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Liam Pitchford
World No. 133 ▲103
- World ranking
- No. 133, 218 points
- Age
- 33 (born 12 July 1993)
- Plays
- Right-handed
Overview
Latest results
| Date | Event | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Nov 2026 | WTT Feeder Vila Nova de Gaia 2026Men's singles, Final | Deni Kozul | W 3-18-11, 12-10, 11-7, 11-6 |
| 8 Nov 2026 | WTT Feeder Vila Nova de Gaia 2026Men's singles, Semi-final | Kay Stumper | W 3-17-11, 11-7, 11-4, 11-2 |
| 7 Nov 2026 | WTT Feeder Vila Nova de Gaia 2026Men's singles, Quarter-final | Luka Mladenovic | W 3-28-11, 11-7, 11-8, 9-11, 11-5 |
| 7 Nov 2026 | WTT Feeder Vila Nova de Gaia 2026Men's singles, Last 16 | Dimitrije Levajac | W 3-015-13, 11-7, 12-10 |
| 6 Nov 2026 | WTT Feeder Vila Nova de Gaia 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Lilian Bardet | W 3-25-11, 11-6, 11-8, 9-11, 11-8 |
Latest news
Honours
2 titles and gold medals on record.
All honours →News
- Update
Tischtennis Bundesliga: Kanak Jha comes from two games down as Düsseldorf stay perfect at Grenzau
Borussia Düsseldorf won 3-2 at TTC Zugbrücke Grenzau on Monday to make it seven wins from seven in the Tischtennis Bundesliga, despite a straight-games win for Liam Pitchford over Anton Källberg.
- England
Liam Pitchford wins WTT Feeder Vila Nova de Gaia from qualifying as Fu Yu takes the women's title at home
The Englishman came from 7-3 down in a deciding game in the first round and beat Deni Kozul in the final, while Fu Yu dropped two games all week.
Results
Recent matches
| Date | Event | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Nov 2026 | WTT Feeder Vila Nova de Gaia 2026Men's singles, Final | Deni Kozul | W 3-18-11, 12-10, 11-7, 11-6 |
| 8 Nov 2026 | WTT Feeder Vila Nova de Gaia 2026Men's singles, Semi-final | Kay Stumper | W 3-17-11, 11-7, 11-4, 11-2 |
| 7 Nov 2026 | WTT Feeder Vila Nova de Gaia 2026Men's singles, Quarter-final | Luka Mladenovic | W 3-28-11, 11-7, 11-8, 9-11, 11-5 |
| 7 Nov 2026 | WTT Feeder Vila Nova de Gaia 2026Men's singles, Last 16 | Dimitrije Levajac | W 3-015-13, 11-7, 12-10 |
| 6 Nov 2026 | WTT Feeder Vila Nova de Gaia 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Lilian Bardet | W 3-25-11, 11-6, 11-8, 9-11, 11-8 |
| 6 Nov 2026 | WTT Feeder Vila Nova de Gaia 2026Men's doubles, Last 16 | Lilian Bardet / Leo De Nodrest with Samuel Walker | L 1-38-11, 11-7, 9-11, 10-12 |
| 5 Nov 2026 | WTT Feeder Vila Nova de Gaia 2026Men's singles, QER | Andrei Istrate | W 3-18-11, 11-4, 11-6, 11-7 |
| 5 Nov 2026 | WTT Feeder Vila Nova de Gaia 2026Men's doubles, Qualifying round 2 | Michael Tauber / Eitay Shushan with Samuel Walker | L 1-38-11, 8-11, 11-9, 10-12 |
| 5 Nov 2026 | WTT Feeder Vila Nova de Gaia 2026Men's singles, Group | Antoine Doyen | W 3-111-7, 11-8, 7-11, 11-5 |
