Men · GER
Patrick Franziska
World No. 11 ▲4
- World ranking
- No. 11, 3,260 points
- Age
- 34 (born 11 June 1992)
- Plays
- Right-handed
- Club
- 1. FC Saarbrücken (Tischtennis Bundesliga)
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Latest results
| Date | Event | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Nov 2026 | WTT Champions Frankfurt 2026Men's singles, Final | Tomokazu Harimoto | L 2-411-2, 9-11, 13-11, 8-11, 4-11, 4-11 |
| 8 Nov 2026 | WTT Champions Frankfurt 2026Men's singles, Semi-final | Shunsuke Togami | W 4-211-7, 8-11, 11-6, 5-11, 11-7, 11-9 |
| 7 Nov 2026 | WTT Champions Frankfurt 2026Men's singles, Quarter-final | Sora Matsushima | W 4-29-11, 13-11, 11-8, 11-7, 10-12, 12-10 |
| 6 Nov 2026 | WTT Champions Frankfurt 2026Men's singles, Last 16 | Benedikt Duda | W 3-28-11, 13-15, 11-7, 15-13, 12-10 |
| 5 Nov 2026 | WTT Champions Frankfurt 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Xiang Peng | W 3-111-4, 4-11, 13-11, 11-4 |
Latest news
- Tomokazu Harimoto climbs to world No 2 behind Sora Matsushima as Satsuki Odo breaks into the women's top 10
- Leaf blower keeps Patrick Franziska's lucky shirt dry on run to two WTT Champions finals
- Japan take half of the 2026 WTT Champions singles titles as China's men end the series without one
- WTT Champions Frankfurt finals: Hina Hayata retains her title as Tomokazu Harimoto beats Franziska
Honours
1 title or gold medal on record.
All honours →News
- International
Tomokazu Harimoto climbs to world No 2 behind Sora Matsushima as Satsuki Odo breaks into the women's top 10
The first ranking after WTT Champions Frankfurt puts two Japanese men at the top, lifts Lin Yun-Ju back to fifth and Patrick Franziska to 11th, and leaves Wang Manyu's lead among the women untouched.
- International
Leaf blower keeps Patrick Franziska's lucky shirt dry on run to two WTT Champions finals
The world No 15 would not change out of the blue shirt he was winning in, and says his battery is empty after back-to-back finals.
- International
Japan take half of the 2026 WTT Champions singles titles as China's men end the series without one
Miwa Harimoto beat a Chinese player in all three of her finals, and no Chinese man has reached a semi-final since Wen Ruibo's run in Chongqing in March.
- Day 6 review
WTT Champions Frankfurt finals: Hina Hayata retains her title as Tomokazu Harimoto beats Franziska
Japan won both singles titles on the final day as Hayata beat Odo 4-2 and Harimoto ended the home hopes of Franziska with three straight games.
- Day 6 preview
WTT Champions Frankfurt finals day preview: Hayata meets Miwa Harimoto as Franziska chases a German first
Japan have five of the eight semi-finalists, while Patrick Franziska and Sabine Winter carry German hopes into the last day.
- Day 5 review
WTT Champions Frankfurt day five review: Franziska knocks out Matsushima as Winter beats Chen Yi
Two Germans are in the semi-finals after Franziska beat the world No 1 12-10 in the sixth game, while Japan have five of the last eight and China none.
- Day 5 preview
WTT Champions Frankfurt day five preview: Winter meets Chen Yi as Matsushima plays Franziska
Four Germans play in the quarter-finals, Miwa Harimoto and Chen Xingtong meet again after the Yokohama final, and Wen Ruibo carries China's hopes against Lin Yun-Ju.
- 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.
- Preview
WTT Champions Frankfurt preview: Wang Chuqin returns as Wang Manyu and Lin Shidong pull out
Jang Woojin and Patrick Franziska, Sunday's finalists in Montpellier, are both in the draw, and 10 German players have a home crowd behind them from Tuesday.
- 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 2 review
WTT Champions Montpellier day two review: Gauzy knocks out Harimoto as Wang Manyu escapes
Alexis Lebrun and Flavien Coton both lost from two games up, and Kuai Man needed extra points in the decider to beat Wales's Anna Hursey.
