Benedikt Duda

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Benedikt Duda
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Personal information
Born (1994-04-04) 4 April 1994 (age 31)
Gummersbach, Germany [1]
Height188 cm (6 ft 2 in) [1]
Table tennis career
Playing style left-handed shakehand
Highest ranking11 (17 June 2025) [2]
Current ranking12 (15 July 2025) [3]
ClubTTC Schwalbe Bergneustadt [4]
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Busan Team
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Nantes Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Cluj-Napoca Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Malmö Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Linz Singles

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

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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. [5]

In 2019 he won the European team championship and two years later he won it again. [6]

At the 2022 World Team Championships, he won a silver medal after losing to China in the final. [7] In 2023, he won a silver medal at the 2023 European Table Tennis Championships after losing the team final to Sweden. [8]

Singles titles

YearTournamentFinal opponentScoreRef
2021WTT Feeder Düsseldorf Flag of Spain.svg Álvaro Robles 4–1 [9]
2022WTT Feeder Biella Flag of Greece.svg Panagiotis Gionis 3–2 [10]
2024WTT Contender Mendoza Flag of Spain.svg Álvaro Robles4–3 [11]
2025WTT Contender Skopje Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wen Ruibo4–2 [12]

References

  1. 1 2 "Benedikt Duda". teamdeutschland.de. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  2. ↑ "World Ranking Men's Singles". ittf.com. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  3. ↑ "Rankings Week #29 - July 15th". results.ittf.link. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  4. ↑ https://ttcbergneustadt.eu/premiere-bei-der-wm-in-doha
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ "Titles defended, Germany and Romania win in Nantes". International Table Tennis Federation. 8 September 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  7. ↑ "China Crowned Champions, Curtain Closes at 2022 ITTF World Team Championships Finals". International Table Tennis Federation. 9 October 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  8. ↑ "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.
  9. ↑ "WTT Feeder Düsseldorf". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  10. ↑ "WTT Feeder Biella 2023". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  11. ↑ "WTT Contender Mendoza 2024". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  12. ↑ "WTT Contender Skopje 2025". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 16 June 2025.


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