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Abdullah Yigenler
World No. 177 ▼2
- World ranking
- No. 177, 140 points
- Age
- 27 (born 8 April 1999)
- Plays
- Right-handed
Overview
Latest results
| Date | Event | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Nov 2026 | WTT Contender Istanbul 2026Men's singles, Last 16 | Li Tianyang | L 2-311-7, 8-11, 4-11, 12-10, 6-11 |
| 13 Nov 2026 | WTT Contender Istanbul 2026Mixed doubles, Quarter-final | Evgeny Tikhonov / Maria Panfilova with Ece Harac | L 0-37-11, 6-11, 4-11 |
| 12 Nov 2026 | WTT Contender Istanbul 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Maksim Grebnev | W 3-17-11, 11-7, 11-9, 11-9 |
| 12 Nov 2026 | WTT Contender Istanbul 2026Men's doubles, Last 16 | Petyo Krastev / Yoan Velichkov with Ibrahim Gunduz | L 2-312-10, 10-12, 12-10, 8-11, 9-11 |
| 12 Nov 2026 | WTT Contender Istanbul 2026Mixed doubles, Last 16 | Nandan Naresh / Jessica Reyes Lai with Ece Harac | W 3-011-8, 11-2, 11-3 |
Latest news
Honours
1 title or gold medal on record.
All honours →News
- England
Connor Green and Anna Hursey reach WTT Contender Istanbul mixed doubles final
The British pair lost a fourth game 17-15 and still won the decider 11-5, and play Russia's Evgeny Tikhonov and Maria Panfilova for the title on Saturday.
- International
Anna Hursey to meet top seed Hashimoto at WTT Contender Istanbul as Yokotani questions fault calls
The Welsh 12th seed reached the women's last 16, while the Japanese qualifier lost to China's 19-year-old defender after two service faults at 9-9.
Results
Recent matches
| Date | Event | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Nov 2026 | WTT Contender Istanbul 2026Men's singles, Last 16 | Li Tianyang | L 2-311-7, 8-11, 4-11, 12-10, 6-11 |
| 13 Nov 2026 | WTT Contender Istanbul 2026Mixed doubles, Quarter-final | Evgeny Tikhonov / Maria Panfilova with Ece Harac | L 0-37-11, 6-11, 4-11 |
| 12 Nov 2026 | WTT Contender Istanbul 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Maksim Grebnev | W 3-17-11, 11-7, 11-9, 11-9 |
| 12 Nov 2026 | WTT Contender Istanbul 2026Men's doubles, Last 16 | Petyo Krastev / Yoan Velichkov with Ibrahim Gunduz | L 2-312-10, 10-12, 12-10, 8-11, 9-11 |
| 12 Nov 2026 | WTT Contender Istanbul 2026Mixed doubles, Last 16 | Nandan Naresh / Jessica Reyes Lai with Ece Harac | W 3-011-8, 11-2, 11-3 |
| 4 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Mixed doubles, Last 32 | Youssef Abdelaziz / Mariam Alhodaby with Ece Harac | L 2-311-9, 2-11, 11-9, 9-11, 10-12 |
| 25 Sep 2026 | WTT Feeder Linz 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Diego Lillo | L 1-312-10, 9-11, 6-11, 7-11 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | WTT Star Contender Astana 2026Mixed doubles, Last 16 | Li Hechen / Yao Ruixuan with Ece Harac | L 0-35-11, 8-11, 10-12 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | WTT Star Contender Astana 2026Men's doubles, Last 16 | Evgeny Tikhonov / Dmitrii Vinogradov with Ibrahim Gunduz | L 1-38-11, 13-11, 6-11, 6-11 |
| 16 Sep 2026 | WTT Star Contender Astana 2026Men's singles, Qualifying round 2 | Zhou Guanhong | L 1-311-9, 8-11, 8-11, 10-12 |
| 12 Sep 2026 | WTT Contender Panagyurishte 2026Men's doubles, Semi-final | Kazuki Hamada / Yuhi Sakai with Ibrahim Gunduz | L 1-35-11, 11-6, 6-11, 5-11 |
