Men · ROU
Eduard Ionescu
World No. 79
- World ranking
- No. 79, 438 points
- Age
- 22 (born 9 November 2004)
- Plays
- Right-handed
Overview
Latest results
| Date | Event | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Nov 2026 | WTT Contender Istanbul 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Lubomir Jancarik | L 2-311-9, 4-11, 11-3, 8-11, 3-11 |
| 12 Nov 2026 | WTT Contender Istanbul 2026Mixed doubles, Last 16 | Huang Youzheng / Qin Yuxuan with Bernadette Szőcs | L 0-34-11, 6-11, 12-14 |
| 7 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Mixed doubles, Quarter-final | Manush Shah / Diya Chitale with Bernadette Szőcs | L 0-39-11, 11-13, 3-11 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Mixed doubles, Last 16 | Hugo Calderano / Bruna Takahashi with Bernadette Szőcs | W 3-211-9, 8-11, 11-9, 3-11, 11-8 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Men's doubles, Last 32 | Andrej Gacina / Ivor Ban with Darius Movileanu | L 2-311-9, 8-11, 5-11, 11-4, 9-11 |
Honours
2 titles and gold medals on record.
All honours →Results
Recent matches
| Date | Event | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Nov 2026 | WTT Contender Istanbul 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Lubomir Jancarik | L 2-311-9, 4-11, 11-3, 8-11, 3-11 |
| 12 Nov 2026 | WTT Contender Istanbul 2026Mixed doubles, Last 16 | Huang Youzheng / Qin Yuxuan with Bernadette Szőcs | L 0-34-11, 6-11, 12-14 |
| 7 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Mixed doubles, Quarter-final | Manush Shah / Diya Chitale with Bernadette Szőcs | L 0-39-11, 11-13, 3-11 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Mixed doubles, Last 16 | Hugo Calderano / Bruna Takahashi with Bernadette Szőcs | W 3-211-9, 8-11, 11-9, 3-11, 11-8 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Men's doubles, Last 32 | Andrej Gacina / Ivor Ban with Darius Movileanu | L 2-311-9, 8-11, 5-11, 11-4, 9-11 |
| 4 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Mixed doubles, Last 32 | Pang Koen / Zeng Jian with Bernadette Szőcs | W 3-011-6, 11-9, 11-6 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Men's singles, Qualifying round 1 | Benyamin Faraji | L 2-34-11, 6-11, 12-10, 11-9, 8-11 |
| 19 Sep 2026 | WTT Star Contender Astana 2026Men's doubles, Final | Nikita Artemenko / Denis Ivonin with Darius Movileanu | W 3-113-11, 12-10, 5-11, 11-7 |
| 18 Sep 2026 | WTT Star Contender Astana 2026Men's doubles, Semi-final | Zhou Qihao / Xue Fei with Darius Movileanu | W 3-111-7, 11-8, 6-11, 12-10 |
| 18 Sep 2026 | WTT Star Contender Astana 2026Men's doubles, Quarter-final | Li Hechen / Zhou Guanhong with Darius Movileanu | W 3-210-12, 6-11, 14-12, 11-0, 11-7 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | WTT Star Contender Astana 2026Men's singles, Last 64 | Xu Yingbin | L 2-311-8, 7-11, 11-4, 6-11, 8-11 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | WTT Star Contender Astana 2026Mixed doubles, Last 16 | Fang Bo / Jia Nan Yuan with Bernadette Szőcs | L 1-38-11, 7-11, 12-10, 5-11 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | WTT Star Contender Astana 2026Men's doubles, Last 16 | Flavien Coton / Thibault Poret with Darius Movileanu | W 3-011-8, 11-7, 11-3 |
| 12 Aug 2026 | Europe Smash - Sweden 2026Mixed doubles, Last 16 | Lin Shidong / Kuai Man with Bernadette Szőcs | L 1-36-11, 10-12, 11-9, 3-11 |
| 12 Aug 2026 | Europe Smash - Sweden 2026Men's doubles, Last 16 | Oh Junsung / Lim Jonghoon with Darius Movileanu | L 0-36-11, 9-11, 6-11 |
| 12 Aug 2026 | Europe Smash - Sweden 2026Men's singles, Last 64 | Félix Lebrun | L 1-34-11, 5-11, 11-8, 4-11 |
| 11 Aug 2026 | Europe Smash - Sweden 2026Mixed doubles, Last 32 | Elias Ranefur / Filippa Bergand with Bernadette Szőcs | W 3-111-9, 11-9, 8-11, 11-9 |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Europe Smash - Sweden 2026Men's doubles, Last 32 | Tom Jarvis / Connor Green with Darius Movileanu | W 3-111-5, 13-15, 11-7, 12-10 |
| 30 Jun 2026 | United States Smash 2026Men's doubles, Last 16 | Lin Shidong / Huang Youzheng with Darius Movileanu | L 0-34-11, 2-11, 4-11 |
| 29 Jun 2026 | United States Smash 2026Mixed doubles, Last 16 | Dang Qiu / Sabine Winter with Bernadette Szőcs | L 2-311-9, 12-10, 9-11, 6-11, 11-13 |
Official results from World Table Tennis. Times are UK dates.
