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WTT Contender Budapest 2021 Main Draw: 17 - 20 August
USD 75,000
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MEDIA NOTES – DAY 3 WTT CONTENDER BUDAPEST 2021
OVERVIEW
City: Budapest, Hungary
Venue: Budapest Olympic Sports Hall
Qualifying Dates: 15 – 16 August 2021
Main Draw: 17 – 20 August 2021
Table Brand: Joola 2000-S – Blue
Ball Brand: DHS DJ40+
Floor Brand: Gerflor Taraflex – Black
Prize Money USD 75,000
Welcome to World Table Tennis! As part of WTT's commitment to host events in the 2nd half of
2021, WTT Contender Budapest will create history as the first-ever WTT series event to be played
in Europe and the first event since the staging of the highly successful WTT Middle East Hub in
Doha in March. A total prize purse of US$75,000 will be on offer where the Men's and Women's
Singles and Doubles and Mixed Doubles competitions will be contested.
The main draw will feature 32-player singles draws, 16-pair doubles and 16-pair mixed doubles.
The Top 20 Play-Down Restriction will be increased from a maximum of two Top 20 players to a
maximum of four Top 20 players. Wildcards are awarded as an automatic entry into the event
either by the main or qualifying draw.
Following their campaign at the Tokyo Olympic Games 2020, the event will feature a host of
Olympic stars such as Liam Pitchford, Quadri Aruna, Linda Bergstrom, Manika Batra and Yang
Xiaoxin.
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WTT Contender Budapest 2021 Main Draw: 17 - 20 August
USD 75,000
DAY TWO HIGHLIGHTS
• India’s Sreeja Akula created one of the day’s biggest upsets when she beat Slovakia’s Barbora Balazova in straight games 3-0 (11-9, 11-6, 13-11).
• Akula will take on fellow Indian competitor and sixth seed Manika Batra in the Women’s Singles quarter-final after securing a 3-2 victory for the second day in a row with her win against Italy’s Giorgia Piccolin.
• Top seed Yang Xiaoxin of Monaco continues to live up to expectations after defeating Hungary’s Szandra Pergel 3-1 (11-6, 10-12, 11-4, 11-3).
• Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, the number four seed from India, fell in the Men’s Singles Round of 16 to Italy’s Niagol Stoyanov in a dramatic encounter that saw three of the four games decided by the narrowest of margins (10-12, 11-7, 12-10, 19-17).
• The top two seeded entries also prevailed, with England’s Liam Pitchford and Nigeria’s Quadri Aruna accounting for Aleksandr Khanin of Belarus (11-9, 11-7, 9-11, 11-4) and France’s Alexandre Robinot (11-6, 11-4, 8-11, 11-4) respectively.
• Germany’s Tobias Hippler and Kilian Ort were the standout pair in the Men’s Doubles, proving a most formidable partnership. They eliminated Belarusian number four seeds Aleksandr Khanin and Pavel Platonov (11-6, 10-12, 11-3, 11-7).
• Dora Madarasz and Szandra Pergel celebrated victory for the host nation in the Women’s Doubles quarter-finals as they cruised past Serbia’s Tijana Jokic and Dragana Vignjevic in straight games (11-3, 11-9, 11-6).
LOOKING AHEAD: DAY THREE
• Sweden’s Christina Källberg and Linda Bergström meet Russian top seeds Olga Vorobeva and Yana Noskova in the opening day’s semi-final of the Women’s Doubles.
• India’s Harmeet Desai and Manav Vikash Thakkar face the Russian duo of Vladimir Sidorenko and Kirill Skachkov in the first semi-final of the Men’s Doubles.
• In the first of four Women’s Singles quarter-finals, local hope Georgina Pota will clash with young Russian star Mariia Tailakova, 20.
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WTT Contender Budapest 2021 Main Draw: 17 - 20 August
USD 75,000
• England’s Liam Pitchford and Germany’s Kilian Ort go head-to-head in the Men’s Singles whilst Nigeria’s Quadri Aruna takes on Sweden’s Truls Moregard at 1600 (local time)
EVENT - FAST FACTS
• WTT Contender Budapest 2021 marks the first-ever event series WTT will host in Europe.
• The WTT Contender Series features the Play-Down Restriction (PDR) rule, limiting the maximum number of top 20 players allowed to compete in the events.
• At WTT Contender Budapest, the Play-Down Restriction is increased due to COVID-19 from a maximum of two Top 20 players to a maximum of four Top 20 players.
• The draw structure has been revamped to make the competitions fairer, more exciting and more competitive.
• WTT may elect to nominate a player to participate in the event - this player is known as a
WTT Nomination and entered into the entry list as a wildcard.