| 11 Sep 2026 | WTT Contender Panagyurishte 2026Men's doubles, Quarter-final | Vincent Picard / Joe Seyfried with Ibrahim Gunduz | W 3-112-10, 11-9, 6-11, 11-4 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | WTT Contender Panagyurishte 2026Men's doubles, Last 16 | Daniele Pinto / Federico Vallino with Ibrahim Gunduz | W 3-011-5, 11-8, 11-9 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | WTT Contender Panagyurishte 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Joe Seyfried | L 1-39-11, 7-11, 11-7, 6-11 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | WTT Contender Panagyurishte 2026Mixed doubles, Last 16 | Alvaro Robles / Maria Xiao with Ece Harac | L 1-38-11, 11-5, 6-11, 9-11 |
| 9 Sep 2026 | WTT Contender Panagyurishte 2026Men's singles, QER | Maxime Antoine Michard | W 3-012-10, 11-6, 11-9 |
| 9 Sep 2026 | WTT Contender Panagyurishte 2026Men's singles, Group | Daniel Berzosa | W 3-29-11, 11-8, 11-9, 9-11, 11-9 |
| 8 Sep 2026 | WTT Contender Panagyurishte 2026Men's singles, Group | Ivaylo Kosev | W 3-011-6, 11-4, 11-8 |
| 8 Sep 2026 | WTT Contender Panagyurishte 2026Men's singles, Group | David Kostadinov | W 3-011-8, 11-8, 11-5 |
| 28 Jul 2026 | WTT Feeder Tashkent 2026Mixed doubles, Final | Lev Katsman / Mariia Tailakova with Ece Harac | W 3-25-11, 11-8, 13-11, 8-11, 11-5 |
Official results from World Table Tennis. Times are UK dates.
Season by season
| Year | Singles | Won-lost | Win % | Titles | Finals | Doubles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 23 | 9-14 | 39% | 0 | 0 | 20-18 |
| 2025 | 19 | 7-12 | 37% | 0 | 0 | 7-13 |
| 2024 | 4 | 3-1 | 75% | 0 | 0 | 4-2 |
| 2023 | 4 | 1-3 | 25% | 0 | 0 | 2-6 |
| 2022 | 4 | 1-3 | 25% | 0 | 0 | 3-5 |
WTT and ITTF events from 2022, 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.
- Maksim Grebnev2-1
- Lubomir Pistej0-3
- Fanbo Meng2-0
- Jang Seongil2-0
- Joe Seyfried0-2
- Feng Yi-Hsin0-2
- Maxime Antoine Michard1-0
- Daniel Berzosa1-0
- Ivaylo Kosev1-0
- David Kostadinov1-0
Where the ranking points come from
140 points from 8 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.
| Event | Result | Points | Drops off | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WTT Feeder Cappadocia 2026 | Semi-final | 60 | Counts | 15 February 2027 |
| WTT Star Contender Muscat 2025 | Last 32 | 25 | Counts | 23 November 2026 |
| WTT Contender Panagyurishte 2026 | Last 32 | 19 | Counts | 20 September 2027 |
| WTT Feeder Istanbul II 2026 | Last 16 | 10 | Counts | 12 July 2027 |
| Islamic Solidarity Games Riyadh 2025 | Last 16 | 10 | Counts | 16 November 2026 |
| WTT Star Contender Astana 2026 - President’s Cup | Qualifying | 8 | Counts | 27 September 2027 |
| WTT Contender Tunis 2026 | Last 32 | 4 | Counts | 5 April 2027 |
| WTT Contender Muscat 2026 | Group stage | 4 | Counts | 1 February 2027 |
| WTT Feeder Parma 2025 | Last 64 | 2 | Not counted | 7 December 2026 |
| WTT Feeder Cappadocia II 2026 | Last 32 | 2 | Not counted | 19 April 2027 |
| WTT Feeder Havirov 2026 | Last 64 | 2 | Not counted | 26 April 2027 |
| WTT Feeder Istanbul 2026 | Last 32 | 2 | Not counted | 24 May 2027 |
| WTT Feeder Tashkent 2026 | Last 32 | 2 | Not counted | 9 August 2027 |
| WTT Feeder Linz 2026 | Last 32 | 2 | Not counted | 4 October 2027 |
| ETTU European Individual Championships Ljubljana 2026 | Last 64 | 0 | Not counted | 25 October 2027 |
From World Table Tennis's ranking records.
Honours
Honours
At the majors and Grand Smashes
| 2026 | Titles | |
|---|---|---|
| World Team Championships | Grp | 0 |
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 2026 from World Table Tennis's records; earlier years show medals only.
WTT tour 1
- Winner 2026 WTT Feeder Tashkent doubles WTT Feeder Tashkent 2026
Results, rankings and playing details from World Table Tennis. Biography, clubs, equipment and championship medals from worldtabletennis.com, checked 10 November 2026.