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World Championships 2015
Mens Singles Results
The World Championships 2015. The world's best came together in Suzhou, China...
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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.
The 2015 World Table Tennis Championship was held in Suzhou, China from Sunday 26 April to Sunday 3 May 2015 at the Suzhou International Expo Centre.
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So let's look at what events were included...
Events included
The World Championships 2015 events were...
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Format of events
Individual events were played on a knockout basis and all matches were the best of 7 games.
There were 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, players could be from different Associations.
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Numbers
Each association could enter 3 men and 3 women players in each singles events - plus one additional player ranked in the top 100 and one additional player ranked in the top 20 of the ITTF world ranking list issued in January of the year of the Championships - up to a maximum of 5 men and 5 women.
The maximum entry for each association was 2 men's doubles, 2 women's doubles and 2 mixed doubles - but all players could be different.
The host Association could enter up to 6 men and 6 women in each singles event, 3 men's doubles, 3 women's doubles and 3 mixed doubles regardless of ranking.
In doubles events, both players could be from different Associations.
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2013 winners
The previous individual World Table Tennis Championships were held in Paris, France in May 2013 and the winners were...
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Let's now take a look at the...
Seedings
A total of 310 men entered the 2015 World Championships and seeding was based on the World Ranking lists issued on Wednesday 1st April 2015.
The seeding list for the Men's Singles was announced by the International Table Tennis Federation on 7 April 2015 as follows...
| Seed | World Ranking | Family Name, Given Name | Association |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | MA, Long | China |
| 2 | 2 | XU, Xin | China |
| 3 | 3 | ZHANG, Jike | China |
| 4 | 4 | FAN, Zhendong | China |
| 5 | 5 | MIZUTANI, Jun | Japan |
| 6 | 6 | OVTCHAROV, Dimitrij | Germany |
| 7 | 7 | BOLL, Timo | Germany |
| 8 | 8 | FREITAS, Marcos | Portugal |
| 9 | 9 | SAMSONOV, Vladimir | Belarus |
| 10 | 10 | CHUANG, Chih-Yuan | Chinese Taipei |
| 11 | 12 | NIWA, Koki | Japan |
| 12 | 13 | TANG, Peng | Hong Kong China |
| 13 | 14 | FANG, Bo | China |
| 14 | 15 | GAO, Ning | Singapore |
| 15 | 17 | JOO, Saehyuk | South Korea |
| 16 | 18 | WONG, Chun Ting | Hong Kong China |
| 17 | 20 | GARDOS, Robert | Austria |
| 18 | 20 | APOLONIA, Tiago | Portugal |
| 19 | 22 | GIONIS, Panagiotis | Greece |
| 20 | 23 | MURAMATSU, Yuto | Japan |
| 21 | 24 | JUNG, Youngsik | South Korea |
| 22 | 25 | MATSUDAIRA, Kenta | Japan |
| 23 | 26 | STEGER, Bastian | Germany |
| 24 | 29 | CHEN, Chien-An | Chinese Taipei |
| 25 | 31 | MENGEL, Steffen | Germany |