• Men's Singles: Quadri ARUNA (NGR) • Women’s Singles: Linda BERGSTROM (SWE)
• Wild Cards are determined 7 days before the event, and they are awarded to a player/pair
at the organiser's discretion. It is an automatic entry into the event in either the main or qualifying draw.
• Men's Singles: • Patrik JUHASZ (Main Draw) • Czaba ANDRAS (Main Draw) • OLAH Benedek (Qualifying) • NOVOTA Samuel (Qualifying) • CHANDRA Jeet (Qualifying) • GUMAN Martin (Qualifying)
• Women's Singles: • Bernadett BALINT (Main Draw) • Mercedes NAGYVARADI (Main Draw) • Leila IMRE (Main Draw) • KALLBERG Christina (Qualifying) • CHITALE Diya Parag (Qualifying)
• Men's Doubles: • Olive BOTH/Akos KISHEGYI • Istvan MOLNAR/Gergo KRAMARICS
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• Women's Doubles: • Linda BERGSTROM/Christina KALLBERG • Helga DARI/Anna FEJOS
• Mixed Doubles: • JUHASZ Patrik/Bernadett BALINT • Cazaba ANDRAS/Leila IMRE
KEY DATES / TIMES 15 August 2021, 10:00 @ Budapest Olympic Sports Hall – Qualifying Draw Day 1 16 August 2021, 10:00 @ Budapest Olympic Sports Hall – Qualifying Draw Day 2 17 August 2021, 10:00 @ Budapest Olympic Sports Hall – Main Draw Day 1 18 August 2021, 14:00 @ Budapest Olympic Sports Hall – Main Draw Day 2 / Quarterfinals 19 August 2021, 10:00 @ Budapest Olympic Sports Hall – Main Draw Day 3 / Semifinals 20 August 2021, 13:00 @ Budapest Olympic Sports Hall – Finals EVENT DISCIPLINES As a WTT Contender event, 5 different disciplines will be contested: - Men's Singles - Women's Singles - Men's Doubles - Women's Doubles - Mixed Doubles
PLAYING SYSTEM The Main Draw matches will be conducted in a knockout format. Main Draw: The Main Draw for the 2021 WTT Contender Budapest 2021 will involve the following: - 32-Draw Men's Singles - 32-Draw Women's Singles - 16-Draw Men's Doubles - 16-Draw Women's Doubles - 16-Draw Mixed Doubles MATCH FORMAT / SCORING
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WTT Contender Budapest 2021 Main Draw: 17 - 20 August
USD 75,000
The event will be played in accordance with the Laws of Table Tennis and the Regulations for International Competitions. Singles Main Draw to Quarterfinals: - Best of 5 games/11 points - Winner need to win by 2 for all games Semi-finals and Final - Best of 7 games/11 points - Winner need to win by 2 for all games Doubles All Matches: - Best of 5 games/11 points - Winner need to win by 2 for all games TOP SEEDS Men's Singles: Liam PITCHFORD (ENG)
Women's Singles: Yang Xiaoxin (MON)
Men's Doubles: ECSEKI Nandor / SZUDI Adam (HUN)
Women's Doubles: PERGEL Szandra / MADARASZ Dora (HUN)
Mixed Doubles: BALAZOVA Barbora / PISTEJ Lubomir (SVK)
PLAYERS – FAST FACTS Youngest men's singles player: LEI Balazs (HUN) (14) Oldest men's singles player: AL-SAMHOURY Tarek (AUT) (43)
Youngest women's singles player: CHITALE Diya Parag (IND) (18)
Oldest women's singles player: VEGA Paulina (CHI) (37)
Men's Doubles Pair Oldest Pairing: ECSEKI Nandor / SZUDI Adam (8 years together)
Women's Doubles Pair Oldest Pairing: PERGEL Szandra / MADARASZ Dora (9 years together)
Mixed Doubles Pair Oldest Ranking: BALAZOVA Barbora / PISTEJ Lubomir (8 years together)
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WTT Contender Budapest 2021 Main Draw: 17 - 20 August
USD 75,000
• A host of Olympic stars will be present, and these include: o Liam PITCHFORD (ENG) o YANG Xiaoxin (MON) o Sathiyan GNANASEKERAN (IND) o Manika BATRA (IND) o Yana NOSKOVA (RUS) o Paulina VEGA (CHI) o Yousra HELMY (EGY)
EVENT SCHEDULE
19 AUGUST MAIN DRAW DAY 3
20 AUGUST MAIN DRAW
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WTT Contender Budapest 2021 Main Draw: 17 - 20 August
