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WTT Star Contender Doha-2026 is the first table tennis tournament of the WTT Contender Series in 2026 (and also the first WTT Star Contenders-level event of 2026), staged at the Lusail Sports Arena, located at FFJ7+99C, Al Masrouhiya, Lusail, Doha, Qatar. WTT Star Contender Doha-2026 is organised by the Qatar Table Tennis Association under the auspices of World Table Tennis (WTT) and takes place from 13 to 18 January 2026. The total prize money for the tournament’s medallists amounts to USD 300,000.

Qualification for the tournament

Restrictions on the participation of players of the world Top 20
Singles
  • A maximum of six (8) players will be allowed to participate as long as the players are ranked in the top 20 ITTF TTWR players as of the entry deadline.

National Entry Restriction (NER)
Singles
  • Each Member Association may be allowed a maximum of six (6) players per category, excluding the WTT category. The limit applies to both the main draw and the qualifying competition to ensure a maximum of six (6) players in any combination (i.e. 4 qualifiers / 2 main draws or 1 qualifier / 5 main draws).
Doubles
  • Each Member Association may be permitted to participate in a maximum of eight (8) players per category, with a maximum of three (3) full pairs consisting of players from the same Member Association (i.e. for example 3 Czech/Czech, 1 Czech/Swedish, 1 Czech/German).
Mixed doubles
  • Each Member Association shall be permitted a maximum of four (4) players per rank in any pairing combination.
The organizer is permitted to use their wildcards to enter additional players from any member association and/or pairs in any combination beyond the NER limit.

Wildcards
  • The Promoter is entitled to the following Wildcards: four (4) players in the Singles Main Draw and two (2) Pairs in the Doubles and Mixed Doubles Main Draw.
  • The Organizer is entitled to the following Wildcards: eight (8) players for the qualifying draw for singles and two (2) pairs for doubles.
  • Any unused Wildcards/nominations will be returned to direct entries.
Useful links

Tournament page on the official WTT website: WTT Star Contender Doha-2026
The tournament playlist will be available on the World Table Tennis YouTube channel: World Table Tennis
 
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Wang Yi-Tse and Zheng Jiaqi on the current form of LYJ and CIC.

林昀儒世界排名升第9 續戰WTT杜哈球星挑戰賽
https://www.cna.com.tw/news/aspt/202601130197.aspx
教練王翊澤告訴中央社記者,「目前林昀儒專心備戰,希望可以再帶來好消息。」

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鄭怡靜的教練鄭佳奇表示,這段時間都留在杜哈持續訓練,雖然身上還有點傷,但鄭怡靜狀態有不斷拉上來,希望不論在女單或者混雙都能有好表現。
 
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WTT Star Contender Doha 2026 QLF WS Draw
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WTT Star Contender Doha 2026 QLF MS Draw
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WTT Star Contender Doha 2026 QLF WD Draw
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WTT Star Contender Doha 2026 QLF MD Draw
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WTT Star Contender Doha 2026 QLF XD Draw
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Scheduled Matches:
All times are local time.
Live streaming https://www.youtube.com/@ITTFWorld

