Table Tennis World Ranking In 1987

1986 YEAR 1988

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The reigning World champion Jiang Jialiang was able to defend his title and secure the World Ranking leader position after winning the final against the Swedish star Jan-Ove Waldner. The Swede was the highest-ranked European and he ended the year at the #2 spot, adding a silver medal of the Europe Top 12 tournament to his resume.

TOP 30 PLAYERS IN THE WORLD RANKING

#	Player/Competition	WC	WCU	E12
1	Jiang Jialiang			x	x	x	x	x	x
2	Jan-Ove Waldner		7th		x	x	x	x	x
3	Teng Yi			x	x	x	x	x	x
4	Chen Xinhua		x	x	x	x	x	x	x
5	Andrzej Grubba	1/4		4th	x		x	x	x
6	Wang Hao	1/4	x	x	x	x	x	x
7	Hui Jun	1/4	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
8	Chen Longcan	1/4	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
9	Desmond Douglas	R16	x		x	x	x	x	x
10	Leszek Kucharski	R16	4th	5th	x	x	x	x	x
11	Andrei Mazunov	R16	x	9th	x	x		x	x
12	Chu Jong-chol	R16	x	x	x	x		x	x
13	Alan Cooke	R16	x	x		x	x	x	x
14	Claudio Cano	R16	6th	x	x	x	x	x	x
15	Yoshihito Miyazaki	R16	8th	x	x	x	x	x	x
16	Patrick Renverse	R16	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
17	Jörgen Persson	R32	11th		x		x	x	x
18	Lo Chuen-tsung	x	5th	x	x	x	x	x	x
19	Ulf Carlsson	R32	x	6th	x	x	x	x	x
20	Kim Song-hui	R32	x	x	x	x		x	x
21	Dietmar Palmi	R32	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
22	Xu Zengcai	R32	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
23	Jacques Secretin	R32	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
24	Kim Ki-taek	R32	9th	x	x	x	x	x	x
25	Georg Böhm	R32	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
26	Erik Lindh	R64	x	x	x		x		x
27	Tibor Klampar	R64	12th	8th	x	x	x	x	x
28	Kim Wan	R32	13th	x	x	x	x	x	x
29	Zsolt Kriston	R32	x	11th	x	x	x	x	x
30	Ilija Lupulesku	R64	x	x		x	x	x	x