2023 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's doubles

Men's doubles at the 2023 World Table Tennis Championships
Venue	Durban International Convention Centre[1]
Location	Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Dates	20–27 May
Medalists
Wang Chuqin Fan Zhendong    China   Jang Woo-jin Lim Jong-hoon    South Korea   Cho Dae-seong Lee Sang-su    South Korea   Dimitrij Ovtcharov Patrick Franziska    Germany

Main article: 2023 World Table Tennis Championships

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]

1. Wang Chuqin / Fan Zhendong (champions)
2. Lim Jong-hoon / Jang Woo-jin (final)
3. Shunsuke Togami / Yukiya Uda (third round)
4. Mattias Falck / Kristian Karlsson (quarterfinals)
5. Benedikt Duda / Dang Qiu (first round)
6. Lin Gaoyuan / Lin Shidong (quarterfinals)
7. Cho Dae-seong / Lee Sang-su (semifinals)
8. Horacio Cifuentes / Gastón Alto (first round)
9. Daniel Habesohn / Robert Gardos (third round)
10. Cedric Nuytinck / Jakub Dyjas (second round)
11. Ho Kwan Kit / Wong Chun Ting (second round)
12. Félix Lebrun / Alexis Lebrun (third round)
13. Nándor Ecseki / Ádám Szudi (quarterfinals)
14. Paul Drinkhall / Liam Pitchford (quarterfinals)
15. Darko Jorgić / Tomáš Polanský (third round)
16. 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

1. "2023 World Table Tennis Championships". Durban ICC. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
2. "Provisional Schedule". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
3. "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.

External links

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