Tue, 13th Jan 2026
15:35 T1 MS QLF R1 Ali ALKHADRAWI(KSA) - Iskender KHARKI(KAZ)
15:35 T2 MS QLF R1 Cedric MEISSNER(GER) - Khalid ASSAR(EGY)
15:35 T3 WS QLF R1 Arina SLAUTINA(AIN) - Vlada VORONINA(AIN)
15:35 T4 WS QLF R1 Sarvinoz MIRKADIROVA(KAZ) - Maryam ALI(QAT)
16:10 T1 WS QLF R1 HAN Feier(CHN) - CHEN Chi-Shiuan(TPE)
16:10 T2 WS QLF R1 LEE Hoi Man(HKG) - Racha LOGHRAIBI(QAT)
16:10 T3 MS QLF R1 Abdulaziz BU SHULAYBI(KSA) - Akash PAL(IND)
16:10 T4 MS QLF R1 Maksim GREBNEV(AIN) - Evgeny TIKHONOV(AIN)
16:45 T1 MS QLF R1 Yousif ABDALLA(QAT) - HSU Hsien-Chia(TPE)
16:45 T2 MS QLF R1 MA Jinbao( USA) - Michel ABI NADER(LBN)
16:45 T3 MS QLF R1 YUAN Licen(CHN) - HO Kwan Kit(HKG)
16:45 T4 MS QLF R1 Lev KATSMAN(AIN) - Ahmed SAADAWI(QAT)
17:20 T1 MS QLF R1 XU Yingbin(CHN) - Florian BOURRASSAUD(FRA)
17:20 T2 MS QLF R1 LAM Siu Hang(HKG) - Lubomir JANCARIK(CZE)
17:20 T3 MS QLF R1 Vincent PICARD(FRA) - Rashed RASHED(BRN)
17:20 T4 MS QLF R1 Ankur BHATTACHARJEE(IND) - PANG Koen(SGP)
17:55 T1 MS QLF R1 Mohamed ELBEIALI(EGY) - Abdullah ABDULWAHHAB(QAT)
17:55 T2 MS QLF R1 Rawad ALNASER(QAT) - Tarvachinbo BUYAN(MGL)
17:55 T3 MS QLF R1 Nawaf ALMALKI(QAT) - Rares SIPOS(ROU)
17:55 T4 MS QLF R1 Ahmed KORANI(QAT) - Payas JAIN(IND)
18:30 WS QLF R2 Yashaswini GHORPADE(IND) -
18:30 WS QLF R2 Alia ELBAZ(QAT) - Swastika GHOSH(IND)
18:30 T1 MS QLF R1 Navid SHAMS(IRI) - Borgar HAUG(NOR)
19:05 WS QLF R2 WONG Hoi Tung(HKG) - ZHU Ziyu(CHN)
19:05 WS QLF R2 Lilou MASSART(BEL) - Maria XIAO(ESP)
19:05 MS QLF R2 Manush SHAH(IND) -
19:05 MS QLF R2 LIM Jonghoon(KOR) -
19:40 WS QLF R2 HUANG Yu-Jie(TPE) -
19:40 WS QLF R2 Diya CHITALE(IND) -
19:40 MS QLF R2 -
19:40 MS QLF R2 Tiago APOLONIA(POR) -
20:15 MS QLF R2 XUE Fei(CHN) -
20:15 MS QLF R2 -
 
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MS QR2
Ali Alkhadrawi 1-3 LJH (-7, 8, -4, -9)
A rather close match.
 
