Eleven
WTT Star Contender Doha 2025 poster
Poster by Eleven. Photo: ARTO SURAJ, Unsplash Licence

FinishedWTT Series

WTT Star Contender Doha 2025

6 to 11 January 2025Lusail Sports Arena, Doha, Qatar

Champions

Women's singles champion

Kuai Man

Beat Miyuu Kihara 4-0 in the final11-6, 11-3, 11-8, 11-3

Men's singles champion

Tomokazu Harimoto

Beat Jonathan Groth 4-0 in the final11-9, 13-11, 11-9, 11-6

Women's doubles champions

Sakura Yokoi / Satsuki Odo

Beat He Zhuojia / Zong Geman 3-0 in the final11-2, 12-10, 11-9

Men's doubles champions

Xiang Peng / Xu Yingbin

Beat Sora Matsushima / Tomokazu Harimoto 3-2 in the final15-13, 4-11, 11-8, 11-13, 11-6

Mixed doubles champions

Sora Matsushima / Miwa Harimoto

Beat Huang Youzheng / Shi Xunyao 3-2 in the final6-11, 11-8, 9-11, 11-7, 11-7

How it was won

Tomokazu Harimoto and Kuai Man won the first WTT Star Contender event of the year in Doha. Harimoto, the top seed, beat Denmark's Jonathan Groth 4-0 in the final, 11-9, 13-11, 11-9, 11-6, after a 3-0 semi-final win over Quadri Aruna. Kuai, who was unseeded, beat Japan's Miyuu Kihara 4-0, 11-6, 11-3, 11-8, 11-3.

The women's draw lost its top two seeds early. Miwa Harimoto, the second seed, went out to Thailand's Orawan Paranang in the last 32, and Chen Yi beat the top seed, Hina Hayata, 3-2 in the last 16. Groth's run to the final included a 3-2 quarter-final win over the second seed, Dang Qiu, taken 12-10 in the fifth game.

Matches

  1. Women's singles, semi-finalChen YiMiyuu Kihara 13118611811711
  2. Men's singles, semi-finalTomokazu HarimotoQuadri Aruna 30119113115
  3. Women's singles, semi-finalKuai ManMiyu Nagasaki 301210118114
  4. Men's singles, semi-finalHiroto ShinozukaJonathan Groth 031012611811
  5. Mixed doubles, finalHuang Youzheng / Shi XunyaoSora Matsushima / Miwa Harimoto 23116811119711711
  6. Women's singles, finalMiyuu KiharaKuai Man 04611311811311
  7. Men's singles, finalTomokazu HarimotoJonathan Groth 401191311119116

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

1Hina HayataJPN
ByeBYE
Sakura YokoiJPN3
Zeng JianSGP1
Doo Hoi KemHKG0
Chen YiCHN3
ByeBYE
Dina MeshrefEGY
Sreeja AkulaIND
ByeBYE
Diya ChitaleIND2
Jieni ShaoPOR3
Xiaona ShanGER1
Kim NayeongKOR3
ByeBYE
5Qian TianyiCHN
4Shin YubinKOR
ByeBYE
Filippa BergandSWE0
Zhu ChengzhuHKG3
Britt EerlandNED3
Adina DiaconuROU2
ByeBYE
Manika BatraIND
Nina MittelhamGER
ByeBYE
Miyuu KiharaJPN3
Aia MohamedQAT0
Yang Ha EunKOR1
Maria XiaoESP3
ByeBYE
8Bruna TakahashiBRA
6Miu HiranoJPN
ByeBYE
Shi XunyaoCHN3
Elizabeta SamaraROU0
Linda BergstromSWE0
Zhu YulingMAC3
ByeBYE
Suh Hyo WonKOR
Joo CheonhuiKOR
ByeBYE
Yeh Yi-TianTPE3
Suthasini SawettabutTHA1
Huang Yi-HuaTPE0
Kuai ManCHN3
ByeBYE
3Satsuki OdoJPN
7Bernadette SzőcsROU
ByeBYE
Zong GemanCHN3
Natalia BajorPOL1
He ZhuojiaCHN3
Minhyung JeeAUS1
ByeBYE
Prithika PavadeFRA
Miyu NagasakiJPN
ByeBYE
Yangzi LiuAUS3
Lee EunhyeKOR1
Orawan ParanangTHA3
Anna HurseyWAL1
ByeBYE
2Miwa HarimotoJPN

Last 32

1Hina HayataJPN3
Sakura YokoiJPN0
Chen YiCHN3
Dina MeshrefEGY1
Sreeja AkulaIND3
Jieni ShaoPOR1
Kim NayeongKOR1
5Qian TianyiCHN3
4Shin YubinKOR3
Zhu ChengzhuHKG0
Britt EerlandNED3
Manika BatraIND1
Nina MittelhamGER1
Miyuu KiharaJPN3
Maria XiaoESP3
8Bruna TakahashiBRA1
6Miu HiranoJPN0
Shi XunyaoCHN3
Zhu YulingMAC3
Suh Hyo WonKOR0
Joo CheonhuiKOR1
Yeh Yi-TianTPE3
Kuai ManCHN3
3Satsuki OdoJPN2
7Bernadette SzőcsROU3
Zong GemanCHN2
He ZhuojiaCHN3
Prithika PavadeFRA0
Miyu NagasakiJPN3
Yangzi LiuAUS1
Orawan ParanangTHA3
2Miwa HarimotoJPN2

Last 16

1Hina HayataJPN2
Chen YiCHN3
Sreeja AkulaIND0
5Qian TianyiCHN3
4Shin YubinKOR3
Britt EerlandNED0
Miyuu KiharaJPN3
Maria XiaoESP1
Shi XunyaoCHN3
Zhu YulingMAC0
Yeh Yi-TianTPE0
Kuai ManCHN3
7Bernadette SzőcsROU0
He ZhuojiaCHN3
Miyu NagasakiJPN3
Orawan ParanangTHA0

Quarter-finals

Chen YiCHN3
5Qian TianyiCHN0
4Shin YubinKOR0
Miyuu KiharaJPN3
Shi XunyaoCHN2
Kuai ManCHN3
He ZhuojiaCHN2
Miyu NagasakiJPN3

Semi-finals

Chen YiCHN1
Miyuu KiharaJPN3
Kuai ManCHN3
Miyu NagasakiJPN0

Final

Miyuu KiharaJPN0
Kuai ManCHN4

Official draw from World Table Tennis, updated 7 November, 02:37.