Men · GER
Benedikt Duda
World No. 39
- World ranking
- No. 39, 1,207 points
- Age
- 32 (born 4 April 1994)
- Plays
- Left-handed
Overview
Latest results
| Date | Event | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Nov 2026 | WTT Champions Frankfurt 2026Men's singles, Last 16 | Patrick Franziska | L 2-311-8, 15-13, 7-11, 13-15, 10-12 |
| 5 Nov 2026 | WTT Champions Frankfurt 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Jang Woojin | W 3-13-11, 11-3, 11-8, 11-4 |
| 7 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Men's doubles, Last 16 | Anton Källberg / Kristian Karlsson with Dang Qiu | L 2-38-11, 11-6, 11-6, 5-11, 5-11 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Wen Ruibo | L 0-36-11, 8-11, 7-11 |
| 4 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Men's singles, Last 64 | Tom Jarvis | W 3-212-14, 11-3, 9-11, 11-9, 11-6 |
Latest news
- WTT Champions Frankfurt day four review: Verdonschot knocks out Calderano as Winter beats Han Ying
- WTT Champions Frankfurt day four preview: Han Ying meets Sabine Winter as Franziska plays Duda
- WTT Champions Frankfurt day three review: Wen Ruibo knocks out Wang Chuqin as Duda beats Jang Woojin
- WTT Champions Frankfurt day three preview: Wang Chuqin meets Wen Ruibo as Calderano plays Liang Jingkun
Honours
7 titles and gold medals on record, including World Team Championships.
All honours →News
- Day 4 review
WTT Champions Frankfurt day four review: Verdonschot knocks out Calderano as Winter beats Han Ying
The 21-year-old wildcard beat the sixth seed on a service fault at 12-11 in the fourth, Franziska came from two games down against Duda and four Germans are in the quarter-finals.
- Day 4 preview
WTT Champions Frankfurt day four preview: Han Ying meets Sabine Winter as Franziska plays Duda
The last 16 finishes with two all-German matches, the two Harimotos in the afternoon and Kaufmann, Mittelham and Verdonschot all trying to reach the quarter-finals.
- Day 3 review
WTT Champions Frankfurt day three review: Wen Ruibo knocks out Wang Chuqin as Duda beats Jang Woojin
The 19-year-old beat the fourth seed in under 24 minutes, Hana Goda and Satsuki Odo set up a quarter-final, and Sora Matsushima and Dang Qiu are through.
- Day 3 preview
WTT Champions Frankfurt day three preview: Wang Chuqin meets Wen Ruibo as Calderano plays Liang Jingkun
The first round ends and the last 16 begins, with Dang Qiu and Dimitrij Ovtcharov in an all-German match and Kuai Man and Chen Yi starting in the women's draw.
- International
Benedikt Duda, Wim Verdonschot and Josi Neumann get wildcards for WTT Champions Frankfurt
The 16-year-old Josi Neumann makes her debut at this level on home soil, and Austria's two-time European champion Sofia Polcanova is also given a place.
Results
Recent matches
| Date | Event | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Nov 2026 | WTT Champions Frankfurt 2026Men's singles, Last 16 | Patrick Franziska | L 2-311-8, 15-13, 7-11, 13-15, 10-12 |
| 5 Nov 2026 | WTT Champions Frankfurt 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Jang Woojin | W 3-13-11, 11-3, 11-8, 11-4 |
| 7 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Men's doubles, Last 16 | Anton Källberg / Kristian Karlsson with Dang Qiu | L 2-38-11, 11-6, 11-6, 5-11, 5-11 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Wen Ruibo | L 0-36-11, 8-11, 7-11 |
| 4 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Men's singles, Last 64 | Tom Jarvis | W 3-212-14, 11-3, 9-11, 11-9, 11-6 |
| 19 Sep 2026 | WTT Star Contender Astana 2026Men's singles, Last 16 | Zhou Qihao | L 1-312-10, 6-11, 6-11, 4-11 |
| 18 Sep 2026 | WTT Star Contender Astana 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Evgeny Tikhonov | W 3-210-12, 11-9, 11-7, 7-11, 11-6 |
| 18 Sep 2026 | WTT Star Contender Astana 2026Men's doubles, Quarter-final | Zhou Qihao / Xue Fei with Dang Qiu | L 0-33-11, 10-12, 9-11 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | WTT Star Contender Astana 2026Mixed doubles, Last 16 | Alvaro Robles / Maria Xiao with Nina Mittelham | L 0-310-12, 9-11, 6-11 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | WTT Star Contender Astana 2026Men's doubles, Last 16 | Fang Bo / Park Ganghyeon with Dang Qiu | W 3-26-11, 11-4, 19-17, 6-11, 11-7 |
| 11 Sep 2026 | WTT Champions Macao 2026Men's singles, Last 16 | Alexis Lebrun | L 2-36-11, 11-9, 9-11, 11-8, 9-11 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | WTT Champions Macao 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Kuo Guan-Hong | W 3-011-5, 11-9, 11-7 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | Europe Smash - Sweden 2026Men's doubles, Quarter-final | Wong Chun Ting / Chan Baldwin with Dang Qiu | L 2-313-11, 6-11, 11-3, 5-11, 9-11 |
| 12 Aug 2026 | Europe Smash - Sweden 2026Men's doubles, Last 16 | Maciej Kubik / Milosz Redzimski with Dang Qiu | W 3-19-11, 11-4, 11-8, 11-6 |
| 11 Aug 2026 | Europe Smash - Sweden 2026Men's singles, Last 64 | Kuo Guan-Hong | L 1-38-11, 11-7, 7-11, 4-11 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | WTT Champions Yokohama 2026Men's singles, Last 16 | Félix Lebrun | L 0-39-11, 6-11, 9-11 |
| 4 Aug 2026 | WTT Champions Yokohama 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Shunsuke Togami | W 3-26-11, 11-7, 11-6, 9-11, 11-6 |
| 25 Jul 2026 | WTT Star Contender São José dos Campos 2026Men's singles, Last 16 | Oh Junsung | L 2-313-15, 11-7, 5-11, 11-9, 8-11 |
| 24 Jul 2026 | WTT Star Contender São José dos Campos 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Chan Baldwin | W 3-111-9, 7-11, 11-9, 11-9 |
| 23 Jul 2026 | WTT Star Contender São José dos Campos 2026Mixed doubles, Last 16 | Guilherme Teodoro / Giulia Takahashi with Nina Mittelham | L 2-311-4, 11-8, 10-12, 4-11, 5-11 |
Official results from World Table Tennis. Times are UK dates.
