2015 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's doubles explained

Event:	Men's doubles
Competition:	2015 World Table Tennis Championships
Venue:	Suzhou International Expo Center
Location:	Suzhou, China
Dates:	26 April–2 May
Win Label:	Final score
Win Value:	12–14, 11–7, 11–9, 9–11, 11–7, 11–9
Gold:	Xu Xin Zhang Jike
Gold Nation:	CHN
Silver:	Fan Zhendong Zhou Yu
Silver Nation:	CHN
Bronze:	Lee Sang-su Seo Hyun-deok
Bronze Nation:	KOR
Bronze2:	Kenta Matsudaira Koki Niwa
Bronze2 Nation:	JPN
Prev:	2013
Next:	2017

See main article: 2015 World Table Tennis Championships.

The 2015 World Table Tennis Championships men's doubles was the 53rd edition of the men's doubles championship.^{[1] [2]}

Chen Chien-an and Chuang Chih-yuan were the defending champions, but chose not to participate this year.^[3]

Xu Xin and Zhang Jike won the title by defeating Fan Zhendong and Zhou Yu 12–14, 11–7, 11–9, 9–11, 11–7, 11–9 in the final.^[4]

Seeds

Matches were best of 5 games in qualification and best of 7 games in the 64-player sized main draw.^{[5] [6]}

1. Chiang Hung-chieh / Huang Sheng-sheng (second round)
2. Kenta Matsudaira / Koki Niwa (semifinals)
3. Tang Peng / Wong Chun Ting (third round)
4. Chen Chien-an / Chuang Chih-yuan (second round)
5. Robert Gardos / Daniel Habesohn (third round)
6. Fedor Kuzmin / Grigory Vlasov (second round)
7. Xu Xin / Zhang Jike (champions)
8. Alexey Liventsov / Mikhail Paikov (second round)
9. Tan Ruiwu / Wang Zengyi (second round)
10. He Zhi Wen / Carlos Machado (second round)
11. Quadri Aruna / Makanjuola Kazeem (second round)
12. Jung Young-sik / Kim Min-seok (quarterfinals)
13. Lee Sang-su / Seo Hyun-deok (semifinals)
14. Kristian Karlsson / Mattias Karlsson (third round)
15. Fan Zhendong / Zhou Yu (final)
16. Masataka Morizono / Yuya Oshima (quarterfinals)
17. Timo Boll / Ma Long (second round)
18. David Powell / Kane Townsend (first round)
19. Tiago Apolónia / João Monteiro (third round)
20. Khalid Assar / Omar Assar (second round)
21. Simon Gauzy / Emmanuel Lebesson (third round)
22. Gao Ning / Yang Zi (second round)
23. Hugo Calderano / Gustavo Tsuboi (third round)
24. Adrien Mattenet / Abdel-Kader Salifou (first round)
25. Patrick Franziska / Bastian Steger (second round)
26. Mohamed El-Beiali / El-sayed Lashin (first round)
27. Chen Diogo / Marcos Freitas (third round)
28. Gustavo Gómez / Manuel Moya (first round)
29. Kim Hyok-bong / Pak Sin-hyok (quarterfinals)
30. Marko Jevtović / Žolt Pete (second round)
31. Gaston Alto / Pablo Tabachnik (first round)
32. Ho Kwan Kit / Li Hon Ming (first round)

Draw

Top half

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 4

External links

• Main draw
• Qualifying draw

Notes and References

1. Web site: List of Winners. All About Table Tennis.
2. Web site: 2015 results. https://web.archive.org/web/20120412045730/http://www.ittf.com/museum/WorldChResultsMD.pdf. dead. 2012-04-12. International Table Tennis Federation.
3. http://www.ittf.com/ittf_tournaments/ittf_entries_doubles_wttc_web.asp?Gender=M&Tour_ID=2503&Doubles=1 Entry list
4. Web site: Xu Xin Adds to Title Hall, Partners Zhang Jike to Men's Doubles Gold. 2 May 2015. ittf.com.
5. http://www.ittf.com//World_Events/wttc_2015/Playing%20system_WTTC2015.pdf Playing system
6. http://www.ittf.com/ittf_tournaments/ittf_entries_doubles_wttc_web.asp?Gender=M&Tour_ID=2503&Seeded_Doubles=1&FormParticipants_Sorting=26&FormParticipants_Sorted=& Seeds