Season by season
| Year | Singles | Won-lost | Win % | Titles | Finals | Doubles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 19 | 5-14 | 26% | 0 | 0 | 14-15 |
| 2025 | 24 | 13-11 | 54% | 0 | 0 | 7-11 |
| 2024 | 24 | 13-11 | 54% | 0 | 0 | 7-4 |
| 2023 | 16 | 9-7 | 56% | 0 | 0 | 5-8 |
| 2022 | 4 | 1-3 | 25% | 0 | 0 | 3-3 |
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.
- Félix Lebrun0-3
- Martin Allegro2-0
- Khalid Assar2-0
- Borna Petek2-0
- Ma Jinbao2-0
- Amir Hossein Hodaei2-0
- Adrien Rassenfosse2-0
- Lam Siu Hang1-1
- Feng Yi-Hsin1-1
- Mehdi Bouloussa1-1
Where the ranking points come from
438 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 Star Contender Chennai 2026 | Last 16 | 115 | Counts | 22 February 2027 |
| WTT Star Contender Muscat 2025 | Quarter-final | 105 | Counts | 23 November 2026 |
| World Team Championships London 2026 | Last 16 (team) | 88 | Counts | 17 May 2027 |
| ITTF Men’s & Women’s World Cup Macao 2026 | Group stage | 40 | Counts | 12 April 2027 |
| WTT Contender Skopje 2026 | Last 16 | 30 | Counts | 14 June 2027 |
| Europe Smash - Sweden 2026 | Last 64 | 20 | Counts | 23 August 2027 |
| United States Smash 2026 | Last 64 | 20 | Counts | 12 July 2027 |
| Singapore Smash 2026 | Last 64 | 20 | Counts | 8 March 2027 |
| ETTU Europe Top 16 Cup Montreux 2026 | Last 16 | 10 | Not counted | 15 February 2027 |
| China Smash 2026 | Qualifying | 10 | Not counted | 18 October 2027 |
| WTT Star Contender Ljubljana 2026 | Last 64 | 5 | Not counted | 28 June 2027 |
| WTT Star Contender Astana 2026 - President’s Cup | Last 64 | 5 | Not counted | 27 September 2027 |
| WTT Contender Zagreb 2026 | Last 32 | 4 | Not counted | 21 June 2027 |
| WTT Feeder Otocec 2026 | Last 64 | 2 | Not counted | 22 March 2027 |
| ETTU European Individual Championships Ljubljana 2026 | Last 32 | 0 | Not counted | 25 October 2027 |
From World Table Tennis's ranking records.
Honours
Honours
At the majors and Grand Smashes
| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Titles | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Championships | R128 | Not held | R32 | Not held | 0 |
| World Team Championships | Not held | – | Not held | R16 | 0 |
| Singapore Smash | Q | Q | R64 | R64 | 0 |
| Saudi Smash | Not held | Q | Not held | Not held | 0 |
| China Smash | Not held | Q | R16 | Q | 0 |
| United States Smash | Not held | Not held | Q | R64 | 0 |
| Europe Smash | Not held | Not held | R64 | 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 2023 from World Table Tennis's records; earlier years show medals only.
