Men · ROU
Ovidiu Ionescu
World No. 155 ▲1
- World ranking
- No. 155, 173 points
- Age
- 37 (born 28 June 1989)
- Plays
- Right-handed
Overview
Latest results
| Date | Event | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Men's singles, Qualifying round 1 | Yang Wang | L 2-311-3, 11-4, 2-11, 8-11, 10-12 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | WTT Star Contender Astana 2026Men's singles, Last 64 | Nikita Artemenko | L 1-34-11, 11-5, 7-11, 7-11 |
| 16 Sep 2026 | WTT Star Contender Astana 2026Men's doubles, Qualifying round 1 | Yu Haiyang / Tang Yiren with Iulian Chirita | L 1-311-7, 9-11, 3-11, 13-15 |
| 9 Aug 2026 | Europe Smash - Sweden 2026Men's singles, Qualifying round 2 | Dimitrije Levajac | L 0-37-11, 9-11, 6-11 |
| 8 Aug 2026 | Europe Smash - Sweden 2026Men's singles, Qualifying round 1 | Youssef Abdelaziz | W 3-011-5, 11-5, 11-7 |
Latest news
News
Results
Recent matches
| Date | Event | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Men's singles, Qualifying round 1 | Yang Wang | L 2-311-3, 11-4, 2-11, 8-11, 10-12 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | WTT Star Contender Astana 2026Men's singles, Last 64 | Nikita Artemenko | L 1-34-11, 11-5, 7-11, 7-11 |
| 16 Sep 2026 | WTT Star Contender Astana 2026Men's doubles, Qualifying round 1 | Yu Haiyang / Tang Yiren with Iulian Chirita | L 1-311-7, 9-11, 3-11, 13-15 |
| 9 Aug 2026 | Europe Smash - Sweden 2026Men's singles, Qualifying round 2 | Dimitrije Levajac | L 0-37-11, 9-11, 6-11 |
| 8 Aug 2026 | Europe Smash - Sweden 2026Men's singles, Qualifying round 1 | Youssef Abdelaziz | W 3-011-5, 11-5, 11-7 |
| 27 Jun 2026 | United States Smash 2026Men's singles, Qualifying round 2 | Vladislav Ursu | L 2-35-11, 10-12, 11-9, 11-4, 9-11 |
| 26 Jun 2026 | United States Smash 2026Men's singles, Qualifying round 1 | Sid Naresh | W 3-111-4, 9-11, 11-5, 11-8 |
| 18 May 2026 | WTT Feeder Lagos 2026Men's singles, Last 16 | Rogelio Castro | L 0-38-11, 7-11, 7-11 |
| 17 May 2026 | WTT Feeder Lagos 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Ricardo Walther | W 3-111-6, 5-11, 11-7, 11-9 |
| 6 May 2026 | World Team Championships London 2026Men's singles, Last 16 | Lin Shidong | L 0-39-11, 6-11, 4-11 |
| 4 May 2026 | World Team Championships London 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Maciej Kubik | W 3-111-3, 11-9, 6-11, 11-6 |
| 29 Apr 2026 | World Team Championships London 2026Men's singles, Group | Santiago Lorenzo | W 3-211-7, 5-11, 8-11, 11-7, 11-6 |
| 28 Apr 2026 | World Team Championships London 2026Men's singles, Group | Amir Atanda Adou | W 3-011-4, 11-9, 11-3 |
| 23 Feb 2026 | Singapore Smash 2026Mixed doubles, Last 16 | Alvaro Robles / Maria Xiao with Barbora Varady | L 1-38-11, 12-10, 8-11, 5-11 |
| 23 Feb 2026 | Singapore Smash 2026Men's doubles, Last 32 | Horacio Cifuentes / Santiago Lorenzo with Eduard Ionescu | L 2-37-11, 11-6, 7-11, 11-7, 5-11 |
| 22 Feb 2026 | Singapore Smash 2026Mixed doubles, Last 32 | Nicolas Burgos / Giulia Takahashi with Barbora Varady | W 3-011-8, 12-10, 11-9 |
| 19 Feb 2026 | Singapore Smash 2026Men's singles, Qualifying round 1 | Kirill Gerassimenko | L 1-38-11, 8-11, 11-6, 8-11 |
| 5 Feb 2026 | WTT Feeder Cappadocia 2026Men's singles, Last 16 | Nikita Artemenko | L 1-311-7, 8-11, 9-11, 6-11 |
| 4 Feb 2026 | WTT Feeder Cappadocia 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Andrei Istrate | W 3-112-10, 11-13, 13-11, 11-5 |
| 26 Sep 2025 | China Smash 2025Men's singles, Qualifying round 2 | Niagol Stoyanov | L 2-39-11, 11-8, 9-11, 11-5, 3-11 |
Official results from World Table Tennis. Times are UK dates.
Season by season
| Year | Singles | Won-lost | Win % | Titles | Finals | Doubles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 15 | 7-8 | 47% | 0 | 0 | 1-3 |
| 2025 | 13 | 4-9 | 31% | 0 | 0 | 8-3 |
| 2024 | 28 | 17-11 | 61% | 0 | 0 | 4-8 |
| 2023 | 26 | 14-12 | 54% | 0 | 1 | 12-12 |
| 2022 | 10 | 5-5 | 50% | 0 | 1 | 10-8 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0-1 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 3-4 |
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.
