2023 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's doubles

Men's doubles
at the 2023 World Table Tennis Championships
Men's doubles ; at the 2023 World Table Tennis Championships
Venue	Durban International Convention Centre
Location	Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Dates	20–27 May
Medalists
	← 2021

The men's doubles competition of the 2023 World Table Tennis Championships was held from 20 to 27 May 2023.^[2] The event was played as a straight knockout. All doubles matches were best of 5 games.^[3]

Seeds

Doubles events had 16 seeded pairs. Seeding was based on the ITTF world ranking published on 16 May 2023.^[3]^[4]

Wang Chuqin / Fan Zhendong (champions)
Lim Jong-hoon / Jang Woo-jin (final)
Shunsuke Togami / Yukiya Uda (third round)
Mattias Falck / Kristian Karlsson (quarterfinals)
Benedikt Duda / Dang Qiu (first round)
Lin Gaoyuan / Lin Shidong (quarterfinals)
Cho Dae-seong / Lee Sang-su (semifinals)
Horacio Cifuentes / Gastón Alto (first round)
Daniel Habesohn / Robert Gardos (third round)
Cedric Nuytinck / Jakub Dyjas (second round)
Ho Kwan Kit / Wong Chun Ting (second round)
Félix Lebrun / Alexis Lebrun (third round)
Nándor Ecseki / Ádám Szudi (quarterfinals)
Paul Drinkhall / Liam Pitchford (quarterfinals)
Darko Jorgić / Tomáš Polanský (third round)
Álvaro Robles / Ovidiu Ionescu (third round)

Draw

The draw took place on 18 May.^[5] Players of the same association were separated only in the first round of the draw.^[3]

Key

r = Retired
w/o = Walkover

Finals

Semifinals							Final

1	Wang Chuqin Fan Zhendong	7	11	11	14

7	Lee Sang-su Cho Dae-seong	11	3	5	12
							1	Wang Chuqin Fan Zhendong	13	11	11

							2	Jang Woo-jin Lim Jong-hoon	11	6	5
	Dimitrij Ovtcharov Patrick Franziska	7	11	11	9	5

2	Jang Woo-jin Lim Jong-hoon	11	5	8	11	11

Top half

Section 1

First round						Second round					Third round							Quarterfinals

						1	Wang Fan	11	11	11
	Gerassimenko Kurmangaliyev	11	7	11	11		Gerassimenko Kurmangaliyev	6	2	8
	Alkhadrawi Bu Shulaybi	8	11	6	8						1	Wang Fan	11	11	8	9	11
	Glod Mladenovic		11	11	12						12	A. Lebrun F. Lebrun	7	5	11	11	7
	Lum Luu		5	4	10		Glod Mladenovic	8	6	6
	Kao Chuang	11	0	7	7	12	A. Lebrun F. Lebrun	11	11	11
12	A. Lebrun F. Lebrun	7	11	11	11													1	Wang Fan	11	8	13	11
15	Polanský Jorgić				_w/o													6	Lin G. Lin S.	8	11	11	9
	Sepa Loi					15	Polanský Jorgić	11	11	11
	Stoyanov Bobocica	11	11	3	11		Stoyanov Bobocica	7	9	5
	Omotayo Mati	7	4	11	6						15	Polanský Jorgić			4	3	3
	Pištej Zelinka		11	11	11						6	Lin G. Lin S.			11	11	11
	Miño Riofrio		8	9	9		Pištej Zelinka	7	5	3
	Yoshimura Harimoto		6	9	3	6	Lin G. Lin S.	11	11	11
6	Lin G. Lin S.		11	11	11

