2023 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's doubles

The men's doubles competition of the 2023 World Table Tennis Championships was held from 20 to 27 May 2023.^[2] The event was played as a straight knockout. All doubles matches were best of 5 games.^[3]

Men's doubles at the 2023 World Table Tennis Championships
Venue	Durban International Convention Centre[1]
Location	Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Dates	20–27 May
Medalists
Wang Chuqin Fan Zhendong    China   Jang Woo-jin Lim Jong-hoon    South Korea   Cho Dae-seong Lee Sang-su    South Korea   Dimitrij Ovtcharov Patrick Franziska    Germany
← 2021

Main article: 2023 World Table Tennis Championships

Seeds

Doubles events had 16 seeded pairs. Seeding was based on the ITTF world ranking published on 16 May 2023.^[3][4]

1. Wang Chuqin / Fan Zhendong (champions)
2. Lim Jong-hoon / Jang Woo-jin (final)
3. Shunsuke Togami / Yukiya Uda (third round)
4. Mattias Falck / Kristian Karlsson (quarterfinals)
5. Benedikt Duda / Dang Qiu (first round)
6. Lin Gaoyuan / Lin Shidong (quarterfinals)
7. Cho Dae-seong / Lee Sang-su (semifinals)
8. Horacio Cifuentes / Gastón Alto (first round)
9. Daniel Habesohn / Robert Gardos (third round)
10. Cedric Nuytinck / Jakub Dyjas (second round)
11. Ho Kwan Kit / Wong Chun Ting (second round)
12. Félix Lebrun / Alexis Lebrun (third round)
13. Nándor Ecseki / Ádám Szudi (quarterfinals)
14. Paul Drinkhall / Liam Pitchford (quarterfinals)
15. Darko Jorgić / Tomáš Polanský (third round)
16. Álvaro Robles / Ovidiu Ionescu (third round)

Draw

The draw took place on 18 May.^[5] Players of the same association were separated only in the first round of the draw.^[3]

Key

• r = Retired
• w/o = Walkover

Finals

	Semifinals									Final
	1	Wang Chuqin Fan Zhendong	7	11	11	14
	7	Lee Sang-su Cho Dae-seong	11	3	5	12
										1	Wang Chuqin Fan Zhendong	13	11	11
										2	Jang Woo-jin Lim Jong-hoon	11	6	5
		Dimitrij Ovtcharov Patrick Franziska	7	11	11	9	5
	2	Jang Woo-jin Lim Jong-hoon	11	5	8	11	11

Top half

Section 1

	First round									Second round									Third round									Quarterfinals
										1	Wang Fan			11	11	11
		Gerassimenko Kurmangaliyev		11	7	11	11				Gerassimenko Kurmangaliyev			6	2	8
		Alkhadrawi Bu Shulaybi		8	11	6	8												1	Wang Fan	11	11	8	9	11
		Glod Mladenovic			11	11	12												12	A. Lebrun F. Lebrun	7	5	11	11	7
		Lum Luu			5	4	10				Glod Mladenovic			8	6	6
		Kao Chuang		11	0	7	7			12	A. Lebrun F. Lebrun			11	11	11
	12	A. Lebrun F. Lebrun		7	11	11	11																					1	Wang Fan		11	8	13	11
	15	Polanský Jorgić					w/o																					6	Lin G. Lin S.		8	11	11	9
		Sepa Loi								15	Polanský Jorgić			11	11	11
		Stoyanov Bobocica		11	11	3	11				Stoyanov Bobocica			7	9	5
		Omotayo Mati		7	4	11	6												15	Polanský Jorgić			4	3	3
		Pištej Zelinka			11	11	11												6	Lin G. Lin S.			11	11	11
		Miño Riofrio			8	9	9				Pištej Zelinka			7	5	3
		Yoshimura Harimoto			6	9	3			6	Lin G. Lin S.			11	11	11
	6	Lin G. Lin S.			11	11	11

