Men · BRA
Hugo Calderano
World No. 7
- World ranking
- No. 7, 4,830 points
- Age
- 30 (born 22 June 1996)
- Birthplace
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Height
- 182 cm
- Plays
- Right-handed, Shakehand
- Club
- 1. FC Saarbrücken TT (TTBL)
Overview
Latest results
| Date | Event | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Nov 2026 | WTT Champions Frankfurt 2026Men's singles, Last 16 | Wim Verdonschot | L 1-35-11, 9-11, 11-7, 11-13 |
| 5 Nov 2026 | WTT Champions Frankfurt 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Liang Jingkun | W 3-27-11, 13-11, 15-13, 9-11, 11-9 |
| 1 Nov 2026 | WTT Champions Montpellier 2026Men's singles, Semi-final | Jang Woojin | L 3-48-11, 11-8, 11-7, 7-11, 12-14, 11-9, 12-14 |
| 31 Oct 2026 | WTT Champions Montpellier 2026Men's singles, Quarter-final | Vladimir Sidorenko | W 4-25-11, 11-4, 11-4, 8-11, 11-5, 11-9 |
| 30 Oct 2026 | WTT Champions Montpellier 2026Men's singles, Last 16 | Dimitrij Ovtcharov | W 3-011-9, 11-9, 11-4 |
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
18 titles and gold medals on record, including World Championships, World Cup, Grand Smash.
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.
- 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 6 review
WTT Champions Montpellier finals: Sun Yingsha beats Kuai Man as Jang Woojin comes from 3-1 down
Sun dropped the opening game before winning the next four, while Franziska was one game from the title before Jang won the last three.
- Day 6 preview
WTT Champions Montpellier finals day preview: Sun Yingsha meets Wang Yidi, Moregard plays Franziska
China are certain of the women's title, and Moregard is the last of the top four men's seeds left, with both finals in the late afternoon.
- Day 5 review
WTT Champions Montpellier day five review: Kuai Man ends Miwa Harimoto's run as Moregard survives
Four of the eight quarter-finals went the full seven games, and all four women's semi-finalists are Chinese.
- Day 5 preview
WTT Champions Montpellier day five preview: Miwa Harimoto faces Kuai Man as Moregard meets Lin Shidong
Five Chinese women are in the last eight, and Truls Moregard is the only one of the top four men's seeds still in the draw.
- 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.
- International
Americas Championships 2026: Calderano and Diaz win singles titles as honours are shared
Hugo Calderano beat his Brazilian teammate Guilherme Teodoro and Adriana Diaz won a seventh continental title in Lima, where no country won more than two events.
Results
Recent matches
| Date | Event | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Nov 2026 | WTT Champions Frankfurt 2026Men's singles, Last 16 | Wim Verdonschot | L 1-35-11, 9-11, 11-7, 11-13 |
| 5 Nov 2026 | WTT Champions Frankfurt 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Liang Jingkun | W 3-27-11, 13-11, 15-13, 9-11, 11-9 |
| 1 Nov 2026 | WTT Champions Montpellier 2026Men's singles, Semi-final | Jang Woojin | L 3-48-11, 11-8, 11-7, 7-11, 12-14, 11-9, 12-14 |
| 31 Oct 2026 | WTT Champions Montpellier 2026Men's singles, Quarter-final | Vladimir Sidorenko | W 4-25-11, 11-4, 11-4, 8-11, 11-5, 11-9 |
| 30 Oct 2026 | WTT Champions Montpellier 2026Men's singles, Last 16 | Dimitrij Ovtcharov | W 3-011-9, 11-9, 11-4 |
| 29 Oct 2026 | WTT Champions Montpellier 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Hiroto Shinozuka | W 3-011-7, 12-10, 11-5 |
| 11 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Men's singles, Semi-final | Lin Yun-Ju | L 3-411-9, 11-9, 8-11, 8-11, 4-11, 11-3, 5-11 |
| 10 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Men's singles, Quarter-final | Félix Lebrun | W 4-19-11, 11-9, 12-10, 12-10, 11-9 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Men's singles, Last 16 | Patrick Franziska | W 3-011-2, 11-5, 11-7 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Mixed doubles, Last 16 | Eduard Ionescu / Bernadette Szőcs with Bruna Takahashi | L 2-39-11, 11-8, 9-11, 11-3, 8-11 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | An Jaehyun | W 3-011-5, 11-9, 12-10 |
| 4 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Men's singles, Last 64 | Dimitrij Ovtcharov | W 3-011-9, 11-9, 11-8 |
| 13 Sep 2026 | WTT Champions Macao 2026Men's singles, Final | Truls Moregard | L 1-47-11, 9-11, 11-3, 8-11, 9-11 |
| 13 Sep 2026 | WTT Champions Macao 2026Men's singles, Semi-final | Anton Källberg | W 4-011-5, 11-7, 11-8, 11-7 |
| 12 Sep 2026 | WTT Champions Macao 2026Men's singles, Quarter-final | Sora Matsushima | W 4-211-9, 10-12, 11-5, 14-12, 3-11, 11-9 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | WTT Champions Macao 2026Men's singles, Last 16 | Tomislav Pucar | W 3-16-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-3 |
| 8 Sep 2026 | WTT Champions Macao 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Nicholas Lum | W 3-011-4, 11-9, 11-6 |
| 15 Aug 2026 | Europe Smash - Sweden 2026Men's singles, Quarter-final | Félix Lebrun | L 1-414-16, 7-11, 11-8, 4-11, 5-11 |
| 14 Aug 2026 | Europe Smash - Sweden 2026Men's singles, Last 16 | Anders Lind | W 3-111-7, 11-9, 5-11, 11-8 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | Europe Smash - Sweden 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Maharu Yoshimura | W 3-111-2, 9-11, 13-11, 11-7 |
Official results from World Table Tennis. Times are UK dates.
