Jang Woojin wins WTT Montpellier 2026

Jang Woojin wins WTT Champions Montpellier from 3-1 down against Patrick Franziska

1 November 2026: the South Korean's first WTT Champions title, sealed 11-8 in the seventh game

South Korea's Jang Woojin won WTT Champions Montpellier on Sunday 1 November, recovering from three games to one down to beat Germany's Patrick Franziska 4-3 in the final at the Sud de France Arena.

Franziska started with an 11-3 game and, after Jang levelled, took the third 11-7 and the fourth 11-9. One game from the biggest title of his career, the German could not close it out. Jang won the last three games 11-9, 11-8, 11-8 to finish 3-11, 11-7, 7-11, 9-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-8 after just over an hour.

At 31 and ranked tenth in the world, Jang had not won a Champions-level event before. The French federation notes it is his first international title in four years and his third on the WTT tour.

He had to survive almost every round. In his opener he trailed France's Flavien Coton by two games before winning 3-2. He then edged Lin Yun-Ju 3-2, beat Liang Jingkun 4-1 in the quarter-finals and saved his best for the semi-final, beating Hugo Calderano 4-3 with a 14-12 seventh game.

Franziska's route was just as hard. He came from two games down to beat Alexis Lebrun in the first round, beat Zhou Qihao 4-3 in the quarter-finals and knocked out defending champion Truls Moregard 4-3 in the semi-finals, taking the decider 11-6. You can read our Montpellier preview for the build-up.

Franziska went straight on to Frankfurt the following week and reached a second successive final there.