Section 2

	First round									Second round									Third round									Quarterfinals
	7	Lee Cho			11	11	11
		Källberg Persson			8	4	6			7	Lee Cho			15	11	11
		Al-Mohannadi Abdulwahhab		9	13	3	9				Beh Chew			13	5	5
		Beh Chew		11	11	11	11												7	Lee Cho		13	16	11	11
		Lam Ng	11	16	7	8	9												16	Robles O. Ionescu		11	18	9	7
		Lambiet Allegro	9	14	11	11	11				Lambiet Allegro		7	6	11	6
		Maxwell Knight								16	Robles O. Ionescu		11	11	7	11
	16	Robles O. Ionescu					w/o																					7	Lee Cho		11	11	8	11
	10	Dyjas Nuytinck			11	11	11																					4	Falck Karlsson		8	6	11	9
		Saleh Assar			5	7	5			10	Dyjas Nuytinck	9	11	11	6	8
		Geraldo Apolónia	11	3	6	15	10				Kubik Kulczycki	11	3	8	11	11
		Kubik Kulczycki	4	11	11	13	12													Kubik Kulczycki			5	4	11
		E. Ionescu Movileanu			11	11	11												4	Falck Karlsson			11	11	13
		Levy Beukes			5	8	5				E. Ionescu Movileanu		5	11	11	13
										4	Falck Karlsson		11	2	13	15

Bottom half

Section 3

	First round									Second round									Third round									Quarterfinals
	3	Uda Togami			11	11	11
		Liang Madrid			7	5	4			3	Uda Togami			11	11	11
		Kurmambayev Zholudev			6	5	10				Shah Desai			4	3	8
		Shah Desai			11	11	12												3	Uda Togami	7	11	12	6	8
		Ovtcharov Franziska			15	11	11													Ovtcharov Franziska	11	6	10	11	11
		Hodaei Ahmadian			13	8	9				Ovtcharov Franziska	14	7	7	11	11
		Walker Jarvis		11	7	3	5			11	Wong Ho	12	11	11	9	6
	11	Wong Ho		6	11	11	11																						Ovtcharov Franziska		7	11	11	11
	14	Drinkhall Pitchford			14	11	11																					14	Drinkhall Pitchford		11	9	8	7
		Serdaroglu Chen			12	6	8			14	Drinkhall Pitchford	11	9	11	8	11
		Burgos Gomez	6	11	14	12	11				Burgos Gomez	8	11	9	11	9
		Quek Pang	11	7	12	14	7												14	Drinkhall Pitchford		9	11	14	12
		Achanta Gnanasekaran			11	11	11													Achanta Gnanasekaran		11	8	12	10
		El-Beiali Shouman			6	9	6				Achanta Gnanasekaran			11	11	15
		Lind Majoros		11	11	8	11				Lind Majoros			5	4	13
	8	Cifuentes Alto		7	8	11	9

Section 4

	First round									Second round									Third round									Quarterfinals
	5	Qiu Duda	7	7	11	11	9
		No. Alamian Ni. Alamian	11	11	5	2	11				No. Alamian Ni. Alamian			9	11	13
		Martinko Širuček	11	8	10	11	9				Afanador González			11	13	15
		Afanador González	3	11	12	6	11													Afanador González			7	7	7
		Ishiy Jouti			11	11	11												13	Szudi Ecseki			11	11	11
		Cogill Nathoo			3	4	8				Ishiy Jouti			6	7	7
		Aruna Abiodun	14	11	11	4	3			13	Szudi Ecseki			11	11	11
	13	Szudi Ecseki	16	5	8	11	11																					13	Szudi Ecseki			4	10	7
	9	Habesohn Gardos			12	11	12																					2	Jang Lim			11	12	11
		Ly Martin			10	3	10			9	Habesohn Gardos			11	11	11
		Franklin Britton									Dixon Lee			8	6	5
		Dixon Lee					w/o												9	Habesohn Gardos			8	8	5
		Akkuzu Lebesson		5	11	11	11												2	Jang Lim			11	11	11
		Huang Yang		11	5	5	6				Akkuzu Lebesson	11	11	8	9	10
										2	Jang Lim	9	5	11	11	12