Togami and Shinozuka win maiden WTT men’s doubles title in Ljubljana
Togami and Shinozuka outlasted third seeds Wen Ruibo and Huang Youzheng 3-2 in Ljubljana to claim their first WTT men’s doubles title.
Shunsuke Togami and Hiroto Shinozuka turned a breakthrough week in Ljubljana into a statement win, edging third seeds Wen Ruibo and Huang Youzheng 3-2 to capture their first WTT men’s doubles title at the WTT Star Contender Ljubljana 2026 Presented by I Feel Slovenia.
The final at Hala Tivoli swung back and forth before the Japanese pair closed it out 11-4, 7-11, 11-3, 9-11, 11-5. Togami and Shinozuka were sharp from the start in the games they won, racing to 11-4 in the opener and then resetting the tempo with an 11-3 third game that left the Chinese pair chasing the match. Wen and Huang answered twice to force a decider, but Togami and Shinozuka handled the pressure again in the fifth, finishing with the most decisive margin of the night.
That result mattered because it came against a proven pairing in a title match and because it gave the Japanese duo their maiden WTT men’s doubles crown. Wen Ruibo and Huang Youzheng entered the final as the third seeds, which only sharpened the value of Togami and Shinozuka’s win at an event carrying USD 300,000 in prize money.
Ljubljana was even bigger for Togami individually. He also won the men’s singles title, beating Hugo Calderano 4-3 to claim his second WTT senior singles crown after his earlier breakthrough at WTT Contender Almaty 2025. The double success underlined how quickly he has moved from emerging threat to player who can close out a stacked international field in both singles and doubles.
Shinozuka added his own strong run to the Japanese surge. The world No. 30 reached the men’s singles quarterfinals before losing 3-2 to Simon Gauzy, then returned to doubles to help deliver the title. Taken together, the week suggested Japan’s men’s program is no longer relying on isolated singles spikes. Togami and Shinozuka showed they can carry form through an entire WTT stop, beat seeded opposition, and leave a mark in more than one draw.
For future WTT events, that combination of a doubles title, a singles champion and a deep singles run changes expectations immediately. Togami and Shinozuka did not just win in Ljubljana. They made themselves harder to ignore on the international calendar.
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