Men · KOR
Kim Gaon
World No. 171 ▼3
- World ranking
- No. 171, 152 points
- Age
- 20 (born 12 February 2006)
- Plays
- Right-handed
Overview
Latest results
| Date | Event | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Sep 2026 | WTT Star Contender Astana 2026Men's doubles, Last 16 | Hiromu Kobayashi / Kazuki Hamada with Ma Yeongmin | L 0-37-11, 4-11, 7-11 |
| 16 Sep 2026 | WTT Star Contender Astana 2026Men's singles, Qualifying round 3 | Fanbo Meng | L 1-311-6, 6-11, 11-13, 9-11 |
| 16 Sep 2026 | WTT Star Contender Astana 2026Men's doubles, Qualifying round 1 | Dastan Kenzhigulov / Temirlan Jiyenbayev with Ma Yeongmin | W 3-011-7, 11-6, 13-11 |
| 15 Sep 2026 | WTT Star Contender Astana 2026Men's singles, Qualifying round 2 | Lev Volin | W 3-111-7, 11-7, 6-11, 11-6 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | WTT Feeder Olomouc 2026Men's singles, Quarter-final | Lubomir Pistej | L 2-39-11, 11-7, 11-9, 5-11, 2-11 |
Results
Recent matches
| Date | Event | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Sep 2026 | WTT Star Contender Astana 2026Men's doubles, Last 16 | Hiromu Kobayashi / Kazuki Hamada with Ma Yeongmin | L 0-37-11, 4-11, 7-11 |
| 16 Sep 2026 | WTT Star Contender Astana 2026Men's singles, Qualifying round 3 | Fanbo Meng | L 1-311-6, 6-11, 11-13, 9-11 |
| 16 Sep 2026 | WTT Star Contender Astana 2026Men's doubles, Qualifying round 1 | Dastan Kenzhigulov / Temirlan Jiyenbayev with Ma Yeongmin | W 3-011-7, 11-6, 13-11 |
| 15 Sep 2026 | WTT Star Contender Astana 2026Men's singles, Qualifying round 2 | Lev Volin | W 3-111-7, 11-7, 6-11, 11-6 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | WTT Feeder Olomouc 2026Men's singles, Quarter-final | Lubomir Pistej | L 2-39-11, 11-7, 11-9, 5-11, 2-11 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | WTT Feeder Olomouc 2026Men's singles, Last 16 | Benjamin Fruchart | W 3-210-12, 11-7, 6-11, 11-5, 11-8 |
| 26 Aug 2026 | WTT Feeder Olomouc 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Amirmahdi Keshavarzi | W 3-24-11, 11-13, 11-6, 14-12, 11-5 |
| 22 Aug 2026 | WTT Feeder Berlin 2026Men's singles, Last 16 | Rogelio Castro | L 1-313-11, 9-11, 5-11, 12-14 |
| 21 Aug 2026 | WTT Feeder Berlin 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Martin Buch | W 3-213-11, 4-11, 9-11, 11-8, 11-6 |
| 7 Aug 2026 | WTT Feeder Vientiane 2026Men's singles, Last 16 | Choi Jiwook | L 2-311-5, 6-11, 11-1, 10-12, 6-11 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | WTT Feeder Vientiane 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Johan Hagberg | W 3-18-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-7 |
| 27 Jul 2026 | WTT Feeder Tashkent 2026Men's singles, Last 16 | Ryuusei Kawakami | L 0-34-11, 7-11, 7-11 |
| 26 Jul 2026 | WTT Feeder Tashkent 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Musobek Toliev | W 3-011-3, 11-7, 11-6 |
| 21 Jul 2026 | WTT Feeder Ulaanbaatar 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Quek Izaac | L 1-32-11, 11-9, 8-11, 5-11 |
| 22 May 2026 | WTT Contender Lagos 2026Men's singles, Last 16 | Thibault Poret | L 1-311-7, 10-12, 5-11, 7-11 |
| 21 May 2026 | WTT Contender Lagos 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Milo De Boer | W 3-19-11, 12-10, 11-8, 13-11 |
| 14 Mar 2026 | WTT Feeder Varazdin 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Kazuki Hamada | L 0-314-16, 7-11, 4-11 |
| 14 Mar 2026 | WTT Feeder Varazdin 2026Men's doubles, Last 16 | David Szantosi / Botond Varga with Kwon Hyuk | L 2-311-9, 9-11, 11-8, 9-11, 3-11 |
| 14 Mar 2026 | WTT Feeder Varazdin 2026Men's singles, Last 64 | Maxime Antoine Michard | W 3-214-12, 11-13, 7-11, 13-11, 11-7 |
| 10 Mar 2026 | WTT Feeder Otocec 2026Men's singles, Last 16 | Csaba Andras | L 2-313-11, 2-11, 13-11, 6-11, 7-11 |
Official results from World Table Tennis. Times are UK dates.
Season by season
| Year | Singles | Won-lost | Win % | Titles | Finals | Doubles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 20 | 10-10 | 50% | 0 | 0 | 2-4 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2-3 | 40% | 0 | 0 | 3-4 |
| 2024 | 3 | 2-1 | 67% | 0 | 0 | 1-1 |
WTT and ITTF events from 2024, main draw and qualifying, walkovers left out. Team-event matches are listed under recent matches but not counted here.
Head to head
Singles against the players met most often.
- Lev Volin1-0
- Benjamin Fruchart1-0
- Amirmahdi Keshavarzi1-0
- Martin Buch1-0
- Johan Hagberg1-0
- Musobek Toliev1-0
- Milo De Boer1-0
- Maxime Antoine Michard1-0
- Eduard Ionescu1-0
- Tommaso Giovannetti1-0
Where the ranking points come from
152 points from 8 counted results (ITTF world ranking, week 46, 9 November 2026). A player's best results over 12 months count; each drops off a year after the event.
| Event | Result | Points | Drops off | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WTT Feeder Olomouc 2026 | Quarter-final | 40 | Counts | 6 September 2027 |
| WTT Contender Lagos 2026 | Last 16 | 30 | Counts | 31 May 2027 |
| WTT Feeder Otocec 2026 | Last 16 | 25 | Counts | 22 March 2027 |
| WTT Feeder Gdansk 2025 | Last 16 | 15 | Counts | 16 November 2026 |
| WTT Star Contender Astana 2026 - President’s Cup | Qualifying | 12 | Counts | 27 September 2027 |
| WTT Feeder Berlin 2026 | Last 16 | 10 | Counts | 30 August 2027 |
| WTT Feeder Vientiane 2026 | Last 16 | 10 | Counts | 16 August 2027 |
| WTT Feeder Tashkent 2026 | Last 16 | 10 | Counts | 9 August 2027 |
| WTT Feeder Varazdin 2026 | Last 32 | 8 | Not counted | 29 March 2027 |
| ITTF World Youth Championships 2025 | Last 16 | 5 | Not counted | 30 November 2026 |
| WTT Feeder Düsseldorf 2026 | Last 64 | 2 | Not counted | 15 March 2027 |
| WTT Feeder Ulaanbaatar 2026 | Last 32 | 2 | Not counted | 2 August 2027 |
From World Table Tennis's ranking records.
Results, rankings and playing details from World Table Tennis. Biography, clubs, equipment and championship medals from worldtabletennis.com, checked 10 November 2026.