Frankfurt/Main. The DTTB‘s traditional annual review for 2025 again chronologically summarizes the past twelve months month by month on tischtennis.de, published in four parts. Four quarters with remarkable stories, outstanding successes, inevitable disappointments and emotional farewells. Part 3: The months of July to September.
July
6.7.: Good vibes and a lot of love for the sport of table tennis, that is the defining impression that marks the German Streettabletennis Open 2025 in Cologne.
Street table tennis: Good vibes and a lot of love for table tennis
14.7.: At the European Youth Championships in Ostrava, the first decisions are slowly but surely being made. The German U15 girls make it to the final, the U15 boys celebrate a bronze medal
JEM: Bronze for U15 boys, defending champions are in the final again
15.7.: The girls’ U15 team cannot be defeated in 2025 either and wins the gold medal for the third time in a row with a final victory over France.
JEM: Title defense successful – U15 girls grab gold
July 18: The series of successes also continues in the individual competitions of the European Youth Championships. In the U15 mixed doubles, Koharu Itagaki and Lukas Wang won silver.
JEM: Koharu Itagaki and Lukas Wang win silver in mixed doubles
July 20th: After successful and emotional days in Ostrava, the DTTB selection travels home from the European Youth Championships with a total of seven medals, two in the team and five in the individual tournament. At the end of the European Championships, Koharu Itagaki crowned the title fights with her first final triumph in the U15 singles, after previously reaching second place in the doubles with Josi Neumann. U15 bronze went to Jonas Rinderer in the individual, while U21 European champions Mia Griesel/Anna Hursey came third.
JEM: Koharu Itagaki takes gold in Ostrava
July 17: The Rhine-Ruhr FISU World University Games begin in the Rhine-Ruhr area.
Top sport at the highest level – Rhine-Ruhr 2025 FISU World University Games with official opening press conference
July 20: The German men’s team won the bronze medal at the FISU Games in Essen. The women’s team only lost to Hong Kong in the quarterfinals.
German men’s student team wins bronze at the FISU Games in Essen
August
2.8.: The German doubles Benedikt Duda/Dang Qiu defeated the Indian doubles Manush Shah/Manav Thakkar in five sets in the final at the WTT Star Contender in Brazil.
Duda und Qiu heimsen in Foz do Iguaçu Doppel-Gold ein
3.8.: In a dramatic seven-set final in Foz de Iguacu, Benedikt Duda, after a quarter-final victory over Dimitrij Ovtcharov, only lost to World Cup winner Hugo Calderano, who used his home advantage to win the title.
WTT Star Contender Foz do Iguaçu: Benedikt Duda wins silver in Brazil after a battle of nerves
5.8.: Lost a final, but won a top ten place: After his success in Brazil, Benedikt Duda reached an all-time high of tenth place in the new world rankings.
Benedikt Duda moves into the top 10
23.8.: With an impressive performance, Benedikt Duda takes revenge for the defeat in Brazil at the Europe Smash in Malmö against World Cup runner-up Hugo Calderano. Duda reached the semi-finals of a Grand Smash tournament for the first time in his career, but had to congratulate Sweden’s local hero Truls Möregardh, who then secured the title. In the quarterfinals are Dang Qiu and Sabine Winter, who is getting better and better with her antitopspin rubber and defeated Chen Xingtong, third in the world rankings, for the first time in the round of 16.
Europe Smash: Benedikt Duda stopped by Möregardh in the semi-finals
August 26th: New records in the world rankings: Benedikt Duda moves up to eighth place, Sabine Winter makes her debut in the top 30.
Duda is now number eight in the world, Winter is in the top 30 for the first time
August 27th: The big preview of an exciting new season: The starting signal for the TTBL season 2025/26 is imminent.
Titles, top stars, dreams: The table tennis Bundesliga starts the 2025/26 season
September
8.9.: Lorena Morsch and her Polish partner Natalia Bogdanowicz win the bronze medal at the WTT Youth Star Contender in Skopje.
Star Contender Youth: Bronze in doubles for Morsch
September 12: Medal-rich days at the WTT Youth Contender in Luxembourg: The young Germans collect a total of 21 medals, including a gold medal in the individual for Amelie Jia.
Youth Contender: Rain of medals for DTTB talents in Luxembourg
Youth Contender Luxembourg: Amelie Jia gilds strong DTTB balance
September 28th: At the U13 European Championships in Kosta, Sweden, the DTTB’s offspring are without any precious metal this time, but the coaches are still satisfied with the performance of the boys and girls.
U13 European Championship: Melissa Bill is the best German and loses in the quarter-finals
Links
Annual review 2025, part 1: January to March
Annual review 2025, part 2: April to June