The 2025 ITTF World Championships are almost upon us – here’s how and when to watch the GB players who are in action in Doha.
All the action will be on the WTT YouTube channel, with the Championships kicking off at 8am UK time on Saturday.
Liam Pitchford & Anna Hursey have the honour of being the first match of the Championships on the main show court as they take on Mixed Doubles top seeds Lin Shidong & Kuai Man of China. The match is on Table 1 at 8am UK time.
Tom Jarvis then enters the fray in the Men’s Singles at 9.20am as he faces Benedek Olah of Finland on Table 3. Olah, at No 127, is 21 places above Jarvis in the world rankings.
Liam Pitchford’s match against top seed and World No 1 Lin Shidong of China is on Table 1 on Sunday afternoon, while Anna Hursey starts her campaign on Sunday morning and the Women’s and Men’s Doubles matches involving GB players are also on Sunday.
GB players’ schedule
Saturday
8am: Liam Pitchford & Anna Hursey v Lin Shidong & Kuai Man (CHN) T1
9.20am: Men’s Singles – Tom Jarvis v Benedek Olah (FIN) T3
Sunday
10.40am: Men’s Doubles – Liam Pitchford & Connor Green v Jang Woojin & Cho Daeseong (KOR) T1
11.20am: Women’s Singles – Anna Hursey v Amy Wang (USA) T5
3.10pm: Men’s Singles – Liam Pitchford v Lin Shidong (CHN) T1
5.10pm: Women’s Doubles – Anna Hursey & Charlotte Carey (WAL) v Ng Wing Lam & Zhu Chengzhu (HKG) T4
