2023 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's doubles

Men's doubles
at the 2023 World Table Tennis Championships
VenueDurban International Convention Centre[1]
LocationDurban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Dates20–27 May
Medalists
gold medal    China
silver medal    South Korea
bronze medal    South Korea
bronze medal    Germany
← 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

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

  1. China Wang Chuqin / China Fan Zhendong (champions)
  2. South Korea Lim Jong-hoon / South Korea Jang Woo-jin (final)
  3. Japan Shunsuke Togami / Japan Yukiya Uda (third round)
  4. Sweden Mattias Falck / Sweden Kristian Karlsson (quarterfinals)
  5. Germany Benedikt Duda / Germany Dang Qiu (first round)
  6. China Lin Gaoyuan / China Lin Shidong (quarterfinals)
  7. South Korea Cho Dae-seong / South Korea Lee Sang-su (semifinals)
  8. Argentina Horacio Cifuentes / Argentina Gastón Alto (first round)
  9. Austria Daniel Habesohn / Austria Robert Gardos (third round)
  10. Belgium Cedric Nuytinck / Poland Jakub Dyjas (second round)
  11. Hong Kong Ho Kwan Kit / Hong Kong Wong Chun Ting (second round)
  12. France Félix Lebrun / France Alexis Lebrun (third round)
  13. Hungary Nándor Ecseki / Hungary Ádám Szudi (quarterfinals)
  14. England Paul Drinkhall / England Liam Pitchford (quarterfinals)
  15. Slovenia Darko Jorgić / Czech Republic Tomáš Polanský (third round)
  16. Spain Álvaro Robles / Romania Ovidiu Ionescu (third round)

Draw

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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

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Finals

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Semifinals Final
              
1 China Wang Chuqin
China Fan Zhendong
7 11 11 14
7 South Korea Lee Sang-su
South Korea Cho Dae-seong
11 3 5 12
1 China Wang Chuqin
China Fan Zhendong
13 11 11
2 South Korea Jang Woo-jin
South Korea Lim Jong-hoon
11 6 5
Germany Dimitrij Ovtcharov
Germany Patrick Franziska
7 11 11 9 5
2 South Korea Jang Woo-jin
South Korea Lim Jong-hoon
11 5 8 11 11

Top half

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Section 1

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
1 China Wang
China Fan
11 11 11
Kazakhstan Gerassimenko
Kazakhstan Kurmangaliyev
11 7 11 11 Kazakhstan Gerassimenko
Kazakhstan Kurmangaliyev
6 2 8
Saudi Arabia Alkhadrawi
Saudi Arabia Bu Shulaybi
8 11 6 8 1 China Wang
China Fan
11 11 8 9 11
Luxembourg Glod
Luxembourg Mladenovic
11 11 12 12 France A. Lebrun
France F. Lebrun
7 5 11 11 7
Australia Lum
Australia Luu
5 4 10 Luxembourg Glod
Luxembourg Mladenovic
8 6 6
Chinese Taipei Kao
Chinese Taipei Chuang
11 0 7 7 12 France A. Lebrun
France F. Lebrun
11 11 11
12 France A. Lebrun
France F. Lebrun
7 11 11 11 1 China Wang
China Fan
11 8 13 11
15 Czech Republic Polanský
Slovenia Jorgić
w/o 6 China Lin G.
China Lin S.
8 11 11 9
Papua New Guinea Sepa
Papua New Guinea Loi
15 Czech Republic Polanský
Slovenia Jorgić
11 11 11
Italy Stoyanov
Italy Bobocica
11 11 3 11 Italy Stoyanov
Italy Bobocica
7 9 5
Nigeria Omotayo
Nigeria Mati
7 4 11 6 15 Czech Republic Polanský
Slovenia Jorgić
4 3 3
Slovakia Pištej
Slovakia Zelinka
11 11 11 6 China Lin G.
China Lin S.
11 11 11
Ecuador Miño
Ecuador Riofrio
8 9 9 Slovakia Pištej
Slovakia Zelinka
7 5 3
Japan Yoshimura
Japan Harimoto
6 9 3 6 China Lin G.
China Lin S.
11 11 11
6 China Lin G.
China Lin S.
11 11 11

