1959 
YEAR 
1961
The 28-year-old Japanese legend Ichiro Ogimura ended the year as the World Ranking leader after he had a perfect run at the Asian Championships, winning four out of four gold medals. The highest-ranked European player was Zoltan Berczik, who won the singles event at the European Championships in Zagreb and also added two Pro Tour titles to his resume.
TOP 30 PLAYERS IN THE WORLD RANKING
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Player
Ichiro Ogimura
Lee Dal-hoon
Zoltan Berczik
Radu Negulescu
Laszlo Földy
Conny Freundorfer
Vojislav Markovic
Laszlo Pigniczki
Dieter Köhler
Hans Alser
Teruo Murakami
Ludvik Vyhnanovsky
Ferenc Sido
Jaroslav Štanek
Frans Schoofs
Željko Hrbud
Einar Lyttik
Branko Franjic
Yang Jui-hua
Zhou Lansun
Ian Harrison
Ladislav Štipek
Josip Vogrinc
Algimantas Saunoris
Georges Rolland
Lothar Pleuse
Tony Borg
Tony Larsson
Peter Rozsas
Milan Stencl
N
EC
x
x
1/4
1/4
1/4
1/4
x
R16
R16
R16
R16
R16
R16
R16
x
x
R32
R32
R32
R32
R32
R32
R32
R64
x
R32
AC
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x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
PRO TOUR
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x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
Description
N – Nationality EC – European Championships AC – Asian Championships & other flags – Pro Tour events
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