List of Participants – 2025 World Table Tennis Championships
- WTTC 2025
- May 1
- 13 min read
Updated: May 12
Below List is initial and subject to change anytime.
Top Men’s Singles Players
Lin Shidong 🇨🇳
World Ranking: #5
Recent Achievements: 2024 Asian Cup Champion, WTT Champions Macao Finalist
Results in Tournament: TBD
Wang Chuqin 🇨🇳
World Ranking: #2
Recent Achievements: 2024 World Cup Winner, Olympic Silver Medalist
Results in Tournament: TBD
Tomokazu Harimoto 🇯🇵
World Ranking: #4
Recent Achievements: WTT Singapore Smash Semifinalist, All Japan Champion
Results in Tournament: TBD
Hugo Calderano 🇧🇷
World Ranking: #6
Recent Achievements: Pan Am Champion, WTT Doha Champion
Results in Tournament: TBD
Felix Lebrun 🇫🇷
World Ranking: #8
Recent Achievements: European Champion, WTT Star Contender Winner
Results in Tournament: TBD
Top Women’s Singles Players
Sun Yingsha 🇨🇳
World Ranking: #1
Recent Achievements: Olympic Gold Medalist, WTT Finals Winner
Results in Tournament: TBD
Wang Manyu 🇨🇳
World Ranking: #3
Recent Achievements: World Champion, WTT Champions Winner
Results in Tournament: TBD
Mima Ito 🇯🇵
World Ranking: #5
Recent Achievements: WTT Contender Winner, Olympic Bronze Medalist
Results in Tournament: TBD
Chen Meng 🇨🇳
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 fieldthepeninsulaqatar.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 opponentsthepeninsulaqatar.com.
The full list of men’s singles participants is:
(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 64thepeninsulaqatar.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:
(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:
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 combinationstabletennisdaily.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:
(China’s Chen Xingtong/Qian Tianyi and Wang Manyu/Kuai Man were among the top-seeded women’s doubles teamstabletennisdaily.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 respectivelyittf.com). The full list of mixed doubles entries is:
(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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