Men · GER
Dimitrij Ovtcharov
World No. 21
- World ranking
- No. 21, 1,895 points
- Age
- 38 (born 2 September 1988)
- Plays
- Right-handed
Overview
Latest results
| Date | Event | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Nov 2026 | WTT Champions Frankfurt 2026Men's singles, Last 16 | Dang Qiu | L 0-36-11, 9-11, 9-11 |
| 4 Nov 2026 | WTT Champions Frankfurt 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Omar Assar | W 3-112-10, 9-11, 11-5, 11-9 |
| 30 Oct 2026 | WTT Champions Montpellier 2026Men's singles, Last 16 | Hugo Calderano | L 0-39-11, 9-11, 4-11 |
| 29 Oct 2026 | WTT Champions Montpellier 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Xiang Peng | W 3-211-6, 11-7, 5-11, 5-11, 11-7 |
| 4 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Men's singles, Last 64 | Hugo Calderano | L 0-39-11, 9-11, 8-11 |
Latest news
- Tischtennis Bundesliga: Ovidiu Ionescu beats Dimitrij Ovtcharov as Mühlhausen win 3-0 against Fulda
- 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
- WTT Champions Frankfurt day two review: Han Ying beats Wang Yidi as Germany win all six matches
Honours
2 titles and gold medals on record.
All honours →News
- Update
Tischtennis Bundesliga: Ovidiu Ionescu beats Dimitrij Ovtcharov as Mühlhausen win 3-0 against Fulda
Post SV Mühlhausen beat TTC Fulda-Maberzell 3-0 for their first home win of the Tischtennis Bundesliga season, with Ovidiu Ionescu taking the deciding game against Dimitrij Ovtcharov 11-3.
- 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.
- Day 2 review
WTT Champions Frankfurt day two review: Han Ying beats Wang Yidi as Germany win all six matches
The 43-year-old defender beat the third seed in straight games, Kaufmann, Verdonschot, Winter and Mittelham also won, and Lim Jonghoon came from two games down.
- Day 2 preview
WTT Champions Frankfurt day two preview: Wang Yidi and Hayata start as six Germans play
Kaufmann, Winter, Mittelham and Ovtcharov are among the home players in action, and Wang Chuqin finds out on Wednesday whether he plays Wen Ruibo or An Jaehyun.
- Day 4 review
WTT Champions Montpellier day four review: Chen Yi beats Wang Manyu as Zhou knocks out Félix Lebrun
Neither top seed is left after the last 16, and France have no one in the quarter-finals after Gauzy also lost from two games up.
- Day 4 preview
WTT Champions Montpellier day four preview: Wang Manyu meets Chen Yi as Félix Lebrun plays Zhou Qihao
Eleven last-16 matches decide the rest of the quarter-final line-up, with the top seed Wang Manyu facing the new Asian champion in the first match of the day.
- Day 3 review
WTT Champions Montpellier day three review: Sidorenko knocks out Matsushima as Wang Yidi cruises
Jang Woojin won the longest match of the day 12-10 in the fifth game against Lin Yun-Ju, and Chen Xingtong ended Annett Kaufmann's run.
- Day 3 preview
WTT Champions Montpellier day three preview: Miwa Harimoto and Calderano start as the last 16 begins
The first round ends in the afternoon, and the evening brings Moregard, Matsushima, Chen Xingtong and the defending champion Wang Yidi into the last 16.
Results
Recent matches
| Date | Event | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Nov 2026 | WTT Champions Frankfurt 2026Men's singles, Last 16 | Dang Qiu | L 0-36-11, 9-11, 9-11 |
| 4 Nov 2026 | WTT Champions Frankfurt 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Omar Assar | W 3-112-10, 9-11, 11-5, 11-9 |
| 30 Oct 2026 | WTT Champions Montpellier 2026Men's singles, Last 16 | Hugo Calderano | L 0-39-11, 9-11, 4-11 |
| 29 Oct 2026 | WTT Champions Montpellier 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Xiang Peng | W 3-211-6, 11-7, 5-11, 5-11, 11-7 |
| 4 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Men's singles, Last 64 | Hugo Calderano | L 0-39-11, 9-11, 8-11 |
| 19 Sep 2026 | WTT Star Contender Astana 2026Men's singles, Quarter-final | Zhou Qihao | L 2-39-11, 11-9, 11-6, 11-13, 8-11 |
| 19 Sep 2026 | WTT Star Contender Astana 2026Men's singles, Last 16 | Ryuusei Kawakami | W 3-19-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-7 |
| 18 Sep 2026 | WTT Star Contender Astana 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Cedric Nuytinck | W 3-111-5, 8-11, 11-5, 12-10 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | WTT Star Contender Astana 2026Men's doubles, Last 16 | Zhou Qihao / Xue Fei with Patrick Franziska | L 1-35-11, 4-11, 11-9, 6-11 |