| 26 | 33 | KIM, Minseok | South Korea |
| 27 | 35 | GAUZY, Simon | France |
| 28 | 35 | MONTEIRO, Joao | Portugal |
| 29 | 38 | ARUNA, Quadri | Nigeria |
| 30 | 40 | MATTENET, Adrien | France |
| 31 | 41 | ASSAR, Omar | Egypt |
| 32 | 41 | LIANG, Jingkun | China |
| 33 | 44 | ACHANTA, Sharath Kamal | India |
| 34 | 45 | DRINKHALL, Paul | England |
| 35 | 47 | LEE, Sangsu | South Korea |
| 36 | 49 | SKACHKOV, Kirill | Russia |
| 37 | 49 | CRISAN, Adrian | Romania |
| 38 | 51 | KARLSSON, Kristian | Sweden |
| 39 | 53 | YOSHIDA, Masaki | Japan |
| 40 | 54 | TSUBOI, Gustavo | Brazil |
| 41 | 54 | SHIBAEV, Alexander | Russia |
| 42 | 56 | FRANZISKA, Patrick | Germany |
| 43 | 58 | TOKIC, Bojan | Slovenia |
| 44 | 59 | GORAK, Daniel | Poland |
| 45 | 60 | CALDERANO, Hugo | Brazil |
| 46 | 61 | JIANG, Tianyi | Hong Kong China |
| 47 | BOBOCICA, Mihai | Italy | |
| 48 | 62 | PITCHFORD, Liam | England |
| 49 | 63 | FEGERL, Stefan | Austria |
| 50 | 63 | GERELL, Par | Sweden |
| 51 | 65 | LIVENTSOV, Alexey | Russia |
| 52 | 67 | HABESOHN, Daniel | Austria |
| 53 | 69 | CHEN, Weixing | Austria |
| 54 | KIM, Hyok Bong | North Korea | |
| 55 | 70 | HE, Zhiwen | Spain |
| 56 | 70 | CHIANG, Hung-Chieh | Chinese Taipei |
| 57 | 72 | WANG, Zengyi | Poland |
| 58 | 73 | VLASOV, Grigory | Russia |
| 59 | 77 | HUANG, Sheng-Sheng | Chinese Taipei |
| 60 | 78 | TAN, Ruiwu | Croatia |
| 61 | 80 | PERSSON, Jon | Sweden |
| 62 | 80 | KOU, Lei | Ukraine |
| 63 | 84 | LEBESSON, Emmanuel | France |
| 64 | 86 | HO, Kwan Kit | Hong Kong China |
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World Championships 2015
Men's Singles Event Results
First Round (Last 128)
Tuesday 28 April 2015
| (Seed) Family Name, Given Name (Association) | Result | (Seed) Family Name, Given Name (Association) |
|---|---|---|
| (1) MA, Long (China) | 4-0 | (70) ALAMIYAN, Noshad (Iran) |
| (63) LEBESSON, Emmanuel (France) | 4-2 | (78) KARLSSON, Mattias (Sweden) |
| (58) VLASOV, Grigory (Russia) | 4-2 | (93) NUYTINCK, Cedric (Belgium) |
| (19) GIONIS, Panagiotis (Greece) | 4-0 | (86) PISTEJ, Lubomir (Slovak Republic) |
| (18) APOLONIA, Tiago (Portugal) | 4-1 | (127) ALTO, Gaston (Argentina) |
| (48) PITCHFORD, Liam (England) | 4-2 | (66) KREANGA, Kalinikos (Greece) |
| (52) HABESOHN, Daniel (Austria) | 4-1 | (109) EL-BEIALI, Mohamed (Egypt) |
| (15) JOO, Saehyuk (South Korea) | 4-2 | (119) LAKATOS, Tamas (Hungary) |
| (12) TANG, Peng (Hong Kong China) | 4-0 | (121) AGUIRRE, Marcelo (Paraguay) |
| (47) BOBOCICA, Mihai (Italy) | 4-2 | (96) KOLAREK, Tomislav (Croatia) |
| (49) FEGERL, Stefan (Austria) | 4-0 | (82) BURGIS, Matiss (Latvia) |
| (17) GARDOS, Robert (Austria) | 4-1 | (117) NOROOZI, Afshin (Iran) |
| (31) ASSAR, Omar (Egypt) | 4-2 | (113) CHEW, Zhe Yu Clarence (Singapore) |
| (59) HUANG, Sheng-Sheng (Chinese Taipei) | 4-3 | (98) TORIOLA, Segun (Nigeria) |
| (35) LEE, Sangsu (South Korea) | 4-0 | (258) KENJAEV, Zokhid (Uzbekistan) |
| (6) OVTCHAROV, Dimitrij (Germany) | 4-1 | (125) TANVIRIYAVECHAKUL, Padasak (Thailand) |
| (7) BOLL, Timo (Germany) | 4-0 | (73) MACHADO, Carlos (Spain) |
| (85) DYJAS, Jakub (Poland) | 4-3 | (55) HE, Zhiwen (Spain) |
