2025 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's doubles

Men's doubles at the 2025 World Table Tennis Championships
Venue	Lusail Sports Arena Qatar University Sports Complex[1]
Location	Doha, Qatar
Dates	17–25 May
Medalists
Hiroto Shinozuka Shunsuke Togami    Japan   Lin Yun-ju Kao Cheng-jui    Chinese Taipei   Alexis Lebrun Félix Lebrun    France   Esteban Dorr Florian Bourrassaud    France
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Main article: 2025 World Table Tennis Championships

The men's doubles competition of the 2025 World Table Tennis Championships was held from 17 to 25 May 2025.^[1][2] The event was played as a straight knockout.^[3] All doubles' matches were best of 5 games.

The fifth seeds, Esteban Dorr and Florian Bourrassaud advanced to the semifinals. However, Dorr suffered a knee injury while celebrating, which forced the pair to withdraw from the semifinals.^[4] The other French duo, top-seeded Alexis Lebrun and Félix Lebrun, lost to Chinese Taipei's Lin Yun-ju and Kao Cheng-jui in the semifinals.^[5] Both French pairs earned bronze medals, making France's first podium appearance in individual events at the World Championships since 1997.^[6]

The second-seeded Japanese duo Hiroto Shinozuka and Shunsuke Togami advanced to the final via walkover and defeated Lin Yun-ju and Kao Cheng-jui in the deciding game, claiming Japan's first men's doubles title at the World Championships since 1961.^[7]

Seeds

Doubles events had 16 seeded pairs.^[3] Seeding in doubles events was done by combining each player's ITTF Table Tennis Doubles/Mixed Doubles Individual World Ranking position to form a combined pair rank (CPR). The seeding was based on 29 April, 2025 CPR in ascending order.^[8][9]

1. Alexis Lebrun / Félix Lebrun (semifinals)
2. Hiroto Shinozuka / Shunsuke Togami (champions)
3. Lin Gaoyuan / Lin Shidong (quarterfinals)
4. Harimoto Tomokazu / Sora Matsushima (third round)
5. Esteban Dorr / Florian Bourrassaud (semifinals, withdrew)
6. Lin Yun-ju / Kao Cheng-jui (final)
7. An Jae-hyun / Lim Jong-hoon (second round)
8. Manush Shah / Manav Thakkar (second round)
9. Huang Youzheng / Liang Jingkun (third round)
10. Izaac Quek / Koen Pang (third round)
11. Wong Chun Ting / Baldwin Chan (third round)
12. Horacio Cifuentes / Santiago Lorenzo (second round)
13. Guilherme Teodoro / Vitor Ishiy (first round)
14. Kristian Karlsson / Mattias Falck (quarterfinals)
15. Hwan Bae / Aditya Sareen (second round)
16. Clarence Chew / Josh Chua (second round)

Draw

The draw took place on 30 April 2025.^[10] Players of the same association were separated only in the first round.^[3] Since there were 62 pairs in men's doubles, the top two seeded pairs got a bye in the first round.

Key

• r = Retired
• w/o = Walkover

Finals

	Semifinals									Final
	1	Alexis Lebrun Felix Lebrun	8	7	11	10
	6	Lin Yun-ju Kao Cheng-jui	11	11	9	12				6	Lin Yun-ju Kao Cheng-jui	11	5	11	6	6
	5	Esteban Dorr Florian Bourrassaud								2	Hiroto Shinozuka Shunsuke Togami	6	11	7	11	11
	2	Hiroto Shinozuka Shunsuke Togami	w		/		o

Top half

Section 1

	First round									Second round									Third round									Quarterfinal
	1	A. Lebrun F. Lebrun	7	5	11	11	11
		Berzosa Perez	11	11	4	4	7			1	A. Lebrun F. Lebrun	11	11	11
		Kenzhigulov Zhubanov	15	11	11	9	8				Faraji Keshavarzi	4	5	0
		Faraji Keshavarzi	13	13	5	11	11												1	A. Lebrun F. Lebrun	10	11	11	11
		Madrid Castro	8	9	5															A. Källberg Möregårdh	12	5	3	5
		A. Källberg Möregårdh	11	11	11						A. Källberg Möregårdh	13	11	11	5	11
		Carrillo Moscoso	2	3	2					12	Cifuentes Lorenzo	15	2	8	11	6
	12	Cifuentes Lorenzo	11	11	11																							1	A. Lebrun F. Lebrun	11	11	8	11
	14	Karlsson Falck	11	14	13	11																						14	Karlsson Falck	9	7	11	5
		Razafinarivo Rakotoarimanana	6	12	15	4				14	Karlsson Falck	11	11	11
		Miño Piguave	7	11	11	11					Miño Piguave	3	5	6
		Zakharov Akimali	11	9	8	8													14	Karlsson Falck	13	11	11	9	11
		Hamalambo Banda	2	0	4															Qiu Duda	11	9	13	11	7
		Qiu Duda	11	11	11						Qiu Duda	11	11	8	11
		Hribar Kozul	7	8	6					8	Shah Thakkar	5	9	11	5
	8	Shah Thakkar	11	11	11

