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WTT Star Contender Doha 2021 poster
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FinishedWTT Series

WTT Star Contender Doha 2021

5 to 13 March 2021Doha, Qatar

Champions

Women's singles champion

Mima Ito

Beat Tianwei Feng 4-1 in the final10-12, 12-10, 11-7, 11-8, 11-6

Men's singles champion

Tomokazu Harimoto

Beat Ruwen Filus 4-2 in the final11-9, 11-9, 12-14, 11-5, 7-11, 11-8

Women's doubles champions

Jeon Jihee / Shin Yubin

Beat Kasumi Ishikawa / Miu Hirano 3-0 in the final11-6, 12-10, 11-8

Men's doubles champions

Jeoung Youngsik / Lee Sangsu

Beat Ovidiu Ionescu / Alvaro Robles 3-2 in the final2-11, 11-6, 11-8, 8-11, 11-3

Mixed doubles champions

Cheng I-Ching / Lin Yun-Ju

Beat Jeon Jihee / Lee Sangsu 3-1 in the final10-12, 11-8, 11-9, 11-6

How it was won

The top seeds, Tomokazu Harimoto and Mima Ito, won both singles titles for Japan. Harimoto beat Germany's Ruwen Filus 4-2 in the men's final and Ito beat Singapore's Feng Tianwei 4-1 in the women's.

Filus was unseeded and beat the third seed, Lin Yun-Ju, 3-0 in the quarter-finals, after Darko Jorgic had knocked out the second seed, Hugo Calderano. The second, third and fourth seeds in the women's draw all lost in the last 16. South Korea's Jeon Jihee and Shin Yubin beat the top seeds, Kasumi Ishikawa and Miu Hirano, 3-0 in the women's doubles final.

Matches

  1. Women's doubles, finalKasumi Ishikawa / Miu HiranoJeon Jihee / Shin Yubin 036111012811
  2. Men's doubles, finalJeoung Youngsik / Lee SangsuOvidiu Ionescu / Alvaro Robles 32211116118811113
  3. Mixed doubles, finalJeon Jihee / Lee SangsuCheng I-Ching / Lin Yun-Ju 131210811911611
  4. Women's singles, finalMima ItoTianwei Feng 4110121210117118116
  5. Men's singles, finalTomokazu HarimotoRuwen Filus 421191191214115711118

Times are UK time. Times are approximate: matches can start late or run over, so a match may not have started when its time passes. Tap a played match for point by point. Order of play and results from World Table Tennis.

The draw

Seeds shown in grey. Times are UK time. Times are approximate. Scroll sideways to follow each round.

Last 64

1Mima ItoJPN
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Cheng Hsien-TzuTPE0
Manika BatraIND3
Xiaona ShanGER1
Satsuki OdoJPN3
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Lily ZhangUSA
Han YingGER
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Yana NoskovaRUS3
Suthasini SawettabutTHA2
Xiaoxin YangMON2
Mengyu YuSGP3
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7Adriana DiazPUR
4Miu HiranoJPN
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Christina KallbergSWE0
Barbora BalazovaSVK3
Miyuu KiharaJPN1
Shin YubinKOR3
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Margaryta PesotskaUKR
Bernadette SzőcsROU
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Bruna TakahashiBRA3
Melanie DiazPUR2
Zeng JianSGP3
Sarah De NutteLUX2
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6Jeon JiheeKOR
8Suh HyowonKOR
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Polina MikhailovaRUS0
Jia Nan YuanFRA3
Kim HayeongKOR3
Dora MadaraszHUN1
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Britt EerlandNED
Elizabeta SamaraROU
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Ye LinSGP0
Ganna GaponovaUKR3
Nina MittelhamGER3
Debora VivarelliITA1
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3Kasumi IshikawaJPN
5Tianwei FengSGP
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Lee ZionKOR3
Maria XiaoESP1
Dina MeshrefEGY3
Choi HyojooKOR0
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Chen Szu-YuTPE
Hina HayataJPN
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Kim NayeongKOR3
Mo ZhangCAN1
Paulina VegaCHI1
Hana MatelovaCZE3
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2Cheng I-ChingTPE

Last 32

1Mima ItoJPN3
Manika BatraIND0
Satsuki OdoJPN3
Lily ZhangUSA2
Han YingGER2
Yana NoskovaRUS3
Mengyu YuSGP2
7Adriana DiazPUR3
4Miu HiranoJPN3
Barbora BalazovaSVK1
Shin YubinKOR3
Margaryta PesotskaUKR1
Bernadette SzőcsROU1
Bruna TakahashiBRA3
Zeng JianSGP0
6Jeon JiheeKOR3
8Suh HyowonKOR3
Jia Nan YuanFRA2
Kim HayeongKOR3
Britt EerlandNED2
Elizabeta SamaraROU3
Ganna GaponovaUKR0
Nina MittelhamGER1
3Kasumi IshikawaJPN3
5Tianwei FengSGP3
Lee ZionKOR0
Dina MeshrefEGY1
Chen Szu-YuTPE3
Hina HayataJPN3
Kim NayeongKOR1
Hana MatelovaCZE0
2Cheng I-ChingTPE3

Last 16

1Mima ItoJPN3
Satsuki OdoJPN0
Yana NoskovaRUS1
7Adriana DiazPUR3
4Miu HiranoJPN1
Shin YubinKOR3
Bruna TakahashiBRA1
6Jeon JiheeKOR3
8Suh HyowonKOR1
Kim HayeongKOR3
Elizabeta SamaraROU3
3Kasumi IshikawaJPN0
5Tianwei FengSGP3
Chen Szu-YuTPE2
Hina HayataJPN3
2Cheng I-ChingTPE1

Quarter-finals

1Mima ItoJPN3
7Adriana DiazPUR1
Shin YubinKOR1
6Jeon JiheeKOR3
Kim HayeongKOR2
Elizabeta SamaraROU3
5Tianwei FengSGP3
Hina HayataJPN2

Semi-finals

1Mima ItoJPN4
6Jeon JiheeKOR1
Elizabeta SamaraROU0
5Tianwei FengSGP4

Final

1Mima ItoJPN4
5Tianwei FengSGP1

Official draw from World Table Tennis, updated 10 November, 15:09.