2015 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's doubles

The 2015 World Table Tennis Championships men's doubles was the 53rd edition of the men's doubles championship.[1] [2]

Men's doubles
at the 2015 World Table Tennis Championships
VenueSuzhou International Expo Center
LocationSuzhou, China
Dates26 April–2 May
Final score12–14, 11–7, 11–9, 9–11, 11–7, 11–9
Medalists
gold medal    China
silver medal    China
bronze medal    South Korea
bronze medal    Japan
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Chen Chien-an and Chuang Chih-yuan were the defending champions, but chose not to participate this year.[3]

Xu Xin and Zhang Jike won the title by defeating Fan Zhendong and Zhou Yu 12–14, 11–7, 11–9, 9–11, 11–7, 11–9 in the final.[4]

Seeds

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Matches were best of 5 games in qualification and best of 7 games in the 64-player sized main draw.[5][6]

  1.   Chiang Hung-chieh /   Huang Sheng-sheng (second round)
  2.   Kenta Matsudaira /   Koki Niwa (semifinals)
  3.   Tang Peng /   Wong Chun Ting (third round)
  4.   Chen Chien-an /   Chuang Chih-yuan (second round)
  5.   Robert Gardos /   Daniel Habesohn (third round)
  6.   Fedor Kuzmin /   Grigory Vlasov (second round)
  7.   Xu Xin /   Zhang Jike (champions)
  8.   Alexey Liventsov /   Mikhail Paikov (second round)
  9.   Tan Ruiwu /   Wang Zengyi (second round)
  10.   He Zhi Wen /   Carlos Machado (second round)
  11.   Quadri Aruna /   Makanjuola Kazeem (second round)
  12.   Jung Young-sik /   Kim Min-seok (quarterfinals)
  13.   Lee Sang-su /   Seo Hyun-deok (semifinals)
  14.   Kristian Karlsson /   Mattias Karlsson (third round)
  15.   Fan Zhendong /   Zhou Yu (final)
  16.   Masataka Morizono /   Yuya Oshima (quarterfinals)
  17.   Timo Boll /   Ma Long (second round)
  18.   David Powell /   Kane Townsend (first round)
  19.   Tiago Apolónia /   João Monteiro (third round)
  20.   Khalid Assar /   Omar Assar (second round)
  21.   Simon Gauzy /   Emmanuel Lebesson (third round)
  22.   Gao Ning /   Yang Zi (second round)
  23.   Hugo Calderano /   Gustavo Tsuboi (third round)
  24.   Adrien Mattenet /   Abdel-Kader Salifou (first round)
  25.   Patrick Franziska /   Bastian Steger (second round)
  26.   Mohamed El-Beiali /   El-sayed Lashin (first round)
  27.   Chen Diogo /   Marcos Freitas (third round)
  28.   Gustavo Gómez /   Manuel Moya (first round)
  29.   Kim Hyok-bong /   Pak Sin-hyok (quarterfinals)
  30.   Marko Jevtović /   Žolt Pete (second round)
  31.   Gaston Alto /   Pablo Tabachnik (first round)
  32.   Ho Kwan Kit /   Li Hon Ming (first round)

Draw

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  • Q = Qualifier
  • w/o = Walkover
  • w/d = Withdraw
  • r = Retired
  • DQ = Disqualified

Finals

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Semifinals Final
7   Xu Xin
  Zhang Jike
9 11 11 11 4 11
13   Lee Sang-su
  Seo Hyun-deok
11 6 9 6 11 3 7   Xu Xin
  Zhang Jike
12 11 11 9 11 11
15   Fan Zhendong
  Zhou Yu
11 11 11 11 15   Fan Zhendong
  Zhou Yu
14 7 9 11 7 9
2   Kenta Matsudaira
  Koki Niwa
6 7 6 6

Top half

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Section 1

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
1   Chiang
  Huang
11 10 12 11 6 11
  Ghosh
  Shetty
9 12 10 4 11 8 1   Chiang
  Huang
11 11 11 5 11 9 9
  Dyjas
  Górak
11 11 11 7 11   Dyjas
  Górak
3 13 9 11 4 11 11
24   Mattenet
  Salifou
8 9 2 11 9   Dyjas
  Górak
7 6 7 10
25   Franziska
  Steger
11 11 9 11 11 16   Morizono
  Oshima
11 11 11 12
  O'Connor
  Oláh
3 5 11 6 7 25   Franziska
  Steger
13 9 6 2 11 3
  Kamal
  Gnanasekaran
4 11 6 4 5 16   Morizono
  Oshima
11 11 11 11 9 11
16   Morizono
  Oshima
11 9 11 11 11 16   Morizono
  Oshima
11 8 7 11 12 9 10
14   K Karlsson
  M Karlsson
10 11 12 7 11 13 7   Xu
  Zhang
9 11 11 9 10 11 12
  Karakašević
  Tokič
12 3 10 11 9 11 14   K Karlsson
  M Karlsson
11 11 11 11
  Jha
  Wang
11 11 11 7 7 2 11   Jha
  Wang
9 6 6 8
26   El-Beiali
  Lashin
7 6 9 11 11 11 7 14   K Karlsson
  M Karlsson
7 8 12 4 8
17   Boll
  Ma
11 11 11 11 7   Xu
  Zhang
11 11 10 11 11
  Gündüz
  Menge
4 9 3 5 17   Boll
  Ma
11 11 6 4 8 9
  Aguirre
  Gilabert
7 4 9 4 7   Xu
  Zhang
9 7 11 11 11 11
7   Xu
  Zhang
11 11 11 11

