YEAR 
The 27-year-old Chinese international Guo Yuehua won his second World Championships singles title in his career and once again secured the World Ranking leader position. His teammate, Cai Zhenhua ended the year at the #2 spot for a second consecutive year. The highest-ranked European was Mikael Appelgren, who was ranked fifth thanks to his World Cup victory.
TOP 30 PLAYERS IN THE WORLD RANKING
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Player
Guo Yuehua
Cai Zhenhua
Jiang Jialiang
Wang Huiyuan
Mikael Appelgren
Chen Xinhua
Jan-Ove Waldner
Erik Lindh
Fan Changmao
Kiyoshi Saito
Kim Ki-taek
Milan Orlowski
Desmond Douglas
Ulf Carlsson
Zoran Kalinic
Istvan Jonyer
Eric Boggan
Dragutin Šurbek
Park Lee-hee
Jacques Secretin
Chu Yong-chol
Patrick Birocheau
Stellan Bengtsson
Kim Wan
Carl Prean
Norio Takashima
Keichi Sakamoto
Seiji Ono
Andrzej Grubba
Kamlesh Mehta
N
WC
R64
1/4
R16
R16
1/4
1/4
1/4
R16
R32
R16
R16
R16
R16
R16
R16
R32
R32
R32
R32
R32
R32
R32
R32
R32
R32
R32
WCU
x
10th
9th
x
x
x
x
11th
x
x
x
4th
5th
7th
8th
12th
x
x
x
x
x
6th
x
x
x
x
x
E12
x
x
x
x
x
9th
4th
x
x
x
x
8th
7th
x
x
x
5th
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
6th
x
PRO TOUR
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
Description
N – Nationality WC – World Championships WCU – World Cup E12 – Europe Top 12 & other flags – Pro Tour events
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