- Day 2 preview
WTT Champions Montpellier day two preview: Wang Manyu, Alexis Lebrun and five French players in action
Thirteen more first-round matches are played on Wednesday, with the women's top seed facing the new African champion and Alexis Lebrun leading five French players into the arena.
- Day 1 review
WTT Champions Montpellier day one review: Sun Yingsha returns as Matsushima survives a scare
Sun Yingsha dropped 14 points in her first match for about three weeks, Félix Lebrun won in 15 minutes and the world No 1 let slip a two-game lead before recovering.
Results
Recent matches
| Date | Event | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Nov 2026 | WTT Champions Frankfurt 2026Men's singles, Final | Tomokazu Harimoto | L 2-411-2, 9-11, 13-11, 8-11, 4-11, 4-11 |
| 8 Nov 2026 | WTT Champions Frankfurt 2026Men's singles, Semi-final | Shunsuke Togami | W 4-211-7, 8-11, 11-6, 5-11, 11-7, 11-9 |
| 7 Nov 2026 | WTT Champions Frankfurt 2026Men's singles, Quarter-final | Sora Matsushima | W 4-29-11, 13-11, 11-8, 11-7, 10-12, 12-10 |
| 6 Nov 2026 | WTT Champions Frankfurt 2026Men's singles, Last 16 | Benedikt Duda | W 3-28-11, 13-15, 11-7, 15-13, 12-10 |
| 5 Nov 2026 | WTT Champions Frankfurt 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Xiang Peng | W 3-111-4, 4-11, 13-11, 11-4 |
| 1 Nov 2026 | WTT Champions Montpellier 2026Men's singles, Final | Jang Woojin | L 3-411-3, 7-11, 11-7, 11-9, 9-11, 8-11, 8-11 |
| 1 Nov 2026 | WTT Champions Montpellier 2026Men's singles, Semi-final | Truls Moregard | W 4-311-5, 9-11, 12-10, 6-11, 12-10, 10-12, 11-6 |
| 31 Oct 2026 | WTT Champions Montpellier 2026Men's singles, Quarter-final | Zhou Qihao | W 4-313-15, 11-5, 7-11, 11-9, 11-9, 10-12, 12-10 |
| 30 Oct 2026 | WTT Champions Montpellier 2026Men's singles, Last 16 | Elias Ranefur | W 3-112-10, 11-4, 8-11, 11-8 |
| 28 Oct 2026 | WTT Champions Montpellier 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Alexis Lebrun | W 3-29-11, 4-11, 14-12, 11-7, 11-9 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Men's singles, Last 16 | Hugo Calderano | L 0-32-11, 5-11, 7-11 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Yuan Licen | W 3-14-11, 11-7, 11-4, 11-5 |
| 4 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Men's singles, Last 64 | Anders Lind | W 3-111-3, 7-11, 14-12, 11-3 |
| 4 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Mixed doubles, Last 32 | Yuan Licen / Wang Yidi with Adriana Diaz | L 2-311-5, 3-11, 4-11, 12-10, 11-13 |
| 18 Sep 2026 | WTT Star Contender Astana 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Darius Movileanu | L 2-34-11, 11-2, 13-11, 10-12, 5-11 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | WTT Star Contender Astana 2026Men's doubles, Last 16 | Zhou Qihao / Xue Fei with Dimitrij Ovtcharov | L 1-35-11, 4-11, 11-9, 6-11 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | WTT Star Contender Astana 2026Mixed doubles, Last 16 | Park Ganghyeon / Yoo Siwoo with Adriana Diaz | L 2-311-6, 11-7, 8-11, 9-11, 8-11 |
| 9 Sep 2026 | WTT Champions Macao 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Truls Moregard | L 2-311-5, 11-8, 5-11, 9-11, 9-11 |
| 12 Aug 2026 | Europe Smash - Sweden 2026Mixed doubles, Last 16 | Dang Qiu / Sabine Winter with Adriana Diaz | L 1-311-9, 8-11, 8-11, 9-11 |
| 11 Aug 2026 | Europe Smash - Sweden 2026Men's singles, Last 64 | Thibault Poret | L 2-311-8, 11-2, 8-11, 5-11, 9-11 |
Official results from World Table Tennis. Times are UK dates.