Season by season
| Year | Singles | Won-lost | Win % | Titles | Finals | Doubles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 30 | 14-16 | 47% | 0 | 0 | 9-10 |
| 2025 | 39 | 23-16 | 59% | 1 | 2 | 18-6 |
| 2024 | 35 | 21-14 | 60% | 1 | 1 | 1-2 |
| 2023 | 36 | 18-18 | 50% | 1 | 1 | 5-5 |
| 2022 | 35 | 25-10 | 71% | 0 | 2 | 12-6 |
| 2021 | 10 | 8-2 | 80% | 1 | 1 | 3-2 |
WTT and ITTF events from 2021, 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
1,207 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Team Championships London 2026 | Quarter-final (team) | 242 | Counts | 17 May 2027 |
| ETTU Europe Top 16 Cup Montreux 2026 | Semi-final | 175 | Counts | 15 February 2027 |
| WTT Champions Frankfurt 2026 | Last 16 | 140 | Counts | 15 November 2027 |
| WTT Champions Macao 2026 | Last 16 | 140 | Counts | 20 September 2027 |
| WTT Champions Yokohama 2026 | Last 16 | 140 | Counts | 16 August 2027 |
| WTT Champions Doha 2026 | Last 16 | 140 | Counts | 18 January 2027 |
| WTT Star Contender Astana 2026 - President’s Cup | Last 16 | 115 | Counts | 27 September 2027 |
| WTT Star Contender São José dos Campos 2026 | Last 16 | 115 | Counts | 2 August 2027 |
| WTT Finals Hong Kong 2025 | Last 16 | 100 | Not counted | 14 December 2026 |
| China Smash 2026 | Last 32 | 100 | Not counted | 18 October 2027 |
| United States Smash 2026 | Last 32 | 100 | Not counted | 12 July 2027 |
| ETTU European Individual Championships Ljubljana 2026 | Quarter-final | 90 | Not counted | 25 October 2027 |
| ITTF Men’s & Women’s World Cup Macao 2026 | Group stage | 40 | Not counted | 12 April 2027 |
| WTT Contender Muscat 2026 | Last 16 | 30 | Not counted | 1 February 2027 |
| Singapore Smash 2026 | Last 64 | 20 | Not counted | 8 March 2027 |
| Europe Smash - Sweden 2026 | Last 64 | 20 | Not counted | 23 August 2027 |
| WTT Star Contender Ljubljana 2026 | Last 64 | 5 | Not counted | 28 June 2027 |
| WTT Star Contender Doha 2026 | Last 64 | 5 | Not counted | 25 January 2027 |
From World Table Tennis's ranking records.
Honours
Honours
At the majors and Grand Smashes
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Titles | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Championships | R32 | Not held | R128 | Not held | R32 | Not held | 0 |
| World Team Championships | Not held | F | Not held | – | Not held | QF | 0 |
| World Cup | Not held | Not held | Not held | – | QF | – | 0 |
| WTT Finals | – | – | – | QF | R16 | – | 0 |
| Singapore Smash | Not held | R16 | R64 | R32 | R64 | R64 | 0 |
| Saudi Smash | Not held | Not held | Not held | R32 | Not held | Not held | 0 |
| China Smash | Not held | Not held | Not held | R64 | R64 | R32 | 0 |
| United States Smash | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | R16 | R32 | 0 |
| Europe Smash | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | SF | R64 | 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 2021 from World Table Tennis's records; earlier years show medals only.