| 4 Nov 2026 | WTT Feeder Vila Nova de Gaia 2026Men's singles, Group | Mauro Scharrer | W 3-18-11, 11-2, 12-10, 11-9 |
| 4 Nov 2026 | WTT Feeder Vila Nova de Gaia 2026Men's doubles, Qualifying round 1 | Stepan Brhel / Jiri Martinko with Samuel Walker | W 3-16-11, 11-4, 11-8, 11-5 |
| 4 Nov 2026 | WTT Feeder Vila Nova de Gaia 2026Men's singles, Group | Seth Pech | W 3-011-4, 11-6, 11-6 |
| 3 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Men's singles, Qualifying round 3 | Cedric Nuytinck | L 2-39-11, 5-11, 11-3, 11-8, 4-11 |
| 2 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Men's singles, Qualifying round 2 | Maciej Kubik | W 3-011-5, 11-3, 11-8 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Men's singles, Qualifying round 1 | Edward Ly | W 3-111-4, 11-7, 5-11, 11-9 |
| 9 Aug 2026 | Europe Smash - Sweden 2026Men's singles, Qualifying round 2 | Quek Izaac | L 1-311-5, 3-11, 7-11, 7-11 |
| 8 Aug 2026 | Europe Smash - Sweden 2026Men's singles, Qualifying round 1 | Anders Eriksson | W 3-112-10, 13-11, 6-11, 11-9 |
| 30 Jun 2026 | United States Smash 2026Men's singles, Last 64 | Hiroto Shinozuka | L 1-36-11, 11-5, 11-13, 9-11 |
| 17 Aug 2025 | Europe Smash - Sweden 2025Men's singles, Last 64 | Adrien Rassenfosse | L 0-310-12, 9-11, 7-11 |
| 8 Jul 2025 | United States Smash 2025Men's singles, Last 32 | Lee Sangsu | L 1-311-7, 6-11, 10-12, 8-11 |
Official results from World Table Tennis. Times are UK dates.
Season by season
| Year | Singles | Won-lost | Win % | Titles | Finals | Doubles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 15 | 12-3 | 80% | 1 | 1 | 1-2 |
| 2025 | 16 | 10-6 | 62% | 1 | 1 | 2-9 |
| 2024 | 17 | 6-11 | 35% | 0 | 0 | 4-10 |
| 2023 | 19 | 7-12 | 37% | 0 | 0 | 5-10 |
| 2022 | 11 | 4-7 | 36% | 0 | 0 | 2-4 |
| 2021 | 6 | 4-2 | 67% | 0 | 0 | 3-2 |
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.
Where the ranking points come from
218 points from 5 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 Feeder Vila Nova de Gaia 2026 | Winner | 133 | Counts | 15 November 2027 |
| China Smash 2026 | Qualifying | 45 | Counts | 18 October 2027 |
| Europe Smash - Sweden 2026 | Qualifying | 20 | Counts | 23 August 2027 |
| United States Smash 2026 | Last 64 | 20 | Counts | 12 July 2027 |
| ETTU European Individual Championships Ljubljana 2026 | Last 64 | 0 | Counts | 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 | R16 | Not held | R128 | Not held | R128 | Not held | 0 |
| WTT Finals | QF | – | – | – | – | – | 0 |
| Singapore Smash | Not held | R32 | R64 | R32 | R64 | – | 0 |
| Saudi Smash | Not held | Not held | Not held | R64 | Not held | Not held | 0 |
| China Smash | Not held | Not held | Not held | R64 | – | Q | 0 |
| United States Smash | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | R32 | R64 | 0 |
| Europe Smash | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | R64 | 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.
