Table Tennis World Ranking In 1981

1980 YEAR 1982

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The Chinese star Guo Yuehua kept his #1 spot in the World Ranking for another year after his spectacular run at the World Championships in Novi Sad. The highest-ranked European was the Hungarian international Tibor Klampar, who won the World Cup and Europe Top 12. He finished the year at #3 spot.

TOP 30 PLAYERS IN THE WORLD RANKING

#	Player/Competition	WC	WCU	E12
1	Guo Yuehua			x		x	x	x	x	x
2	Cai Zhenhua		x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
3	Tibor Klampar	1/4			x	x	x	x	x	x
4	Stellan Bengtsson		x		x		x	x		x
5	Dragutin Šurbek		x		x	x		x
6	Xie Saike	x		x	x	x	x	x	x	x
7	Shi Zhihao	1/4	4th	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
8	Lu Yaohua	1/4	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
9	Wang Huiyuan	1/4	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
10	Andrzej Grubba	R16	6th	x		x			x	x
11	Istvan Jonyer	R16	8th	11th			x	x	x	x
12	Desmond Douglas	R16	x	6th	x		x	x	x	x
13	Milan Orlowski	R16	5th	x		x	x	x	x	x
14	Park Lee-hee	R16	9th	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
15	Mikael Appelgren	R16	11th	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
16	Erik Lindh	R16	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
17	Huang Liang	R16	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
18	Ulf Thorsell	R32	x	7th	x		x	x	x	x
19	Josef Dvoraček	R32	x	4th	x	x	x	x	x	x
20	Leszek Kucharski	R32	x	x	x	x	x		x	x
21	Gabor Gergely	R32	x	9th	x	x	x	x	x	x
22	Zoran Kalinic	R32	x	x	x	x	x	x		x
23	Peter Stellwag	R32	x	x	x	x	x		x	x
24	Cho Yong-ho	R32	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
25	Massimo Consantini	R32	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
26	Ro Yoon-kwan	R32	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
27	Seiji Ono	R128	7th	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
28	Yoo Si-heung	R32	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
29	Kim Wan	R32	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
30	Hiroyuki Abe	R32	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x