Table Tennis World Ranking In 1961

1960 YEAR 1962

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The Top 10 of the 1961 World Rankings featured mostly Chinese and Japanese players. 21-year-old Chinese international Zhuang Zedong won the World Championships and secured the World Ranking leader spot. His compatriots Li Furong and Xu Yinsheng finished the year in Top 3. The highest-ranked European player was the Hungarian veteran – Ferenc Sido, who also added a bronze at the English Open.

TOP 30 PLAYERS IN THE WORLD RANKING

#	Player/Competition	WC
1	Zhuang Zedong		x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
2	Li Furong		x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
3	Xu Yinsheng		x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
4	Zheng Xielin		x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
5	Ichiro Ogimura	1/4	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
6	Hu Daoben	1/4	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
7	Tan Cho-lin	1/4	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
8	Keiichi Miki	1/4	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
9	Ferenc Sido	R16		x	x	x	x	x	x	x
10	Conny Freundorfer	R16	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
11	Hsueh Wei-chu	R16	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
12	Teruo Murakami	R16	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
13	Yang Ruihua	R16	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
14	Gennady Averin	R16	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
15	Wang Jiasheng	R16	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
16	Ubiraci Rodrigues da Costa	R16	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
17	Vojislav Markovic	R32		x	x	x	x	x	x	x
18	Hans Alser	R32		x		x	x		x	x
19	Miklos Peterfy	R32	x	x	x	x		x	x	x
20	Jaroslav Štanek	R32	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
21	Chu Jen-ling	R32	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
22	Goro Shibutani	R32	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
23	Wu Hsiao-ming	R32	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
24	Ou Shen-lien	R32	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
25	Wolfgang Prandke	R32	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
26	Josip Vogrinc	R32	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
27	Wang Chuanyao	R32	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
28	Su Kuo-hsi	R32	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
29	Ludvik Vyhnanovsky	R32	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
30	Tsao Tzu-chiang	R32	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x