The World Championships 2009.
The world's best come together in Yokohama, Japan ...
The World Table Tennis Championships first took place in 1926 in London, England.
However, since 2000, the World Table Tennis Championship has been split into two separate competitions.
Team events are now held in even numbered years, whilst individual events (singles and doubles) are held in odd numbered years.
So let's look at what events are included ...
The World Championships 2009 events are ...
Individual Events ...
Individual events are played on a knockout basis and all matches are the best of 7 games.
There are 128 places in the first round proper of the men's singles, women's singles and mixed doubles events, but not more than 64 places in the first round proper of men's and women's doubles events.
In doubles events, both players must be from the same Association.
Each Association is entitled to 5 entries in each singles event, with 1 additional entry in the appropriate event for each place held by its player in the first 10 places of the first issue of the ITTF world ranking list in the year of the Championships, with up to 7 players in each individual event.
The host Association may enter up to 7 pairs in the mixed doubles and 7 players in each other individual event.
Different players may be entered in each doubles event. However, the number of players entered in doubles must not exceed the number of players entered in the corresponding singles.
In mixed doubles the number of pairs entered must not exceed the number of players nominated in the men's or women's singles, whichever is the lower.
Players of the same Association shall be separated in preliminary rounds, groups and in the first round of the draw, but not in further rounds.
The last individual World Table Tennis Championships were held in Zagreb, Croatia in May 2007 and the winners were ...
Mixed Doubles Event Results
First Round (Last 128)
Wednesday 29 April 2009
| Winners | Result | Losers |
| KO Lai Chak TIE Yana HKG |
4-1 | MADRID Marcos MADRID Mercedes MEX |
| KOSOWSKI Jakub XU Jie (1982) POL |
4-0 | RESTREPO Juan ARAQUE Johana COL |
| JEVTOVIC Marko ERDELJI Ana-Maria SRB |
4-1 | SANGUANSIN Phuchong MUANGSUK Anisara THA |
| QIU Yike LI Xiaodan CHN |
4-1 | SHAO Yu REED Jasna USA |
| YANG Min TAN MONFARDINI Wenling ITA |
4-3 | KUCHUK Aleksandr PRIVALOVA Alexandra BLR |
| LEE Jin Kwon PARK Young Sook KOR |
4-0 | PINO Jonathan EZZEDDINE Ruaida VEN |
| UEDA Jin FUKUOKA Haruna JPN |
w/o | ABRAMOV Isaak SAPORTA Dana ISR |
| CHUANG Chih-Yuan HUANG Yi-Hua TPE |
4-0 | SHIBAEV Alexander NOSKOVA Yana RUS |
| YANG Zi WANG Yue Gu SIN |
4-3 | PRESSLMAYER Bernhard PETZNER Martina AUT |
| CARNEROS Alfredo ZHU Fang ESP |
4-0 | ROBERTSON Adam OWEN Naomi WAL |
| MATSUDAIRA Kenji WAKAMIYA Misako JPN |
4-2 | VAINULA Vallot LINDMAE Karin EST |
| JAKAB Janos TOTH Krisztina HUN |
4-0 | ECHAVARRIA Alexander OCAMPO LOPEZ Aura COL |
| MATSUDAIRA Kenta FUKUHARA Ai JPN |
4-0 | BURGIS Matiss BOGDASAROVA Baiba LAT |
