Men · ROU
Iulian Chirita
World No. 81
- World ranking
- No. 81, 435 points
- Age
- 20 (born 2 February 2006)
- Plays
- Right-handed
Overview
Latest results
| Date | Event | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Men's singles, Last 64 | Wen Ruibo | L 1-34-11, 6-11, 11-5, 8-11 |
| 3 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Men's singles, Qualifying round 3 | Yang Wang | L 0-37-11, 6-11, 8-11 |
| 2 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Men's singles, Qualifying round 2 | Zhou Guanhong | W 3-111-5, 7-11, 11-3, 11-9 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Men's singles, Qualifying round 1 | Ylane Batix | W 3-011-7, 11-3, 11-6 |
| 18 Sep 2026 | WTT Star Contender Astana 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Flavien Coton | L 1-39-11, 9-11, 11-8, 9-11 |
Results
Recent matches
| Date | Event | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Men's singles, Last 64 | Wen Ruibo | L 1-34-11, 6-11, 11-5, 8-11 |
| 3 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Men's singles, Qualifying round 3 | Yang Wang | L 0-37-11, 6-11, 8-11 |
| 2 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Men's singles, Qualifying round 2 | Zhou Guanhong | W 3-111-5, 7-11, 11-3, 11-9 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Men's singles, Qualifying round 1 | Ylane Batix | W 3-011-7, 11-3, 11-6 |
| 18 Sep 2026 | WTT Star Contender Astana 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Flavien Coton | L 1-39-11, 9-11, 11-8, 9-11 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | WTT Star Contender Astana 2026Men's singles, Last 64 | Ibrahim Gunduz | W 3-111-7, 9-11, 12-10, 11-4 |
| 16 Sep 2026 | WTT Star Contender Astana 2026Men's doubles, Qualifying round 1 | Yu Haiyang / Tang Yiren with Ovidiu Ionescu | L 1-311-7, 9-11, 3-11, 13-15 |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Europe Smash - Sweden 2026Men's singles, Last 64 | Elias Ranefur | L 0-33-11, 12-14, 8-11 |
| 9 Aug 2026 | Europe Smash - Sweden 2026Men's singles, Qualifying round 3 | Vladislav Ursu | W 3-111-4, 11-8, 5-11, 15-13 |
| 9 Aug 2026 | Europe Smash - Sweden 2026Men's singles, Qualifying round 2 | Marcos Freitas | W 3-011-7, 11-9, 11-6 |
| 8 Aug 2026 | Europe Smash - Sweden 2026Men's singles, Qualifying round 1 | Gustavo Gomez | W 3-111-4, 8-11, 11-4, 11-4 |
| 29 Jun 2026 | United States Smash 2026Men's singles, Last 64 | João Geraldo | L 2-311-9, 9-11, 12-10, 4-11, 10-12 |
| 28 Jun 2026 | United States Smash 2026Men's singles, Qualifying round 3 | Deni Kozul | W 3-27-11, 11-6, 5-11, 11-5, 11-8 |
| 27 Jun 2026 | United States Smash 2026Men's singles, Qualifying round 2 | Alvaro Robles | W 3-212-10, 10-12, 14-12, 8-11, 11-7 |
| 26 Jun 2026 | United States Smash 2026Men's singles, Qualifying round 1 | Cedric Nuytinck | W 3-211-7, 11-6, 6-11, 9-11, 11-4 |
| 4 Jun 2026 | WTT Contender Skopje 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Park Ganghyeon | L 1-311-4, 9-11, 7-11, 7-11 |
| 3 Jun 2026 | WTT Contender Skopje 2026Men's singles, QER | Laurens Devos | W 3-011-8, 11-6, 11-5 |
| 3 Jun 2026 | WTT Contender Skopje 2026Men's doubles, Qualifying round 1 | Ivor Ban / Filip Zeljko with Andrei Istrate | L 1-34-11, 11-6, 9-11, 6-11 |
| 24 May 2026 | WTT Contender Lagos 2026Men's doubles, Final | Manav Thakkar / Manush Shah with Andrei Istrate | L 0-37-11, 10-12, 4-11 |
| 23 May 2026 | WTT Contender Lagos 2026Men's doubles, Semi-final | Lilian Bardet / Thibault Poret with Andrei Istrate | W 3-011-8, 11-5, 11-5 |
Official results from World Table Tennis. Times are UK dates.
Season by season
| Year | Singles | Won-lost | Win % | Titles | Finals | Doubles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 27 | 17-10 | 63% | 0 | 0 | 3-3 |
| 2025 | 21 | 12-9 | 57% | 0 | 0 | 3-3 |
| 2024 | 9 | 5-4 | 56% | 0 | 0 | 2-4 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0-3 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0-4 |
| 2022 | 12 | 6-6 | 50% | 0 | 0 | 0-3 |
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.