USD 75,000
DAY 4
SESSION 1
Starting At: 13:00 Men’s Doubles – FINALS
followed by Women’s Doubles –FINALS
followed by Mixed Doubles – FINALS
followed by Women’s Singles – FINALS
followed by Men’s Singles – FINALS
End of Day
PRIZE MONEY & WR POINTS Total Prize Purse: US$ 75,000 / US$ 36,000 per gender (+ US$ 3,000 XD) Distribution by Event Singles: US$ 30,000 Singles Qualification: - Doubles: US$ 6,000 Mixed: US$ 3,000 Distribution - Singles Winner: US$ 5,000 Finalist: US$ 2,800 Semis: US$ 3,700 Quarters: US$ 4,500 R-16: US$ 6,000 R-32: US$ 8,000 Distribution - Doubles Winner: US$ 1,200 Finalist: US$ 900 Semis: US$ 1,100 Quarters: US$ 1,200 R-16: US$ 1,600 Distribution – Mixed Doubles Winner: US$ 1,000
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WTT Contender Budapest 2021 Main Draw: 17 - 20 August
USD 75,000
Finalist: US$ 620 Semis: US$ 700 Quarters: US$ 680 R-16: -
Singles Prize Money (USD$) WR Points
Winner 5,000 400
Finalist 2,800 280
Semis 1,850 140
Quarters 1,125 70
R-16 750 35
R-32 500 4
Doubles Prize Money (USD$) WR Points
Winner 1,200 400
Finalist 900 280
Semis 550 140
Quarters 300 70
R-16 200 4
Mixed Doubles Prize Money (USD$) WR Points
Winner 1,000 400
Finalist 620 280
Semis 350 140
Quarters 170 70
R-16 - 4
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WTT Contender Budapest 2021 Main Draw: 17 - 20 August
USD 75,000
SINGLES' MAIN DRAW - NATIONAL ASSOCIATION BREAKDOWN (17 National Associations in total) AUSTRIA (1) LEVENKO Andreas BELARUS (2) TRIGOLOS Daria, PLATONOV Pavel CHILE (1) VEGA Paulina CZECH REPUBLIC (1) POLANSKY Tomas EGYPT (1) HELMY Yousra ENGLAND (2) HO Tin-Tin, Liam PITCHFORD FRANCE (2) AKKUZU Can, ROBINOT Alexandre GERMANY (5) WINTER Sabine, FILUS Ruwen, DUDA Benedikt, QIU Dang, WALTHER
Ricardo HUNGARY (11) POTA Georgina, MADARASZ Dora, PERGEL Szandra, BALINT
Bernadett, NAGYVARADI Mercedes, IMRE Leila, MAJOROS Bence, SZUDI Adam, ECSEKI Nandor, JUHASZ Patrik, ANDRAS Csaba
INDIA (5) BATRA Manika, KAMATH Archana Girish, GNANASEKARAN Sathiyan, DESAI Harmeet, THAKKAR Manav Vikash
ITALY (3) VIVARELLI Debora, PICCOLIN Giorgia, STOYANOV Niagol MONACO (1) YANG Xiaoxin NIGERIA (1) ARUNA Quadri RUSSIA (6) MIKHAILOVA Polina, NOSKOVA Yana, VOROBEVA Olga, TAILAKOVA
Mariia, SKACHKOV Kirill, SHIBAEV Alexander SERBIA (2) LUPULESKU Izabela, TODOROVIC Andrea SLOVAKIA (2) BALAZOVA Barbora, PISTEJ Lubomir SWEDEN (2) BERGSTROM Linda, MOREGARD Truls
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USD 75,000
Men's Singles Main Draw
Type Name Assoc WR Highest WR Years Pro
Playing hand
Grip Style Age Events Won
2020 Matches
/Wins
Career Matches
Career Wins
Career Win %
PDR-I PITCHFORD Liam ENG 15 #12 (2019/8) 13 R Shakehand Attacker 28 0 13 9 184 111
WTT ARUNA Quadri NGR 20 #18 (2020/3) 14 R Shakehand Attacker 32 3 7 3 184 116
AER QIU Dang GER 53 #48 (2020/3) 9 R Penhold Attacker 24 1 15 13 155 96
AER SKACHKOV Kirill RUS 54 #29 (2012/1) 17 R Shakehand Attacker 34 0 13 8 302 179
AER STOYANOV Niagol ITA 102 #65 (2019/9) 16 R Shakehand Attacker 34 0 10 5 192 100
AER MOREGARD Truls SWE 103 #81 (2019/9) 5 R Shakehand Attacker 19 0 4 2 63 39
AER POLANSKY Tomas CZE 150 #116
(2018/1) 8 R Shakehand Attacker 23 0 7 3 93 51
Women's Singles Main Draw
Type Name Assoc WR Highest WR Years Pro
Playing hand
Grip Style Age Events Won
2020 Matches
/Wins
Career Matches
Career Wins
Career Win %
AER YANG Xiaoxin ^ MON 44 #42 (2017/3) 14 R Shakehand Attacker 33 2 23 17 146 101
AER MIKHAILOVA
Polina RUS 46 #34 (2016/6) 16 R Shakehand Defender 34 2 9 6 281 165
AER POTA Georgina HUN 53 #14 (2015/1) 20 R Shakehand Attacker 36 3 0 0 345 200
AER BATRA Manika IND 63 #46 (2019/3) 10 R Shakehand Attacker 26 0 10 7 129 73