Season by season
| Year | Singles | Won-lost | Win % | Titles | Finals | Doubles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 56 | 43-13 | 77% | 1 | 3 | 10-5 |
| 2025 | 52 | 41-11 | 79% | 4 | 6 | 15-6 |
| 2024 | 43 | 31-12 | 72% | 2 | 4 | – |
| 2023 | 33 | 23-10 | 70% | 2 | 2 | – |
| 2022 | 25 | 17-8 | 68% | 2 | 2 | – |
| 2021 | 11 | 9-2 | 82% | 1 | 1 | – |
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
4,830 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| China Smash 2026 | Semi-final | 900 | Counts | 18 October 2027 |
| WTT Champions Macao 2026 | Runner-up | 700 | Counts | 20 September 2027 |
| ITTF Men’s & Women’s World Cup Macao 2026 | Semi-final | 680 | Counts | 12 April 2027 |
| WTT Star Contender São José dos Campos 2026 | Winner | 600 | Counts | 2 August 2027 |
| Europe Smash - Sweden 2026 | Quarter-final | 580 | Counts | 23 August 2027 |
| ITTF-Americas Championships Lima 2026 | Winner | 500 | Counts | 1 November 2027 |
| WTT Champions Montpellier 2026 | Semi-final | 450 | Counts | 8 November 2027 |
| WTT Star Contender Ljubljana 2026 | Runner-up | 420 | Counts | 28 June 2027 |
| ITTF-Americas Cup San Francisco 2026 | Winner | 500 | Not counted | 8 February 2027 |
| United States Smash 2026 | Last 16 | 380 | Not counted | 12 July 2027 |
| Singapore Smash 2026 | Last 16 | 380 | Not counted | 8 March 2027 |
| World Team Championships London 2026 | Quarter-final (team) | 309 | Not counted | 17 May 2027 |
| WTT Champions Chongqing 2026 | Quarter-final | 300 | Not counted | 22 March 2027 |
| WTT Star Contender Doha 2026 | Semi-final | 270 | Not counted | 25 January 2027 |
| WTT Champions Frankfurt 2026 | Last 16 | 140 | Not counted | 15 November 2027 |
| WTT Finals Hong Kong 2025 | Last 16 | 100 | Not counted | 14 December 2026 |
| WTT Champions Doha 2026 | Last 32 | 15 | Not counted | 18 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 | QF | Not held | R128 | Not held | F | Not held | 0 |
| World Team Championships | Not held | – | Not held | – | Not held | QF | 0 |
| World Cup | Not held | Not held | Not held | – | W | SF | 1 |
| WTT Finals | SF | R16 | – | R16 | R16 | – | 0 |
| Singapore Smash | Not held | R64 | SF | R64 | R16 | R16 | 0 |
| Saudi Smash | Not held | Not held | Not held | R16 | Not held | Not held | 0 |
| China Smash | Not held | Not held | Not held | QF | QF | SF | 0 |
| United States Smash | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | – | R16 | 0 |
| Europe Smash | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | QF | QF | 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 Championships 1
- Silver 2025 Singles
World Cup 2
- Bronze 2026 Singles
- Gold 2025 Singles
Grand Smash 1
- Winner 2026 Singapore Smash doubles Singapore Smash 2026
Continental and multi-sport 6
- Gold 2026 Americas Championships singles
- Gold 2023 Pan American Games singles
- Gold 2022 Singles 2022 Pan American Championships
- Gold 2021 Singles 2021 Pan American Championships
- Gold 2019 Pan American Games singles
- Gold 2015 Pan American Games singles
WTT tour 10
- Winner 2026 WTT Star Contender São José dos Campos singles WTT Star Contender São José dos Campos 2026
- Winner 2025 WTT Star Contender Foz do Iguaçu singles WTT Star Contender Foz do Iguaçu 2025
- Winner 2025 WTT Contender Buenos Aires singles WTT Contender Buenos Aires 2025
- Winner 2025 WTT Contender Buenos Aires doubles WTT Contender Buenos Aires 2025
- Winner 2025 WTT Star Contender Ljubljana singles WTT Star Contender Ljubljana 2025
- Winner 2024 WTT Star Contender Ljubljana singles WTT Star Contender Ljubljana 2024
- Winner 2024 WTT Contender Rio de Janeiro singles WTT Contender Rio de Janeiro 2024
- Winner 2023 WTT Contender Doha singles WTT Contender Doha 2023
- Winner 2023 WTT Contender Durban singles WTT Contender Durban 2023
- Winner 2022 WTT Contender Tunis singles WTT Contender Tunis 2022
Club
Clubs
- 1. FC Saarbrücken TT · TTBL2026
- TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen · TTBL2023 to 2025
- Fakel Orenburg2021 to 2022
- TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen · TTBL2014 to 2021
- São Caetano do Sul2010 to 2014
- Fluminense2004 to 2010
Club matches
Bundesliga: 33-6 in singles; T.League: 6-10 in singles, all seasons on record.
