Women · CRO
Ivana Malobabic
World No. 163 ▼5
- World ranking
- No. 163, 155 points
- Age
- 46 (born 4 July 1980)
- Plays
- Right-handed
Overview
Latest results
| Date | Event | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Nov 2026 | WTT Feeder Vila Nova de Gaia 2026Women's doubles, Qualifying round 2 | Kim Seoyun / Jeong Yein with Andrea Pavlovic | L 0-30-11, 0-11, 0-11 |
| 5 Nov 2026 | WTT Feeder Vila Nova de Gaia 2026Women's singles, Group | Maria Yovkova | W 3-011-4, 11-7, 11-4 |
| 4 Nov 2026 | WTT Feeder Vila Nova de Gaia 2026Women's singles, Group | Kim Seoyun | L 0-39-11, 7-11, 4-11 |
| 4 Nov 2026 | WTT Feeder Vila Nova de Gaia 2026Women's doubles, Qualifying round 1 | Fernanda Araneda / Macarena Reyes with Andrea Pavlovic | W 3-211-6, 7-11, 8-11, 11-6, 11-6 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Women's singles, Qualifying round 1 | Loy Ming Ying | L 2-313-11, 11-7, 4-11, 5-11, 3-11 |
Results
Recent matches
| Date | Event | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Nov 2026 | WTT Feeder Vila Nova de Gaia 2026Women's doubles, Qualifying round 2 | Kim Seoyun / Jeong Yein with Andrea Pavlovic | L 0-30-11, 0-11, 0-11 |
| 5 Nov 2026 | WTT Feeder Vila Nova de Gaia 2026Women's singles, Group | Maria Yovkova | W 3-011-4, 11-7, 11-4 |
| 4 Nov 2026 | WTT Feeder Vila Nova de Gaia 2026Women's singles, Group | Kim Seoyun | L 0-39-11, 7-11, 4-11 |
| 4 Nov 2026 | WTT Feeder Vila Nova de Gaia 2026Women's doubles, Qualifying round 1 | Fernanda Araneda / Macarena Reyes with Andrea Pavlovic | W 3-211-6, 7-11, 8-11, 11-6, 11-6 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Women's singles, Qualifying round 1 | Loy Ming Ying | L 2-313-11, 11-7, 4-11, 5-11, 3-11 |
| 8 Aug 2026 | Europe Smash - Sweden 2026Women's singles, Qualifying round 1 | Xiaona Shan | L 0-34-11, 6-11, 3-11 |
| 11 Jun 2026 | WTT Contender Zagreb 2026Women's doubles, Last 16 | Ryu Hanna / Kim Nayeong with Andrea Pavlovic | L 0-35-11, 4-11, 6-11 |
| 11 Jun 2026 | WTT Contender Zagreb 2026Women's singles, Last 32 | Sakura Yokoi | L 0-38-11, 6-11, 8-11 |
| 3 Jun 2026 | WTT Contender Skopje 2026Women's singles, QER | Saki Shibata | L 0-35-11, 5-11, 3-11 |
| 3 Jun 2026 | WTT Contender Skopje 2026Women's doubles, Qualifying round 1 | Peng Yu-han / Chen Szu-Yu with Andrea Pavlovic | L 0-38-11, 7-11, 13-15 |
| 1 May 2026 | World Team Championships London 2026Women's singles, Qualifying round 1 | Constantina Psihogios | W 3-011-8, 11-7, 14-12 |
| 1 May 2026 | World Team Championships London 2026Women's singles, Group | Ozge Yilmaz | L 1-38-11, 11-5, 10-12, 8-11 |
| 30 Apr 2026 | World Team Championships London 2026Women's singles, Group | Gaia Monfardini | L 0-39-11, 9-11, 9-11 |
| 28 Apr 2026 | World Team Championships London 2026Women's singles, Group | Alma Marcial | W 3-011-3, 13-11, 11-5 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | WTT Feeder Havirov 2026Women's singles, Last 64 | Debora Vivarelli | L 2-310-12, 11-5, 11-5, 0-11, 13-15 |
| 15 Mar 2026 | WTT Feeder Varazdin 2026Women's singles, Last 16 | Maria Xiao | L 0-36-11, 8-11, 8-11 |
| 14 Mar 2026 | WTT Feeder Varazdin 2026Women's singles, Last 32 | Elena Zaharia | W 3-210-12, 11-8, 12-10, 6-11, 11-7 |
| 14 Mar 2026 | WTT Feeder Varazdin 2026Women's doubles, Last 16 | Maria Berzosa / Bianca Mei-Rosu with Andrea Pavlovic | L 0-38-11, 9-11, 9-11 |
| 14 Mar 2026 | WTT Feeder Varazdin 2026Women's singles, Last 64 | Andrea Pavlovic | W 3-29-11, 11-9, 11-6, 10-12, 11-6 |
| 10 Mar 2026 | WTT Feeder Otocec 2026Women's singles, Last 16 | Linda Bergstrom | L 1-311-9, 6-11, 9-11, 5-11 |
Official results from World Table Tennis. Times are UK dates.
