Men · SWE
Kristian Karlsson
World No. 48
- World ranking
- No. 48, 740 points
- Age
- 35 (born 6 August 1991)
- Plays
- Left-handed
- Club
- Borussia Dortmund (Tischtennis Bundesliga)
Overview
Missed Borussia Dortmund's Tischtennis Bundesliga match at Werder Bremen on 11 November 2026; his teammate Cedric Nuytinck said he had been in pain for a few months and that his return date was not known.
Latest results
| Date | Event | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Nov 2026 | WTT Champions Frankfurt 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Oh Junsung | L 0-35-11, 7-11, 6-11 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Men's doubles, Quarter-final | Lim Jonghoon / Oh Junsung with Anton Källberg | L 0-38-11, 10-12, 8-11 |
| 7 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Men's doubles, Last 16 | Benedikt Duda / Dang Qiu with Anton Källberg | W 3-211-8, 6-11, 6-11, 11-5, 11-5 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Oh Junsung | L 2-312-10, 11-13, 11-6, 9-11, 8-11 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Men's doubles, Last 32 | Kanak Jha / Xue Fei with Anton Källberg | W 3-17-11, 11-5, 12-10, 11-5 |
Latest news
- Tischtennis Bundesliga: Werder Bremen beat Borussia Dortmund 3-0 as Mattias Karlsson returns from a finger injury
- Mixed Team World Cup: Sweden leave out Truls Moregard to keep him fresh for WTT Finals Hong Kong
- WTT Champions Frankfurt day three review: Wen Ruibo knocks out Wang Chuqin as Duda beats Jang Woojin
- WTT Champions Frankfurt day three preview: Wang Chuqin meets Wen Ruibo as Calderano plays Liang Jingkun
Honours
5 titles and gold medals on record, including World Championships.
All honours →News
- Update
Tischtennis Bundesliga: Werder Bremen beat Borussia Dortmund 3-0 as Mattias Karlsson returns from a finger injury
Werder Bremen ended a two-match losing run by beating a Borussia Dortmund side without Kristian Karlsson and Anders Lind 3-0, moving up to fourth in the Tischtennis Bundesliga.
- International
Mixed Team World Cup: Sweden leave out Truls Moregard to keep him fresh for WTT Finals Hong Kong
Anton Källberg and Elias Ranefur lead the men in Chengdu, Linda Bergström misses out because she is pregnant, and Sweden's new coaches treat the event as an Olympic qualifier.
- Day 3 review
WTT Champions Frankfurt day three review: Wen Ruibo knocks out Wang Chuqin as Duda beats Jang Woojin
The 19-year-old beat the fourth seed in under 24 minutes, Hana Goda and Satsuki Odo set up a quarter-final, and Sora Matsushima and Dang Qiu are through.
- Day 3 preview
WTT Champions Frankfurt day three preview: Wang Chuqin meets Wen Ruibo as Calderano plays Liang Jingkun
The first round ends and the last 16 begins, with Dang Qiu and Dimitrij Ovtcharov in an all-German match and Kuai Man and Chen Yi starting in the women's draw.