World Team Championships 1
- Silver 2022 Team
WTT tour 7
- Winner 2025 WTT Star Contender Foz do Iguaçu doubles WTT Star Contender Foz do Iguaçu 2025
- Winner 2025 WTT Contender Skopje singles WTT Contender Skopje 2025
- Winner 2025 WTT Contender Tunis doubles WTT Contender Tunis 2025
- Winner 2024 WTT Contender Mendoza singles WTT Contender Mendoza 2024
- Winner 2023 WTT Feeder Biella singles WTT Feeder Biella 2023
- Winner 2022 WTT Star Contender Doha doubles WTT Star Contender Doha 2022
- Winner 2021 WTT Feeder Düsseldorf singles WTT Feeder Düsseldorf
Club
Club matches
Bundesliga: 77-58 in singles, all seasons on record.
| Date | League | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Nov 2026 | BundesligaTTC Schwalbe Bergneustadt 3-1 TSV Bad Königshofen | Bastian Steger | W 3-011-9, 11-7, 11-6 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | BundesligaTTC Schwalbe Bergneustadt 2-3 Post SV Mühlhausen | Ovidiu Ionescu | L 1-310-12, 11-7, 10-12, 6-11 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | BundesligaTTC Schwalbe Bergneustadt 2-3 Post SV Mühlhausen | Steffen Mengel | W 3-011-6, 11-5, 11-9 |
| 13 Sep 2026 | BundesligaTTC Schwalbe Bergneustadt 2-3 TTC OE Clarity-Tel.Syst.Bad Homburg | Juan Perez | W 3-011-7, 11-7, 11-1 |
| 13 Sep 2026 | BundesligaTTC Schwalbe Bergneustadt 2-3 TTC OE Clarity-Tel.Syst.Bad Homburg | Csaba Andras | L 0-36-11, 10-12, 9-11 |
| 5 Sep 2026 | BundesligaTTC Schwalbe Bergneustadt 1-3 Borussia Düsseldorf | Anton Källberg | W 3-211-7, 6-11, 10-12, 11-9, 13-11 |
| 5 Sep 2026 | BundesligaTTC Schwalbe Bergneustadt 1-3 Borussia Düsseldorf | Fan Zhendong | L 0-38-11, 8-11, 8-11 |
| 25 Aug 2026 | BundesligaTTC Schwalbe Bergneustadt 3-2 TTC RhönSprudel Fulda-Maberzell | Andrei Istrate | W 3-011-4, 11-0, 12-10 |
| 25 Aug 2026 | BundesligaTTC Schwalbe Bergneustadt 3-2 TTC RhönSprudel Fulda-Maberzell | Fanbo Meng | L 2-310-12, 11-5, 10-12, 11-6, 11-13 |
| 23 Aug 2026 | BundesligaTTC Schwalbe Bergneustadt 1-3 BV Borussia 09 Dortmund | Kristian Karlsson | L 0-312-14, 10-12, 9-11 |
| 23 Aug 2026 | BundesligaTTC Schwalbe Bergneustadt 1-3 BV Borussia 09 Dortmund | João Geraldo | L 1-311-7, 6-11, 10-12, 8-11 |
| 17 Aug 2026 | BundesligaTTC Schwalbe Bergneustadt 2-3 TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen | Tiago Abiodun | W 3-211-6, 11-7, 13-15, 5-11, 11-8 |
| 17 Aug 2026 | BundesligaTTC Schwalbe Bergneustadt 2-3 TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen | Shunsuke Togami | L 2-36-11, 11-9, 7-11, 11-2, 6-11 |
| 30 May 2026 | BundesligaTTC Schwalbe Bergneustadt 2-3 Borussia Düsseldorf | Dang Qiu | W 3-210-12, 12-10, 9-11, 11-9, 11-9 |
| 30 May 2026 | BundesligaTTC Schwalbe Bergneustadt 2-3 Borussia Düsseldorf | Anton Källberg | L 2-311-9, 11-6, 6-11, 7-11, 8-11 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | BundesligaTTC Schwalbe Bergneustadt 1-3 ASC Grünwettersbach | Tiago Apolonia | L 2-311-4, 10-12, 11-6, 5-11, 6-11 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | BundesligaTTC Schwalbe Bergneustadt 1-3 ASC Grünwettersbach | Hiroto Shinozuka | L 0-37-11, 2-11, 0-11 |
| 27 Mar 2026 | BundesligaTTC Schwalbe Bergneustadt 3-1 TTC OE Clarity-Tel.Syst.Bad Homburg | Juan Perez | W 3-011-5, 11-7, 11-6 |
| 27 Mar 2026 | BundesligaTTC Schwalbe Bergneustadt 3-1 TTC OE Clarity-Tel.Syst.Bad Homburg | Jo Yokotani | W 3-011-9, 12-10, 11-7 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | BundesligaTTC Schwalbe Bergneustadt 3-1 Post SV Mühlhausen | Liao Cheng-Ting | W 3-111-4, 11-6, 7-11, 11-4 |
Official results from the leagues: the Tischtennis Bundesliga and the T.League.
Results, rankings and playing details from World Table Tennis. Biography, clubs, equipment and championship medals from worldtabletennis.com, allabouttabletennis.com, checked 6 November 2026.