| CHIANG Hung-Chieh CHENG I-Ching TPE |
4-2 | KONGSGAARD Christian AGERHOLM Pernille DEN |
| SEO Hyun Deok SEOK Ha Jung KOR |
4-2 | SLATINSEK Uros TOMAZINI Jana SVN |
| HAO Shuai CHANG Chenchen CHN |
4-0 | KHO Mao Sheng CHIU Soo Jiin MAS |
| TANG Peng JIANG Huajun HKG |
4-0 | RIVERA Mauricio MEDINA Paula COL |
| HENZELL William MIAO Miao AUS |
4-0 | SAHA Subhajit GHATAK Poulomi IND |
| PANG Xue Jie SUN Bei Bei SIN |
4-0 | SEREDA Peter BALAZOVA Barbora SVK |
| XU Hui PENG Luyang CHN |
4-1 | PETER-PAUL Pradeeban ZHANG Mo CAN |
| ZHANG Jike MU Zi CHN |
4-0 | MATTENET Adrien MATTENET Audrey FRA |
| KIM Dong Hyun YANG Ha Eun KOR |
4-0 | MUNOZ RONQUILLO Guillermo ROSALES Laura MEX |
| VANG Bora HE Sirin TUR |
4-0 | NI Igor POLCANOVA Sofia MDA |
| CRISAN Adrian DODEAN Daniela ROU |
4-1 | SKIRGAILA Algirdas PASKAUSKIENE Ruta LTU |
| SUSS Christian SCHALL Elke GER |
4-0 | MENGE Gencay OZLER Fulya TUR |
| GIONIS Panagiotis NTOULAKI Ekaterina GRE |
w/o | SAKA Suraju YANG Fen CGO |
| TASEI Kunihito TASEI Mikie JPN |
4-1 | NEKHVEDOVICH Vitaly PAVLOVICH Veronika BLR |
| BOBOCICA Mihai STEFANOVA Nikoleta ITA |
4-0 | HUSSEIN Muhammad AGUSTIN Noor Azizah INA |
| FILIMON Andrei SAMARA Elizabeta ROU |
4-0 | ASSAR Omar EL-SOKARY Sara EGY |
| SIMONCIK Josef HADACOVA Dana CZE |
4-2 | REDJEP Ronald DURAK Mirela HRV |
| RUBTSOV Igor TIKHOMIROVA Anna RUS |
4-1 | FRANK Robert LAY Jian Fang AUS |
| GAO Ning FENG Tianwei SIN |
4-3 | NIWA Koki MORIZONO Misaki JPN |
| OH Sang Eun DANG Ye Seo KOR |
4-0 | GABROVSKI Petko PETROVA Zhana BUL |
| FEJER-KONNERTH Zoltan SILBEREISEN Kristin GER |
4-2 | PAPAGEORGIOU Konstantinos FILI Christina GRE |
| SANGUANSIN Phakpoom KOMWONG Nanthana THA |
4-1 | ASATRYAN Murad ADAMYAN Anna ARM |
| GARDOS Robert LI Qiangbing AUT |
4-1 | IDOWU Saheed HAN Xing CGO |
| LI Ping CAO Zhen CHN |
4-0 | CORDUE John YANG Annie NZL |
| TOMASI Stefano NEGRISOLI Laura ITA |
4-0 | GERASSIMENKO Alexandr SHAGAROVA Yelena KAZ |
| CHEN Chien-An HSIUNG Nai-I TPE |
4-0 | MONTEIRO Thiago NONAKA Mariany BRA |
| JIANG Tianyi ZHANG Rui HKG |
4-0 | ICHAUD Bryan YUEN Sara CAN |
| CHEUNG Yuk LAU Sui Fei HKG |
4-0 | CHAI Kian Beng NG Sock Khim MAS |
| DIDUKH Aleksandr SOROCHYNSKA Tetyana UKR |
4-0 | MUJICA Henry RAMOS Fabiola VEN |
| ZENG Cem HU Melek TUR |
4-1 | ARPUTHARAJ ANTHONY Amalraj PATKAR Madhurika IND |
| LEGOUT Christophe GRUNDISCH Carole FRA |
4-0 | ALTO Gaston CODINA Ana ARG |
| STEGER Bastian BARTHEL Zhenqi GER |
4-2 | ACHANTA Sharath Kamal KUMARESAN Shamini IND |
| CAI Xiao Li YU Meng Yu SIN |
4-1 | LASHIN El-Sayed MAGDY Raghd EGY |
| SKACHKOV Kirill TROSHNEVA Elena RUS |
4-0 | DUBINA Samson HUANG Crystal Xi USA |
| XU Xin FAN Ying CHN |
4-1 | SHARON Yaniv AMAR Einat ISR |
| LEUNG Chu Yan LIN Ling HKG |
4-0 | KOU Lei GAPONOVA Ganna UKR |
| KUZMIN Fedor VORONOVA Anastasia RUS |
4-1 | TSUBOI Gustavo YAMADA Jessica BRA |
| MACHADO Carlos RAMIREZ Sara ESP |
4-2 | CHAKRABORTY Sourav DAS Mouma IND |
| WANG Zeng Yi PARTYKA Natalia POL |
4-1 | PAYKOV Mikhail MIKHAYLOVA Polina RUS |