Section 2

	First round									Second round									Third round									Quarterfinal
	6	Lin Y. Kao	11	4	11	11
		Mutti Puppo	3	11	4	9				6	Lin Y. Kao	3	11	12	11
		Pistej Zelinka	11	12	11						Pistej Zelinka	11	2	10	7
		Ghallab M. Helmy	2	10	5														6	Lin Y. Kao	3	11	13	13	11
		Yigenler Gunduz	10	6	11	9													9	Huang Liang Jk	11	8	11	15	4
		Pucar Jorgić	12	11	8	11					Pucar Jorgić	7	7	12	12
		Ly Martin	4	3	6					9	Huang Liang Jk	11	11	10	14
	9	Huang Liang Jk	11	11	11																							6	Lin Y. Kao	11	11	5	11
	13	Teodoro Ishiy	6	5	10																							3	Lin G. Lin S.	5	9	11	8
		Lei Arpas	11	11	12						Lei Arpas	5	6	9
		Green Pitchford	8	7	6						Jang Cho	11	11	11
		Jang Cho	11	11	11															Jang Cho	5	9	9
		Al-kuwari Abdulwahhab	11	11	6	8													3	Lin G. Lin S.	11	11	11
		Chirița E. Ionescu	13	8	11	11					Chirița E. Ionescu	6	6	10
		Rossi Oyebode	5	7	7					3	Lin G. Lin S.	11	11	12
	3	Lin G. Lin S.	11	11	11

Bottom Half

Section 3

	First round									Second round									Third round									Quarterfinal
	4	T. Harimoto Matsushima	11	11	11
		Dey Morisseau	4	5	1					4	T. Harimoto Matsushima	11	11	11
		Gardos Habesohn	11	11	12	9	11				Gardos Habesohn	7	4	4
		Allegro Rassenfosse	13	7	10	11	7												4	T. Harimoto Matsushima	11	12	11	9	9
		Lin Y-c Kuo	8	7	11	6														O. Ionescu Robles	9	14	4	11	11
		O. Ionescu Robles	11	11	6	11					O. Ionescu Robles	11	11	8	11
		Franziska Ovtcharov	6	9	11					15	Bae Sareen	5	2	11	5
	15	Bae Sareen	11	11	13																								O. Ionescu Robles	11	7	11	11	6
	11	Wong CT Chan	11	11	11																							5	Dorr Bourrassaud	8	11	4	13	11
		Adegoke Abdulfatai	3	2	5					11	Wong CT Chan	11	11	11
		Burgos Gómez	11	11	11						Burgos Gómez	5	7	6
		Kuti Omotayo	8	7	9														11	Wong CT Chan	6	8	7
		Kolodziejczyk Ursu	11	10	16	11													5	Dorr Bourrassaud	11	11	11
		Desai Gnanaseksran	9	12	14	7					Kolodziejczyk Ursu	6	8	8
		Choong Wong QS	10	6	11	11	2			5	Dorr Bourrassaud	11	11	11
	5	Dorr Bourrassaud	12	11	9	6	11

Section 4

	First round									Second round									Third round									Quarterfinal
	7	An Lim	11	11	11
		Luu Lum	7	9	9					7	An Lim	10	10	8
		Rebetez Vepa	12	14	4	9	5				Elbeiali Abdelaziz	12	12	11
		Elbeiali Abdelaziz	10	12	11	11	11													Elbeiali Abdelaziz	11	11	11
		Y. Wang Angelakis	11	11	11															Y. Wang Angelakis	8	9	7
		Alkhadrawi Shulaybi	4	8	6						Y. Wang Angelakis	13	3	6	12	11
		Al-Kuwari Shulaybi	3	7	4					16	Chew Chua	11	11	11	10	7
	16	Chew Chua	11	11	11																								Elbeiali Abdelaziz	10	3	5
	10	Quek Pang	12	11	12	13																						2	Shinozuka Togami	12	11	11
		Lind Anderson	14	8	10	11				10	Quek Pang	11	11	11
		Shu Choi	7	12	6						Bouloussa Jellouli	9	2	8
		Bouloussa Jellouli	11	14	11														10	Quek Pang	6	11	11	8	7
		Js. Liang S. Naresh	11	6	13														2	Shinozuka Togami	11	2	7	11	11
		Kwan Yiu	13	11	15						Kwan Yiu	11	5	2	6
		Kulczycki Redzimski	9	8	9					2	Shinozuka Togami	9	11	11	11
	2	Shinozuka Togami	11	11	11

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