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WTT Star Contender Ljubljana 2023

3 to 9 July 2023Ljubljana, Slovenia

Champions

Women's singles champion

Sun Yingsha

Beat Chen Meng 4-3 in the final3-11, 8-11, 11-8, 11-6, 14-12, 9-11, 11-6

Men's singles champion

Fan Zhendong

Beat Wang Chuqin 4-3 in the final15-13, 8-11, 3-11, 11-4, 11-7, 7-11, 12-10

Women's doubles champions

Wang Yidi / Kuai Man

Beat Xia Lian Ni / Sarah De Nutte 3-0 in the final11-5, 11-6, 11-6

Men's doubles champions

Xiang Peng / Lin Shidong

Beat Ma Long / Yuan Licen 3-2 in the final11-9, 9-11, 11-13, 11-7, 11-5

Mixed doubles champions

Sun Yingsha / Wang Chuqin

Beat Qian Tianyi / Liang Jingkun 3-1 in the final12-10, 9-11, 11-4, 11-7

How it was won

Both singles finals in Ljubljana were between China's top two seeds and both went to a seventh game. Fan Zhendong beat Wang Chuqin 4-3, 12-10 in the decider, and Sun Yingsha lost the first two games to Chen Meng before winning 4-3.

China won all five titles. Sun and Wang Chuqin took the mixed doubles, Wang Yidi and Kuai Man the women's, and Xiang Peng and Lin Shidong the men's, 3-2 against Ma Long and Yuan Licen. Zhou Qihao, unseeded, beat Ma 3-2 in the last 16 of the singles and reached the semi-finals.

Matches

  1. Women's singles, finalSun YingshaChen Meng 433118111181161412911116
  2. Men's singles, finalFan ZhendongWang Chuqin 4315138113111141177111210
  3. Women's doubles, finalXia Lian Ni / Sarah De NutteWang Yidi / Kuai Man 03511611611
  4. Men's doubles, finalXiang Peng / Lin ShidongMa Long / Yuan Licen 321199111113117115

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

1Sun YingshaCHN
ByeBYE
Suh Hyo WonKOR3
Liu WeishanCHN1
He ZhuojiaCHN3
Sabine WinterGER0
ByeBYE
Doo Hoi KemHKG
Miwa HarimotoJPN
ByeBYE
Ana TofantSLO1
Jeon JiheeKOR3
Sara TokicSLO0
Yang Ha EunKOR3
ByeBYE
5Hina HayataJPN
3Wang ManyuCHN
ByeBYE
Natalia BajorPOL1
Maria XiaoESP3
Yuan WanGER2
Zeng JianSGP3
ByeBYE
Miyu NagasakiJPN
Miyuu KiharaJPN
ByeBYE
Annett KaufmannGER2
Liu Hsing-YinTPE3
Hana MatelovaCZE0
Haruna OjioJPN3
ByeBYE
6Shin YubinKOR
8Nina MittelhamGER
ByeBYE
Adina DiaconuROU2
Sakura MoriJPN3
Lee ZionKOR3
Asuka SasaoJPN2
ByeBYE
Kuai ManCHN
Lily ZhangUSA
ByeBYE
Suthasini SawettabutTHA3
Tatiana KukulkovaSVK2
Barbora BalazovaSVK0
Choi HyojooKOR3
ByeBYE
4Mima ItoJPN
7Adriana DiazPUR
ByeBYE
Chen Szu-YuTPE0
Bernadette SzőcsROU3
Margaryta PesotskaUKR2
Manika BatraIND3
ByeBYE
Cheng I-ChingTPE
Joo CheonhuiKOR
ByeBYE
Huang Yi-HuaTPE2
Zhu ChengzhuHKG3
Xiaona ShanGER3
Xia Lian NiLUX1
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2Chen MengCHN

Last 32

1Sun YingshaCHN3
Suh Hyo WonKOR1
He ZhuojiaCHN3
Doo Hoi KemHKG0
Miwa HarimotoJPN3
Jeon JiheeKOR1
Yang Ha EunKOR1
5Hina HayataJPN3
3Wang ManyuCHN3
Maria XiaoESP0
Zeng JianSGP2
Miyu NagasakiJPN3
Miyuu KiharaJPN3
Liu Hsing-YinTPE0
Haruna OjioJPN0
6Shin YubinKOR3
8Nina MittelhamGER1
Sakura MoriJPN3
Lee ZionKOR0
Kuai ManCHN3
Lily ZhangUSA1
Suthasini SawettabutTHA3
Choi HyojooKOR0
4Mima ItoJPN3
7Adriana DiazPUR2
Bernadette SzőcsROU3
Manika BatraIND3
Cheng I-ChingTPE0
Joo CheonhuiKOR3
Zhu ChengzhuHKG2
Xiaona ShanGER0
2Chen MengCHN3

Last 16

1Sun YingshaCHN3
He ZhuojiaCHN1
Miwa HarimotoJPN0
5Hina HayataJPN3
3Wang ManyuCHN3
Miyu NagasakiJPN0
Miyuu KiharaJPN3
6Shin YubinKOR2
Sakura MoriJPN0
Kuai ManCHN3
Suthasini SawettabutTHA1
4Mima ItoJPN3
Bernadette SzőcsROU3
Manika BatraIND2
Joo CheonhuiKOR1
2Chen MengCHN3

Quarter-finals

1Sun YingshaCHN3
5Hina HayataJPN2
3Wang ManyuCHN3
Miyuu KiharaJPN1
Kuai ManCHN1
4Mima ItoJPN3
Bernadette SzőcsROU1
2Chen MengCHN3

Semi-finals

1Sun YingshaCHN3
3Wang ManyuCHN0
4Mima ItoJPN0
2Chen MengCHN3

Final

1Sun YingshaCHN4
2Chen MengCHN3

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