Saudi Smash 2024: How to watch, channel, live stream, schedule, tickets, players

Kieran Francis

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The World Table Tennis (WTT) hosts its second Grand Smash of the season when the Saudi Smash begins in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Some of the world's best table tennis players will duel it out across five events in a 10-day period.

A total prizepool of US$2 million will be distributed among the winners.

When is the Saudi Smash?

The Saudi Smash will be held in Saudi Arabia's capital of Jeddah at King Abdullah Sports City from May 1-11.

How to watch the Saudi Smash: TV channel, live stream

The Saudi Smash can be watched globally live on the World Table Tennis YouTube channel.

It is also broadcast on the World Table Tennis official website.

In Australia, the Singapore Smash was broadcast on free-to-air TV channel SBS but the network hasn't confirmed if they are telecasting the Saudi Smash.

Saudi Smash schedule

  • May 1-3: Qualifying
  • May 4-8: Main Draw
  • May 9-11: Finals

What events are at the Saudi Smash?

  • Men's singles (64 players after qualifying)
  • Women's singles (64 players after qualifying)
  • Men's doubles (24 pairs)
  • Women's doubles (24 pairs)
  • Mixed doubles (24 pairs)

How to buy tickets for the Saudi Smash?

Tickets are available for the Saudi Smash here.

World Table Tennis rankings

Men's singles top 10

1. Chuqin Wang (China)
2. Zhendong Fan (China)
3. Jingkun Liang (China)
4. Long Ma (China)
5. Felix Lebrun (France)
6. Yun-Ju Lin (Chinese Taipei)
7. Hugo Calderano (Brazil)
8. Gaoyuan Lin (China)
9. Tomokazu Harimoto (Japan)
10. Dang Qui (Germany)

Women's singles top 10

1. Yingsha Sun (China)
2. Manyu Wang (China)
3. Yidi Wang (China)
4. Meng Chen (China)
5. Xingtong Chen (China)
6. Hina Hayata (Japan)
7. Yubin Shin (Korea)
8. Bernadette Szocs (Romania)
9. Mima Ito (Japan)
10. Adriana Diaz (Puerto Rico)

Kieran Francis

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Kieran Francis is a senior editor at The Sporting News based in Melbourne, Australia. He started at Sportal.com.au before being a part of the transition to Sporting News in 2015. Just prior to the 2018 World Cup, he was appointed chief editor of Goal.com in Australia. He has now returned to The Sporting News where his passions lay in football, AFL, poker and cricket - when he is not on holiday.