- Chan Baldwin3-0
- Robert Gardos2-1
- Payas Jain2-0
- Brian Afanador2-0
- Cho Daeseong2-0
- Liao Cheng-Ting1-1
- Nima Alamian1-1
- Quadri Aruna1-1
- Yang Wang0-2
- Nikita Artemenko0-2
Where the ranking points come from
173 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) | 88 | Counts | 17 May 2027 |
| Europe Smash - Sweden 2026 | Qualifying | 20 | Counts | 23 August 2027 |
| United States Smash 2026 | Qualifying | 20 | Counts | 12 July 2027 |
| China Smash 2026 | Qualifying | 10 | Counts | 18 October 2027 |
| WTT Feeder Lagos 2026 | Last 16 | 10 | Counts | 31 May 2027 |
| Singapore Smash 2026 | Qualifying | 10 | Counts | 8 March 2027 |
| WTT Feeder Cappadocia 2026 | Last 16 | 10 | Counts | 15 February 2027 |
| WTT Star Contender Astana 2026 - President’s Cup | Last 64 | 5 | Counts | 27 September 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 | R128 | Not held | R128 | Not held | R128 | Not held | 0 |
| World Team Championships | Not held | – | Not held | – | Not held | R16 | 0 |
| Singapore Smash | Not held | R64 | Q | R16 | R64 | Q | 0 |
| Saudi Smash | Not held | Not held | Not held | R32 | Not held | Not held | 0 |
| China Smash | Not held | Not held | Not held | R64 | Q | Q | 0 |
| United States Smash | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Q | 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.
Club
Club matches
Bundesliga: 37-46 in singles, all seasons on record.
| Date | League | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Nov 2026 | BundesligaPost SV Mühlhausen 3-0 TTC RhönSprudel Fulda-Maberzell | Dimitrij Ovtcharov | W 3-211-3, 8-11, 11-4, 6-11, 11-3 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | BundesligaPost SV Mühlhausen 3-2 TTC Schwalbe Bergneustadt | Benedikt Duda | W 3-112-10, 7-11, 12-10, 11-6 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | BundesligaPost SV Mühlhausen 3-2 TTC Schwalbe Bergneustadt | Cedric Meissner / Adrien Rassenfosse with Marcos Freitas | W 3-011-8, 11-9, 11-6 |
| 6 Sep 2026 | BundesligaPost SV Mühlhausen 3-2 ASC Grünwettersbach | Ricardo Walther | W 3-19-11, 11-6, 12-10, 11-8 |
| 6 Sep 2026 | BundesligaPost SV Mühlhausen 3-2 ASC Grünwettersbach | Tiago Apolonia / Ricardo Walther with Marcos Freitas | W 3-111-8, 16-14, 10-12, 11-8 |
| 21 Aug 2026 | BundesligaPost SV Mühlhausen 1-3 1. FC Saarbrücken-TT | Albert Vilardell | W 3-011-1, 12-10, 13-11 |
| 21 Aug 2026 | BundesligaPost SV Mühlhausen 1-3 1. FC Saarbrücken-TT | Patrick Franziska | L 1-34-11, 11-7, 7-11, 8-11 |
| 16 Aug 2026 | BundesligaPost SV Mühlhausen 2-3 TTC Zugbrücke Grenzau | Feng Yi-Hsin | L 0-33-11, 8-11, 9-11 |
| 16 Aug 2026 | BundesligaPost SV Mühlhausen 2-3 TTC Zugbrücke Grenzau | Maciej Kubik / Martin Allegro with Marcos Freitas | L 0-36-11, 9-11, 6-11 |
| 19 Apr 2026 | BundesligaPost SV Mühlhausen 3-1 BV Borussia 09 Dortmund | Anders Lind | L 1-38-11, 11-4, 5-11, 10-12 |
| 28 Mar 2026 | BundesligaPost SV Mühlhausen 3-0 TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen | Iulian Chirita | W 3-211-8, 5-11, 4-11, 11-6, 11-3 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | BundesligaPost SV Mühlhausen 1-3 TTC Schwalbe Bergneustadt | Leo De Nodrest | W 3-012-10, 11-9, 11-6 |
| 16 Mar 2026 | BundesligaPost SV Mühlhausen 1-3 SV Werder Bremen | Mattias Karlsson | W 3-111-5, 11-9, 9-11, 11-9 |
| 16 Mar 2026 | BundesligaPost SV Mühlhausen 1-3 SV Werder Bremen | Kirill Gerassimenko | L 1-35-11, 11-5, 9-11, 10-12 |
| 15 Feb 2026 | BundesligaPost SV Mühlhausen 2-3 TTC Zugbrücke Grenzau | Feng Yi-Hsin | L 2-311-9, 8-11, 11-1, 6-11, 4-11 |
| 15 Feb 2026 | BundesligaPost SV Mühlhausen 2-3 TTC Zugbrücke Grenzau | Maciej Kubik / Martin Allegro with Marcos Freitas | L 1-311-7, 5-11, 9-11, 7-11 |
| 9 Feb 2026 | BundesligaPost SV Mühlhausen 3-2 TTC OE Clarity-Tel.Syst.Bad Homburg | Jo Yokotani | W 3-212-14, 12-14, 12-10, 11-6, 11-2 |
| 9 Feb 2026 | BundesligaPost SV Mühlhausen 3-2 TTC OE Clarity-Tel.Syst.Bad Homburg | Ivor Ban / Csaba Andras with Marcos Freitas | W 3-013-11, 11-7, 11-8 |
| 29 Jan 2026 | BundesligaPost SV Mühlhausen 0-3 Borussia Düsseldorf | Yongyin Li | L 1-39-11, 14-16, 12-10, 8-11 |
| 23 Jan 2026 | BundesligaPost SV Mühlhausen 3-2 TTC RhönSprudel Fulda-Maberzell | Dimitrij Ovtcharov | L 2-311-9, 8-11, 11-7, 6-11, 13-15 |
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.