17-23 April, 2023 Macao
Wang Chuqin
Ma Long
Alexis Lebrun
Tomokazu Harimoto
The 2023 edition of WTT Champions series in Macao featured all the highest ranked players at the time. The Chinese international Wang Chuqin was able to repeat his previous year’s success and win another title in Macao. In the final match up, Wang Chuqin left no chances to his experienced teammate Ma Long. One of the biggest surprises of this tournament was the win of Alexis Lebrun over the World Ranking leader Fan Zhendong.
FINAL Wang Chuqin
4-0 vs. Ma Long
(12-10, 11-1, 11-8, 11-7)
1/2 FINALS Ma Long
4-1 vs. Alexis Lebrun
(11-8, 7-11, 11-5, 11-8, 11-8)
Wang Chuqin
4-0 vs. Tomokazu Harimoto
(11-9, 11-9, 11-7, 11-4)
1/4 FINALS Alexis Lebrun
3-2 vs. Fan Zhendong (11-7, 8-11, 11-5, 5-11, 11-9)
Ma Long
3-0 vs. Hugo Calderano (11-7, 11-8, 11-6)
Tomokazu Harimoto
3-1 vs. Darko Jorgic (11-8, 9-11, 11-5, 11-7)
Wang Chuqin
3-2 vs. Jang Woo-jin (9-11, 11-3, 13-15, 11-8, 11-7)
ROUND OF 16 Fan Zhendong
3-1 vs. Lee Sang-su (11-7, 11-4, 11-8)
Alexis Lebrun
W-0 vs. Lin Yun-Ju
Ma Long
3-1 vs. Liam Pitchford (12-10, 8-11, 11-6, 11-4)
Hugo Calderano
3-1 vs. Dimitrij Ovtcharov (11-5, 11-7, 14-16, 13-11)
Darko Jorgic
3-2 vs. Liang Jingkun (8-11, 12-14, 11-5, 13-11, 11-8)
Tomokazu Harimoto
3-1 vs. Wong Chun-Ting (6-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-3)
Jang Woo-jin
3-0 vs. Anton Källberg (12-10, 11-9, 11-6)
Wang Chuqin
3-1 vs. Mattias Falck (7-11, 11-4, 11-6, 11-5)
ROUND OF 32 Fan Zhendong
3-1 vs. Patrick Franziska (8-11, 11-4, 11-7, 11-5)
Lee Sang-su
3-0 vs. Yukiya Uda (11-5, 11-6, 11-6)
Lin Yun-Ju
3-2 vs. Shunsuke Togami (11-9, 10-12, 7-11, 11-9, 11-4)
Alexis Lebrun
3-2 vs. Truls Möregårdh (11-9, 6-11, 11-13, 11-7, 11-8)
Ma Long
3-1 vs. Quadri Aruna (11-9, 11-6, 9-11, 11-8)
Liam Pitchford
3-1 vs. Simon Gauzy (12-10, 11-7, 5-11, 11-5)
Dimitrij Ovtcharov
3-2 vs. Lim Jong-hoon (11-13, 11-7, 15-13, 7-11, 11-9)
Hugo Calderano
3-2 vs. Omar Assar (8-11, 11-5, 8-11, 11-8, 11-9)
Liang Jingkun
3-0 vs. Marcos Freitas (11-4, 11-3, 11-3)
Darko Jorgic
3-0 vs. Kirill Gerassimenko (11-4, 11-9, 11-7)
Wong Chun-Ting
3-1 vs. Hiroto Shinozuka (11-7, 11-13, 11-7, 11-9)
Tomokazu Harimoto
3-2 vs. Lin Shidong (9-11, 11-1, 15-13, 9-11, 11-5)
Anton Källberg
3-2 vs. Dang Qiu (11-13, 7-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-5)
Jang Woo-jin
3-2 vs. Kristian Karlsson (3-11, 8-11, 11-9, 11-4, 11-7)
Mattias Falck
3-1 vs. Benedikt Duda (11-8, 11-9, 7-11, 11-5)
Wang Chuqin
3-0 vs. Andrej Gacina (11-5, 15-13, 11-4)