| 13 Sep 2026 | WTT Contender Panagyurishte 2026Men's singles, Final | Elias Ranefur | L 3-411-8, 12-10, 5-11, 11-9, 5-11, 9-11, 13-15 |
| 12 Sep 2026 | WTT Contender Panagyurishte 2026Men's singles, Semi-final | Cedric Nuytinck | W 3-15-11, 11-5, 11-6, 11-8 |
| 12 Sep 2026 | WTT Contender Panagyurishte 2026Men's singles, Quarter-final | Ryuusei Kawakami | W 3-26-11, 16-14, 11-2, 8-11, 11-8 |
| 11 Sep 2026 | WTT Contender Panagyurishte 2026Men's singles, Last 16 | Yuto Kizukuri | W 3-211-5, 8-11, 11-4, 8-11, 11-9 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | WTT Contender Panagyurishte 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Florian Bourrassaud | W 3-29-11, 11-6, 9-11, 11-7, 11-5 |
| 14 Aug 2026 | Europe Smash - Sweden 2026Men's singles, Last 16 | Darko Jorgic | L 1-37-11, 11-8, 6-11, 10-12 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | Europe Smash - Sweden 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Oh Junsung | W 3-011-5, 11-7, 11-6 |
| 11 Aug 2026 | Europe Smash - Sweden 2026Men's singles, Last 64 | Truls Moregard | W 3-011-9, 11-3, 11-8 |
| 1 Jul 2026 | United States Smash 2026Men's doubles, Last 16 | Benedikt Duda / Dang Qiu with Patrick Franziska | L 2-313-11, 11-6, 4-11, 7-11, 6-11 |
| 30 Jun 2026 | United States Smash 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Dang Qiu | L 1-311-7, 8-11, 12-14, 9-11 |
| 29 Jun 2026 | United States Smash 2026Men's singles, Last 64 | Joe Seyfried | W 3-19-11, 11-5, 11-7, 11-5 |
Official results from World Table Tennis. Times are UK dates.
Season by season
| Year | Singles | Won-lost | Win % | Titles | Finals | Doubles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 34 | 19-15 | 56% | 0 | 1 | 1-3 |
| 2025 | 29 | 15-14 | 52% | 0 | 0 | 1-2 |
| 2024 | 25 | 16-9 | 64% | 1 | 1 | 0-2 |
| 2023 | 31 | 20-11 | 65% | 0 | 3 | 4-2 |
| 2022 | 18 | 13-5 | 72% | 1 | 2 | – |
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.
- Dang Qiu2-4
- Hugo Calderano1-5
- Chuang Chih-Yuan4-0
- Oh Junsung3-1
- Shunsuke Togami2-2
- Tomokazu Harimoto1-3
- Zhou Qihao0-4
- Xiang Peng3-0
- Joe Seyfried3-0
- Liam Pitchford2-1
Where the ranking points come from
1,895 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Europe Smash - Sweden 2026 | Last 16 | 380 | Counts | 23 August 2027 |
| ITTF Men’s & Women’s World Cup Macao 2026 | Last 16 | 300 | Counts | 12 April 2027 |
| WTT Contender Panagyurishte 2026 | Runner-up | 280 | Counts | 20 September 2027 |
| WTT Star Contender Doha 2026 | Semi-final | 270 | Counts | 25 January 2027 |
| WTT Star Contender Astana 2026 - President’s Cup | Quarter-final | 175 | Counts | 27 September 2027 |
| WTT Star Contender Ljubljana 2026 | Quarter-final | 175 | Counts | 28 June 2027 |
| WTT Star Contender Chennai 2026 | Quarter-final | 175 | Counts | 22 February 2027 |
| WTT Champions Frankfurt 2026 | Last 16 | 140 | Counts | 15 November 2027 |
| WTT Champions Doha 2026 | Last 16 | 140 | Not counted | 18 January 2027 |
| WTT Champions Montpellier 2026 | Last 16 | 140 | Not counted | 8 November 2027 |
| United States Smash 2026 | Last 32 | 100 | Not counted | 12 July 2027 |
| WTT Star Contender Muscat 2025 | Last 16 | 55 | Not counted | 23 November 2026 |
| Singapore Smash 2026 | Last 64 | 20 | Not counted | 8 March 2027 |
| China Smash 2026 | Last 64 | 20 | Not counted | 18 October 2027 |
| ETTU Europe Top 16 Cup Montreux 2026 | Last 16 | 10 | Not counted | 15 February 2027 |
| WTT Contender Zagreb 2026 | Last 32 | 4 | Not counted | 21 June 2027 |
From World Table Tennis's ranking records.
Honours
Honours
At the majors and Grand Smashes
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Titles | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Championships | Not held | R32 | Not held | – | Not held | 0 |
| World Team Championships | – | Not held | – | Not held | Grp | 0 |
| World Cup | Not held | Not held | – | R16 | R16 | 0 |
| WTT Finals | SF | – | R16 | – | – | 0 |
| Singapore Smash | – | R64 | R16 | R32 | R64 | 0 |
| Saudi Smash | Not held | Not held | R32 | Not held | Not held | 0 |
| China Smash | Not held | Not held | R32 | R64 | R64 | 0 |
| United States Smash | Not held | Not held | Not held | R32 | R32 | 0 |
| Europe Smash | Not held | Not held | Not held | R16 | R16 | 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 2022 from World Table Tennis's records; earlier years show medals only.
