United States (US) Smash 2026, Los Angeles, California, USA 26 Jun - 5 Jul 2026

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Fri, 26th Jun 2026
10:00 T2 WS QLF R1 Tashiya PIYADASA(USA) - Sutirtha MUKHERJEE(IND)
10:00 T3 MS QLF R1 LIAO Cheng-Ting(TPE) - Aditya SAREEN(AUS)
10:00 T4 WS QLF R1 Camille LUTZ(FRA) - Mandy YU(USA)
10:35 T2 MS QLF R1 Akash PAL(IND) - Eugene WANG(CAN)
10:35 T3 WS QLF R1 Sabina SURJAN(SRB) - Yuan WAN(GER)
10:35 T4 MS QLF R1 Nicolas BURGOS(CHI) - Gustavo GOMEZ(CHI)
11:10 T2 WS QLF R1 Nicole ARLIA(ITA) - Izabela LUPULESKU(SRB)
11:10 T3 MS QLF R1 Hwan BAE(AUS) - Guilherme TEODORO(BRA)
11:10 T4 WS QLF R1 Sofia-Xuan ZHANG(ESP) - Brianna BURGOS(PUR)
11:45 T2 MS QLF R1 Luka MLADENOVIC(LUX) - John OYEBODE(ITA)
11:45 T3 WS QLF R1 Laura WATANABE(BRA) - Audrey ZARIF(FRA)
11:45 T4 MS QLF R1 Snehit SURAVAJJULA(IND) - XUE Fei(CHN)
12:20 T2 WS QLF R1 Josephina NEUMANN(GER) - Elena ZAHARIA(ROU)
12:20 T3 MS QLF R1 Mattias KARLSSON(SWE) - Lubomir PISTEJ(SVK)
12:20 T4 WS QLF R1 Katarzyna WEGRZYN(POL) - Paulina VEGA(CHI)
12:55 T2 MS QLF R1 Leonardo IIZUKA(BRA) - Abdel-Kader SALIFOU
12:55 T3 WS QLF R1 Zauresh AKASHEVA(KAZ) - Christina KALLBERG(SWE)
12:55 T4 MS QLF R1 Cedric NUYTINCK(BEL) - Iulian CHIRITA(ROU)
13:30 T2 WS QLF R1 Jiamuwa WU(AUS) - TAN Zhao Yun(SGP)
13:30 T3 MS QLF R1 QUEK Izaac(SGP) - Deni KOZUL(SLO)
13:30 T4 WS QLF R1 Giulia TAKAHASHI(BRA) - Sibel ALTINKAYA(TUR)
14:05 T2 MS QLF R1 Nikhil KUMAR(USA) - LAM Siu Hang(HKG)
14:05 T3 WS QLF R1 Tatiana KUKULKOVA(SVK) - Adina DIACONU(ROU)
14:05 T4 MS QLF R1 Rogelio CASTRO(MEX) - Martin ALLEGRO(BEL)
14:40 T2 WS QLF R1 Daniela ORTEGA(CHI) - Satya ASPATHI(USA)
14:40 T3 MS QLF R1 Ovidiu IONESCU(ROU) - Sid NARESH( USA)
14:40 T4 WS QLF R1 Hana ARAPOVIC(CRO) - Filippa BERGAND(SWE)
15:15 T2 MS QLF R1 Alex LUO(USA) - Tiago APOLONIA(POR)
15:15 T3 WS QLF R1 Ke WANG(USA) - Barbora VARADY(SVK)
15:15 T4 MS QLF R1 CHANG Yu-An(TPE) - Ylane BATIX(CMR)
15:50 T2 WS QLF R1 Constantina PSIHOGIOS(AUS) - Hildy CHEN(USA)
15:50 T3 MS QLF R1 Horacio CIFUENTES(ARG) - Edward LY(CAN)
17:30 T2 MS QLF R2 LIM Jonghoon(KOR) -
17:30 T3 WS QLF R2 Xiaona SHAN(GER) -
18:05 T2 WS QLF R2 Sarah DE NUTTE(LUX) -
18:05 T3 MS QLF R2 Elias RANEFUR(SWE) -
18:40 T2 MS QLF R2 HUANG Youzheng(CHN) -
18:40 T3 WS QLF R2 Minhyung JEE(AUS) -
18:40 T4 MS QLF R2 CHAN Baldwin(HKG) -
19:15 T2 WS QLF R2 NG Wing Lam(HKG) -
19:15 T3 MS QLF R2 FENG Yi-Hsin(TPE) -
19:15 T4 WS QLF R2 Yashaswini GHORPADE(IND) -
19:50 T2 MS QLF R2 Csaba ANDRAS(HUN) -
19:50 T3 WS QLF R2 Giorgia PICCOLIN(ITA) -
19:50 T4 MS QLF R2 Andre BERTELSMEIER(GER) -
20:25 T2 WS QLF R2 Gaia MONFARDINI(ITA) -
20:25 T3 MS QLF R2 Andrej GACINA(CRO) -
20:25 T4 WS QLF R2 Xiaoxin YANG(MON) -

