Chan Kazuhiro

Chan Kazuhiro ( Japanese 張一博 Chan Kazuhiro , Pinyin Zhang Yibo; born July 15, 1985 in Nagoya , Aichi Prefecture ) is a Japanese table tennis player .

Chan Kazuhiro
Nation:	Japan
Place of birth:	Nagoya
Size:	169 cm
Weight:	70 kg
Resignation:	January 2014
Playing hand:	right
How to play:	Shakehand
Best world ranking :	169 (June 2010-January 2011)

Career

He only had his first international appearances in 2009, as he had not previously been used by the Japanese association . So he was able to take part in the World Championships in Yokohama , where he met Ma Long in the round of 16 and lost with 2-4.

Further appearances followed in 2010 at the World Team Cup , with the Japanese team he met defending champion China in the quarter-finals . He himself met Ma Long again, whom he could beat 3-0, but Japan later lost to China. He was also part of the team that won bronze at the World Cup .

In 2011 he was active in the Chinese Superleague . At the Chile Open he met Jun Mizutani in the quarterfinals , whom he defeated, but failed in the further course of the tournament to Yan An . In 2012 he was more active on the Pro Tour, at the Korea Open he was able to reach the semi-finals, Xu Xin was then too strong.

With the win against the top 20 player Lee Sang-su , he finally improved over 30 places in the world rankings . At the Pro Tour Grand Finals, for which he was able to qualify athletically, Chan had to admit defeat to Tan Ruiwu .

2013 followed, among other things, participation in the Russian Open, with Alexander Shibaev he beat another top player, against Ruwen Filus at the Czech Open, he lost relatively without a chance. Nevertheless, the Japanese was able to take part in the Grand Finals. Here he met Ma Long in the first round, which sealed his defeat. From 2014 he took part in national tournaments, including the Japanese Championships , where he finished third, but then appeared less internationally.

Results from the ITTF database

Mention of results:

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
JPN	Youth World Championship	2004	Budapest	Hungary	Quarter finals	Quarter finals	last 16	2
JPN	Youth World Championship	2005	Linz	Austria	last 16	Quarter finals	Semifinals	2
JPN	World Championship	2009	Yokohama	Japan	last 16	last 32
JPN	World Championship	2010	Moscow	Russia				3
JPN	World Championship	2011	Rotterdam	Netherlands	last 64	last 32
JPN	World Championship	2012	Dortmund	Germany				3
JPN	World Championship	2013	Paris	France	last 128	last 64
JPN	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2012	Hangzhou	People's Republic of China	last 16	Quarter finals	last 16
JPN	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2013	Dubai	Saudi Arabia	last 32	last 16
JPN	Pro tour	2013	St. Petersburg	Russia	gold
JPN	Pro tour	2013	Olomouc	Czech Republic	Quarter finals	last 16
JPN	Pro tour	2013	Linz	Austria	Quarter finals	Semifinals
JPN	Pro tour	2012	Santiago de Chile	Chile	Semifinals

Web links

• Chan Kazuhiro results from the ITTF database on ittf.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ tabletennis.guide: Table tennis: video, photos, rankings, analytics. Retrieved November 13, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Kazuhiro Chan fixtures - FlashScore.com / Table tennis. Accessed November 13, 2018 .