Benedikt Duda Explained

Benedikt Duda
Birth Date:1994 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Gummersbach, Germany[1]
Height:188 cm
Playingstyle:Right-handed shakehand
Hrank:26 (11 April 2023)[2]
Crank:27 (12 August 2024)

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.[3]

In 2019 he won the European team championship and two years later he won it again.[4]

At the 2022 World Team Championships, he won a silver medal after losing to China in the final.[5] In 2023, he won a silver medal at the 2023 European Table Tennis Championships after losing the team final to Sweden.[6]

Singles titles

YearTournamentFinal opponentScoreRef
2021WTT Feeder Düsseldorf Álvaro Robles4–1[7]
2022WTT Feeder Biella Panagiotis Gionis3–2[8]
2024WTT Contender Mendoza Álvaro Robles4–3[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Benedikt Duda. teamdeutschland.de. 6 June 2024.
  2. Web site: Ranking History. results.ittf.link. 6 June 2024.
  3. Web site: UTT 2019: Germany's Benedikt Duda aims for adaptability in maiden stint as Olympic dreams burn bright-Sports News, Firstpost . Firstpost . 22 July 2019. 9 September 2023.
  4. Web site: Titles defended, Germany and Romania win in Nantes . International Table Tennis Federation . 8 September 2019. 9 September 2023.
  5. Web site: China Crowned Champions, Curtain Closes at 2022 ITTF World Team Championships Finals . International Table Tennis Federation. 9 October 2022. 9 September 2023.
  6. Web site: 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. 5 July 2024.
  7. Web site: WTT Feeder Düsseldorf . 9 April 2024. worldtabletennis.com.
  8. Web site: WTT Feeder Biella 2023 . 9 April 2024. worldtabletennis.com.
  9. Web site: WTT Contender Mendoza 2024. worldtabletennis.com. 6 June 2024.