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
Venue	Suzhou International Expo Center
Location	Suzhou, China
Dates	26 April–2 May
Final score	12–14, 11–7, 11–9, 9–11, 11–7, 11–9
Medalists
Xu Xin Zhang Jike    China   Fan Zhendong Zhou Yu    China   Lee Sang-su Seo Hyun-deok    South Korea   Kenta Matsudaira Koki Niwa    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

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

Key

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

Finals

	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

Section 1

	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

	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

Section 3

	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

	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

1. "List of Winners". All About Table Tennis.
2. (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

External links

• Main draw
• Qualifying draw