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WTT Star Contender Doha 2021 poster
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FinishedWTT Series

WTT Star Contender Doha 2021

22 to 25 September 2021Doha, Qatar

Champions

Women's singles champion

Hina Hayata

Beat Doo Hoi Kem 4-1 in the final11-6, 11-6, 11-9, 7-11, 11-7

Men's singles champion

Hugo Calderano

Beat Darko Jorgic 4-2 in the final11-5, 6-11, 10-12, 11-9, 11-3, 11-9

Women's doubles champions

Miyu Nagasaki / Minami Ando

Beat Yang Haeun / Jeon Jihee 3-0 in the final11-8, 11-9, 11-6

Men's doubles champions

Cho Seungmin / An Jaehyun

Beat Paul Drinkhall / Liam Pitchford 3-1 in the final11-7, 4-11, 11-9, 11-4

Mixed doubles champions

Shunsuke Togami / Hina Hayata

Beat Jang Woojin / Jeon Jihee 3-1 in the final11-6, 3-11, 11-2, 11-8

How it was won

Hugo Calderano and Hina Hayata won the singles titles. Calderano, the second seed, beat Slovenia's Darko Jorgic 4-2 in the men's final. Hayata, seeded sixth, lost the first three games of her semi-final against the top seed, Jeon Jihee, won it 4-3, and then beat Hong Kong's Doo Hoi Kem 4-1 in the final.

Hayata also won the mixed doubles with Shunsuke Togami. The men's top seed, Dimitrij Ovtcharov, lost in the last 32 to South Korea's Cho Seungmin, who went on to win the men's doubles with An Jaehyun against England's Paul Drinkhall and Liam Pitchford.

Matches

  1. Women's singles, semi-finalJeon JiheeHina Hayata 34118119118611811711511
  2. Women's singles, semi-finalMargaryta PesotskaDoo Hoi Kem 044115111012111
  3. Men's singles, semi-finalLiam PitchfordHugo Calderano 14211811118511911
  4. Men's singles, semi-finalDarko JorgicLee Sangsu 4213111214117911117112
  5. Women's singles, finalHina HayataDoo Hoi Kem 41116116119711117
  6. Men's singles, finalDarko JorgicHugo Calderano 245111161210911311911
  7. Women's doubles, finalYang Haeun / Jeon JiheeMiyu Nagasaki / Minami Ando 03811911611
  8. Men's doubles, finalPaul Drinkhall / Liam PitchfordCho Seungmin / An Jaehyun 13711114911411

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

1Jeon JiheeKOR
BYE
Su Pei-LingTPE3
Ema LabosovaSVK1
Zeng JianSGP3
Huang Yu-WenTPE0
BYE
Saki ShibataJPN
Suthasini SawettabutTHA
BYE
Jieni ShaoPOR3
Olga VorobevaRUS0
Pauline ChasselinFRA2
Ng Wing NamHKG3
BYE
7Britt EerlandNED
3Hitomi SatoJPN
BYE
Sarah De NutteLUX1
Shin YubinKOR3
Jingyi ZhouSGP0
Minami AndoJPN3
BYE
Barbora BalazovaSVK
Dina MeshrefEGY
BYE
Yang HaeunKOR2
Choi HyojooKOR3
Katarina StrazarSLO0
Karoline MischekAUT3
BYE
6Hina HayataJPN
8Xiaoxin YangMON
BYE
Jia Nan YuanFRA3
Zhu ChengzhuHKG0
Li Yu-JhunTPE3
Rachel MoretSUI1
BYE
Margaryta PesotskaUKR
Bruna TakahashiBRA
BYE
Mariia TailakovaRUS1
Ye LinSGP3
Tatiana KukulkovaSVK2
Sreeja AkulaIND3
BYE
4Suh HyowonKOR
5Chen Szu-YuTPE
BYE
Miyu NagasakiJPN3
Lee ZionKOR0
Tin-Tin HoENG1
Archana Girish KamathIND3
BYE
Mo ZhangCAN
Lee Ho ChingHKG
BYE
Neda ShahsavariIRI3
Solomiya BrateykoUKR2
Cheng Hsien-TzuTPE3
Debora VivarelliITA1
BYE
2Doo Hoi KemHKG

Last 32

1Jeon JiheeKOR3
Su Pei-LingTPE0
Zeng JianSGP1
Saki ShibataJPN3
Suthasini SawettabutTHA3
Jieni ShaoPOR1
Ng Wing NamHKG3
7Britt EerlandNED0
3Hitomi SatoJPN2
Shin YubinKOR3
Minami AndoJPN3
Barbora BalazovaSVK0
Dina MeshrefEGY0
Choi HyojooKOR3
Karoline MischekAUT0
6Hina HayataJPN3
8Xiaoxin YangMON3
Jia Nan YuanFRA0
Li Yu-JhunTPE0
Margaryta PesotskaUKR3
Bruna TakahashiBRA3
Ye LinSGP0
Sreeja AkulaIND3
4Suh HyowonKOR1
5Chen Szu-YuTPE0
Miyu NagasakiJPN3
Archana Girish KamathIND3
Mo ZhangCAN0
Lee Ho ChingHKG3
Neda ShahsavariIRI0
Cheng Hsien-TzuTPE0
2Doo Hoi KemHKG3

Last 16

1Jeon JiheeKOR3
Saki ShibataJPN1
Suthasini SawettabutTHA3
Ng Wing NamHKG0
Shin YubinKOR2
Minami AndoJPN3
Choi HyojooKOR0
6Hina HayataJPN3
8Xiaoxin YangMON0
Margaryta PesotskaUKR3
Bruna TakahashiBRA3
Sreeja AkulaIND0
Miyu NagasakiJPN2
Archana Girish KamathIND3
Lee Ho ChingHKG2
2Doo Hoi KemHKG3

Quarter-finals

1Jeon JiheeKOR3
Suthasini SawettabutTHA2
Minami AndoJPN0
6Hina HayataJPN3
Margaryta PesotskaUKR3
Bruna TakahashiBRA2
Archana Girish KamathIND1
2Doo Hoi KemHKG3

Semi-finals

1Jeon JiheeKOR3
6Hina HayataJPN4
Margaryta PesotskaUKR0
2Doo Hoi KemHKG4

Final

6Hina HayataJPN4
2Doo Hoi KemHKG1

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