WTT tour 2
- Winner 2024 WTT Contender Lagos singles WTT Contender Lagos 2024
- Winner 2022 WTT Feeder Düsseldorf III singles WTT Feeder Düsseldorf III 2022
Club
Club matches
Bundesliga: 39-14 in singles, all seasons on record.
| Date | League | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Nov 2026 | BundesligaTTC RhönSprudel Fulda-Maberzell 0-3 Post SV Mühlhausen | Ovidiu Ionescu | L 2-33-11, 11-8, 4-11, 11-6, 3-11 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | BundesligaTTC RhönSprudel Fulda-Maberzell 2-3 TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen | Iulian Chirita | W 3-15-11, 11-7, 14-12, 11-2 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | BundesligaTTC RhönSprudel Fulda-Maberzell 2-3 TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen | Darius Movileanu / Daniel Berzosa with Fanbo Meng | L 2-38-11, 8-11, 12-10, 11-5, 7-11 |
| 21 Sep 2026 | BundesligaTTC RhönSprudel Fulda-Maberzell 3-2 BV Borussia 09 Dortmund | João Geraldo | W 3-28-11, 11-5, 11-13, 11-7, 11-7 |
| 21 Sep 2026 | BundesligaTTC RhönSprudel Fulda-Maberzell 3-2 BV Borussia 09 Dortmund | Adam Szudi / Kristian Karlsson with Fanbo Meng | W 3-011-6, 11-8, 11-8 |
| 6 Sep 2026 | BundesligaTTC RhönSprudel Fulda-Maberzell 3-0 TTC Zugbrücke Grenzau | Martin Allegro | W 3-011-3, 11-8, 11-7 |
| 22 Aug 2026 | BundesligaTTC RhönSprudel Fulda-Maberzell 2-3 TTC OE Clarity-Tel.Syst.Bad Homburg | Ivor Ban | W 3-011-9, 11-9, 11-6 |
| 22 Aug 2026 | BundesligaTTC RhönSprudel Fulda-Maberzell 2-3 TTC OE Clarity-Tel.Syst.Bad Homburg | Csaba Andras | L 1-311-8, 5-11, 6-11, 4-11 |
| 17 Aug 2026 | BundesligaTTC RhönSprudel Fulda-Maberzell 2-3 SV Werder Bremen | Irvin Bertrand | W 3-011-7, 11-2, 12-10 |
| 17 Aug 2026 | BundesligaTTC RhönSprudel Fulda-Maberzell 2-3 SV Werder Bremen | Kirill Gerassimenko | W 3-111-5, 11-13, 11-3, 11-7 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | BundesligaTTC RhönSprudel Fulda-Maberzell 3-0 BV Borussia 09 Dortmund | Alberto Mino | W 3-011-3, 11-6, 11-8 |
| 31 Jan 2026 | BundesligaTTC RhönSprudel Fulda-Maberzell 3-1 TSV Bad Königshofen | Bastian Steger | W 3-111-7, 12-10, 6-11, 13-11 |
| 31 Jan 2026 | BundesligaTTC RhönSprudel Fulda-Maberzell 3-1 TSV Bad Königshofen | Xue Fei | W 3-28-11, 5-11, 11-4, 11-7, 12-10 |
| 23 Jan 2026 | BundesligaTTC RhönSprudel Fulda-Maberzell 2-3 Post SV Mühlhausen | Ovidiu Ionescu | W 3-29-11, 11-8, 7-11, 11-6, 15-13 |
| 23 Jan 2026 | BundesligaTTC RhönSprudel Fulda-Maberzell 2-3 Post SV Mühlhausen | Steffen Mengel | L 0-39-11, 8-11, 7-11 |
| 11 Jan 2026 | BundesligaTTC RhönSprudel Fulda-Maberzell 1-3 TTC OE Clarity-Tel.Syst.Bad Homburg | Jo Yokotani | W 3-111-8, 12-10, 8-11, 11-6 |
| 22 Dec 2025 | BundesligaTTC RhönSprudel Fulda-Maberzell 2-3 TTC Zugbrücke Grenzau | Luka Mladenovic | L 0-35-11, 11-13, 9-11 |
| 22 Dec 2025 | BundesligaTTC RhönSprudel Fulda-Maberzell 2-3 TTC Zugbrücke Grenzau | Luka Mladenovic / Martin Allegro with Fanbo Meng | L 0-311-13, 10-12, 6-11 |
| 18 Dec 2025 | BundesligaTTC RhönSprudel Fulda-Maberzell 1-3 SV Werder Bremen | Kirill Gerassimenko | W 3-014-12, 11-8, 11-5 |
| 23 Nov 2025 | BundesligaTTC RhönSprudel Fulda-Maberzell 3-2 Post SV Mühlhausen | Steffen Mengel | W 3-011-9, 11-8, 11-7 |
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, checked 6 November 2026.