Section 2

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
5   Gardos
  Habesohn
11 11 11 11
  Mutti
  Rech Daldosso
4 8 6 8 5   Gardos
  Habesohn
11 11 11 11
  Durán
  Robles
11 9 11 12 11   Durán
  Robles
7 6 9 8
32   Ho
  Li
8 11 11 10 5 5   Gardos
  Habesohn
9 9 4 12 11 8
31   Alto
  Tabachnik
11 9 11 5 9 8 13   Lee
  Seo
11 11 11 10 8 11
  Gionis
  Papageorgiou
7 11 5 11 11 11   Gionis
  Papageorgiou
10 5 8 4
  Platonov
  Samsonov
7 10 5 4 13   Lee
  Seo
12 11 11 11
13   Lee
  Seo
11 12 11 11 13   Lee
  Seo
11 6 6 11 11 6 11
11   Aruna
  Kazeem
11 11 11 9 11   Matsumoto
  Monteiro
6 11 11 5 7 11 7
  Al-Khadrawi
  Bu Shulaybi
6 6 4 11 4 11   Aruna
  Kazeem
11 7 5 6 5
  Matsumoto
  Monteiro
11 11 11 11   Matsumoto
  Monteiro
7 11 11 11 11
28   Gómez
  Moya
5 3 9 9   Matsumoto
  Monteiro
11 7 8 12 6 11 11
21   Gauzy
  Lebesson
7 11 9 11 9 11 11 21   Gauzy
  Lebesson
4 11 11 10 11 9 7
  Devos
  Nuytinck
11 4 11 5 11 7 6 21   Gauzy
  Lebesson
11 12 11 11
  Jorgić
  Žibrat
4 2 2 6 4   Chen
  Chuang
7 10 4 9
4   Chen
  Chuang
11 11 11 11

Bottom half

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Section 3

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
3   Tang
  Wong
11 11 11 11
  Glod
  Rumgay
9 8 2 8 3   Tang
  Wong
11 13 14 13
  Gerell
  Persson
4 10 11 11 11 10 10 22   Gao
  Yang
6 11 12 11
22   Gao
  Yang
11 12 6 5 5 12 12 3   Tang
  Wong
6 10 9 11 3
30   Jevtović
  Pete
10 11 11 12 12 11 15   Fan
  Zhou
11 12 11 9 11
  Gommers
  Tromer
12 5 5 10 14 9 30   Jevtović
  Pete
8 3 8 5
  Madrid
  Ramírez
9 5 7 4 15   Fan
  Zhou
11 11 11 11
15   Fan
  Zhou
11 11 11 11 15   Fan
  Zhou
15 13 11 11
12   Jung
  Kim
11 11 4 7 11 11 12   Jung
  Kim
13 11 5 7
  Drinkhall
  Pitchford
7 6 11 11 8 8 12   Jung
  Kim
11 11 11 11
  Konečný
  Tregler
11 14 11 11   Konečný
  Tregler
9 9 5 7
18   Powell
  Townsend
6 12 4 6 12   Jung
  Kim
7 11 11 8 11 11
23   Calderano
  Tsuboi
11 7 11 11 9 11 23   Calderano
  Tsuboi
11 8 8 11 8 3
  Ben Ari
  Rabinovich
3 11 7 8 11 8 23   Calderano
  Tsuboi
9 11 11 11 4 11
  Idowu
  Saka
2 11 9 4 11 2 6   Kuzmin
  Vlasov
11 8 8 6 11 3
6   Kuzmin
  Vlasov
11 8 11 11 9 11

Section 4

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
8   Liventsov
  Paikov
8 12 11 6 11 11 11
  Ni Alamian
  No Alamian
11 14 7 11 2 7 8 8   Liventsov
  Paikov
8 11 9 11 14 11 4
  Norouzi
  Omrani
11 5 6 7 27   Chen
  Freitas
11 8 11 13 12 5 11
27   Chen
  Freitas
13 11 11 11 27   Chen
  Freitas
6 11 10 11 12 5
29   Kim
  Pak
11 3 11 11 11 13 29   Kim
  Pak
11 9 12 9 14 11
  Groth
  Sternberg
8 11 9 9 13 11 29   Kim
  Pak
10 11 8 11 11 11
  Alexandrov
  Valuch
12 6 3 8 9 10   He
  Machado
12 1 11 5 5 6
10   He
  Machado
10 11 11 11 11 29   Kim
  Pak
3 7 10 14
9   Tan
  Wang
11 9 11 13 11 2   Matsudaira
  Niwa
11 11 12 16
  Burģis
  Jančařík
8 11 8 11 5 9   Tan
  Wang
2 7 11 9 8
  Filimon
  Ionescu
10 4 13 11 8 2 19   Apolónia
  Monteiro
11 11 6 11 11
19   Apolónia
  Monteiro
12 11 11 8 11 11 19   Apolónia
  Monteiro
8 11 9 11 6 5
20   K Assar
  O Assar
11 9 11 11 11 2   Matsudaira
  Niwa
11 9 11 3 11 11
  Bobocica
  Stoyanov
9 11 7 9 6 20   K Assar
  O Assar
10 5 6 7
  Onaolapo
  Toriola
2   Matsudaira
  Niwa
12 11 11 11
2   Matsudaira
  Niwa
w/o

References

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  1. ^ "List of Winners". All About Table Tennis.
  2. ^ "2015 results" (PDF). International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-12.
  3. ^ Entry list
  4. ^ "Xu Xin Adds to Title Hall, Partners Zhang Jike to Men's Doubles Gold". ittf.com. 2 May 2015.
  5. ^ Playing system
  6. ^ Seeds
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