Season by season
| Year | Singles | Won-lost | Win % | Titles | Finals | Doubles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 18 | 6-12 | 33% | 0 | 0 | 1-5 |
| 2025 | 22 | 10-12 | 45% | 0 | 0 | 3-4 |
| 2024 | 30 | 16-14 | 53% | 0 | 0 | 8-10 |
| 2023 | 31 | 17-14 | 55% | 0 | 0 | 9-11 |
| 2022 | 13 | 7-6 | 54% | 0 | 0 | 6-3 |
| 2021 | 6 | 4-2 | 67% | 0 | 0 | 1-2 |
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.
- Adina Diaconu2-1
- Chantal Mantz2-1
- Ayhika Mukherjee1-2
- Gaia Monfardini0-3
- Yuan Wan0-3
- Alma Marcial2-0
- Elena Zaharia2-0
- Katarzyna Wegrzyn2-0
- Sabina Surjan2-0
- Giorgia Piccolin1-1
Where the ranking points come from
155 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 32 (team) | 56 | Counts | 17 May 2027 |
| WTT Feeder Varazdin 2026 | Last 16 | 25 | Counts | 29 March 2027 |
| WTT Feeder Otocec 2026 | Last 16 | 25 | Counts | 22 March 2027 |
| WTT Contender Skopje 2026 | Qualifying | 15 | Counts | 14 June 2027 |
| China Smash 2026 | Qualifying | 10 | Counts | 18 October 2027 |
| Europe Smash - Sweden 2026 | Qualifying | 10 | Counts | 23 August 2027 |
| Singapore Smash 2026 | Qualifying | 10 | Counts | 8 March 2027 |
| WTT Contender Zagreb 2026 | Last 32 | 4 | Counts | 21 June 2027 |
| WTT Feeder Havirov 2026 | Last 64 | 2 | Not counted | 26 April 2027 |
| WTT Feeder Lille 2026 | Last 32 | 2 | Not counted | 8 February 2027 |
| WTT Feeder Vila Nova de Gaia 2026 | Group stage | 2 | Not counted | 15 November 2027 |
| ETTU European Individual Championships Ljubljana 2026 | Last 64 | 0 | Not counted | 25 October 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 | R64 | Not held | R64 | Not held | R128 | Not held | 0 |
| World Team Championships | Not held | – | Not held | – | Not held | Grp | 0 |
| Singapore Smash | Not held | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | 0 |
| Saudi Smash | Not held | Not held | Not held | Q | Not held | Not held | 0 |
| China Smash | Not held | Not held | Not held | Q | Q | Q | 0 |
| United States Smash | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Q | – | 0 |
| Europe Smash | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Q | Q | 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.
Results, rankings and playing details from World Table Tennis. Biography, clubs, equipment and championship medals from worldtabletennis.com, checked 10 November 2026.