# Félix Lebrun crowned European table tennis champion > The 20-year-old French player wins his first continental singles title in Slovenia, following his brother Alexis's victory two years earlier. - Title: Félix Lebrun crowned European table tennis champion · RFI - Summary: The 20-year-old French player wins his first continental singles title in Slovenia, following his brother Alexis's victory two years earlier. Félix Lebrun… - Keywords: félix lebrun, table tennis, european championships, france, slovenia, alexis lebrun, wtt champions montpellier, news, world, Félix, Lebrun, crowned - Source: RFI — https://rfi.fr/en/sports/20261019-french-table-tennis-star-f%C3%A9lix-lebrun-enjoys-golden-glow-from-european-crowns - Read time: 2 min - Topics: félix lebrun, table tennis, european championships, france, slovenia, alexis lebrun, wtt champions montpellier, news, world ## Lebrun wins European singles title Félix Lebrun claimed the men's singles title at the European table tennis championships in Slovenia on Sunday, becoming the world's second best player to win the continental crown. ## He beat Sweden's Kallberg in final Lebrun defeated Anton Kallberg of Sweden seven eleven, eleven nine, thirteen eleven, eight eleven, nine eleven, eleven six, eleven one in a forty-minute final to claim his first continental title. ## Following his brother's path Félix succeeds his brother Alexis, who won the men's singles championship in Linz in two thousand twenty-four. The brothers have now stitched themselves into French table tennis legend. ## Lebrun brothers retain doubles title Two days before his singles victory, Félix and Alexis teamed up to beat Kallberg and Kristian Karlsson of Sweden, retaining their men's doubles title at the championships. ## Lebrun's path to the final The twenty-year-old started with four-zero sweeps over Poland's Maciej Kubik and Ivor Ban from Croatia. He then beat Elias Ranefur of Sweden four-two in the last sixteen. ## Quarterfinal and semifinal wins Lebrun routed Germany's Patrick Franziska four-zero in the quarterfinals. In the semifinal, he recovered from two sets down to beat fellow Frenchman Leo de Nodrest four-two. ## Lebrun's rise to world number two Félix rose to world number two in August after winning the Europe Smash Sweden, the most prestigious singles competition of his career to that point. ## Historic achievement for Lebrun Becoming European champion is a huge achievement and a dream for a table tennis player. It is a historic competition that Félix Lebrun now joins as a champion. > Becoming European champion is a huge achievement. It's a dream for a table tennis player. It's a historic competition. ## Lebrun on his difficult final Lebrun said the match was difficult and that he felt slightly on top for most of it. He stopped thinking tactically and told himself to go for every point. > I felt that I had been slightly on top for most of the match and at a certain point, I stopped thinking tactically. ## French table tennis legacy With their singles and doubles titles, the Lebrun brothers have stitched themselves into French table tennis legend fifty years after Jacques Secrétain became the first Frenchman to win the European singles crown. ## French doubles record As the third French pair to win the doubles event since the championships began in nineteen fifty-eight, the Lebruns trail only the German duo of Timo Boll and Christian Suss, who won four titles between… ## Lebrun faces world's best in Montpellier Félix Lebrun will test his skills against the world's best players at the WTT Champions Montpellier starting October twenty-sixth in his hometown, where he could face top ten players including world number one Wang Chuqin… ## Key takeaway Félix Lebrun won the European table tennis championship in Slovenia, becoming the third Frenchman to claim the singles title and the second of the Lebrun brothers to do so.