Table Tennis World Ranking In 1971

1970 YEAR 1972

The 19-year-old Swedish sensation Stellan Bengtsson was able to break the Chinese and Japanese dominance at the World Championships and win the singles title. He also added two Pro Tour titles to his resume in 1971, finishing the year as a clear World Ranking leader. Only three Asian players managed to make it to the Top 10.

#	Player/Competition	WC	E12
1	Stellan Bengtsson		4th	x	x			x	x	x
2	Shigeo Itoh		x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
3	Xi Enting		x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
4	Dragutin Šurbek			x	x	x	x	x	x	x
5	Tibor Klampar	1/4	x			x			x	x
6	Milan Orlowski	1/4	8th	x	x	x		x	x
7	Jaroslav Kunz	1/4	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
8	Li Furong	1/4	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
9	Istvan Jonyer	R16				x	x		x	x
10	Antun Stipančic	R16		x		x	x	x	x	x
11	Nobuhiko Hasegawa	R16	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
12	Masahiko Oya	R16	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
13	Mitsuru Kōno	R16	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
14	Yujiro Imano	R16	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
15	Tokio Tasaka	R16	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
16	Wilfried Lieck	R16	9th	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
17	Li Jingguang	R32	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
18	Jung Ryang-woong	R32	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
19	Pak Sin-il	R32	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
20	Bo Persson	R32	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
21	Houshang Bozorgzadeh	R32	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
22	Katsuyuki Abe	R32	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
23	Yukio Shibata	R32	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
24	Zlatko Čordaš	R32	12th	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
25	Nobuyuki Kamata	R32	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
26	Liang Geliang	R32	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
27	Štefan Kollarovits	R32	11th	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
28	Ferenc Timar	R32	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
29	Sugeng Soewindo	R32	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
30	Stanislav Gomozkov	R64	x	x	x		x		x	x