Season by season
| Year | Singles | Won-lost | Win % | Titles | Finals | Doubles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 41 | 25-16 | 61% | 0 | 3 | 6-9 |
| 2025 | 26 | 16-10 | 62% | 0 | 0 | 5-6 |
| 2024 | 39 | 25-14 | 64% | 0 | 2 | 3-3 |
| 2023 | 28 | 15-13 | 54% | 0 | 1 | 9-5 |
| 2022 | 26 | 17-9 | 65% | 1 | 1 | 1-3 |
| 2021 | 4 | 2-2 | 50% | 0 | 0 | 2-2 |
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.
- Darko Jorgic5-3
- Alexis Lebrun6-1
- Truls Moregard3-4
- Lin Yun-Ju0-7
- Jang Woojin3-3
- Tomokazu Harimoto1-5
- Fan Zhendong1-5
- Shunsuke Togami3-2
- Xiang Peng3-1
- Cho Daeseong1-3
Where the ranking points come from
3,260 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WTT Champions Frankfurt 2026 | Runner-up | 700 | Counts | 15 November 2027 |
| WTT Champions Montpellier 2026 | Runner-up | 700 | Counts | 8 November 2027 |
| Singapore Smash 2026 | Quarter-final | 580 | Counts | 8 March 2027 |
| China Smash 2026 | Last 16 | 380 | Counts | 18 October 2027 |
| ITTF Men’s & Women’s World Cup Macao 2026 | Last 16 | 300 | Counts | 12 April 2027 |
| WTT Contender Muscat 2026 | Runner-up | 280 | Counts | 1 February 2027 |
| WTT Star Contender São José dos Campos 2026 | Quarter-final | 175 | Counts | 2 August 2027 |
| World Team Championships London 2026 | Quarter-final (team) | 145 | Counts | 17 May 2027 |
| WTT Champions Chongqing 2026 | Last 16 | 140 | Not counted | 22 March 2027 |
| WTT Star Contender Ljubljana 2026 | Last 16 | 115 | Not counted | 28 June 2027 |
| United States Smash 2026 | Last 32 | 100 | Not counted | 12 July 2027 |
| ETTU European Individual Championships Ljubljana 2026 | Quarter-final | 90 | Not counted | 25 October 2027 |
| Europe Smash - Sweden 2026 | Last 64 | 20 | Not counted | 23 August 2027 |
| WTT Champions Doha 2026 | Last 32 | 15 | Not counted | 18 January 2027 |
| WTT Champions Macao 2026 | Last 32 | 15 | Not counted | 20 September 2027 |
| ETTU Europe Top 16 Cup Montreux 2026 | Last 16 | 10 | Not counted | 15 February 2027 |
| WTT Star Contender Astana 2026 - President’s Cup | Last 64 | 5 | Not counted | 27 September 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 | R32 | Not held | R32 | Not held | R16 | Not held | 0 |
| World Team Championships | Not held | – | Not held | – | Not held | QF | 0 |
| World Cup | Not held | Not held | Not held | – | – | R16 | 0 |
| WTT Finals | R16 | R16 | – | R16 | – | – | 0 |
| Singapore Smash | Not held | QF | R64 | QF | QF | QF | 0 |
| Saudi Smash | Not held | Not held | Not held | F | Not held | Not held | 0 |
| China Smash | Not held | Not held | Not held | R32 | R32 | R16 | 0 |
| United States Smash | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | – | R32 | 0 |
| Europe Smash | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | R32 | 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 2021 from World Table Tennis's records; earlier years show medals only.
