ITTF World Table Tennis Championships 2025: Full schedule, fixtures, results, live streaming details

India has won just two medals in the tournament history.

The ITTF World Table Tennis Championships 2025 will take place in Doha, Qatar after 21 years. The nation had last hosted the competition in 2004 when it made history by becoming the first Middle East country to host the World Table Tennis Championships. The 58th edition of the tournament will begin on May 17 and will end on May 25.

The 2025 edition will be an exciting one to watch out for, as several names have stood up from different nations to challenge the Chinese domination in the sport. We have seen players from Brazil, Egypt, Korea, Germany, Japan, and many other nations rising to challenge the Chinese in their formidable sport.

ITTF World Table Tennis Championships 2025 venue and dates

• Date: May 17-25, 2025
• Venue: Lusail Multipurpose Hall and Qatar University Sports Complex, Doha, Qatar

India’s performance history at ITTF World Table Tennis Championships 2025

India have won two bronze medals in the history of the championships. In 1926, the men’s team won four matches in the round robin format and returned with the bronze medal. In the same edition, SRG Suppiah won a bronze medal in men’s singles. India have since failed to medal at the World Championships, despite coming close on some occasions.

In the last edition, the Indian challenge ended in round 3, and the paddlers will look to do better this year. India’s best chance for a medal will be in the doubles category, where the likes of Manush Shah, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Harmeet Desai, Manav Thakkar, Ayhika Mukherjee, and Sutirtha Mukherjee will compete.

Tournament format

There will be five individual events—Men’s Singles, Women’s Singles, Men’s Doubles, Women’s Doubles and Mixed Doubles. Each round will be a knockout round, with singles matches set to be contested over best-of-7 games, while doubles matches will be played as best-of-5 games.

India’s contingent for ITTF World Table Tennis Championships 2025

Men’s Singles – Manav Thakkar, Manush Shah, Sathiyan Ganasekaran, Ankur Bhattacharjee

Women’s Singles – Manika Batra, Sreeja Akula, Yashashwini Ghorpade, Diya Chitale

Men’s Doubles – Manav Thakkar/Manush Shah, Sathiyan Ganeskaran/Harmeet Desai

Women’s Doubles – Yashashwini Ghorpade/Diya Chitale, Sutirtha Mukherjee/Ayhika Mukherjee

Mixed Doubles – Diya Chitale/Manush Shah, Harmeet Desai/Yashashwini Ghorpade

Where and how to watch live telecast and live streaming of ITTF World Table Tennis Championships 2025 in India?

Unfortunately, there is no live telecast in India. However, fans can watch the tournament on the ITTF World YouTube Channel.

ITTF World Table Tennis Championships 2025 full schedule and fixtures (All timings are in IST)

Day 1—May 17 (Saturday)

Men’s Singles Round of 128

• Manush Shah beat Tiago Apolonia (11-6, 2-11, 11-7, 11-6, 5-11, 11-6)

Women’s Singles Round of 128

• Sreeja Akula lost to Suthasini Sawettabut (11-9, 8-11, 6-11, 5-11, 2-11)
• Diya Chitale beat Sofia-Xuan Zhang (11-4, 11-7, 11-3, 14-12)

Men’s Doubles Round of 64

• Manav Thakkar/Manush Shah beat Peter Hribar/Deni Kozul (11-7, 11-8, 11-6)

Women’s Doubles Round of 64

• Ayhika Mukherjee/Sutirtha Mukherjee beat Ozge Yilmaz/Ece Harac (4-11, 11-9, 10-12, 11-9, 11-7)
• Yashaswini Ghorpade/Diya Chitale beat Markhabo Magdieva/Asel Erkebaeva (9-11, 11-2, 11-9, 11-8)

Day 2 — May 18 (Sunday)

Men’s Singles Round of 128

• Ankur Bhattacharjee lost to Lam Siu Hang (11-4, 7-11, 9-11, 10-12, 8-11)
• Manav Thakkar beat Timothy Choi (11-3, 11-8, 6-11, 11-7, 14-12)
• Sathiyan Gnanasekaran lost to Thibaukt Poret (5-11, 6-11, 7-11, 6-11)

Women’s Singles Round of 128

• Yashaswini Ghorpade lost to Jia Nan Yuan (7-11, 11-8, 9-11, 9-11, 8-11)
• Manika Batra beat Fatimo Bello (11-5, 11-6, 11-8, 11-2)

Men’s Doubles Round of 64

• Harmeet Desai/Sathiyan Gnanasekaran lost to Maciej Kolodzieczyk/Vladislav Ursu (9-11, 12-10, 14-16, 10-12)

Mixed Doubles Round of 64

• Harmeet Desai/Yashaswini Ghorpade lost to Thibault Poret/Leana Hochart (11-8, 11-6, 10-12, 8-11, 10-12)
• Manush Shah/Diya Chitale beat Mehdi Bouloussa/Malissa Nasri (11-2, 11-7, 11-6)

Day 3 — May 19 (Monday)

Men’s Singles Round of 64

• Manush Shah vs Felix Lebrun
• Manav Thakkar vs Tomokazu Harimoto

Women’s Singles Round of 64

• Diya Chitale vs Cheng I-Ching
• Manika Batra vs Park Gahyeon

Men’s Doubles Round of 32

• Manav Thakkar/Manush Shah vs Dang Qiu/Benedikt Duda

Women’s Doubles Round of 32

• Ayhika Mukherjee/Sutirtha Mukherjee vs Annett Kaufmann/Xiaona Shan
• Yashaswini Ghorpade/Diya Chitale vs Zeng Jian/Ser Lin Qian

Mixed Doubles Round of 32

• Manush Shah/Diya Chitale vs Oh Junsung/Kim Nayeong

Day 4 — May 20 (Tuesday)

XD, MD, WD R16 and MS, WS R32 – 1:30 PM Onwards

Day 5 — May 21 (Wednesday)

XD QF and MD, WD, MS, WS R16 – 1:30 PM Onwards

Day 6 — May 22 (Thursday)

XD, MD, WD QF and MS, WS R16 – 1:30 PM Onwards

Day 7 — May 23 (Friday)

XD SF and MD, WD, MS, WS QF – 1:30 PM Onwards

Day 8 — May 24 (Saturday)

XD Finals and MD, WD, MS, WS SF – 2:30 PM Onwards

Day 9 — May 25 (Sunday)

MD, WS Finals – 2:30 PM

WD, MS Finals – 6:00 PM

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