| (38) KARLSSON, Kristian (Sweden) | 4-0 | (67) STOYANOV, Niagol (Italy) |
| (28) MONTEIRO, Joao (Portugal) | 4-2 | (123) RECH DALDOSSO, Marco (Italy) |
| (90) GROTH, Jonathan (Denmark) | 4-3 | (22) MATSUDAIRA, Kenta (Japan) |
| (95) JANCARIK, Lubomir (Czech Republic) | 4-0 | (43) TOKIC, Bojan (Slovenia) |
| (34) DRINKHALL, Paul (England) | 4-0 | (171) SCHMID, Elia (Switzerland) |
| (16) WONG, Chun Ting (Hong Kong China) | 4-0 | (142) BEN ARI, Omri (Israel) |
| (11) NIWA, Koki (Japan) | 4-0 | (81) JAKAB, Janos (Hungary) |
| (57) WANG, Zengyi (Poland) | 4-3 | (76) KARAKASEVIC, Aleksandar (Serbia) |
| (46) JIANG, Tianyi (Hong Kong China) | 4-0 | (79) PETO, Zsolt (Serbia) |
| (24) CHEN, Chien-An (Chinese Taipei) | 4-1 | (106) DEVOS, Robin (Belgium) |
| (26) KIM, Minseok (South Korea) | 4-1 | (116) ALAMIAN, Nima (Iran) |
| (44) GORAK, Daniel (Poland) | 4-2 | (163) TAUBER, Michael (Israel) |
| (56) CHIANG, Hung-Chieh (Chinese Taipei) | 4-1 | (138) POWELL, David (Australia) |
| (4) FAN, Zhendong (China) | 4-0 | (94) CIOTI, Constantin (Romania) |
| (3) ZHANG, Jike (China) | 4-1 | (80) IONESCU, Ovidiu (Romania) |
| (71) SEO, Hyundeok (South Korea) | 4-3 | (54) KIM, Hyok Bong (North Korea) |
| (51) LIVENTSOV, Alexey (Russia) | 4-3 | (74) MATSUMOTO, Cazuo (Brazil) |
| (32) LIANG, Jingkun (China) | 4-1 | (75) KOSIBA, Daniel (Hungary) |
| (89) GERALDO, Joao (Portugal) | 4-2 | (30) MATTENET, Adrien (France) |
| (64) HO Kwan Kit (Hong Kong China) | 4-0 | (97) MADRID, Marcos (Mexico) |
| (114) OLAH, Benedek (Finland) | 4-3 | (60) TAN, Ruiwu (Croatia) |
| (9) SAMSONOV, Vladimir (Belarus) | 4-1 | (83) JEVTOVIC, Marko (Serbia) |
| (14) GAO, Ning (Singapore) | 4-1 | (88) SAIVE, Jean-Michel (Belgium) |
| (40) TSUBOI, Gustavo (Brazil) | 4-1 | (110) CHEN, Diogo (Portugal) |
| (53) CHEN, Weixing (Austria) | 4-0 | (104) FERTIKOWSKI, Pawel (Poland) |
| (20) MURAMATSU, Yuto (Japan) | 4-0 | (100) MONTEIRO, Thiago (Brazil) |
| (21) JUNG, Youngsik (South Korea) | 4-0 | (77) SALIFOU, Abdel-Kader (France) |
| (61) PERSSON, Jon (Sweden) | 4-0 | (111) ROBLES, Alvaro (Spain) |
| (45) CALDERANO, Hugo (Brazil) | 4-2 | (92) STERNBERG, Kasper (Denmark) |
| (5) MIZUTANI, Jun (Japan) | 4-0 | (87) PLATONOV, Pavel (Belarus) |
| (8) FREITAS, Marcos (Portugal) | 4-1 | (107) PEREIRA, Andy (Cuba) |
| (39) YOSHIDA, Masaki (Japan) | 4-2 | (126) ZIBRAT, Jan (Slovenia) |
| (42) FRANZISKA, Patrick (Germany) | 4-0 | (68) LASHIN, El-Sayed (Egypt) |
| (25) MENGEL, Steffen (Germany) | 4-3 | (105) KATKOV, Ivan (Ukraine) |
| (23) STEGER, Bastian (Germany) | 4-2 | (99) DURAN, Marc (Spain) |
| (62) KOU, Lei (Ukraine) | 4-0 | (124) MINO, Alberto (Ecuador) |
| (37) CRISAN, Adrian (Romania) | 4-0 | (91) PAPAGEORGIOU, Konstantinos (Greece) |
| (65) PATTANTYUS, Adam (Hungary) | 4-3 | (10) CHUANG, Chih-Yuan (Chinese Taipei) |
| (13) FANG, Bo (China) | 4-1 | (69) KONECNY, Tomas (Czech Republic) |
| (112) GNANASEKARAN, Sathiyan (India) | 4-1 | (50) GERELL, Par (Sweden) |
| (33) ACHANTA, Sharath Kamal (India) | 4-2 | (102) PAK, Sin Hyok (North Korea) |
| (27) GAUZY, Simon (France) | 4-0 | (101) FILIMON, Andrei (Romania) |
| (72) GHOSH Soumyajit (India) | 4-1 | (29) ARUNA, Quadri (Nigeria) |