WTT tour 1
- Winner 2022 WTT Feeder Düsseldorf II singles WTT Feeder Düsseldorf II
Club
Clubs
- 1. FC Saarbrücken · Tischtennis BundesligaCurrent
Club matches
Bundesliga: 53-34 in singles, all seasons on record.
| Date | League | Opponent | Result |
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| 25 Sep 2026 | Bundesliga1. FC Saarbrücken-TT 3-1 TSV Bad Königshofen | Bastian Steger | L 2-39-11, 9-11, 11-5, 11-2, 8-11 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | Bundesliga1. FC Saarbrücken-TT 1-3 SV Werder Bremen | Kirill Gerassimenko | W 3-011-3, 11-4, 11-9 |
| 21 Aug 2026 | Bundesliga1. FC Saarbrücken-TT 3-1 Post SV Mühlhausen | Ivo Quett | W 3-011-1, 11-4, 11-8 |
| 21 Aug 2026 | Bundesliga1. FC Saarbrücken-TT 3-1 Post SV Mühlhausen | Ovidiu Ionescu | W 3-111-4, 7-11, 11-7, 11-8 |
| 16 Aug 2026 | Bundesliga1. FC Saarbrücken-TT 3-0 BV Borussia 09 Dortmund | João Geraldo | W 3-25-11, 11-2, 8-11, 11-4, 11-7 |
| 31 May 2026 | Bundesliga1. FC Saarbrücken-TT 3-1 Borussia Düsseldorf | Anton Källberg | W 3-111-6, 11-6, 9-11, 11-6 |
| 30 May 2026 | Bundesliga1. FC Saarbrücken-TT 3-1 SV Werder Bremen | Kirill Gerassimenko | L 2-316-14, 7-11, 13-11, 11-13, 5-11 |
| 19 Apr 2026 | Bundesliga1. FC Saarbrücken-TT 1-3 TTC Schwalbe Bergneustadt | Adrien Rassenfosse | L 1-37-11, 4-11, 11-6, 8-11 |
| 19 Apr 2026 | Bundesliga1. FC Saarbrücken-TT 1-3 TTC Schwalbe Bergneustadt | Romain Ruiz | L 2-35-11, 11-9, 11-8, 8-11, 7-11 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Bundesliga1. FC Saarbrücken-TT 3-1 SV Werder Bremen | Kirill Gerassimenko | W 3-19-11, 11-6, 11-4, 11-9 |
| 25 Mar 2026 | Bundesliga1. FC Saarbrücken-TT 2-3 TTC OE Clarity-Tel.Syst.Bad Homburg | Ivor Ban | L 2-311-6, 8-11, 9-11, 11-3, 14-16 |
| 25 Mar 2026 | Bundesliga1. FC Saarbrücken-TT 2-3 TTC OE Clarity-Tel.Syst.Bad Homburg | Csaba Andras | W 3-111-8, 5-11, 11-8, 11-2 |
| 15 Feb 2026 | Bundesliga1. FC Saarbrücken-TT 2-3 Borussia Düsseldorf | Dang Qiu | W 3-111-8, 11-4, 3-11, 11-6 |
| 15 Feb 2026 | Bundesliga1. FC Saarbrücken-TT 2-3 Borussia Düsseldorf | Kanak Jha | L 1-34-11, 16-14, 4-11, 9-11 |
| 10 Feb 2026 | Bundesliga1. FC Saarbrücken-TT 3-1 TTC Zugbrücke Grenzau | Samuel Walker | W 3-112-10, 11-6, 8-11, 11-8 |
| 16 Jan 2026 | Bundesliga1. FC Saarbrücken-TT 3-2 Post SV Mühlhausen | Steffen Mengel | L 1-310-12, 9-11, 14-12, 8-11 |
| 16 Jan 2026 | Bundesliga1. FC Saarbrücken-TT 3-2 Post SV Mühlhausen | Steffen Mengel / Liao Cheng-Ting with Cedric Meissner | W 3-011-8, 11-9, 11-7 |
| 12 Jan 2026 | Bundesliga1. FC Saarbrücken-TT 2-3 BV Borussia 09 Dortmund | Kristian Karlsson | L 0-38-11, 8-11, 8-11 |
| 12 Jan 2026 | Bundesliga1. FC Saarbrücken-TT 2-3 BV Borussia 09 Dortmund | Cedric Nuytinck / Adam Szudi with Eduard Ionescu | L 1-39-11, 8-11, 11-8, 9-11 |
| 21 Dec 2025 | Bundesliga1. FC Saarbrücken-TT 3-2 Borussia Düsseldorf | Kanak Jha | L 2-311-4, 4-11, 6-11, 11-9, 8-11 |
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, ttbl.de, tagesspiegel.de, checked 9 November 2026.