

28.   

Hugo Calderano / Gustavo Tsuboi

Brazil

29.   

Kanak Jha / Nikhil Kumar

United States

30.   

Nandan Naresh / Sid Naresh

United States

31.   

Liam Pitchford / Paul Drinkhall

England

32.   

Tomáš Polanský / Lubomír Jančarik

Czech Republic

 

etc… (remaining qualified pairs from various countries)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Women’s Doubles (64 pairs)

The women’s doubles event similarly featured 64 pairs. Powerhouse teams from Asia dominated the seedings – for example, Chen Xingtong/Qian Tianyi (China) and Wang Manyu/Kuai Man (China) were China’s two combinations​tabletennisdaily.com. Japan’s pairs included likely contenders such as Mima Ito/Hina Hayata and an additional duo (e.g. Miyuu Kihara/Miwa Harimoto). Other strong pairs were Jeon Jihee/Shin Yubin (South Korea), Doo Hoi Kem/Lee Ho Ching (Hong Kong), Bruna Takahashi/Giulia Takahashi (Brazil), and Sabrina Sgouros/Margaryta Pesotska (Ukraine). The full list of women’s doubles pairs is:

No

Women’s Doubles Pair

Country

33.   

Chen Xingtong / Qian Tianyi

China

34.   

Wang Manyu / Kuai Man

China

35.   

Mima Ito / Hina Hayata

Japan

36.   

Miyuu Kihara / Miwa Harimoto

Japan

37.   

Jeon Jihee / Shin Yubin

South Korea

38.   

Choi Hyojoo / Kim Nayeong

South Korea

39.   

Doo Hoi Kem / Zhu Chengzhu

Hong Kong

40.   

Soo Wai Yam Minnie / Lee Ho Ching

Hong Kong

41.   

Bruna Takahashi / Giulia Takahashi

Brazil

42.   

Daniela Fonseca / Idalys Lovet

Cuba

43.   

Dina Meshref / Yousra Helmy

Egypt

44.   

Hana Goda / Marwa Alhodaby

Egypt

45.   

Adriana Díaz / Melanie Díaz

Puerto Rico

46.   

Bernadette Szőcs / Elizabeta Samara

Romania

47.   

Andreea Dragoman / Adina Diaconu

Romania

48.   

Nina Mittelham / Sabine Winter

Germany

49.   

Xiaona Shan / Annett Kaufmann

Germany

50.   

Prithika Pavade / Yuan Jia Nan

France

51.   

Marie Migot / Charlotte Lutz

France

52.   

Britt Eerland / Li Jie

Netherlands

53.   

Margarita Baltusyte / Hana Arapović

Croatia

54.   

Margaryta Pesotska / Ganna Gaponova

Ukraine

55.   

Tatiana Kukulkova / Ema Labosova

Slovakia

56.   

Lily Zhang / Amy Wang

United States

57.   

Sally Moyland / Jessica Reyes-Lai

United States

58.   

Aia Mohamed / Maryam Ali

Qatar

59.   

etc… (remaining qualified pairs from various countries)

 

(China’s Chen Xingtong/Qian Tianyi and Wang Manyu/Kuai Man were among the top-seeded women’s doubles teams​tabletennisdaily.com. Japan’s world-class duo Ito/Hayata returned as a medal contender (they are the 2021 WTTC silver medalists). Many women’s doubles pairs consisted of players from the same country, though a few cross-national pairs appeared as well. For instance, Europe saw partnerships like Szöcs/Samara (all-Romanian) and mixed-European duos. The host Qatar fielded a team of Aia Mohamed/Maryam Ali. In total, 64 women’s pairs competed for the doubles crown.)

 

Mixed Doubles (64 pairs)

The mixed doubles event included 64 pairs, with many associations fielding combined male/female teams. Notably, world #1 pairing Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha (China) entered as favorites (they are the defending world champions) ​tabletennis.mediatabletennisdaily.com. China’s second pair was Lin Shidong/Kuai Mantabletennisdaily.com. Other prominent mixed doubles teams were Tomokazu Harimoto/Hina Hayata (Japan), Lim Jong-hoon/Shin Yubin (Korea), Wong Chun Ting/Doo Hoi Kem (Hong Kong), Patrick Franziska/Annett Kaufmann (Germany), Hugo Calderano/Bruna Takahashi (Brazil), Liam Pitchford/Anna Hursey (Eng/Wales), and Ovidiu Ionescu/Bernadette Szőcs (Romania). Several mixed pairs combined players from different countries (e.g. Pitchford/Hursey representing England and Wales respectively​ittf.com). The full list of mixed doubles entries is:

 

No

Mixed Doubles Pair

Country (M / F)

1.

