Benedikt Duda

Benedikt Duda
Personal information
Born (1994-04-04) 4 April 1994
Gummersbach, Germany[1]
Height188 cm (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Table tennis career
Playing styleleft-handed shakehand
Highest ranking11 (17 June 2025)[2]
Current ranking11 (17 June 2025)
ClubTTC Schwalbe Bergneustadt[3]
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing Germany
World Championships
2022 Busan Team
European Championships
2019 Nantes Team
2021 Cluj-Napoca Team
2023 Malmö Team
2024 Linz Singles

Benedikt Duda (born 4 April 1994 in Gummersbach) is a German table tennis player.

Biography

Benedikt Duda started playing table tennis at the age of 10. His father was also a former professional table tennis player who played at TTC Schwalbe in Bergneustadt, the town where he grew up.[4]

In 2019 he won the European team championship and two years later he won it again.[5]

At the 2022 World Team Championships, he won a silver medal after losing to China in the final.[6] In 2023, he won a silver medal at the 2023 European Table Tennis Championships after losing the team final to Sweden.[7]

Singles titles

Year Tournament Final opponent Score Ref
2021 WTT Feeder Düsseldorf Álvaro Robles 4–1 [8]
2022 WTT Feeder Biella Panagiotis Gionis 3–2 [9]
2024 WTT Contender Mendoza Álvaro Robles 4–3 [10]
2025 WTT Contender Skopje Wen Ruibo 4–2 [11]

References

  1. ^ a b "Benedikt Duda". teamdeutschland.de. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  2. ^ "World Ranking Men's Singles". ittf.com. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  3. ^ https://ttcbergneustadt.eu/premiere-bei-der-wm-in-doha
  4. ^ "UTT 2019: Germany's Benedikt Duda aims for adaptability in maiden stint as Olympic dreams burn bright-Sports News, Firstpost". Firstpost. 22 July 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  5. ^ "Titles defended, Germany and Romania win in Nantes". International Table Tennis Federation. 8 September 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  6. ^ "China Crowned Champions, Curtain Closes at 2022 ITTF World Team Championships Finals". International Table Tennis Federation. 9 October 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  7. ^ "Sweden Ends 21-Year Drought to Claim Men's Team Table Tennis Gold at 2023 European Championships in Malmö". European Table Tennis Union. 18 September 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  8. ^ "WTT Feeder Düsseldorf". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  9. ^ "WTT Feeder Biella 2023". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  10. ^ "WTT Contender Mendoza 2024". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  11. ^ "WTT Contender Skopje 2025". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 16 June 2025.