In the men’s singles arena, Wang Chuqin faced LeBrun in the first round, and Ma Long faced Zhang Yuzhen. In the men's doubles, Fan Zhendong/Wang Chuqin vs. Huang Zhenting/He Junjie, Lin Gaoyuan/Lin Shidong vs. Ocharov/Francesca, Xiang Peng/Yuan Lizen vs. Uda Yukiya/Togami Hayabusa.
According to the world rankings, this competition will not impose strict quota restrictions on players from each association. Therefore, six players from the Chinese team finally qualified to participate in the men's finals this time. Among them, young player Lin Shidong caught the last train at the last moment. For him, this will be a very wonderful experience. The top four seeds in this competition are all Chinese players.
They will also be divided into four small halves, namely No. 1 seed Fan Zhendong, No. 2 seed Wang Chuqin, No. 3 seed Ma Long and No. 4 seed Liang Jingkun, who has been very good recently. On October 28, 2023, the World Table Tennis League (WTT) announced that the 2023 WTT Men's Finals will be held at the Lusail Stadium in Doha, Qatar, from January 3 to 5, 2024.
Event History
The first WTT Championship will be held in Budapest, the capital of Hungary, from July 18 to 23, 2022. On July 23, 2022, in the women's singles final of the WTT Championship Budapest, Wang Manyu defeated Wang Yidi 4-2 and won the championship. On the same day, Zhang Benzhihe defeated Lin Gaoyuan 4-3 to win the men's singles championship.
On September 14, 2022, the WTT World Table Tennis Federation announced that the WTT Championship will continue to be held in China. The 2022 WTT Championship Macau will be held from October 19th to 23rd.
On March 6, 2023, the WTT World Table Tennis Federation announced that the 2023 WTT Championship Xinxiang Station will be held in Xinxiang City, Henan Province from April 9 to 15, 2023.
On April 15, 2023, in the women's singles final of the 2023 WTT Xinxiang Championship, Sun Yingsha won the championship 4-1 and Wang Yidi won the championship. On the same day, in the men's singles final of the 2023 WTT Xinxiang Championship, Fan Zhendong defeated Wang Yidi 4-1. Teammate Liang Jingkun won the championship.