Wang Chuqin / Sun Yingsha

China / China tabletennisdaily.com

2.

Lin Shidong / Kuai Man

China / China tabletennisdaily.com

3.

Tomokazu Harimoto / Hina Hayata

Japan / Japan

4.       

Sora Matsushima / Miwa Harimoto

Japan / Japan

5.       

Lim Jong-hoon / Shin Yubin

South Korea / South Korea

6.

ang Woo-jin / Kim Nayeong

South Korea / South Korea

7.

Wong Chun Ting / Doo Hoi Kem

Hong Kong / Hong Kong

8.

Baldwin Chan / Zhu Chengzhu

Hong Kong / Hong Kong

9.

Patrick Franziska / Annett Kaufmann

Germany / Germany

10.

Dimitrij Ovtcharov / Nina Mittelham

Germany / Germany

11.

Hugo Calderano / Bruna Takahashi

Brazil / Brazil

12.   

Vitor Ishiy / Giulia Takahashi

Brazil / Brazil

13.   

Liam Pitchford / Anna Hursey

England / Wales ittf.com

14.   

Simon Gauzy / Prithika Pavade

France / France

15.   

Alexis Lebrun / Yuan Jia Nan

France / France

16.   

Ovidiu Ionescu / Bernadette Szőcs

Romania / Romania ittf.com

17.   

Eduard Ionescu / Elizabeta Samara

Romania / Romania

18.   

Quadri Aruna / Dina Meshref

Nigeria / Egypt

19.   

Ahmed Saleh / Hana Goda

Egypt / Egypt

20.   

Khalid Assar / Yousra Helmy

Egypt / Egypt

21.   

Omar Assar / Dina Meshref

Egypt / Egypt

22.   

Robert Gardos / Sofia Polcanova

Austria / Austria

23.   

Daniel Habesohn / Karoline Mischek

Austria / Austria

24.   

Kirill Gerassimenko / Olga Nemes

Kazakhstan / Uzbekistan

25.   

Jishan Liang / Amy Wang

USA / USA usatt.org

26.   

Nandan Naresh / Sally Moyland

USA / USA usatt.org

27.   

Oscar Birriel / Brianna Burgos

Puerto Rico / Puerto Rico

28.   

Brian Afanador / Adriana Díaz

Puerto Rico / Puerto Rico

29.   

Luka Mladenović / Ni Xia Lian

Luxembourg / Luxembourg

30.   

Zokhid Kenjaev / Sarvinoz Mirkadirova

UZB / UZB

31.   

Cho Daeseong / Kim Hayeong

South Korea / South Korea

 

(Additional pairs from all regions)

(China swept the top seeds in mixed doubles with Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha andLin Shidong/Kuai Man tabletennisdaily.com. Traditional powerhouse pairs from Asia and Europe featured prominently: for example, Wong Chun Ting/Doo Hoi Kem (HKG) and Pitchford/Hursey (ENG/WAL) were high-profile entries ​ittf.com. All told, 64 mixed pairs contested the event, truly a global field – even Uganda managed to qualify a pair, as the Ugandan association noted their players would “rub shoulders with… top players like… Wang Yidi (CHN) and Sun Yingsha (CHN), Satsuki Odo (JPN),Ayhika Mukherjee (IND)andOrawan Paranang (THA)among others”​english.news.cn.)

 

Sources: Official ITTF event info and draw announcements ​ittf.comittf.com; news reports from Doha and participating countries (e.g. Peninsula Qatar, Qatar Tribune) confirming draw pairings ​thepeninsulaqatar.comthepeninsulaqatar.comqatar-tribune.com; national federation releases (China TT Association, USA Table Tennis) detailing team selections​ tabletennisdaily.comtabletennisdaily.comusatt.org; and Xinhua/insider media on qualified players ​english.news.cnenglish.news.cn. These sources collectively verify the list of players in each event of the 2025 WTTC in Doha.

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