WTT tour 2
- Winner 2026 WTT Star Contender Astana doubles WTT Star Contender Astana 2026
- Winner 2026 WTT Star Contender Chennai doubles WTT Star Contender Chennai 2026
Club
Club matches
Bundesliga: 26-18 in singles, all seasons on record.
| Date | League | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Nov 2026 | Bundesliga1. FC Saarbrücken-TT 3-1 ASC Grünwettersbach | Florian Bluhm | L 2-36-11, 11-3, 11-4, 9-11, 8-11 |
| 8 Nov 2026 | Bundesliga1. FC Saarbrücken-TT 3-1 ASC Grünwettersbach | Tom Jarvis | W 3-211-7, 9-11, 4-11, 11-8, 11-8 |
| 25 Sep 2026 | Bundesliga1. FC Saarbrücken-TT 3-1 TSV Bad Königshofen | Daniel Habesohn | W 3-27-11, 11-6, 7-11, 11-4, 11-5 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | Bundesliga1. FC Saarbrücken-TT 1-3 SV Werder Bremen | Mattias Karlsson | L 1-38-11, 6-11, 11-6, 6-11 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | Bundesliga1. FC Saarbrücken-TT 1-3 SV Werder Bremen | Kirill Gerassimenko | L 2-37-11, 11-3, 9-11, 13-11, 6-11 |
| 16 Aug 2026 | Bundesliga1. FC Saarbrücken-TT 3-0 BV Borussia 09 Dortmund | Wim Verdonschot | W 3-011-7, 11-9, 14-12 |
| 15 Mar 2026 | Bundesliga1. FC Saarbrücken-TT 3-1 ASC Grünwettersbach | Tobias Hippler | W 3-15-11, 11-4, 11-9, 11-3 |
| 15 Mar 2026 | Bundesliga1. FC Saarbrücken-TT 3-1 ASC Grünwettersbach | Ricardo Walther | W 3-211-8, 13-15, 9-11, 11-8, 11-7 |
| 31 Jan 2026 | Bundesliga1. FC Saarbrücken-TT 3-0 TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen | Tiago Abiodun | W 3-011-5, 11-7, 11-8 |
| 23 Jan 2026 | Bundesliga1. FC Saarbrücken-TT 3-1 TSV Bad Königshofen | Hermann Mühlbach | W 3-26-11, 12-14, 11-9, 11-4, 11-7 |
| 23 Jan 2026 | Bundesliga1. FC Saarbrücken-TT 3-1 TSV Bad Königshofen | Filip Zeljko | W 3-111-6, 6-11, 11-9, 11-7 |
| 12 Jan 2026 | Bundesliga1. FC Saarbrücken-TT 2-3 BV Borussia 09 Dortmund | Adam Szudi | L 1-35-11, 6-11, 11-9, 8-11 |
| 12 Jan 2026 | Bundesliga1. FC Saarbrücken-TT 2-3 BV Borussia 09 Dortmund | Cedric Nuytinck / Adam Szudi with Patrick Franziska | L 1-39-11, 8-11, 11-8, 9-11 |
| 16 Nov 2025 | Bundesliga1. FC Saarbrücken-TT 2-3 TTC OE Clarity-Tel.Syst.Bad Homburg | Csaba Andras | L 1-311-8, 8-11, 7-11, 4-11 |
| 16 Nov 2025 | Bundesliga1. FC Saarbrücken-TT 2-3 TTC OE Clarity-Tel.Syst.Bad Homburg | Ivor Ban / Jo Yokotani with Cedric Meissner | L 2-311-6, 8-11, 13-11, 4-11, 7-11 |
| 11 Nov 2025 | Bundesliga1. FC Saarbrücken-TT 3-1 ASC Grünwettersbach | Hiroto Shinozuka | L 2-35-11, 14-12, 11-5, 4-11, 5-11 |
| 26 Oct 2025 | Bundesliga1. FC Saarbrücken-TT 3-0 Post SV Mühlhausen | Ivo Quett | W 3-011-3, 11-7, 11-6 |
| 22 Sep 2025 | Bundesliga1. FC Saarbrücken-TT 3-1 TTC RhönSprudel Fulda-Maberzell | Ruwen Filus | L 2-311-9, 8-11, 7-11, 13-11, 9-11 |
| 14 Sep 2025 | Bundesliga1. FC Saarbrücken-TT 3-0 BV Borussia 09 Dortmund | Adam Szudi | W 3-211-7, 10-12, 6-11, 11-9, 11-2 |
| 6 Sep 2025 | Bundesliga1. FC Saarbrücken-TT 3-1 TSV Bad Königshofen | Daniel Habesohn | L 1-39-11, 11-5, 11-13, 6-11 |
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.