Where the ranking points come from
435 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 | Last 16 (team) | 146 | Counts | 17 May 2027 |
| Europe Smash - Sweden 2026 | Last 64 | 70 | Counts | 23 August 2027 |
| United States Smash 2026 | Last 64 | 70 | Counts | 12 July 2027 |
| China Smash 2026 | Last 64 | 45 | Counts | 18 October 2027 |
| Singapore Smash 2026 | Qualifying | 45 | Counts | 8 March 2027 |
| WTT Star Contender Astana 2026 - President’s Cup | Last 32 | 30 | Counts | 27 September 2027 |
| WTT Contender Skopje 2026 | Last 32 | 19 | Counts | 14 June 2027 |
| ITTF World Youth Championships 2025 | Quarter-final | 10 | Counts | 30 November 2026 |
| WTT Star Contender Chennai 2026 | Last 64 | 5 | Not counted | 22 February 2027 |
| WTT Contender Lagos 2026 | Last 32 | 4 | Not counted | 31 May 2027 |
| ETTU European U21 Championships Cluj-Napoca 2026 | Last 16 | 2 | Not counted | 28 June 2027 |
| ETTU Europe Top 16 Cup Montreux 2026 | Qualifying | 0 | Not counted | 15 February 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
| 2025 | 2026 | Titles | |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Championships | R32 | Not held | 0 |
| World Team Championships | Not held | R16 | 0 |
| Singapore Smash | R32 | Q | 0 |
| China Smash | Q | R64 | 0 |
| United States Smash | R64 | R64 | 0 |
| Europe Smash | Q | 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 2025 from World Table Tennis's records; earlier years show medals only.
Club
Club matches
Bundesliga: 20-16 in singles, all seasons on record.
| Date | League | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Nov 2026 | BundesligaTTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen 0-3 BV Borussia 09 Dortmund | João Geraldo | L 1-310-12, 11-6, 7-11, 9-11 |
| 8 Nov 2026 | BundesligaTTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen 1-3 TTC OE Clarity-Tel.Syst.Bad Homburg | Finn Luu | W 3-011-3, 11-7, 11-7 |
| 8 Nov 2026 | BundesligaTTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen 1-3 TTC OE Clarity-Tel.Syst.Bad Homburg | Csaba Andras | L 1-34-11, 12-10, 9-11, 5-11 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | BundesligaTTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen 3-2 TTC RhönSprudel Fulda-Maberzell | Dimitrij Ovtcharov | L 1-311-5, 7-11, 12-14, 2-11 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | BundesligaTTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen 3-2 TTC RhönSprudel Fulda-Maberzell | Fanbo Meng | W 3-111-5, 11-1, 12-14, 11-9 |
| 20 Sep 2026 | BundesligaTTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen 3-0 1. FC Saarbrücken-TT | Samuel Arpas | W 3-011-7, 11-8, 11-7 |
| 6 Sep 2026 | BundesligaTTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen 3-0 TSV Bad Königshofen | Filip Zeljko | W 3-012-10, 11-9, 11-5 |
| 25 Aug 2026 | BundesligaTTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen 3-1 TTC Zugbrücke Grenzau | Martin Allegro | W 3-111-5, 9-11, 11-5, 11-5 |
| 21 Aug 2026 | BundesligaTTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen 3-1 ASC Grünwettersbach | Ricardo Walther | W 3-29-11, 11-9, 11-13, 11-7, 16-14 |
| 17 Aug 2026 | BundesligaTTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen 3-2 TTC Schwalbe Bergneustadt | Romain Ruiz | L 1-37-11, 7-11, 11-5, 7-11 |
| 17 Aug 2026 | BundesligaTTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen 3-2 TTC Schwalbe Bergneustadt | Romain Ruiz / Cedric Meissner with Tiago Abiodun | W 3-27-11, 7-11, 12-10, 11-9, 11-8 |
| 19 Apr 2026 | BundesligaTTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen 1-3 Borussia Düsseldorf | Kanak Jha | L 0-38-11, 11-13, 8-11 |
| 19 Apr 2026 | BundesligaTTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen 1-3 Borussia Düsseldorf | Yongyin Li | L 1-312-14, 14-16, 11-6, 9-11 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | BundesligaTTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen 1-3 TTC OE Clarity-Tel.Syst.Bad Homburg | Ivor Ban | W 3-013-11, 11-8, 11-6 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | BundesligaTTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen 1-3 TTC OE Clarity-Tel.Syst.Bad Homburg | Jo Yokotani | L 2-311-5, 6-11, 7-11, 11-8, 4-11 |
| 28 Mar 2026 | BundesligaTTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen 0-3 Post SV Mühlhausen | Ovidiu Ionescu | L 2-38-11, 11-5, 11-4, 6-11, 3-11 |
| 23 Mar 2026 | BundesligaTTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen 3-0 ASC Grünwettersbach | Tiago Apolonia | W 3-114-16, 11-9, 11-4, 11-7 |
| 15 Mar 2026 | BundesligaTTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen 1-3 TTC RhönSprudel Fulda-Maberzell | Fanbo Meng | W 3-013-11, 11-2, 12-10 |
| 15 Mar 2026 | BundesligaTTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen 1-3 TTC RhönSprudel Fulda-Maberzell | Ruwen Filus | L 2-39-11, 11-5, 11-6, 9-11, 9-11 |
| 15 Feb 2026 | BundesligaTTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen 3-1 TSV Bad Königshofen | Filip Zeljko | W 3-210-12, 11-7, 5-11, 11-4, 11-8 |
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.