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WTT Champions Montpellier 2026
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- International
Hina Hayata says she nearly gave up before retaining her WTT Champions Frankfurt title
The world No 6 wrote that she felt herself getting stronger with every match in Germany, and explained the notebook she fills in between games.
- International
Wang Chuqin says his slump has let him take a hard look at himself after WTT Champions Frankfurt exit
The world No 4 thanked China's coaches and teammates and promised to find a better version of himself after an autumn of injury and defeat.
- 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 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.
- Analysis
How much do the top players play? Eleven counted every WTT match since June
Five of the 20 players in the two world top 10s are missing from WTT Champions Frankfurt. Eleven counted every WTT match the top 20 have played since June, and the busiest players on the tour are mostly not the ones who have been injured.
- International
Fake live streams of Sun Yingsha's WTT Champions Montpellier semi-final used to sell goods in China
Hosts spliced old match audio with invented scores five hours before the real match began, then sold pain-relief patches and eye drops at the tense moments.
- Day 1 review
WTT Champions Frankfurt day one review: Wang Chuqin returns with a win as Miwa Harimoto survives
Wang Chuqin beat Anders Lind in his first match for more than a month, Sofia Polcanova took the women's favourite to a decider and Truls Moregard and Shin Yubin withdrew.
- International
Sun Yingsha pulls out of WTT Champions Frankfurt a day after winning in Montpellier
Poland's Natalia Bajor replaces the world No 2, leaving Miwa Harimoto as the highest-ranked woman in the draw after Wang Manyu also withdrew.
- 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 3 review
WTT Champions Montpellier day three review: Sidorenko knocks out Matsushima as Wang Yidi cruises
Jang Woojin won the longest match of the day 12-10 in the fifth game against Lin Yun-Ju, and Chen Xingtong ended Annett Kaufmann's run.
- Day 3 preview
WTT Champions Montpellier day three preview: Miwa Harimoto and Calderano start as the last 16 begins
The first round ends in the afternoon, and the evening brings Moregard, Matsushima, Chen Xingtong and the defending champion Wang Yidi into the last 16.
- 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.
- International
Benedikt Duda, Wim Verdonschot and Josi Neumann get wildcards for WTT Champions Frankfurt
The 16-year-old Josi Neumann makes her debut at this level on home soil, and Austria's two-time European champion Sofia Polcanova is also given a place.
- 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.
- International
Japan's top players may miss the All Japan Championships after clash with WTT Champions event
The Japan Table Tennis Association says players entered for a WTT Champions event in Asia next January may be unable to play their national championships, after a request to move it was not taken up.
- International
WTT Champions Montpellier 2026 preview: Wang Chuqin out as Lebrun brothers and Sun Yingsha learn their openers
Félix Lebrun opens against Anders Lind, Sun Yingsha returns against Camille Lutz, and Lin Shidong leads China's men after the world champion's withdrawal.