World Table Tennis Singapore Smash 2024: Preview, full schedule and how to watch live

The dust from the recent World Team Table Tennis Championships has settled and now the world's best paddlers turn their attention back to the WTT circuit with the season's first Grand Smash upon us.

From 10–17 March, the Singapore Sports Hub will host the main draw of the third WTT Singapore Smash.

With a few exceptions due to injury, almost all of the world's top 50 men's and women's singles players will be in action in the Southeast Asian city-state. Additionally, for the first time, the event will feature a Para Showcase, involving 24 para table tennis players, alongside the main Singapore Smash from 12–14 March.

A WTT Youth Star Contender event will also be held on the same tables from 14–17 March, allowing the stars of the next generation to gain the same centre-stage experience in front of a large crowd as the senior players do.

Here's what to look forward to in Singapore.

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WTT Singapore Smash 2024: Who will be title hopefuls?

Chinese paddlers are defending champions in all five categories: Fan Zhendong in the men's singles, Sun Yingsha in women's singles, Fan / Wang Chuqin in men's doubles, Wang Manyu / Sun in women's doubles, and Wang Chuqin / Sun in mixed doubles.

Given their dominance in the sport, it stands to reason that they will likely again dominate the draw in Singapore, given it is a top-level event on the WTT calendar.

However, the recent World Team Championships will provide their challengers with the hope of pulling off a few upsets. World number six Felix Lebrun, who nearly beat Fan in the men's final at the World Team Championships, enters as the most recent winner on the senior WTT circuit, having triumphed at the WTT Star Contender Goa.

Hayata Hina, the women's world number five, would appear to be the biggest threat to the Chinese paddlers in that event. She leads a strong lineup behind the top players hoping to take a first non-Chinese Singapore Smash title.

Full schedule of WTT Singapore Smash 2024

All times Singapore Standard Time (UTC +8 hours). Only Singapore Smash rounds listed, excluding Para Showcase and Youth Star Contender events.

Thursday 7 March to Saturday 9 March

• Men's singles qualifying
• Women's singles qualifying

Sunday 10 March

Sessions begin at 11:30 and 19:00

• Men's singles round of 64
• Women's singles round of 64
• Mixed doubles round of 32

Monday 11 March

Sessions begin at 11:30 and 19:00

• Men's singles round of 64
• Women's singles round of 64
• Men's doubles round of 32
• Women's doubles round of 32

Tuesday 12 March

Sessions begin at 10:00 and 19:00; Smash matches begin at 13:00

• Men's singles round of 32
• Women's singles round of 32
• Men's doubles round of 32
• Women's doubles round of 32
• Mixed doubles round of 16

Wednesday 13 March

Sessions begin at 10:00 and 17:00; Smash matches begin at 13:00 and 19:00

• Men's singles round of 32
• Women's singles round of 32
• Mixed doubles quarter-finals
• Women's doubles round of 16
• Men's doubles round of 16

Thursday 14 March

Sessions begin at 10:00 and 18:00; Smash matches begin at 13:00 and 19:00

• Men's singles round of 16
• Women's singles round of 16
• Mixed doubles semi-finals
• Men's doubles quarter-finals
• Women's doubles quarter-finals

Friday 15 March

Session begins at 10:00; Smash matches begin at 13:00

• Men's singles quarter-finals
• Women's singles quarter-finals
• Men's doubles semi-finals
• Women's doubles semi-finals

Session begins at 19:00

• Mixed doubles final
• Men's singles quarter-finals
• Women's singles quarter-finals

Saturday 16 March

Session begins at 13:00; Smash matches begin at 15:00

• Men's doubles final
• Women's singles semi-finals

Session begins at 19:00

• Men's singles semi-finals
• Women's doubles final

Sunday 17 March

Session begins at 19:00; Smash matches after Youth Star Contender finals

• Women's singles final
• Men's singles final

How to watch Singapore Smash 2024 table tennis live

The 2024 WTT Singapore Smash will be televised globally on World Table Tennis' various broadcast partners on TV and via online streaming. In previous years, these broadcasters have included CCTV5, TV Tokyo, SPOTV Now, ESPN, Supersport, and Eurosport, although broadcasters may be different this year.

Notably, all the action can be watched live on the World Table Tennis YouTube channel as well as the WTT website.