Slovenia’s Darko Jorgic won the men’s singles at WTT Contender Skopje 2026, surviving a seven-game final against the USA’s Kanak Jha: 3–11, 16–14, 14–12, 8–11, 11–8, 11–7. Jha — long a fixture of this site’s coverage — blew the door off the opening game 11–3, but could not hold the early edge.
The match turned on two tight middle games: Jorgic edged the second 16–14 and the third 14–12, the kind of back-of-the-set margins that decide finals at this level. Jha levelled at 2–2 but Jorgic pulled clear over the last two games.
A near miss for Jha
For Kanak Jha, world No. 30 and seeded sixth in Skopje, the run to a Contender final continues a strong stretch that also saw him reach the German league final for Borussia Düsseldorf. The title eluded him by the slimmest of margins — but the form is the story.