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Wed, 14th Jan 2026
11:00 T1 WS QLF R2 Hana ARAPOVIC(CRO) - YAN Yutong(CHN)
11:00 T2 WS QLF R2 SER Lin Qian(SGP) - Mariia TAILAKOVA(AIN)
11:00 T3 WS QLF R2 HEO Yerim(KOR) - Farida BADAWY(EGY)
11:00 T4 WS QLF R2 KONG Tsz Lam(HKG) - ZHU Chengzhu(HKG)
11:35 T1 MS QLF R2 Maharu YOSHIMURA(JPN) - Navid SHAMS(IRI)
11:35 T2 MS QLF R2 KWAN Man Ho(HKG) - CHANG Yu-An(TPE)
11:35 T3 WS QLF R2 HAN Feier(CHN) - SU Tsz Tung(HKG)
11:35 T4 WS QLF R2 Taneesha KOTECHA(IND) - Audrey ZARIF(FRA)
12:10 T1 WS QLF R2 NG Wing Lam(HKG) - Khatansaikhan GANZORIG(MGL)
12:10 T2 WS QLF R2 HUANG Ching-Chia(TPE) - RYU Hanna(KOR)
12:10 T3 MS QLF R2 Jules ROLLAND(FRA) - Rares SIPOS(ROU)
12:10 T4 MS QLF R2 Payas JAIN(IND) - XU Yingbin(CHN)
12:45 T1 WS QLF R2 Filippa BERGAND(SWE) - Sachi AOKI(JPN)
12:45 T2 WS QLF R2 TSAI Yun-En(TPE) - Claire PICARD(FRA)
12:45 T3 MS QLF R2 MA Jinbao( USA) - Andrej GACINA(CRO)
12:45 T4 MS QLF R2 Ankur BHATTACHARJEE(IND) - Leo DE NODREST(FRA)
13:20 T1 MS QLF R2 HSU Hsien-Chia(TPE) - Kazuhiro YOSHIMURA(JPN)
13:20 T2 MS QLF R2 Tarvachinbo BUYAN(MGL) - Wim VERDONSCHOT(GER)
13:20 T3 MS QLF R2 Lubomir JANCARIK(CZE) - Vincent PICARD(FRA)
13:20 T4 MS QLF R2 Joao GERALDO(POR) - Mohamed ELBEIALI(EGY)
13:55 T1 WD QLF R1 PAVADE(FRA)/YUAN(FRA) - ZHU(HKG)/SU(HKG)
13:55 T2 WD QLF R1 BATRA(IND)/CHITALE(IND) - MASSART(BEL)/MIRKADIROVA(KAZ)
13:55 T3 WD QLF R1 ABRAAMIAN(AIN)/VORONINA(AIN) - SER(SGP)/KUKULKOVA(SVK)
13:55 T4 WD QLF R1 GHORPADE(IND)/MUKHERJEE(IND) - GHOSH(IND)/KOTECHA(IND)
14:30 T1 MD QLF R1 PORET(FRA)/GAUZY(FRA) - LAM(HKG)/YIU(HKG)
14:30 T2 MD QLF R1 PAL(IND)/GNANASEKARAN(IND) - JANG(KOR)/CHO(KOR)
14:30 T3 MD QLF R1 HUNG(TPE)/CHANG(TPE) - HO(HKG)/KWAN(HKG)
14:30 T4 MD QLF R1 BOURRASSAUD(FRA)/BARDET(FRA) - KATSMAN(AIN)/GREBNEV(AIN)
17:00 XD QLF R1 BHATTACHARJEE(IND)/GHORPADE(IND) - KATSMAN(AIN)/ABRAAMIAN(AIN)
17:00 XD QLF R1 CHEN(CHN)/QIN(CHN) - KHARKI(KAZ)/MIRKADIROVA(KAZ)
17:00 XD QLF R1 PANG(SGP)/ZENG(SGP) - SIDORENKO(AIN)/TAILAKOVA(AIN)
17:00 XD QLF R1 VERDONSCHOT(GER)/MASSART(BEL) - LIND(DEN)/DIAZ(PUR)
 
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Main draw looks rather well-balanced for MS/WS this time.
 
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Same verdict for Aoki when back at MyTT. She has gone down the difficult road with that FH-oriented style.

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Aoki Sachi 1-3 Su Tsz Tung (-8, -4, 8, -9)

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So everyone from the Champions event just gets another chance here? 😂
Weird but ok, let's go!
Not really, this happens in an even more similar form when you have back to back feeder/contender/star contender events - usually, the top Chinese would pull out but not this time.

My eye is on the Harimoto draw - was hoping he would get Xue Fei early - didn't get my wish, but there is a path to it... If Xue Fei defeats Chen Yuanyu and Harimoto defeats Shah/Yoshiyama, we might get to see whether Harimoto has learned anything!
 