| Date | League | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Nov 2026 | Bundesliga1. FC Saarbrücken-TT 3-1 ASC Grünwettersbach | Tom Jarvis | W 3-012-10, 11-9, 11-7 |
| 25 Sep 2026 | Bundesliga1. FC Saarbrücken-TT 3-1 TSV Bad Königshofen | Andre Bertelsmeier | W 3-011-6, 11-5, 11-9 |
| 25 Sep 2026 | Bundesliga1. FC Saarbrücken-TT 3-1 TSV Bad Königshofen | Daniel Habesohn | W 3-011-3, 11-5, 11-5 |
| 26 Aug 2026 | Bundesliga1. FC Saarbrücken-TT 3-1 TTC OE Clarity-Tel.Syst.Bad Homburg | Benno Oehme | W 3-011-8, 11-4, 11-6 |
| 26 Aug 2026 | Bundesliga1. FC Saarbrücken-TT 3-1 TTC OE Clarity-Tel.Syst.Bad Homburg | Csaba Andras | W 3-27-11, 4-11, 11-7, 11-9, 11-5 |
| 15 Jun 2025 | BundesligaTTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen 3-2 Borussia Düsseldorf | Timo Boll | W 3-211-4, 11-8, 7-11, 8-11, 11-9 |
| 15 Jun 2025 | BundesligaTTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen 3-2 Borussia Düsseldorf | Dang Qiu | L 0-38-11, 11-13, 5-11 |
| 27 Apr 2025 | BundesligaTTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen 3-0 1. FC Saarbrücken-TT | Patrick Franziska | W 3-13-11, 11-3, 11-8, 11-5 |
| 10 Apr 2025 | BundesligaTTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen 3-0 1. FC Saarbrücken-TT | Yuto Muramatsu | W 3-011-8, 11-4, 11-8 |
| 2 Mar 2025 | BundesligaTTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen 3-1 ASC Grünwettersbach | Guilherme Teodoro | W 3-111-9, 11-6, 8-11, 11-8 |
| 2 Mar 2025 | BundesligaTTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen 3-1 ASC Grünwettersbach | Leo De Nodrest | W 3-011-4, 11-7, 12-10 |
| 27 Feb 2025 | BundesligaTTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen 2-3 TSV Bad Königshofen | Martin Allegro | W 3-111-13, 11-6, 11-8, 11-6 |
| 27 Feb 2025 | BundesligaTTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen 2-3 TSV Bad Königshofen | Jin Ueda | W 3-111-5, 9-11, 11-4, 11-9 |
| 27 Jan 2025 | BundesligaTTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen 3-1 TTC Zugbrücke Grenzau | Marlon Börner | W 3-011-4, 11-2, 11-3 |
| 27 Jan 2025 | BundesligaTTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen 3-1 TTC Zugbrücke Grenzau | Feng Yi-Hsin | W 3-111-9, 11-9, 9-11, 11-5 |
| 18 Jan 2025 | BundesligaTTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen 3-1 BV Borussia 09 Dortmund | Erik Bottroff | W 3-011-7, 11-3, 11-4 |
| 18 Jan 2025 | BundesligaTTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen 3-1 BV Borussia 09 Dortmund | Cedric Nuytinck | L 3-011-9, 11-8, 11-7 |
| 12 Jan 2025 | BundesligaTTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen 3-1 TTC RhönSprudel Fulda-Maberzell | Hsu Hsien-Chia | W 3-011-7, 11-2, 11-6 |
| 12 Jan 2025 | BundesligaTTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen 3-1 TTC RhönSprudel Fulda-Maberzell | Ruwen Filus | W 3-112-14, 11-9, 11-7, 11-9 |
| 10 Dec 2024 | BundesligaTTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen 3-1 1. FC Saarbrücken-TT | Patrick Franziska | W 3-011-6, 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 en.wikipedia.org, checked 6 November 2026.