Table Tennis World Ranking In 1978

1977 YEAR 1979

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The 22-year-old Chinese international Guo Yuehua won the Asian Championships and became the World Ranking leader for the first time in his career. The highest-ranking European player in 1978 was the Hungarian star Gabor Gergely, who dominated the continental competitions, and won both – European Championships and Europe Top 12.

TOP 30 PLAYERS IN THE WORLD RANKING

#	Player/Competition	EC	AC	E12
1	Guo Yuehua	x		x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
2	Gabor Gergely		x		x	x	x	x	x		x
3	Liang Geliang	x		x	x		x	x	x	x	x
4	Istvan Jonyer		x	5th	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
5	Chen Xinhua	x		x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
6	Cho Yong-ho	x		x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
7	Desmond Douglas		x	x		x		x	x	x	x
8	Tibor Kreisz		x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
9	Tibor Klampar	1/4	x	x	x	x	x		x		x
10	Milan Orlowski	1/4	x		x	x	x		x		x
11	Wilfried Lieck	1/4	x	4th	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
12	Sarkis Sarhayan	1/4	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
13	Jacques Secretin	R16	x	6th	x		x		x	x	x
14	Stellan Bengtsson	R16	x		x	x	x	x	x	x	x
15	Dragutin Šurbek	R16	x	7th	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
16	Christian Martin	R16	x	8th	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
17	Jaroslav Kunz	R16	x	10th	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
18	Li Zhenshi	x	x	x		x	x	x		x	x
19	Janos Takacs	R16	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
20	Josef Dvoraček	R16	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
21	Patrick Birocheau	R16	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
22	Wang Jianqiang	x	x	x	x			x	x	x	x
23	Peter Stellwag	R32	x	x	x	x	x		x	x	x
24	Martti Autio	R16	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
25	Igor Solopov	R16	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
26	Tommy Danielson	R16	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
27	Ake Grönlund	R16	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
28	Valery Shevchenko	R16	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
29	Peter Engel	R16	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
30	Engelbert Hüging	R16	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x