Results
Recent matches
| Date | Event | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Nov 2026 | WTT Champions Frankfurt 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Oh Junsung | L 0-35-11, 7-11, 6-11 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Men's doubles, Quarter-final | Lim Jonghoon / Oh Junsung with Anton Källberg | L 0-38-11, 10-12, 8-11 |
| 7 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Men's doubles, Last 16 | Benedikt Duda / Dang Qiu with Anton Källberg | W 3-211-8, 6-11, 6-11, 11-5, 11-5 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Oh Junsung | L 2-312-10, 11-13, 11-6, 9-11, 8-11 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Men's doubles, Last 32 | Kanak Jha / Xue Fei with Anton Källberg | W 3-17-11, 11-5, 12-10, 11-5 |
| 4 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Mixed doubles, Last 32 | Alexis Lebrun / Charlotte Lutz with Christina Kallberg | L 1-311-9, 8-11, 5-11, 12-14 |
| 4 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Men's singles, Last 64 | Xue Fei | W 3-111-4, 8-11, 12-10, 11-8 |
| 12 Sep 2026 | WTT Contender Panagyurishte 2026Men's singles, Semi-final | Elias Ranefur | L 2-310-12, 11-7, 11-6, 6-11, 12-14 |
| 12 Sep 2026 | WTT Contender Panagyurishte 2026Men's singles, Quarter-final | Thibault Poret | W 3-111-6, 13-11, 7-11, 13-11 |
| 11 Sep 2026 | WTT Contender Panagyurishte 2026Mixed doubles, Semi-final | Alvaro Robles / Maria Xiao with Christina Kallberg | L 1-35-11, 15-13, 8-11, 6-11 |
| 11 Sep 2026 | WTT Contender Panagyurishte 2026Men's singles, Last 16 | Alvaro Robles | W 3-011-6, 11-5, 11-1 |
| 11 Sep 2026 | WTT Contender Panagyurishte 2026Mixed doubles, Quarter-final | Yoan Velichkov / Izabela Lupulesku with Christina Kallberg | W 3-111-7, 11-7, 6-11, 11-9 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | WTT Contender Panagyurishte 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Alex Naumi | W 3-011-2, 11-2, 11-3 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | WTT Contender Panagyurishte 2026Mixed doubles, Last 16 | Cedric Meissner / Tin-Tin Ho with Christina Kallberg | W 3-014-12, 11-9, 11-6 |
| 6 Sep 2026 | WTT Contender Almaty 2026Men's doubles, Final | Lev Katsman / Maksim Grebnev with Mattias Karlsson | L 2-39-11, 11-8, 11-7, 7-11, 9-11 |
| 5 Sep 2026 | WTT Contender Almaty 2026Men's doubles, Semi-final | Ryoichi Yoshiyama / Kazuki Yoshiyama with Mattias Karlsson | W 3-012-10, 11-8, 11-4 |
| 4 Sep 2026 | WTT Contender Almaty 2026Mixed doubles, Semi-final | Kazuki Yoshiyama / Yuna Ojio with Christina Kallberg | L 1-36-11, 11-7, 6-11, 12-14 |
| 4 Sep 2026 | WTT Contender Almaty 2026Men's singles, Last 16 | Alexis Kouraichi | L 2-311-1, 7-11, 11-4, 8-11, 10-12 |
| 4 Sep 2026 | WTT Contender Almaty 2026Men's doubles, Quarter-final | Evgeny Tikhonov / Dmitrii Vinogradov with Mattias Karlsson | W 3-17-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-4 |
| 4 Sep 2026 | WTT Contender Almaty 2026Mixed doubles, Quarter-final | Alan Kurmangaliyev / Darya Fu with Christina Kallberg | W 3-011-7, 11-5, 11-6 |
Official results from World Table Tennis. Times are UK dates.
Season by season
| Year | Singles | Won-lost | Win % | Titles | Finals | Doubles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 21 | 11-10 | 52% | 0 | 0 | 14-10 |
| 2025 | 33 | 21-12 | 64% | 0 | 0 | 16-11 |
| 2024 | 20 | 7-13 | 35% | 0 | 0 | 26-16 |
| 2023 | 32 | 16-16 | 50% | 0 | 0 | 11-8 |
| 2022 | 16 | 8-8 | 50% | 0 | 0 | 5-5 |
| 2021 | 7 | 5-2 | 71% | 0 | 0 | 7-1 |
WTT and ITTF events from 2021, 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.