| BAUM Patrick WU Jiaduo GER |
4-3 | TOKIC Bojan FAJMUT Manca SVN |
| GACINA Andrej BAKULA Andrea HRV |
4-0 | ROBLES Alvaro DVORAK Galia ESP |
| PLATONOU Pavel PAVLOVICH Viktoria BLR |
4-2 | ZHUANG David HSING Ariel USA |
| ZHANG Chao YAO Yan CHN |
4-2 | ZHMUDENKO Yaroslav PESOTSKA Margaryta UKR |
| MIZUTANI Jun HIRANO Sayaka JPN |
4-2 | GAVLAS Antonin VACENOVSKA Iveta CZE |
| DRINKHALL Paul PARKER Joanna ENG |
4-0 | MEHTA Pathik CHAKRABORTY Kasturi IND |
| KISHIKAWA Seiya ISHIKAWA Kasumi JPN |
4-0 | LEONG Kin Wa CHEONG Cheng I MAC |
| KIM Jung Hoon LEE Eun Hee KOR |
4-0 | SANTOSO Ficky Supit ROVANI Silir INA |
| KORBEL Petr STRBIKOVA Renata CZE |
4-0 | CHUAN Che-Wei LIU Hsing-Yin TPE |
| WU Chih-Chi LU Yun-Feng TPE |
4-0 | IBRAHIM Muhd Shakirin BEH Lee Wei MAS |
| PISTEJ Lubomir ODOROVA Eva SVK |
4-0 | YORDANOV Teodor KAROVA Anelia BUL |
| JOO Se Hyuk PARK Mi Young KOR |
4-1 | ALI SALEH Ahmed HASSAN Sara EGY |
Second Round (Last 64)
Friday 1 May 2009
| Winners | Result | Losers |
| KO Lai Chak TIE Yana HKG |
4-0 | KOSOWSKI Jakub XU Jie (1982) POL |
| QIU Yike LI Xiaodan CHN |
4-0 | JEVTOVIC Marko ERDELJI Ana-Maria SRB |
| LEE Jin Kwon PARK Young Sook KOR |
4-1 | YANG Min TAN MONFARDINI Wenling ITA |
| UEDA Jin FUKUOKA Haruna JPN |
4-1 | CHUANG Chih-Yuan HUANG Yi-Hua TPE |
| YANG Zi WANG Yue Gu SIN |
4-1 | CARNEROS Alfredo ZHU Fang ESP |
| JAKAB Janos TOTH Krisztina HUN |
4-1 | MATSUDAIRA Kenji WAKAMIYA Misako JPN |
| CHIANG Hung-Chieh CHENG I-Ching TPE |
4-3 | MATSUDAIRA Kenta FUKUHARA Ai JPN |
| HAO Shuai CHANG Chenchen CHN |
4-2 | SEO Hyun Deok SEOK Ha Jung KOR |
| TANG Peng JIANG Huajun HKG |
4-1 | HENZELL William MIAO Miao AUS |
| XU Hui PENG Luyang CHN |
4-0 | PANG Xue Jie SUN Bei Bei SIN |
| ZHANG Jike MU Zi CHN |
4-0 | KIM Dong Hyun YANG Ha Eun KOR |
| VANG Bora HE Sirin TUR |
4-3 | CRISAN Adrian DODEAN Daniela ROU |
| SUSS Christian SCHALL Elke GER |
4-2 | GIONIS Panagiotis NTOULAKI Ekaterina GRE |
| TASEI Kunihito TASEI Mikie JPN |
4-3 | BOBOCICA Mihai STEFANOVA Nikoleta ITA |
| FILIMON Andrei SAMARA Elizabeta ROU |
4-1 | SIMONCIK Josef HADACOVA Dana CZE |
| GAO Ning FENG Tianwei SIN |
4-3 | RUBTSOV Igor TIKHOMIROVA Anna RUS |
| OH Sang Eun DANG Ye Seo KOR |
4-1 | FEJER-KONNERTH Zoltan SILBEREISEN Kristin GER |
| GARDOS Robert LI Qiangbing AUT |
4-1 | SANGUANSIN Phakpoom KOMWONG Nanthana THA |
| LI Ping CAO Zhen CHN |
4-0 | TOMASI Stefano NEGRISOLI Laura ITA |
| JIANG Tianyi ZHANG Rui HKG |
4-0 | CHEN Chien-An HSIUNG Nai-I TPE |
| CHEUNG Yuk LAU Sui Fei HKG |
4-1 | DIDUKH Aleksandr SOROCHYNSKA Tetyana UKR |
| LEGOUT Christophe GRUNDISCH Carole FRA |
4-3 | ZENG Cem HU Melek TUR |
| STEGER Bastian BARTHEL Zhenqi GER |
4-1 | CAI Xiao Li YU Meng Yu SIN |
| XU Xin FAN Ying CHN |
4-1 | SKACHKOV Kirill TROSHNEVA Elena RUS |
| LEUNG Chu Yan LIN Ling HKG |
4-2 | KUZMIN Fedor VORONOVA Anastasia RUS |
| MACHADO Carlos RAMIREZ Sara ESP |
4-3 | WANG Zeng Yi PARTYKA Natalia POL |
| GACINA Andrej BAKULA Andrea HRV |
4-2 | BAUM Patrick WU Jiaduo GER |
