2013 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's doubles explained

Event:	Men's doubles
Competition:	2013 World Table Tennis Championships
Venue:	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
Location:	Paris, France
Dates:	15–19 May
Win Label:	Final score
Win Value:	9–11, 12–10, 11–6, 13–11, 9–11, 11–8
Gold:	Chen Chien-an Chuang Chih-yuan
Gold Nation:	TPE
Silver:	Hao Shuai Ma Lin
Silver Nation:	CHN
Bronze:	Seiya Kishikawa Jun Mizutani
Bronze Nation:	JPN
Bronze2:	Wang Liqin Zhou Yu
Bronze2 Nation:	CHN
Prev:	2011
Next:	2015

See main article: 2013 World Table Tennis Championships.

The 2013 World Table Tennis Championships men's doubles was the 52nd edition of the men's doubles championship.^{[1] [2]}

Chen Chien-an and Chuang Chih-yuan defeated Hao Shuai and Ma Lin 9–11, 12–10, 11–6, 13–11, 9–11, 11–8 in the final to win the title.^[3]

Seeds

Doubles matches were best of 5 games in qualification matches and best of 7 games in the 64-player sized main draw.^{[4] [5]}

1. Hao Shuai / Ma Lin (final)
2. Wang Liqin / Zhou Yu (semifinals)
3. Chen Qi / Fang Bo (third round)
4. Gao Ning / Yang Zi (second round)
5. Kenta Matsudaira / Koki Niwa (third round)
6. Kim Min-Seok / Seo Hyun-Deok (quarterfinals)
7. Chen Chien-an / Chuang Chih-yuan (champions)
8. Jiang Tianyi / Leung Chu Yan (third round)
9. Seiya Kishikawa / Jun Mizutani (semifinals)
10. Kazuhiro Chan / Kenji Matsudaira (quarterfinals)
11. Robert Gardos / Daniel Habesohn (quarterfinals)
12. Alexander Shibaev / Kirill Skachkov (second round)
13. Patrick Baum / Bastian Steger (third round)
14. Jung Young-Sik / Lee Sang-Su (third round)
15. Kristian Karlsson / Mattias Karlsson (third round)
16. Alexey Liventsov / Mikhail Paykov (third round)
17. Tiago Apolónia / João Monteiro (third round)
18. Stefan Fegerl / Feng Xiaoquan (first round)
19. Thiago Monteiro / Gustavo Tsuboi (second round)
20. Pär Gerell / Jens Lundqvist (second round)
21. Adrien Mattenet / Quentin Robinot (second round)
22. Christophe Legoût / Abdel-Kader Salifou (second round)
23. Adrian Crişan / Andrei Filimon (second round)
24. Panagiotis Gionis / Konstantinos Papageorgiou (first round)
25. Chiang Hung-chieh / Huang Sheng-sheng (quarterfinals)
26. Robert Floras / Daniel Gorak (first round)
27. Mihai Bobocica / Niagol Stoyanov (first round)
28. Bojan Tokič / Jan Zibrat (first round)
29. Andrej Gaćina / Tomislav Kolarek (second round)
30. He Zhi Wen / Carlos Machado (second round)
31. Simon Gauzy / Emmanuel Lebesson (second round)
32. Tang Peng / Wong Chun Ting (second round)

Draw

Top half

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 4

External links

• Main Draw

Notes and References

1. Web site: List of Winners. All About Table Tennis.
2. Web site: 2013 results. https://web.archive.org/web/20120412045730/http://www.ittf.com/museum/WorldChResultsMD.pdf. dead. 2012-04-12. International Table Tennis Federation.
3. Web site: A First for Chinese Taipei, Chen Chien-An and Chuang Chih-Yuan Strike Gold. 2013-05-19. ittf.com.
4. Web site: 2013 World TT Championships Playing System . ITTF . PDF . 11 May 2013.
5. Web site: 2013 WTTC Seeds – Men's doubles . ittf.com . 11 May 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130608213706/http://www.ittf.com/ittf_tournaments/ittf_entries_doubles_wttc_web.asp?Gender=M&Tour_ID=2190&Seeded_Doubles=1&FormParticipants_Sorting=26&FormParticipants_Sorted=& . 8 June 2013 .