- Lin Shidong0-4
- An Jaehyun0-4
- Alvaro Robles3-0
- Adrien Rassenfosse3-0
- João Geraldo2-1
- Vitor Ishiy2-1
- Shunsuke Togami1-2
- Hiroto Shinozuka1-2
- Thibault Poret2-0
- Youssef Abdelaziz2-0
Where the ranking points come from
740 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 Contender Panagyurishte 2026 | Semi-final | 180 | Counts | 20 September 2027 |
| WTT Contender Taiyuan 2026 | Quarter-final | 120 | Counts | 19 April 2027 |
| China Smash 2026 | Last 32 | 100 | Counts | 18 October 2027 |
| Europe Smash - Sweden 2026 | Last 32 | 100 | Counts | 23 August 2027 |
| Singapore Smash 2026 | Last 32 | 100 | Counts | 8 March 2027 |
| WTT Star Contender Muscat 2025 | Last 16 | 55 | Counts | 23 November 2026 |
| ETTU European Individual Championships Ljubljana 2026 | Last 16 | 45 | Counts | 25 October 2027 |
| ITTF Men’s & Women’s World Cup Macao 2026 | Group stage | 40 | Counts | 12 April 2027 |
| WTT Star Contender Doha 2026 | Last 32 | 30 | Not counted | 25 January 2027 |
| WTT Contender Almaty 2026 | Last 16 | 30 | Not counted | 13 September 2027 |
| WTT Champions Chongqing 2026 | Last 32 | 15 | Not counted | 22 March 2027 |
| WTT Champions Frankfurt 2026 | Last 32 | 15 | Not counted | 15 November 2027 |
| WTT Star Contender Chennai 2026 | Last 64 | 5 | Not counted | 22 February 2027 |
| ETTU Europe Top 16 Cup Montreux 2026 | Qualifying | 0 | Not counted | 15 February 2027 |
From World Table Tennis's ranking records.
Honours
Honours
At the majors and Grand Smashes
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Titles | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Championships | R16 | Not held | R32 | Not held | R32 | Not held | 0 |
| World Team Championships | Not held | – | Not held | – | Not held | R32 | 0 |
| Singapore Smash | Not held | QF | R64 | R16 | Q | R32 | 0 |
| Saudi Smash | Not held | Not held | Not held | R64 | Not held | Not held | 0 |
| China Smash | Not held | Not held | Not held | Q | R16 | R32 | 0 |
| United States Smash | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Q | – | 0 |
| Europe Smash | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | R64 | R32 | 0 |
W won, F final, SF semi-final, QF quarter-final, R16 last 16 and so on; Grp group stage, Q qualifying, – did not play or no record, Not held: no event that year. Singles, except the World Team Championships, which show the team's finish in years the player played or won a medal. Full results from 2021 from World Table Tennis's records; earlier years show medals only.
World Championships 1
- Gold 2021 Doubles 2021 World Table Tennis Championships Finals
WTT tour 4
- Winner 2025 WTT Contender Skopje doubles WTT Contender Skopje 2025
- Winner 2024 WTT Star Contender Ljubljana doubles WTT Star Contender Ljubljana 2024
- Winner 2024 WTT Feeder Varazdin doubles WTT Feeder Varazdin 2024
- Winner 2022 WTT Contender Doha doubles WTT Contender Doha 2022
Club
Clubs
- Borussia Dortmund · Tischtennis BundesligaCurrent
Club matches
Bundesliga: 35-25 in singles, all seasons on record.
