Watch all the action from the 2023 WTT Finals LIVE via SBS On Demand. The Women's event runs from December 15-17, before the Men's event takes place from January 3-5.
With so much to play for, including ranking points, prize money and the title of the world's best table tennis player, the World Table Tennis Finals will see the sport's elite battle it out across singles and doubles competition in the season's climax.
The Women's Finals kick off from Nagoya, Japan this Friday December 15 and looks to be a mountain to climb for all the competitors not named Sun Yingsha, who is eyeing a third consecutive WTT Finals title.
The Chinese world number one has had an incredible year, winning numerous titles including the ITTF World Championships and a gold medal at the Asian Games. Yingsha also boasts an insane 93% winning rate across all her matches, losing just four for the calendar year so far.
Leading the women's world rankings by an astonishing 3,330 points, Yingsha has far and away been the best player this year, but anything can happen in any match and the four women to have beaten her are all set to compete in Nagoya.
Two are directly behind her at the top of the rankings in Chinese compatriots Wang Manyu (World #2) and Chen Meng (World #3), as well as Wang Yidi (World #12) and Japan's Miu Hirano (World #10).
The doubles draw presents a different situation, with Korean duo Jeon Ji-Hee and Shin Yu-Bin owning the top rankings spot but with the team of Chen Meng and Wang Yidi hot on their heels.
The men's event will end the 2023 season but sees the first action of 2024 getting underway from January 3 in Doha. Defending champion, China's Wang Chuqin returns with bragging rights, but his compatriot and doubles partner Fan Zhendong owns the number one world ranking with Chuqin in second.
It's a little tighter at the top than in the women's draw, Zhendong sitting on 6,495 points with Chuqin tallying 5,145 and veteran Ma Long just behind with 4,565, setting up crucial matches in Doha.
Others to look out for in the singles are Nigeria's Quadri Aruna, Brazil's Hugo Calderano (World #5) and 17-year-old Frenchman Felix Lebrun (World #8).
The doubles looks to be the climax in a tantalising two-horse race at the top, with Zhendong and Chuqin currently wearing the crown, but with a slim lead of 180 points over South Korean team Jang Woo-Jin and Lim Jong-Hoon.
The latter will have revenge on their minds after losing to their Chinese rivals in the battle for a gold medal at the Asian Games.
Both events promise to showcase high intensity and highly skilled matches right from the very start, so don't miss a minute of the best table tennis action the world has to offer right here on SBS On Demand.
WTT Finals on SBS On Demand
Women's Finals, Nagoya
Friday, December 15
Singles Round of 16 - Session 1
3pm-7pm (AEDT)
Live on SBS On Demand
Singles Round of 16 - Session 2
8:30pm-12:30am (AEDT)
Live on SBS On Demand
Saturday, December 16
Singles and Doubles Quarter-Finals - Session 1
3pm-7pm (AEDT)
Live on SBS On Demand
Singles and Doubles Quarter-Finals - Session 2
8:30pm-12:30am (AEDT)
Live on SBS On Demand
Sunday, December 17
Singles and Doubles Semi-Finals - Session 1
3pm-7pm (AEDT)
Live on SBS On Demand
Singles and Doubles Finals - Session 2
8:30pm-11:30pm (AEDT)
Live on SBS On Demand
Men's Finals, Doha
Wednesday, January 3
Singles Round of 16 - Session 1
7pm-10pm (AEDT)
Live on SBS On Demand
Singles Round of 16 - Session 2
11pm-3am (AEDT)
Live on SBS On Demand
Thursday, January 4
Singles and Doubles Quarter-Finals - Session 1
7pm-10pm (AEDT)
Live on SBS On Demand
Singles and Doubles Quarter-Finals - Session 2
11pm-3am (AEDT)
Live on SBS On Demand
Friday, January 5
Singles and Doubles Semi-Finals - Session 1
9pm-12:30am (AEDT)
Live on SBS On Demand
Saturday, January 6
Singles and Doubles Finals - Session 2
1am-3:30am (AEDT)
Live on SBS On Demand