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Thu, 15th Jan 2026
11:00 T1 MS R64 WONG Chun Ting(HKG) - Leo DE NODREST(FRA)
11:00 T2 WD R16 QIN(CHN)/ZONG(CHN) - MOHAMED(QAT)/ELBAZ(QAT)
11:00 T3 WD R16 DOO(HKG)/NG(HKG) - TAILAKOVA(AIN)/SLAUTINA(AIN)
11:00 T4 MD R16 AN(KOR)/LIM(KOR) - CHEN(CHN)/XU(CHN)
11:35 T1 WS R64 YEH Yi-Tian(TPE) - Miu HIRANO(JPN)
11:35 T2 MD R16 BOURRASSAUD(FRA)/BARDET(FRA) - KORANI(QAT)/AL-KUWARI(QAT)
11:35 T3 MD R16 BHATTACHARJEE(IND)/JAIN(IND) - ELBEIALI(EGY)/ABDELAZIZ(EGY)
11:35 T4 WD R16 SHI(CHN)/WANG(CHN) - BERGAND(SWE)/MESHREF(EGY)
12:10 T1 MS R64 Sathiyan GNANASEKARAN(IND) - PARK Ganghyeon(KOR)
12:10 T2 WD R16 KIM(KOR)/RYU(KOR) - GHORPADE(IND)/MUKHERJEE(IND)
12:10 T3 WD R16 BATRA(IND)/CHITALE(IND) - YOKOI(JPN)/ODO(JPN)
12:10 T4 MD R16 OH(KOR)/PARK(KOR) - PORET(FRA)/GAUZY(FRA)
12:45 T1 WS R64 Tatiana KUKULKOVA(SVK) - Mariam ALHODABY(EGY)
12:45 T2 MS R64 Manush SHAH(IND) - Ryoichi YOSHIYAMA(JPN)
12:45 T3 MD R16 HUANG(CHN)/WEN(CHN) - HUNG(TPE)/CHANG(TPE)
12:45 T4 WD R16 KUAI(CHN)/CHEN(CHN) - SHIN(KOR)/JOO(KOR)
13:20 T1 MS R64 Manav THAKKAR(IND) - ZHOU Qihao(CHN)
13:20 T2 WS R64 Aia MOHAMED(QAT) - YOO Yerin(KOR)
13:20 T3 WD R16 SATO(JPN)/SHIBATA(JPN) - PAVADE(FRA)/YUAN(FRA)
13:20 T4 MD R16 ABDULWAHHAB(QAT)/ABDULWAHHAB(QAT) - WONG(HKG)/CHAN(HKG)
13:55 T1 WS R64 Taneesha KOTECHA(IND) - WANG Xiaotong(CHN)
13:55 T2 MS R64 Maharu YOSHIMURA(JPN) - Kristian KARLSSON(SWE)
13:55 T3 WS R64 Natalia BAJOR(POL) - KIM Seongjin(KOR)
13:55 T4 MS R64 Omar ASSAR(EGY) - Rares SIPOS(ROU)
14:30 T1 XD R16 AL-KUWARI(QAT)/ELBAZ(QAT) - CHEN(CHN)/KUAI(CHN)
14:30 T2 XD R16 YIU(HKG)/NG(HKG) - PARK(KOR)/KIM(KOR)
14:30 T3 XD R16 KATSMAN(AIN)/ABRAAMIAN(AIN) - HUANG(CHN)/CHEN(CHN)
14:30 T4 XD R16 LIM(KOR)/SHIN(KOR) - SHAH(IND)/CHITALE(IND)
17:00 T1 XD R16 LIN(TPE)/CHENG(TPE) - CHEN(CHN)/QIN(CHN)
17:00 T2 XD R16 ABDULWAHHAB(QAT)/MOHAMED(QAT) - PANG(SGP)/ZENG(SGP)
17:00 T3 XD R16 LIND(DEN)/DIAZ(PUR) - ROBLES(ESP)/XIAO(ESP)
17:00 T4 XD R16 ABDELAZIZ(EGY)/ALHODABY(EGY) - WONG(HKG)/DOO(HKG)
17:35 T1 WS R64 YANG Ha Eun(KOR) - ZONG Geman(CHN)
17:35 T2 MD R16 LIN(CHN)/LIANG(CHN) - JANG(KOR)/CHO(KOR)
17:35 T3 WD R16 BAJOR(POL)/POLCANOVA(AUT) - ABRAAMIAN(AIN)/VORONINA(AIN)
17:35 T4 MD R16 ROLLAND(FRA)/DE NODREST(FRA) - SHAH(IND)/THAKKAR(IND)
18:10 T1 MS R64 Kazuhiro YOSHIMURA(JPN) - KUO Guan-Hong(TPE)
18:10 T2 WS R64 Annett KAUFMANN(GER) - Ayhika MUKHERJEE(IND)
18:10 T3 MS R64 Thibault PORET(FRA) - Vladimir SIDORENKO(AIN)
18:10 T4 WS R64 Anna HURSEY(WAL) - TSAI Yun-En(TPE)
18:45 T1 WS R64 Swastika GHOSH(IND) - ZENG Jian(SGP)
18:45 T2 MS R64 HUANG Youzheng(CHN) - Tiago APOLONIA(POR)
18:45 T3 WS R64 Dina MESHREF(EGY) - RYU Hanna(KOR)
18:45 T4 MS R64 Joao GERALDO(POR) - Sultan AL-KUWARI(QAT)
19:20 T1 MS R64 Flavien COTON(FRA) - CHEN Junsong(CHN)
19:20 T2 WS R64 NG Wing Lam(HKG) - Elizabet ABRAAMIAN(AIN)
19:20 T3 MS R64 XUE Fei(CHN) - Mohammed ABDULWAHHAB(QAT)
19:20 T4 WS R64 Rokaia ELBAZ(QAT) - DOO Hoi Kem(HKG)
19:55 T1 WS R64 Sakura YOKOI(JPN) - SU Tsz Tung(HKG)
19:55 T2 MS R64 Youssef ABDELAZIZ(EGY) - CHO Daeseong(KOR)
19:55 T3 WS R64 Saki SHIBATA(JPN) - Maria XIAO(ESP)
19:55 T4 MS R64 WEN Ruibo(CHN) - Alvaro ROBLES(ESP)
20:30 T1 MS R64 Hiroto SHINOZUKA(JPN) - CHAN Baldwin(HKG)
20:30 T2 WS R64 QIN Yuxuan(CHN) - Manika BATRA(IND)
20:30 T3 MS R64 Lilian BARDET(FRA) - PARK Gyuhyeon(KOR)
20:30 T4 WS R64 ZHU Ziyu(CHN) - HE Zhuojia(CHN)
 
