YEAR 
The most prestigious table tennis tournament in 1962 was the European Championships, and the 20-year-old Swedish rising star Hans Alser won the continental title after beating the German Erich Arndt in the final. The 1961 World Ranking leader – Zhuang Zedong competed only in one Pro Tour stage and fell to the 22nd position.
TOP 30 PLAYERS IN THE WORLD RANKING
#
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
Player
Hans Alser
Erich Arndt
Eberhard Schöler
Björne Mellström
Vojislav Markovic
Keiichi Miki
Željko Hrbud
Ichiro Ogimura
Koji Kimura
Ian Harrison
Tony Larsson
Ernst Gomolla
Hans Wilhelm Gäb
Alf Carlsson
Johnny Leach
Hans-Jörg Offergeld
Robert Stevens
Dieter Michalek
Josip Vogrinc
Zoltan Berczik
Radu Negulescu
Zhuang Zedong
Edvard Vecko
Janos Fahazi
Ivan Andreadis
Li Furong
Vladimir Miko
Xu Yinsheng
Gennady Averin
Georges Rolland
N
EC
1/4
x
1/4
x
x
1/4
1/4
R16
R16
R16
R16
R16
R16
R16
R16
x
x
x
R32
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
AG
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
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
Description
N – Nationality EC – European Championships AG – Asian Games & other flags – Pro Tour events
Table Tennis Media 