Sat, 27th Jun 2026
10:00 T2 WS QLF R2 Ayhika MUKHERJEE(IND) -
10:00 T3 MS QLF R2 Alvaro ROBLES(ESP) -
10:00 T4 WS QLF R2 CHIEN Tung-Chuan(TPE) -
10:35 T2 MS QLF R2 Mehdi BOULOUSSA(ALG) -
10:35 T3 WS QLF R2 Diya CHITALE(IND) -
10:35 T4 MS QLF R2 Vladislav URSU(MDA) -
11:10 T2 WS QLF R2 HUANG Yu-Jie(TPE) -
11:10 T3 MS QLF R2 PARK Gyuhyeon(KOR) -
11:10 T4 WS QLF R2 SER Lin Qian(SGP) -
11:45 T2 MS QLF R2 KAO Cheng-Jui(TPE) -
11:45 T3 WS QLF R2 PENG Yu-Han(TPE) -
11:45 T4 MS QLF R2 Ricardo WALTHER(GER) -
12:20 T2 WS QLF R2 Tin-Tin HO(ENG) -
12:20 T3 MS QLF R2 Marcos FREITAS(POR) -
12:55 T2 MS QLF R2 Manush SHAH(IND) -
12:55 T3 WS QLF R2 Jieni SHAO(POR) -
 
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wtt超话 WTT美国大满贯2026抽签仪式 WTT世界乒联的微博直播 WTT美国大满贯2026抽签仪式

WS Seeded R16
https://weibo.com/7360795486/R5YuP5yRj
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26-6-27 02:11
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WTT美国大满贯丨女单种子及中国队分区
【1/8区】孙颖莎🇨🇳、石洵瑶🇨🇳
【2/8区】莎宾·温特🇩🇪VS覃予萱🇨🇳、陈幸同🇨🇳
【3/8区】朱雨玲🇲🇴、朱芊曦🇰🇷
【4/8区】大藤沙月🇯🇵、王艺迪🇨🇳
【5/8区】陈熠🇨🇳、早田希娜🇯🇵
【6/8区】伊藤美诚🇯🇵、张本美和🇯🇵
【7/8区】蒯曼🇨🇳、申裕斌🇰🇷
【8/8区】桥本帆乃香🇯🇵、王曼昱🇨🇳

WS R64
https://weibo.com/7360795486/R5Yzz384c
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WTT美国大满贯丨女单正赛签表
【1/8区】孙颖莎🇨🇳VS刘杨子🇦🇺、伯纳黛特·斯佐科斯🇷🇴VS尼娜·米特兰姆🇩🇪、Qvs蒂娜·梅谢芙🇪🇬、伊丽莎贝塔·萨马拉🇷🇴VS石洵瑶🇨🇳
【2/8区】莎宾·温特🇩🇪VS覃予萱🇨🇳、杜凯琹🇭🇰VS汉娜·高达🇪🇬、长崎美柚🇯🇵vsQ、刘叡潾🇰🇷VS陈幸同🇨🇳
【3/8区】朱雨玲🇲🇴vsQ、普莉蒂卡·帕瓦德🇫🇷VS陈伊依🇺🇸、莉娅·拉科瓦奇🇭🇷VS高桥·布鲁娜🇧🇷、斯莉嘉·阿库拉🇮🇳VS朱芊曦🇰🇷
【4/8区】大藤沙月🇯🇵VS李恩惠🇰🇷、玛尼卡·巴特拉🇮🇳VS横井咲樱🇯🇵、梁夏银🇰🇷vsQ、马尔加里塔·佩索茨卡🇺🇦VS王艺迪🇨🇳
【5/8区】陈熠🇨🇳VS韩莹🇩🇪、张安🇺🇸VS袁嘉楠🇫🇷、曾尖🇸🇬VS娜塔莉娅·巴约🇵🇱、叶伊恬(中国台北)VS早田希娜🇯🇵
【6/8区】伊藤美诚🇯🇵VS王艾米🇺🇸、安德烈娅·德拉戈曼🇷🇴vsQ、Qvs安娜·赫西🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿、李昱谆(中国台北)VS张本美和🇯🇵
【7/8区】蒯曼🇨🇳vsQ、Qvs张墨🇨🇦、肖瑶茜🇪🇸VS金娜英🇰🇷、夏洛特·卢茨🇫🇷VS申裕斌🇰🇷
【8/8区】桥本帆乃香🇯🇵VS付玉🇵🇹、杰西卡·雷耶斯·莱🇺🇸VS郑怡静(中国台北)、阿德里安娜·迪亚兹🇵🇷VS佐藤瞳🇯🇵、艾琳·叶🇺🇸VS王曼昱🇨🇳