AER VOROBEVA Olga RUS 112 #61 (2018/3) 15 R Shakehand Attacker 30 0 7 4 161 89
AER TAILAKOVA
Mariia RUS 123 #84 (2019/6) 8 R Shakehand Attacker 20 0 6 3 90 47
Men's Doubles Main Draw
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Type Name 1 Assoc
1 Name 2 Assoc 2
Combined Rank
Years Together
Events Won
Career Matches
Career Wins
Career Win %
AER ECSEKI Nandor HUN SZUDI Adam HUN 35 8 1 73 43 58.9
AER SKACHKOV Kirill RUS SIDORENKO Vladimir RUS 104 2 0 10 6 60
AER DESAI Harmeet IND THAKKAR Manav Vikash IND 170 5 0 13 6 46.15
AER ORT Kilian GER HIPPLER Tobias GER 581 3 1 7 6 85.71
Women's Doubles Main Draw
Type Name 1 Assoc 1 Name 2 Assoc 2 Combined
Rank Years
Together Events Won
Career Matches
Career Wins Career Win %
AER NOSKOVA Yana RUS VOROBEVA Olga RUS 70 8 0 17 8 47.06
AER PERGEL Szandra HUN MADARASZ Dora HUN 109 9 0 64 26 40.63
AER KUKULKOVA
Tatiana SVK LABOSOVA Ema SVK 146 0 0 0 0 0
WC BERGSTROM Linda SWE KALLBERG Christina SWE 241 - - - - -
Mixed Doubles Main Draw
Seed Name 1 Assoc
1 Gender
1 Name 2 Assoc 2
Gender 2
World Ranking
Years Together
Events Won
Career Matches
Career Wins
Career Win %
AER KHANIN Aleksandr BLR M TRIGOLOS Daria BLR W 31 6 0 25 10 40
AER GNANASEKARAN
Sathiyan IND M BATRA Manika IND W - 4 0 3 1 33.33
AER MADARASZ Dora HUN W ECSEKI Nandor HUN M 94 4 0 14 7 50
AER SKACHKOV Kirill RUS M VOROBEVA Olga RUS W 91 4 0 9 4 44.44
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MEN'S SINGLES BIO (WORLD RANKING TOP 50 & ABOVE) Liam PITCHFORD:
● Brave, fierce, formidable, Liam Pitchford has emerged as one of the most dangerous opponents on the world stage.
● Chesterfield, born and bred, Liam has helped propel English table tennis back to the top tiers of the sport. He has plenty of silverware to back up his credentials, a force to be reckoned with at a national and international level. Included in England's iconic medal-winning outings at the 2016 World Team Championships and the Team World Cup in 2018 and 2019, Liam also boasts an impressive Commonwealth Games tally.
Quadri ARUNA:
● Crowned Male Table Tennis Star of 2014, Quadri's crowning moment came at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
● The man from Oyo overcame all odds and was the standout story at the event, defeating established players such as Chuang Chih-Yuan and Timo Boll to smash his way into the quarter-finals.
● Still, Africa's highest-ranked player, Quadri, is a celebrity back home and a trailblazer for aspiring young African players looking to make their mark in the sport.
WOMEN'S SINGLES BIO (WORLD RANKING TOP 50 & ABOVE) YANG Xiaoxin:
• Born in Beijing in 1988, Yang Xiaoxin has been representing Monaco on the international stage since 2014. Strong-willed and competitive, Yang never shies away from a challenge and is always ready to attack the table!
• Securing her first international gold medal at the 2014 World Tour Croatia Open, Yang claimed the title at the 2016 World Tour Czech Open.
• She has also made Monaco proud at the Games of the Small States of Europe, winning the women's singles title in 2015 and 2019 and women's doubles gold in 2019.
Polina MIKHAILOVA:
• Hailing from St. Petersburg, Polina Mikhailova has established herself as a crucial member of the Russian national team.
• She started her training in table tennis as an offensive-minded player but later switched to the defensive style of play. Polina is not afraid of making attacks on the table, though, often surprising her opponents on the court.
• The two-time Russian national champion has helped the team secure several trophies on the continental stage across singles, team and doubles disciplines.