| (41) SHIBAEV, Alexander (Russia) | 4-1 | (108) SEREDA, Peter (Slovak Republic) |
| (118) CHOE, Il (North Korea) | 4-3 | (36) SKACHKOV, Kirill (Russia) |
| (2) XU, Xin (China) | 4-1 | (84) YANG, Zi (Singapore) |
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Second Round (Last 64)
Wednesday 29 April 2015
| (Seed) Family Name, Given Name (Association) | Result | (Seed) Family Name, Given Name (Association) |
|---|---|---|
| (1) MA, Long (China) | 4-1 | (63) LEBESSON, Emmanuel (France) |
| (19) GIONIS, Panagiotis (Greece) | 4-1 | (58) VLASOV, Grigory (Russia) |
| (48) PITCHFORD, Liam (England) | 4-2 | (18) APOLONIA, Tiago (Portugal) |
| (15) JOO, Saehyuk (South Korea) | 4-0 | (52) HABESOHN, Daniel (Austria) |
| (12) TANG, Peng (Hong Kong China) | 4-0 | (47) BOBOCICA, Mihai (Italy) |
| (49) FEGERL, Stefan (Austria) | 4-2 | (17) GARDOS, Robert (Austria) |
| (31) ASSAR, Omar (Egypt) | 4-1 | (59) HUANG, Sheng-Sheng (Chinese Taipei) |
| (35) LEE, Sangsu (South Korea) | 4-3 | (6) OVTCHAROV, Dimitrij (Germany) |
| (7) BOLL, Timo (Germany) | 4-2 | (85) DYJAS, Jakub (Poland) |
| (28) MONTEIRO, Joao (Portugal) | 4-0 | (38) KARLSSON, Kristian (Sweden) |
| (90) GROTH, J (Denmark) | 4-2 | (95) JANCARIK, Lubomir (Czech Republic) |
| (16) WONG, Chun Ting (Hong Kong China) | 4-1 | (34) DRINKHALL, Paul (England) |
| (11) NIWA, Koki (Japan) | 4-2 | (57) WANG, Zengyi (Poland) |
| (46) JIANG, Tianyi (Hong Kong China) | 4-0 | (24) CHEN, Chien-An (Chinese Taipei) |
| (26) KIM, Minseok (South Korea) | 4-0 | (44) GORAK, Daniel (Poland) |
| (4) FAN, Zhendong (China) | 4-1 | (56) CHIANG, Hung-Chieh (Chinese Taipei) |
| (3) ZHANG, Jike (China) | 4-0 | (71) SEO, Hyundeok (South Korea) |
| (32) LIANG, Jingkun (China) | 4-0 | (51) LIVENTSOV, Alexey (Russia) |
| (89) GERALDO, Joao (Portugal) | 4-3 | (64) HO Kwan Kit (Hong Kong China) |
| (9) SAMSONOV, Vladimir (Belarus) | 4-1 | (114) OLAH, Benedek (Finland) |
| (14) GAO, Ning (Singapore) | 4-1 | (40) TSUBOI, Gustavo (Brazil) |
| (53) CHEN, Weixing (Austria) | 4-0 | (20) MURAMATSU, Yuto (Japan) |
| (21) JUNG, Youngsik (South Korea) | 4-3 | (61) PERSSON, Jon (Sweden) |
| (5) MIZUTANI, Jun (Japan) | 4-2 | (45) CALDERANO, Hugo (Brazil) |
| (8) FREITAS, Marcos (Portugal) | 4-2 | (39) YOSHIDA, Masaki (Japan) |
| (42) FRANZISKA, Patrick (Germany) | 4-1 | (25) MENGEL, Steffen (Germany) |
| (62) KOU, Lei (Ukraine) | 4-2 | (23) STEGER, Bastian (Germany) |
| (65) PATTANTYUS, Adam (Hungary) | 4-2 | (37) CRISAN, Adrian (Romania) |
| (13) FANG, Bo (China) | 4-1 | (112) GNANASEKARAN, Sathiyan (India) |
| (33) ACHANTA, Sharath Kamal (India) | 4-1 | (27) GAUZY, Simon (France) |
| (41) SHIBAEV, Alexander (Russia) | 4-1 | (72) GHOSH Soumyajit (India) |
| (2) XU, Xin (China) | 4-0 | (118) CHOE, Il (North Korea) |
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Round Three (Last 32)
Thursday 30 April 2015
| (Seed) Family Name, Given Name (Association) | Result | (Seed) Family Name, Given Name (Association) |
|---|---|---|
| (1) MA, Long (China) | 4-0 | (19) GIONIS, Panagiotis (Greece) |
| (15) JOO, Saehyuk (South Korea) | 4-1 | (48) PITCHFORD, Liam (England) |
| (12) TANG, Peng (Hong Kong China) | 4-2 | (49) FEGERL, Stefan (Austria) |