MS Seeded R16
https://weibo.com/7360795486/R5YCKDtwE
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26-6-27 02:30
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WTT美国大满贯丨男单种子及中国队分区
【1/8区】王楚钦🇨🇳VS周启豪🇨🇳、安德斯·林德🇩🇰
【2/8区】邱党🇩🇪、松岛辉空🇯🇵
【3/8区】费利克斯·勒布伦🇫🇷、达科·约奇克🇸🇮
【4/8区】艾利克斯·勒布伦🇫🇷、林诗栋🇨🇳
【5/8区】林昀儒(中国台北)、张禹珍🇰🇷
【6/8区】户上隼辅🇯🇵、特鲁斯·莫雷加德🇸🇪
【7/8区】雨果·卡尔德拉诺🇧🇷、陈垣宇🇨🇳、温瑞博🇨🇳
【8/8区】贝内迪克特·杜达🇩🇪、张本智和🇯🇵

MS R64
https://weibo.com/7360795486/R5YI30AJ5
草莓牛奶特别甜
26-6-27 02:43
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WTT美国大满贯丨男单正赛签表
【1/8区】王楚钦🇨🇳VS周启豪🇨🇳、曼纳弗·维卡诗·塔卡🇮🇳VS弗拉维安·科顿🇫🇷、阿德里安·拉森福斯🇧🇪vsQ、林文政🇦🇺VS安德斯·林德🇩🇰
【2/8区】邱党🇩🇪vsQ、乔·塞弗里德🇫🇷VS迪米特里·奥恰洛夫🇩🇪、奥玛·阿萨尔🇪🇬VS卢伟🇦🇺、基里尔·格拉斯门科🇰🇿VS松岛辉空🇯🇵
【3/8区】费利克斯·勒布伦🇫🇷vsQ、黄镇廷🇭🇰VS约纳坦·格罗特🇩🇰、若奥·格拉尔多🇵🇹vsQ、丹尼尔·特兰🇺🇸VS达科·约奇克🇸🇮
【4/8区】艾利克斯·勒布伦🇫🇷VS安东·卡尔伯格🇸🇪、米洛什·雷德齐姆斯基🇵🇱VS西蒙·高茨🇫🇷、田中佑汰🇯🇵VS沙提安·加纳纳塞卡兰🇮🇳、朴康贤🇰🇷VS林诗栋🇨🇳
【5/8区】林昀儒(中国台北)VS郭冠宏(中国台北)、宇田幸矢🇯🇵vsQ、托米斯拉夫·普卡🇭🇷VS帕特里克·弗朗西斯卡🇩🇪、Qvs张禹珍🇰🇷
【6/8区】户上隼辅🇯🇵VS卡纳克·贾哈🇺🇸、汤姆·贾维斯🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿VS吴晙诚🇰🇷、安宰贤🇰🇷vsQ、夸德里·阿鲁纳🇳🇬VS特鲁斯·莫雷加德🇸🇪
【7/8区】雨果·卡尔德拉诺🇧🇷VS吉村真晴🇯🇵、南丹·纳雷什🇺🇸VS陈垣宇🇨🇳、篠塚大登🇯🇵VS利亚姆·皮切福特🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿、卢博米尔·扬察里克🇨🇿VS温瑞博🇨🇳
【8/8区】贝内迪克特·杜达🇩🇪VS迪博·泊雷特🇫🇷、瓦拉迪米尔·希德仁科(AIN)vsQ、爱德华·约内斯库🇷🇴VS力廉·巴德🇫🇷、梁吉善🇺🇸VS张本智和🇯🇵
 
