Table Tennis World Ranking In 1979

1978 YEAR 1980

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The 20-year-old Japanese international Seiji Ono wasn’t among the favorites prior to the World Championships in Pyongyang, but eventually, he won the singles title and became the World Ranking leader. The highest-ranking European player in 1978 was the Hungarian star Gabor Gergely, who finished 1979 at the #5 spot.

TOP 30 PLAYERS IN THE WORLD RANKING

#1	Player/Competition	WC	E12
1	Seiji Ono		x	x	x	x	x	x	x
2	Guo Yuehua		x		x	x	x	x	x
3	Liang Geliang		x		x	x	x	x	x
4	Li Zhenshi		x	x	x	x	x	x	x
5	Gabor Gergely	1/4	5th	x		x	x	x	x
6	Lu Yaohua	1/4	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
7	Dragutin Šurbek	R16		x	x		x	x	x
8	Norio Takashima	1/4	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
9	Josef Dvoraček	1/4	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
10	Tibor Klampar	R16	x	x		x		x	x
11	Desmond Douglas	R16		x	x			x	x
12	Istvan Jonyer	R16	4th	x		x	x	x	x
13	Milan Orlowski	R16	x		x		x	x	x
14	Huang Liang	R16	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
15	Hideo Gotoh	R16	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
16	Shi Zhihao	R16	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
17	Jacques Secretin	R32		x	x	x		x	x
18	Tibor Kreisz	R32	9th	x		x	x	x	x
19	Peter Stellwag	R32	6th	x	x	x	x	x	x
20	Janos Takacs	R32	8th	x	x	x	x	x	x
21	Ralf Wosik	R32	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
22	Engelbert Hüging	R32	12th	x	x	x	x	x	x
23	Valery Shevchenko	R32	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
24	Serban Dobosi	R32	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
25	Claus Pedersen	R32	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
26	Hans-Joachim Nolten	R32	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
27	Christian Martin	R32	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
28	Damir Jurcic	R32	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
29	Hong Chol	R32	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
30	Cho Yong-ho	R32	x	x	x	x	x	x	x