China Smash 2026 – Qualification

The China Smash 2026 – Qualification was a series of table tennis matches that took place from 1 to 3 October 2026 to determine the eight qualifiers for the tournament's main draw.

The qualification tournament was contested in two singles events: men's singles and women's singles.

A total of 64 players competed in each event in a knockout format, with only eight players from each event securing a place in the main draw.

Qualifiers Men's singles qualifiers The following players qualified for the main draw: Ľubomír Pištej André Bertelsmeier Cédric Nuytinck Yuan Licen Wim Verdonschot Yang Wang Xu Yingbin Darius Movileanu

The following players qualified as lucky losers after replacing players who withdrew from the main draw: Iulian Chirita Baldwin Chan

Women's singles qualifiers The following players qualified for the main draw: Fan Shuhan Zhu Sibing Orawan Paranang Wang Xiaotong Liu Ziling Su Tsz Tung Zong Geman Xiaona Shan

Men's singles Seeds

Eduard Ionescu (first round) Joe Seyfried (second round) Cédric Nuytinck (qualified) Ryoichi Yoshiyama (first round) André Bertelsmeier (qualified) Wim Verdonschot (qualified) Andrej Gaćina (first round) Ankur Bhattacharjee (first round) Mehdi Bouloussa (second round) Youssef Abdelaziz (second round) Li Tianyang (qualifying competition) Marcos Freitas (second round) Deni Kožul (qualifying competition) Iulian Chirita (qualified as lucky losers) Liam Pitchford (qualifying competition) Baldwin Chan (qualified as lucky losers)

First qualifier

Second qualifier

Third qualifier

Fourth qualifier

Fifth qualifier

Sixth qualifier

Seventh qualifier

Eighth qualifier

Women's singles Seeds

Constantina Psihogios (first round) Xiaona Shan (qualified) Su Tsz Tung (qualified) Diya Chitale (second round) Sally Moyland (second round) Xiaoxin Yang (second round) Kim Seong-jin (first round) Jieni Shao (first round) Elena Zaharia (second round) Giorgia Piccolin (first round) Yashaswini Ghorpade (second round) Yoo Ye-rin (first round) Christina Källberg (first round) Tin-Tin Ho (second round) Ng Wing Lam (second round) Sarah de Nutte (first round)