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Scheduled Matches:
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Live streaming: https://www.youtube.com/wttglobal

Fri, 26th Jun 2026
18:40 T2 MS QLF R2 John OYEBODE(ITA) - HUANG Youzheng(CHN)
19:15 T2 WS QLF R2 Izabela LUPULESKU(SRB) - NG Wing Lam(HKG)
19:15 T3 MS QLF R2 FENG Yi-Hsin(TPE) - Guilherme TEODORO(BRA)
19:15 T4 WS QLF R2 Yashaswini GHORPADE(IND) - Sabina SURJAN(SRB)
19:50 T2 MS QLF R2 Tiago APOLONIA(POR) - Csaba ANDRAS(HUN)
19:50 T3 WS QLF R2 Sutirtha MUKHERJEE(IND) - Giorgia PICCOLIN(ITA)
19:50 T4 MS QLF R2 Andre BERTELSMEIER(GER) - Mattias KARLSSON(SWE)
20:25 T2 WS QLF R2 Gaia MONFARDINI(ITA) - Elena ZAHARIA(ROU)
20:25 T3 MS QLF R2 Nikhil KUMAR(USA) - Andrej GACINA(CRO)
20:25 T4 WS QLF R2 Daniela ORTEGA(CHI) - Xiaoxin YANG(MON)

Sat, 27th Jun 2026
10:00 T2 WS QLF R2 TAN Zhao Yun(SGP) - Ayhika MUKHERJEE(IND)
10:00 T3 MS QLF R2 Alvaro ROBLES(ESP) - Iulian CHIRITA(ROU)
10:00 T4 WS QLF R2 CHIEN Tung-Chuan(TPE) - Katarzyna WEGRZYN(POL)
10:35 T2 MS QLF R2 Deni KOZUL(SLO) - Mehdi BOULOUSSA(ALG)
10:35 T3 WS QLF R2 Diya CHITALE(IND) - Zauresh AKASHEVA(KAZ)
10:35 T4 MS QLF R2 Vladislav URSU(MDA) - Ovidiu IONESCU(ROU)
11:10 T2 WS QLF R2 Tatiana KUKULKOVA(SVK) - HUANG Yu-Jie(TPE)
11:10 T3 MS QLF R2 Martin ALLEGRO(BEL) - PARK Gyuhyeon(KOR)
11:10 T4 WS QLF R2 SER Lin Qian(SGP) - Sibel ALTINKAYA(TUR)
11:45 T2 MS QLF R2 KAO Cheng-Jui(TPE) - Leonardo IIZUKA(BRA)
11:45 T3 WS QLF R2 Filippa BERGAND(SWE) - PENG Yu-Han(TPE)
11:45 T4 MS QLF R2 XUE Fei(CHN) - Ricardo WALTHER(GER)
12:20 T2 WS QLF R2 Tin-Tin HO(ENG) - Barbora VARADY(SVK)
12:20 T3 MS QLF R2 Marcos FREITAS(POR) - CHANG Yu-An(TPE)
12:55 T2 MS QLF R2 Horacio CIFUENTES(ARG) - Manush SHAH(IND)
12:55 T3 WS QLF R2 Constantina PSIHOGIOS(AUS) - Jieni SHAO(POR)
 
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Found these comments from Ricardo Walther about the table speed interesting. Any comments, @Matt Hetherington ? Are the retail tables going to undergo the same change lol?

PS: the version I watched is auto-dubbed to English and he said that the tables now hold the ball much more and are much slower than last year and some players were preparing for the speed and lack of hold on the balls that was present last year. He said he is personally happy with the change for his style, just surprised by it.

 
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Found these comments from Ricardo Walther about the table speed interesting. Any comments, @Matt Hetherington ? Are the retail tables going to undergo the same change lol?

PS: the version I watched is auto-dubbed to English and he said that the tables now hold the ball much more and are much slower than last year and some players were preparing for the speed and lack of hold on the balls that was present last year. He said he is personally happy with the change for his style, just surprised by it.