| ZHANG Chao YAO Yan CHN |
4-1 | PLATONOU Pavel PAVLOVICH Viktoria BLR |
| MIZUTANI Jun HIRANO Sayaka JPN |
4-2 | DRINKHALL Paul PARKER Joanna ENG |
| KISHIKAWA Seiya ISHIKAWA Kasumi JPN |
4-0 | KIM Jung Hoon LEE Eun Hee KOR |
| KORBEL Petr STRBIKOVA Renata CZE |
4-1 | WU Chih-Chi LU Yun-Feng TPE |
| PISTEJ Lubomir ODOROVA Eva SVK |
4-3 | JOO Se Hyuk PARK Mi Young KOR |
Round Three (Last 32)
Friday 1 May 2009
| Winners | Result | Losers |
| KO Lai Chak TIE Yana HKG |
4-2 | QIU Yike LI Xiaodan CHN |
| LEE Jin Kwon PARK Young Sook KOR |
4-1 | UEDA Jin FUKUOKA Haruna JPN |
| YANG Zi WANG Yue Gu SIN |
4-3 | JAKAB Janos TOTH Krisztina HUN |
| HAO Shuai CHANG Chenchen CHN |
4-3 | CHIANG Hung-Chieh CHENG I-Ching TPE |
| TANG Peng JIANG Huajun HKG |
4-3 | XU Hui PENG Luyang CHN |
| ZHANG Jike MU Zi CHN |
4-0 | VANG Bora HE Sirin TUR |
| SUSS Christian SCHALL Elke GER |
4-1 | TASEI Kunihito TASEI Mikie JPN |
| GAO Ning FENG Tianwei SIN |
4-2 | FILIMON Andrei SAMARA Elizabeta ROU |
| OH Sang Eun DANG Ye Seo KOR |
4-0 | GARDOS Robert LI Qiangbing AUT |
| LI Ping CAO Zhen CHN |
4-2 | JIANG Tianyi ZHANG Rui HKG |
| LEGOUT Christophe GRUNDISCH Carole FRA |
4-2 | CHEUNG Yuk LAU Sui Fei HKG |
| XU Xin FAN Ying CHN |
4-0 | STEGER Bastian BARTHEL Zhenqi GER |
| LEUNG Chu Yan LIN Ling HKG |
4-1 | MACHADO Carlos RAMIREZ Sara ESP |
| ZHANG Chao YAO Yan CHN |
4-0 | GACINA Andrej BAKULA Andrea HRV |
| MIZUTANI Jun HIRANO Sayaka JPN |
4-3 | KISHIKAWA Seiya ISHIKAWA Kasumi JPN |
| PISTEJ Lubomir ODOROVA Eva SVK |
4-1 | KORBEL Petr STRBIKOVA Renata CZE |
Round Four (Last 16)
Friday 1 May 2009
| Winners | Result | Losers |
| KO Lai Chak TIE Yana HKG |
4-3 | LEE Jin Kwon PARK Young Sook KOR |
| HAO Shuai CHANG Chenchen CHN |
4-0 | YANG Zi WANG Yue Gu SIN |
| ZHANG Jike MU Zi CHN |
4-1 | TANG Peng JIANG Huajun HKG |
| SUSS Christian SCHALL Elke GER |
4-2 | GAO Ning FENG Tianwei SIN |
| LI Ping CAO Zhen CHN |
4-2 | OH Sang Eun DANG Ye Seo KOR |
| XU Xin FAN Ying CHN |
4-1 | LEGOUT Christophe GRUNDISCH Carole FRA |
| ZHANG Chao YAO Yan CHN |
4-0 | LEUNG Chu Yan LIN Ling HKG |
| PISTEJ Lubomir ODOROVA Eva SVK |
4-1 | MIZUTANI Jun HIRANO Sayaka JPN |
Quarter Finals
Saturday 2 May 2009
| Winners | Result | Losers |
| HAO Shuai CHANG Chenchen CHN |
4-1 | KO Lai Chak TIE Yana HKG |
| ZHANG Jike MU Zi CHN |
4-0 | SUSS Christian SCHALL Elke GER |
| LI Ping CAO Zhen CHN |
4-0 | XU Xin FAN Ying CHN |
| ZHANG Chao YAO Yan CHN |
4-3 | PISTEJ Lubomir ODOROVA Eva SVK |
Semi Finals
Saturday 2 May 2009
| Winners | Result | Losers |
| ZHANG Jike MU Zi CHN |
4-1 | HAO Shuai CHANG Chenchen CHN |
| LI Ping CAO Zhen CHN |
4-2 | ZHANG Chao YAO Yan CHN |
Final
Sunday 3 May 2009
| Winners | Result | Losers |
| LI Ping CAO Zhen CHN |
4-2 | ZHANG Jike MU Zi CHN |

2009 Mixed Doubles World Champions
LI Ping & CAO Zhen
World Championships 2009
Mixed Doubles Event
(The Heydusek Cup)
WINNERS = LI Ping & CAO Zhen (China)
RUNNERS-UP = ZHANG Jike & MU Zi (China)
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