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Men · BEN

Abdel-Kader Salifou

World No. 154 ▲1

World ranking
No. 154, 174 points
Age
36 (born 7 December 1989)
Plays
Right-handed

Overview

Latest results

DateEventOpponentResult
2 Oct 2026China Smash 2026Men's singles, Qualifying round 1Yuan LicenL 1-311-9, 10-12, 3-11, 7-11
8 Aug 2026Europe Smash - Sweden 2026Men's singles, Qualifying round 1Maciej KubikL 0-310-12, 7-11, 6-11
26 Jun 2026United States Smash 2026Men's singles, Qualifying round 1Leonardo IizukaL 0-38-11, 9-11, 14-16
22 May 2026WTT Contender Lagos 2026Men's singles, Last 16João GeraldoL 0-39-11, 7-11, 2-11
21 May 2026WTT Contender Lagos 2026Men's singles, Last 32Azeez SolankeW 3-211-7, 11-6, 9-11, 7-11, 11-7
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Results

Recent matches

DateEventOpponentResult
2 Oct 2026China Smash 2026Men's singles, Qualifying round 1Yuan LicenL 1-311-9, 10-12, 3-11, 7-11
8 Aug 2026Europe Smash - Sweden 2026Men's singles, Qualifying round 1Maciej KubikL 0-310-12, 7-11, 6-11
26 Jun 2026United States Smash 2026Men's singles, Qualifying round 1Leonardo IizukaL 0-38-11, 9-11, 14-16
22 May 2026WTT Contender Lagos 2026Men's singles, Last 16João GeraldoL 0-39-11, 7-11, 2-11
21 May 2026WTT Contender Lagos 2026Men's singles, Last 32Azeez SolankeW 3-211-7, 11-6, 9-11, 7-11, 11-7
29 Apr 2026World Team Championships London 2026Men's singles, GroupRodrigo HidalgoW 3-011-6, 11-6, 11-8
29 Apr 2026World Team Championships London 2026Men's singles, GroupFelipe DuffooW 3-011-9, 11-2, 13-11
28 Apr 2026World Team Championships London 2026Men's singles, GroupEduard IonescuL 0-39-11, 4-11, 6-11
20 Feb 2026Singapore Smash 2026Men's singles, Qualifying round 1Snehit SuravajjulaL 1-36-11, 11-5, 5-11, 7-11
27 Sep 2025China Smash 2025Men's singles, Qualifying round 2Kazuki HamadaL 2-311-8, 11-9, 2-11, 10-12, 4-11
26 Sep 2025China Smash 2025Men's singles, Qualifying round 1Filip ZeljkoW 3-211-3, 6-11, 11-2, 9-11, 11-8
14 Aug 2025Europe Smash - Sweden 2025Men's singles, Qualifying round 1Joe SeyfriedL 0-35-11, 6-11, 7-11
5 Jul 2025United States Smash 2025Men's singles, Qualifying round 3Horacio CifuentesL 0-38-11, 9-11, 6-11
5 Jul 2025United States Smash 2025Men's singles, Qualifying round 2Ovidiu IonescuW 3-110-12, 11-6, 11-4, 11-5
3 Jul 2025United States Smash 2025Men's singles, Qualifying round 1Juan PerezW 3-011-5, 19-17, 11-6
29 Jun 2025SIMULATION United States Smash 2025Men's singles, Qualifying round 2Snehit SuravajjulaL w/o
29 Jun 2025SIMULATION United States Smash 2025Men's singles, Qualifying round 1Huang Yan-ChengW w/o

Official results from World Table Tennis. Times are UK dates.

Season by season

202550% of 6
202633% of 9
YearSinglesWon-lostWin %TitlesFinalsDoubles
202693-633%00–
202563-350%00–

WTT and ITTF events from 2025, main draw and qualifying, walkovers left out. Team-event matches are listed under recent matches but not counted here.

Head to head

Singles against the players met most often.

Where the ranking points come from

174 points from 7 counted results (ITTF world ranking, week 46, 9 November 2026). A player's best results over 12 months count; each drops off a year after the event.

EventResultPointsDrops off
ITTF-Africa Championships Tangier 2026Quarter-final90Counts1 November 2027
WTT Contender Lagos 2026Last 1630Counts31 May 2027
World Team Championships London 2026GR4-70% (team)14Counts17 May 2027
China Smash 2026Qualifying10Counts18 October 2027
Europe Smash - Sweden 2026Qualifying10Counts23 August 2027
United States Smash 2026Qualifying10Counts12 July 2027
Singapore Smash 2026Qualifying10Counts8 March 2027
ITTF-Africa Cup Benghazi 2026Last 1610Not counted22 February 2027

From World Table Tennis's ranking records.

Honours

Honours

At the majors and Grand Smashes

20252026Titles
World Team ChampionshipsNot heldGrp0
Singapore Smash–Q0
China SmashQQ0
United States SmashQQ0
Europe SmashQQ0

W won, F final, SF semi-final, QF quarter-final, R16 last 16 and so on; Grp group stage, Q qualifying, – did not play or no record, Not held: no event that year. Singles, except the World Team Championships, which show the team's finish in years the player played or won a medal. Full results from 2025 from World Table Tennis's records; earlier years show medals only.

Results, rankings and playing details from World Table Tennis. Biography, clubs, equipment and championship medals from worldtabletennis.com, checked 10 November 2026.