For reference.

Average altitude
Las Vegas - 2000 ft/600 m
Los Angeles - 305 ft/93 m
 
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For reference.

Average altitude
Las Vegas - 2000 ft/600 m
Los Angeles - 305 ft/93 m
Interesting, while I have played in both places and known the difference, I have never made the mistake of attributing that to the tables. You are right that this is probably what he is experiencing.
 
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Just wanted to see results using thr WTT app. No data available- at all. Is it only me? Germany?
The app seems broken for me too. When I try to open it all I get is a message that "Something went wrong." No pending updates in the app store, either, so who knows when it will be fixed :rolleyes:.
 
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Interesting, while I have played in both places and known the difference, I have never made the mistake of attributing that to the tables. You are right that this is probably what he is experiencing.
2000ft/600m is where air density starts to affect ball trajectories. On top of that, hot air is less dense, which is what happened last year when they had to play inside a tent. And there was also the flooring affecting the table. Couple all that with the desert climate, which typically means increased air density (counterintuitively) and higher friction, so there were multiple forces at hand...

Surprisingly, according to the ITTF, the friction range is III for Joola Horizon and DHS Rainbow series, compared to II for DFish Volant Dream series and Volant King series, and a mix of II and III for Butterfly.


Simulation of spinning soccer ball trajectories influenced by altitude
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877705810002705
It could be calculated that only the free kick in Durban would result in a goal whereas in Nelspruit the ball would hit the post which could possibly result in a goal. In Polokwane and Johannesburg the free kick would miss the target.

Numerical simulation of motion of table tennis ball; Effect of ball diameter
https://sasportssience.blob.core.wi...38_53_Tsuji Muguruma_Numerical simulation.pdf


https://equipment.ittf.com/#/equipment/manuals
ITTF QUALITY PROGRAM ME FOR TABLES – MANUAL 1
September 2025
FRICTION (ACTIVE FROM 01.01.2025)
The tables with different coloured tabletops are grouped into 3 categories of friction (in terms of using the same spin -stroke).

FRICTION RANGECOEFFICIENT OF FRICTION (CoF)
mixmax
I0.1500.210
II0.2110.270
III0.2710.350

I.e., it m ay happen, that a brand’s tabletop colour “blue” could be grouped to another friction range, different from their tabletop colour “green” or “another colour”.

It is the brands and manufacturer’s responsibility to keep the CoF of an approved tabletop within the same friction range.

Joola
Horizon (III)
https://equipment.ittf.com/#/equipment_preview/tables/275
Showcourt (II)
https://equipment.ittf.com/#/equipment_preview/tables/180

DHS (III for all)
Rainbow II
https://equipment.ittf.com/#/equipment_preview/tables/272
Rainbow Paris
https://equipment.ittf.com/#/equipment_preview/tables/160
Rainbow Dusseldorf
https://equipment.ittf.com/#/equipment_preview/tables/159
Rainbow
https://equipment.ittf.com/#/equipment_preview/tables/158

DFish (II for all)
Volant Dream 3
https://equipment.ittf.com/#/equipment_preview/tables/276
Volant King 2
https://equipment.ittf.com/#/equipment_preview/tables/244
Volant King
https://equipment.ittf.com/#/equipment_preview/tables/156
Volant Dream 2
https://equipment.ittf.com/#/equipment_preview/tables/155

Butterfly
Trazox (II)
https://equipment.ittf.com/#/equipment_preview/tables/1306
Gridix (II)
https://equipment.ittf.com/#/equipment_preview/tables/121
Centre Court (III)
https://equipment.ittf.com/#/equipment_preview/tables/118
Europa CC (III)
https://equipment.ittf.com/#/equipment_preview/tables/117

San-Ei (III for all)
Motif
https://equipment.ittf.com/#/equipment_preview/tables/201
Infinity
https://equipment.ittf.com/#/equipment_preview/tables/200

Donic
D25 (III)
https://equipment.ittf.com/#/equipment_preview/tables/299
World Champion TC SC (II)
https://equipment.ittf.com/#/equipment_preview/tables/146
 
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Robles 2-3 Chirita (-10, 10, -12, 8, -7)
G5 76, 711

CMV: Togami has no future.
Togami (2001/8/24) was ~20.7 in 2022 and Chirita (2006/2/2) is ~20.3 in 2026.

