MLT

Matthew Abela

Malta · Men's singles and men's doubles · 2018 to 2026

Born 18 March 1999 · Right-handed · 171 cm

World ranking

185Men's singles
10,300 points

Best 179 on the lists we hold, from 21 Sep 2026. Career high 149, 5 Feb 2019.

1,394Men's singles
rated 12 Apr 2026

544th of 548 rated in the last 12 months. Highest 1,482. Men's doubles: 1,499.

Form

2/10won of the last
10 matches

Latest: lost to Aria Dinata, European Championships 2026, round of 32. Newest on the left.

Season by season

Matches played and won, year by year.

'18

'20

'22

'24

'26

Show the numbers

Year	Played	Won
2026	2	1
2025	1	0
2024	1	0
2023	3	0
2022	5	1
2020	1	0
2018	1	0

Recent matches

Scores read from Matthew Abela's side.

European Championships 2026Men's singles Round of 32 Aria Dinata 15–21 13–21 Lost

Round of 64 M Kicklitz Won

European Championships 2025Men's singles Round of 64 J Pauquet 4–21 15–21 Lost

European Championships 2024Men's singles Round of 64 D Bosniuk 24–26 21–23 Lost

European Games 2023Men's singles Group E Filip Špoljarec 11–21 12–21 Lost

Group E Christo Popov 7–21 5–21 Lost

Group E Gergő Pytel 13–21 20–22 Lost

Canada Open 2022Men's singles Round of 32 Misha Zilberman 9–21 13–21 Lost

Commonwealth Games 2022Men's doubles, with Samuel Cassar Round of 16 Jacob Schueler / Nathan Tang 15–21 9–21 Lost

Round of 32 Friday Attama / Kenneth Mwambu 21–10 21–18 Won

Commonwealth Games 2022Men's singles Round of 64 Yingxiang Lin 16–21 9–21 Lost

European Championships 2022Men's singles Round of 32 Tobias Künzi 12–21 7–21 Lost

Olympic Games 2020Men's singles Group H Shi Yuqi 8–21 9–21 Lost

European Championships 2018Men's singles Round of 64 Nick Fransman 1–21 5–21 Lost

Partners and rivals

Head to head counts every draw match between them, in any event.