| (35) LEE, Sangsu (South Korea) | 4-1 | (31) ASSAR, Omar (Egypt) |
| (7) BOLL, Timo (Germany) | 4-3 | (28) MONTEIRO, Joao (Portugal) |
| (16) WONG, Chun Ting (Hong Kong China) | 4-0 | (90) GROTH, Jonathan (Denmark) |
| (11) NIWA, Koki (Japan) | 4-2 | (46) JIANG, Tianyi (Hong Kong China) |
| (4) FAN, Zhendong (China) | 4-0 | (26) KIM, Minseok (South Korea) |
| (3) ZHANG, Jike (China) | 4-1 | (32) LIANG, Jingkun (China) |
| (9) SAMSONOV, Vladimir (Belarus) | 4-0 | (89) GERALDO, Joao (Portugal) |
| (14) GAO, Ning (Singapore) | 4-1 | (53) CHEN, Weixing (Austria) |
| (5) MIZUTANI, Jun (Japan) | 4-3 | (21) JUNG, Youngsik (South Korea) |
| (42) FRANZISKA, Patrick (Germany) | 4-1 | (8) FREITAS, Marcos (Portugal) |
| (62) KOU, Lei (Ukraine) | 4-0 | (65) PATTANTYUS, Adam (Hungary) |
| (13) FANG, Bo (China) | 4-0 | (33) ACHANTA, Sharath Kamal (India) |
| (2) XU, Xin (China) | 4-2 | (41) SHIBAEV, Alexander (Russia) |
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Round Four (Last 16)
Friday 1 May 2015
| (Seed) Family Name, Given Name (Association) | Result | (Seed) Family Name, Given Name (Association) |
|---|---|---|
| (1) MA, Long (China) | 4-1 | (15) JOO, Saehyuk (South Korea) |
| (12) TANG, Peng (Hong Kong China) | 4-1 | (35) LEE, Sangsu (South Korea) |
| (7) BOLL, Timo (Germany) | 4-1 | (16) WONG, Chun Ting (Hong Kong China) |
| (4) FAN, Zhendong (China) | 4-1 | (11) NIWA, Koki (Japan) |
| (3) ZHANG, Jike (China) | 4-1 | (9) SAMSONOV, Vladimir (Belarus) |
| (5) MIZUTANI, Jun (Japan) | 4-2 | (14) GAO, Ning (Singapore) |
| (42) FRANZISKA, Patrick (Germany) | 4-2 | (62) KOU, Lei (Ukraine) |
| (13) FANG, Bo (China) | 4-3 | (2) XU, Xin (China) |
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Quarter Finals
Saturday 2 May 2015
| (Seed) Family Name, Given Name (Association) | Result | (Seed) Family Name, Given Name (Association) |
|---|---|---|
| (1) MA, Long (China) | 4-0 | (12) TANG, Peng (Hong Kong China) |
| 11-7, 11-9, 11-6, 11-1 | ||
| (4) FAN, Zhendong (China) | 4-2 | (7) BOLL, Timo (Germany) |
| 12-10, 11-9, 8-11, 11-7, 13-15, 11-7 | ||
| (3) ZHANG, Jike (China) | 4-1 | (5) MIZUTANI, Jun (Japan) |
| 11-4, 11-6, 10-12, 11-5, 11-9 | ||
| (13) FANG, Bo (China) | 4-1 | (42) FRANZISKA, Patrick (Germany) |
| 11-5, 11-9, 8-11, 11-5, 11-5 |
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Semi Finals
Sunday 3 May 2015
| (Seed) Family Name, Given Name (Association) | Result | (Seed) Family Name, Given Name (Association) |
|---|---|---|
| (1) MA, Long (China) | 4-1 | (4) FAN, Zhendong (China) |
| 11-1, 11-7, 11-8, 7-11, 11-5 | ||
| (13) FANG, Bo (China) | 4-1 | (3) ZHANG, Jike (China) |
| 11-5, 11-7, 5-11, 11-9, 12-10 |
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Final
Sunday 3 May 2015
| (Seed) Family Name, Given Name (Association) | Result | (Seed) Family Name, Given Name (Association) |
|---|---|---|
| (1) MA, Long (China) | 4-2 | (13) FANG, Bo (China) |
| 11-7, 7-11, 11-4, 11-8, 11-13, 11-4 |
World Championships 2015
Men's Singles Event
(St Bride Vase)
GOLD MEDAL WINNER
MA Long (China)
SILVER MEDAL WINNER
FANG Bo (China)
Men's Singles Champion - MA Long (China)
Men's Singles Medal winners
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