Year Event Name Stage Sub-Event Round Player A Player B Games Result Winner
2026 Singapore Smash 2026 Presented by Resorts World Sentosa Qualification MS QR16 CHIRITA Iulian ROBLES Alvaro 11:5 8:11 8:11 11:4 8:11 2 - 3 ROBLES Alvaro

Year Event Name Stage Sub-Event Round Player A Player B Games Result Winner
2022 WTT Feeder Fremont 2022 Main Draw MS R16 TOGAMI Shunsuke ROBLES Alvaro 7:11 9:11 15:13 13:15 11:3 10:12 2 - 4 ROBLES Alvaro
2019 ITTF World Tour Korea Open Busan 2019 Qualification MS QR64 TOGAMI Shunsuke ROBLES Alvaro 8:11 7:11 11:5 5:11 11:13 1 - 4 ROBLES Alvaro
2018 World Tour Austrian Open Linz 2018 Qualification MS QR128 TOGAMI Shunsuke ROBLES Alvaro 8:11 11:8 11:7 6:11 8:11 9:11 2 - 4 ROBLES Alvaro
2017 ITTF Challenge Croatia Open Zagreb 2017 Main Draw MS R32 TOGAMI Shunsuke ROBLES Alvaro 2:11 11:7 7:11 9:11 5:11 1 - 4 ROBLES Alvaro
 
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2000ft/600m is where air density starts to affect ball trajectories. On top of that, hot air is less dense, which is what happened last year when they had to play inside a tent. And there was also the flooring affecting the table. Couple all that with the desert climate, which typically means increased air density (counterintuitively) and higher friction, so there were multiple forces at hand...

Surprisingly, according to the ITTF, the friction range is III for Joola Horizon and DHS Rainbow series, compared to II for DFish Volant Dream series and Volant King series, and a mix of II and III for Butterfly.


Simulation of spinning soccer ball trajectories influenced by altitude
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877705810002705


Numerical simulation of motion of table tennis ball; Effect of ball diameter
https://sasportssience.blob.core.windows.net/ijtts/IJTTS_4-5_pdf files/IJTTS_4_38_53_Tsuji Muguruma_Numerical simulation.pdf


https://equipment.ittf.com/#/equipment/manuals
ITTF QUALITY PROGRAM ME FOR TABLES – MANUAL 1
September 2025


Joola
Horizon (III)
https://equipment.ittf.com/#/equipment_preview/tables/275
Showcourt (II)
https://equipment.ittf.com/#/equipment_preview/tables/180

DHS (III for all)
Rainbow II
https://equipment.ittf.com/#/equipment_preview/tables/272
Rainbow Paris
https://equipment.ittf.com/#/equipment_preview/tables/160
Rainbow Dusseldorf
https://equipment.ittf.com/#/equipment_preview/tables/159
Rainbow
https://equipment.ittf.com/#/equipment_preview/tables/158

DFish (II for all)
Volant Dream 3
https://equipment.ittf.com/#/equipment_preview/tables/276
Volant King 2
https://equipment.ittf.com/#/equipment_preview/tables/244
Volant King
https://equipment.ittf.com/#/equipment_preview/tables/156
Volant Dream 2
https://equipment.ittf.com/#/equipment_preview/tables/155

Butterfly
Trazox (II)
https://equipment.ittf.com/#/equipment_preview/tables/1306
Gridix (II)
https://equipment.ittf.com/#/equipment_preview/tables/121
Centre Court (III)
https://equipment.ittf.com/#/equipment_preview/tables/118
Europa CC (III)
https://equipment.ittf.com/#/equipment_preview/tables/117

San-Ei (III for all)
Motif
https://equipment.ittf.com/#/equipment_preview/tables/201
Infinity
https://equipment.ittf.com/#/equipment_preview/tables/200

Donic
D25 (III)
https://equipment.ittf.com/#/equipment_preview/tables/299
World Champion TC SC (II)
https://equipment.ittf.com/#/equipment_preview/tables/146
Did you really need to cite so many stuffs to prove/pursade anything at all? :)
 
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Did you really need to cite so many stuffs to prove/pursade anything at all? :)
Yes, for future reference since we will keep running into this.

Be sure to point the players to that post if you run into them so that they are aware the friction range may not necessarily be the culprit.
 
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