| Date | League | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Sep 2026 | BundesligaBV Borussia 09 Dortmund 1-3 Borussia Düsseldorf | Dang Qiu | L 1-311-9, 3-11, 10-12, 5-11 |
| 21 Sep 2026 | BundesligaBV Borussia 09 Dortmund 2-3 TTC RhönSprudel Fulda-Maberzell | Ruwen Filus | W 3-26-11, 11-6, 8-11, 11-5, 11-5 |
| 21 Sep 2026 | BundesligaBV Borussia 09 Dortmund 2-3 TTC RhönSprudel Fulda-Maberzell | Dimitrij Ovtcharov / Fanbo Meng with Adam Szudi | L 0-36-11, 8-11, 8-11 |
| 26 Aug 2026 | BundesligaBV Borussia 09 Dortmund 3-0 ASC Grünwettersbach | Florian Bluhm | W 3-011-5, 11-9, 11-7 |
| 23 Aug 2026 | BundesligaBV Borussia 09 Dortmund 3-1 TTC Schwalbe Bergneustadt | Benedikt Duda | W 3-014-12, 12-10, 11-9 |
| 16 Aug 2026 | BundesligaBV Borussia 09 Dortmund 0-3 1. FC Saarbrücken-TT | Alvaro Robles | L 2-37-11, 11-9, 11-9, 5-11, 4-11 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | BundesligaBV Borussia 09 Dortmund 0-3 SV Werder Bremen | Irvin Bertrand | L 2-311-6, 10-12, 11-3, 7-11, 5-11 |
| 16 Mar 2026 | BundesligaBV Borussia 09 Dortmund 1-3 TTC Zugbrücke Grenzau | Maciej Kubik | W 3-112-10, 6-11, 11-3, 11-7 |
| 16 Mar 2026 | BundesligaBV Borussia 09 Dortmund 1-3 TTC Zugbrücke Grenzau | Feng Yi-Hsin | L 2-313-11, 11-8, 9-11, 10-12, 5-11 |
| 16 Feb 2026 | BundesligaBV Borussia 09 Dortmund 3-1 TTC OE Clarity-Tel.Syst.Bad Homburg | Jo Yokotani | L 0-315-17, 9-11, 8-11 |
| 9 Feb 2026 | BundesligaBV Borussia 09 Dortmund 1-3 TSV Bad Königshofen | Andre Bertelsmeier | L 1-37-11, 11-8, 8-11, 10-12 |
| 1 Feb 2026 | BundesligaBV Borussia 09 Dortmund 1-3 TTC Schwalbe Bergneustadt | Romain Ruiz | L 0-36-11, 8-11, 8-11 |
| 24 Jan 2026 | BundesligaBV Borussia 09 Dortmund 3-1 TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen | Leonardo Iizuka | W 3-011-5, 11-4, 11-5 |
| 18 Jan 2026 | BundesligaBV Borussia 09 Dortmund 3-2 ASC Grünwettersbach | Tiago Apolonia | W 3-12-11, 11-4, 11-7, 11-8 |
| 18 Jan 2026 | BundesligaBV Borussia 09 Dortmund 3-2 ASC Grünwettersbach | Tom Jarvis | L 0-36-11, 4-11, 8-11 |
| 12 Jan 2026 | BundesligaBV Borussia 09 Dortmund 3-2 1. FC Saarbrücken-TT | Patrick Franziska | W 3-011-8, 11-8, 11-8 |
| 12 Jan 2026 | BundesligaBV Borussia 09 Dortmund 3-2 1. FC Saarbrücken-TT | Fan Zhendong | L 0-38-11, 9-11, 3-11 |
| 20 Dec 2025 | BundesligaBV Borussia 09 Dortmund 3-2 TSV Bad Königshofen | Bastian Steger | L 2-313-11, 9-11, 4-11, 12-10, 11-13 |
| 20 Dec 2025 | BundesligaBV Borussia 09 Dortmund 3-2 TSV Bad Königshofen | Filip Zeljko / Daniel Habesohn with Adam Szudi | W 3-211-9, 11-5, 9-11, 8-11, 11-5 |
| 17 Dec 2025 | BundesligaBV Borussia 09 Dortmund 3-1 TTC OE Clarity-Tel.Syst.Bad Homburg | Ivor Ban | W 3-111-6, 9-11, 11-8, 11-7 |
Official results from the leagues: the Tischtennis Bundesliga and the T.League.
Results, rankings and playing details from World Table Tennis. Biography, clubs, equipment and championship medals from worldtabletennis.com, ttbl.de, checked 6 November 2026.