World Table Tennis Championships Finals 2025: Will China Continue Its Dominance?

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The ITTF World Table Tennis Championships Finals 2025 returns to Doha after 21 years. The tournament will be held from May 17-25 in the capital of Qatar. 

Around 600 paddlers from across the world will compete in five events: men’s, women’s singles, men’s doubles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles. 

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The 2025 edition will witness new champions in men’s singles, men’s and women’s doubles in the absence of previous winners. 

Only Sun Yingsha in women’s singles, and mixed doubles alongside Wang Chuqin, will be in action defending titles at World Table Tennis Championships Finals 2025.

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The dominance of China in the sport of table tennis is well known and its players will look to cement their position at the World Table Tennis Championships Finals in Doha. 

Chinese players have swept the tournament, winning all five events two years ago in Durban, South Africa. They  have won the men’s and women’s singles world titles at every edition since 2005. Werner Schlager in 2003 was the last non-Chinese singles world champion. 

China have won 13 of the last 15 men’s singles, 22 of the last 23 women’s singles, 14 of the last 16 men’s doubles, 22 of the last 23 women’s doubles, and 19 (and a half) of the last 23 mixed doubles world titles.

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However, the 2025 edition is not going to be easy for China in the presence of Hugo Calderano. The Brazilian will enter as the men’s singles World Cup winner, a title he won barely a month ago in Macau, China where he defeated both world number two Wang in the semi-final and world number one Lin Shidong in the final.

Also, the absence of legendary Olympic champions Ma Long and Fan Zhendong leaves a huge void on the Chinese side at World Table Tennis Championships Finals in Doha . 

There are top two Chinese seeds in men’s singles, while top four in women’s singles. They are seeded third in men’s doubles, second and third in women’s doubles and first and third in mixed at World Table Tennis Championships Finals 2025. 

Also Read: China sweeps seven gold medals at Asian Table Tennis Championships

ITTF World Table Tennis Championships Finals 2025: Schedule 

All times listed are local time in Doha, Qatar (UTC +3 hours).

DateTimeMatches
Saturday 17 May10:00, 16:30– Men’s Singles R128
– Women’s Singles R128
– Men’s Doubles R64
– Women’s Doubles R64
– Mixed Doubles R64
Sunday 18 May10:00, 16:30– Men’s Singles R128
– Women’s Singles R128
– Men’s Doubles R64
– Women’s Doubles R64
– Mixed Doubles R64
Monday 20 May11:00, 16:00– Men’s Singles R64
– Women’s Singles R64
– Men’s Doubles R32
– Women’s Doubles R32
– Mixed Doubles R32
Tuesday 21 May11:00– Mixed Doubles R16
– Women’s Singles R64
– Men’s Singles R64
16:00– Men’s Singles R32
– Women’s Singles R32
– Men’s Doubles R16
– Women’s Doubles R16
Wednesday 22 May11:00– Mixed Doubles QF
– Women’s Doubles R16
– Men’s Doubles R16
– Women’s Singles R32
– Men’s Singles R32
17:30– Women’s Singles R32
– Men’s Singles R32
– Men’s Doubles R16
– Women’s Doubles R16
Thursday 23 May11:00– Mixed Doubles QF
– Women’s Singles R16
– Men’s Singles R16
– Men’s Doubles QF
– Women’s Doubles QF
17:00– Men’s Singles R16
– Women’s Singles R16
– Women’s Doubles QF
– Men’s Doubles QF
Friday 24 May11:00– Mixed Doubles SF
– Women’s Doubles QF
– Men’s Doubles QF
– Women’s Singles QF
– Men’s Singles QF
16:30– Women’s Singles QF
– Men’s Singles QF
Saturday 25 May12:00– Women’s Doubles SF
– Men’s Singles SF
– Women’s Singles SF
– Men’s Doubles SF
16:00– Mixed Doubles Final
– Women’s Doubles SF
– Men’s Singles SF
– Women’s Singles SF
– Men’s Doubles SF
Sunday 26 May12:00– Men’s Doubles Final
– Women’s Singles Final
15:30– Men’s Singles Final
– Women’s Doubles Final