Section 2

First round							Second round							Third round						Quarterfinals

7	Lee Cho			11	11	11
	Källberg Persson			8	4	6	7	Lee Cho			15	11	11
	Al-Mohannadi Abdulwahhab		9	13	3	9		Beh Chew			13	5	5
	Beh Chew		11	11	11	11								7	Lee Cho	13	16	11	11
	Lam Ng	11	16	7	8	9								16	Robles O. Ionescu	11	18	9	7
	Lambiet Allegro	9	14	11	11	11		Lambiet Allegro		7	6	11	6
	Maxwell Knight						16	Robles O. Ionescu		11	11	7	11
16	Robles O. Ionescu					^w/o														7	Lee Cho	11	11	8	11
10	Dyjas Nuytinck			11	11	11														4	Falck Karlsson	8	6	11	9
	Saleh Assar			5	7	5	10	Dyjas Nuytinck	9	11	11	6	8
	Geraldo Apolónia	11	3	6	15	10		Kubik Kulczycki	11	3	8	11	11
	Kubik Kulczycki	4	11	11	13	12									Kubik Kulczycki		5	4	11
	E. Ionescu Movileanu			11	11	11								4	Falck Karlsson		11	11	13
	Levy Beukes			5	8	5		E. Ionescu Movileanu		5	11	11	13
							4	Falck Karlsson		11	2	13	15

Bottom half

Section 3

First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals

3	Uda Togami			11	11	11
	Liang Madrid			7	5	4	3	Uda Togami			11	11	11
	Kurmambayev Zholudev			6	5	10		Shah Desai			4	3	8
	Shah Desai			11	11	12								3	Uda Togami	7	11	12	6	8
	Ovtcharov Franziska			15	11	11									Ovtcharov Franziska	11	6	10	11	11
	Hodaei Ahmadian			13	8	9		Ovtcharov Franziska	14	7	7	11	11
	Walker Jarvis		11	7	3	5	11	Wong Ho	12	11	11	9	6
11	Wong Ho		6	11	11	11																Ovtcharov Franziska	7	11	11	11
14	Drinkhall Pitchford			14	11	11															14	Drinkhall Pitchford	11	9	8	7
	Serdaroglu Chen			12	6	8	14	Drinkhall Pitchford	11	9	11	8	11
	Burgos Gomez	6	11	14	12	11		Burgos Gomez	8	11	9	11	9
	Quek Pang	11	7	12	14	7								14	Drinkhall Pitchford		9	11	14	12
	Achanta Gnanasekaran			11	11	11									Achanta Gnanasekaran		11	8	12	10
	El-Beiali Shouman			6	9	6		Achanta Gnanasekaran			11	11	15
	Lind Majoros		11	11	8	11		Lind Majoros			5	4	13
8	Cifuentes Alto		7	8	11	9

Section 4

First round							Second round							Third round					Quarterfinals

5	Qiu Duda	7	7	11	11	9
	No. Alamian Ni. Alamian	11	11	5	2	11		No. Alamian Ni. Alamian			9	11	13
	Martinko Širuček	11	8	10	11	9		Afanador González			11	13	15
	Afanador González	3	11	12	6	11									Afanador González	7	7	7
	Ishiy Jouti			11	11	11								13	Szudi Ecseki	11	11	11
	Cogill Nathoo			3	4	8		Ishiy Jouti			6	7	7
	Aruna Abiodun	14	11	11	4	3	13	Szudi Ecseki			11	11	11
13	Szudi Ecseki	16	5	8	11	11													13	Szudi Ecseki	4	10	7
9	Habesohn Gardos			12	11	12													2	Jang Lim	11	12	11
	Ly Martin			10	3	10	9	Habesohn Gardos			11	11	11
	Franklin Britton							Dixon Lee			8	6	5
	Dixon Lee					^w/o								9	Habesohn Gardos	8	8	5
	Akkuzu Lebesson		5	11	11	11								2	Jang Lim	11	11	11
	Huang Yang		11	5	5	6		Akkuzu Lebesson	11	11	8	9	10
							2	Jang Lim	9	5	11	11	12

References

^ "2023 World Table Tennis Championships". Durban ICC. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
^ "Provisional Schedule". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Competition Details" (PDF). ittf.com. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
^ "ITTF World Championships Finals 2023 - The Media Guide Is Available". ittf.com. 17 May 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
^ "ITTF World Championships Finals 2023 Draw Results Revealed". ittf.com. 18 May 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023.

External links

Draw

[1] "2023 World Table Tennis Championships". Durban ICC. Retrieved 19 May 2023.

[2] "Provisional Schedule". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 18 May 2023.

[details-3] "Competition Details" (PDF). ittf.com. Retrieved 19 May 2023.

[media-4] "ITTF World Championships Finals 2023 - The Media Guide Is Available". ittf.com. 17 May 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023.

[5] "ITTF World Championships Finals 2023 Draw Results Revealed". ittf.com. 18 May 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023.

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Events at the 2023 World Championships

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