WTT tour 2
- Winner 2026 WTT Feeder Vila Nova de Gaia singles WTT Feeder Vila Nova de Gaia 2026
- Winner 2025 WTT Feeder Manchester singles WTT Feeder Manchester 2025
Club
Club matches
Bundesliga: 5-0 in singles; T.League: 10-9 in singles, all seasons on record.
| Date | League | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Nov 2026 | BundesligaTTC Zugbrücke Grenzau 2-3 Borussia Düsseldorf | Anton Källberg | W 3-011-8, 11-9, 14-12 |
| 25 Sep 2026 | BundesligaTTC Zugbrücke Grenzau 3-2 ASC Grünwettersbach | Tiago Apolonia | W 3-011-8, 11-5, 11-7 |
| 25 Sep 2026 | BundesligaTTC Zugbrücke Grenzau 3-2 ASC Grünwettersbach | Ricardo Walther | W 3-111-6, 14-12, 10-12, 11-5 |
| 21 Sep 2026 | BundesligaTTC Zugbrücke Grenzau 3-2 TSV Bad Königshofen | Liao Cheng-Ting | W 3-111-8, 11-7, 10-12, 11-6 |
| 21 Sep 2026 | BundesligaTTC Zugbrücke Grenzau 3-2 TSV Bad Königshofen | Bastian Steger | W 3-111-5, 11-6, 8-11, 11-7 |
| 23 Dec 2022 | T.LeagueT.T Saitama 3-2 Kinoshita Meister Tokyo | Hugo Calderano | W 3-24-11, 8-11, 11-8, 11-10, 11-8 |
| 23 Dec 2022 | T.LeagueT.T Saitama 3-2 Kinoshita Meister Tokyo | Hugo Calderano | W 1-011-7 |
| 17 Dec 2022 | T.LeagueT.T Saitama 1-3 Ryukyu Asteeda | Tomokazu Harimoto | L 0-39-11, 6-11, 8-11 |
| 26 Nov 2022 | T.LeagueT.T Saitama 1-3 Okayama Rivets | Hao Shuai | L 0-34-11, 4-11, 10-11 |
| 19 Nov 2022 | T.LeagueT.T Saitama 0-4 Kinoshita Meister Tokyo | Hiroto Shinozuka | L 1-37-11, 6-11, 11-10, 8-11 |
| 16 Feb 2020 | T.LeagueT.T Saitama 2-3 Ryukyu Asteeda | Taimu Arinobu | L 2-311-4, 6-11, 9-11, 11-6, 10-12 |
| 15 Feb 2020 | T.LeagueT.T Saitama 1-3 Kinoshita Meister Tokyo | Koki Niwa | L 0-310-11, 10-11, 8-11 |
| 11 Feb 2020 | T.LeagueT.T Saitama 3-1 Ryukyu Asteeda | Maharu Yoshimura | L 1-39-11, 11-9, 5-11, 9-11 |
| 1 Feb 2020 | T.LeagueT.T Saitama 3-2 Ryukyu Asteeda | Li Ping / Maharu Yoshimura with Yuki Hirano | L 1-28-11, 11-9, 10-12 |
| 30 Dec 2019 | T.LeagueT.T Saitama 3-2 Kinoshita Meister Tokyo | Tomokazu Harimoto | L 2-311-8, 8-11, 6-11, 11-10, 9-11 |
| 29 Dec 2019 | T.LeagueT.T Saitama 4-0 Ryukyu Asteeda | Maharu Yoshimura / Taimu Arinobu with Kenta Matsudaira | W 2-011-8, 11-8 |
| 29 Dec 2019 | T.LeagueT.T Saitama 4-0 Ryukyu Asteeda | Maharu Yoshimura | W 3-211-9, 11-8, 8-11, 10-11, 11-8 |
| 8 Dec 2019 | T.LeagueT.T Saitama 4-0 Okayama Rivets | Masaki Yoshida | W 3-211-7, 6-11, 11-10, 8-11, 11-8 |
| 5 Dec 2019 | T.LeagueT.T Saitama 1-3 Kinoshita Meister Tokyo | Yuya Oshima | W 3-17-11, 11-10, 11-7, 11-7 |
| 4 Dec 2019 | T.LeagueT.T Saitama 1-3 Ryukyu Asteeda | Taimu Arinobu / Yuto Kizukuri with Kenta Matsudaira | L 1-211-6, 9-11, 9-11 |
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 10 November 2026.