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The 24-year-old Japanese star Shigeo Itoh had a memorable year, winning the World champion title in singles event after beating the German defender Eberhard Schöler in the final match-up. Reaching the final of the World Championships in Munich helped the German international to finish the year in the second position of the World Rankings.
TOP 30 PLAYERS IN THE WORLD RANKING
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Player
Shigeo Itoh
Eberhard Schöler
Tokio Tasaka
Kenji Kasai
Stanislav Gomozkov
Jaroslav Štanek
Antun Stipančic
Tetsuo Inoue
Dragutin Šurbek
Anatoly Amelin
Nobuhiko Hasegawa
Istvan Korpa
Istvan Jonyer
Chu Chang-suk
Chung Cha-hyun
Sugeng Soewindo
Hans Alser
Jacques Secretin
Sarkis Sarhayan
Mitsuru Kōno
Ferenc Timar
Janos Börzsei
Kim Chung-yong
Stellan Bengtsson
Wilfried Lieck
Witold Woznica
Zlatko Čordaš
Frierdich Haase
Klaus Solka
Kjell Johansson
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Description
N – Nationality WC – World Championships & other flags – Pro Tour events
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