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WS R64
Yeh Yi-Tian 2-3 Hirano (-4, 7, -9, 7, -9)
G2 16, 36, 37, 67 TO for Hirano and no checking notes?, 117. Some unravelling on Hirano's end before YYT's backhand serve.
20, 22, 62, 63, 83, 85 TO for YYT, 87 Hirano yellow carded, 88, 98, 911
22, 42, 43, 63, 64, 74, 76, 96, 97, 117
01, 51, 55, 65, 67, 87, 89, 99, 911
Not a third 5-gamer defeat (Harimoto and Odo) in recent times.

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WS R32
Hirano 0-3 SYB (10) (-6, -4, -4)
Something inside buckled under after 66 in G1.
 
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Not really, this happens in an even more similar form when you have back to back feeder/contender/star contender events - usually, the top Chinese would pull out but not this time.

My eye is on the Harimoto draw - was hoping he would get Xue Fei early - didn't get my wish, but there is a path to it... If Xue Fei defeats Chen Yuanyu and Harimoto defeats Shah/Yoshiyama, we might get to see whether Harimoto has learned anything!
When I looked at the men's singles draw I thought it looked almost the same as the Champions event last week.
I now see there are many more competitions on though, with doubles in men's, womens and mixed which is great!
I suspect the singles draws, however similar the lineup, will show us that same venue, same players gives a very different outcome given that so many of them can beat each other 'on the day'!
Nice spot about Fei and Harimoto. I didn't realise he had won their last TWO encounters so convincingly. I will be watching out for it 👍
 
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WD R16
Batra/Chitale 2-3 Yokoi/Odo (-10, -11, 13, 7, -1)
 
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