Section 2

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
7 South Korea Lee
South Korea Cho
11 11 11
Sweden Källberg
Sweden Persson
8 4 6 7 South Korea Lee
South Korea Cho
15 11 11
Qatar Al-Mohannadi
Qatar Abdulwahhab
9 13 3 9 Singapore Beh
Singapore Chew
13 5 5
Singapore Beh
Singapore Chew
11 11 11 11 7 South Korea Lee
South Korea Cho
13 16 11 11
Hong Kong Lam
Hong Kong Ng
11 16 7 8 9 16 Spain Robles
Romania O. Ionescu
11 18 9 7
Belgium Lambiet
Belgium Allegro
9 14 11 11 11 Belgium Lambiet
Belgium Allegro
7 6 11 6
Barbados Maxwell
Barbados Knight
16 Spain Robles
Romania O. Ionescu
11 11 7 11
16 Spain Robles
Romania O. Ionescu
w/o 7 South Korea Lee
South Korea Cho
11 11 8 11
10 Poland Dyjas
Belgium Nuytinck
11 11 11 4 Sweden Falck
Sweden Karlsson
8 6 11 9
Egypt Saleh
Egypt Assar
5 7 5 10 Poland Dyjas
Belgium Nuytinck
9 11 11 6 8
Portugal Geraldo
Portugal Apolónia
11 3 6 15 10 Poland Kubik
Poland Kulczycki
11 3 8 11 11
Poland Kubik
Poland Kulczycki
4 11 11 13 12 Poland Kubik
Poland Kulczycki
5 4 11
Romania E. Ionescu
Romania Movileanu
11 11 11 4 Sweden Falck
Sweden Karlsson
11 11 13
South Africa Levy
South Africa Beukes
5 8 5 Romania E. Ionescu
Romania Movileanu
5 11 11 13
4 Sweden Falck
Sweden Karlsson
11 2 13 15

Bottom half

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Section 3

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
3 Japan Uda
Japan Togami
11 11 11
United States Liang
Mexico Madrid
7 5 4 3 Japan Uda
Japan Togami
11 11 11
Kazakhstan Kurmambayev
Kazakhstan Zholudev
6 5 10 India Shah
India Desai
4 3 8
India Shah
India Desai
11 11 12 3 Japan Uda
Japan Togami
7 11 12 6 8
Germany Ovtcharov
Germany Franziska
15 11 11 Germany Ovtcharov
Germany Franziska
11 6 10 11 11
Iran Hodaei
Iran Ahmadian
13 8 9 Germany Ovtcharov
Germany Franziska
14 7 7 11 11
England Walker
England Jarvis
11 7 3 5 11 Hong Kong Wong
Hong Kong Ho
12 11 11 9 6
11 Hong Kong Wong
Hong Kong Ho
6 11 11 11 Germany Ovtcharov
Germany Franziska
7 11 11 11
14 England Drinkhall
England Pitchford
14 11 11 14 England Drinkhall
England Pitchford
11 9 8 7
Austria Serdaroglu
Austria Chen
12 6 8 14 England Drinkhall
England Pitchford
11 9 11 8 11
Chile Burgos
Chile Gomez
6 11 14 12 11 Chile Burgos
Chile Gomez
8 11 9 11 9
Singapore Quek
Singapore Pang
11 7 12 14 7 14 England Drinkhall
England Pitchford
9 11 14 12
India Achanta
India Gnanasekaran
11 11 11 India Achanta
India Gnanasekaran
11 8 12 10
Egypt El-Beiali
Egypt Shouman
6 9 6 India Achanta
India Gnanasekaran
11 11 15
Denmark Lind
Hungary Majoros
11 11 8 11 Denmark Lind
Hungary Majoros
5 4 13
8 Argentina Cifuentes
Argentina Alto
7 8 11 9

Section 4

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
5 Germany Qiu
Germany Duda
7 7 11 11 9
Iran No. Alamian
Iran Ni. Alamian
11 11 5 2 11 Iran No. Alamian
Iran Ni. Alamian
9 11 13
Czech Republic Martinko
Czech Republic Širuček
11 8 10 11 9 Puerto Rico Afanador
Puerto Rico González
11 13 15
Puerto Rico Afanador
Puerto Rico González
3 11 12 6 11 Puerto Rico Afanador
Puerto Rico González
7 7 7
Brazil Ishiy
Brazil Jouti
11 11 11 13 Hungary Szudi
Hungary Ecseki
11 11 11
South Africa Cogill
South Africa Nathoo
3 4 8 Brazil Ishiy
Brazil Jouti
6 7 7
Nigeria Aruna
Nigeria Abiodun
14 11 11 4 3 13 Hungary Szudi
Hungary Ecseki
11 11 11
13 Hungary Szudi
Hungary Ecseki
16 5 8 11 11 13 Hungary Szudi
Hungary Ecseki
4 10 7
9 Austria Habesohn
Austria Gardos
12 11 12 2 South Korea Jang
South Korea Lim
11 12 11
Canada Ly
Canada Martin
10 3 10 9 Austria Habesohn
Austria Gardos
11 11 11
Guyana Franklin
Guyana Britton
Australia Dixon
Australia Lee
8 6 5
Australia Dixon
Australia Lee
w/o 9 Austria Habesohn
Austria Gardos
8 8 5
France Akkuzu
France Lebesson
5 11 11 11 2 South Korea Jang
South Korea Lim
11 11 11
Chinese Taipei Huang
Chinese Taipei Yang
11 5 5 6 France Akkuzu
France Lebesson
11 11 8 9 10
2 South Korea Jang
South Korea Lim
9 5 11 11 12

References

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  1. ^ "2023 World Table Tennis Championships". Durban ICC. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Provisional Schedule". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "Competition Details" (PDF). ittf.com. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  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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