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The 23-year-old Chinese international Xie Saike was the World Ranking leader in 1984 after his title run at the Asian Championships. The highest-ranked European was the Swedish international Ulf Bengtsson, who won the singles event at the European Championships, and also added a bronze medal at the World Cup.
TOP 30 PLAYERS IN THE WORLD RANKING
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Player
Xie Saike
Ulf Bengtsson
Chen Longcan
Andrzej Grubba
Wang Huiyuan
Li Gun-sang
Jiang Jialiang
Andrei Mazunov
Dragutin Šurbek
Kim Wan
Erik Lindh
Tibor Klampar
Jan-Ove Waldner
Zoran Kalinic
Josef Dvoraček
Jindrich Pansky
Mikael Appelgren
Teng Yi
Ulf Carlsson
Johnny Akesson
Gabor Gergely
Patrick Birocheau
Igor Podnosov
Wilfried Lieck
Zsolt Kriston
Kiyoshi Saito
Cai Zhenhua
Atanda Musa
Istvan Jonyer
Chiu Man-kuen
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EC
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1/4
1/4
R32
1/4
1/4
R16
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R16
R16
R16
R16
R16
R16
R16
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R64
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AC
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WC
6th
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9th
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5th
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4th
7th
8th
13th
10th
E12
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4th
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9th
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5th
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7th
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10th
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11th
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PRO TOUR
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Description
N – Nationality EC – European Championships AC – Asian Championships WC – World Cup E12 – Europe Top 12 & other flags – Pro Tour events
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