Men · SWE
Mattias Karlsson
World No. 98
- World ranking
- No. 98, 324 points
- Age
- 35 (born 7 September 1991)
- Plays
- Right-handed
- Club
- Werder Bremen (Tischtennis Bundesliga)
Overview
Missed the 2026 European Championships with a finger injury and returned for Werder Bremen in the Tischtennis Bundesliga on 11 November 2026, beating Wim Verdonschot.
Latest results
| Date | Event | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Sep 2026 | WTT Contender Almaty 2026Men's doubles, Final | Lev Katsman / Maksim Grebnev with Kristian 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 Kristian Karlsson | W 3-012-10, 11-8, 11-4 |
| 4 Sep 2026 | WTT Contender Almaty 2026Men's doubles, Quarter-final | Evgeny Tikhonov / Dmitrii Vinogradov with Kristian Karlsson | W 3-17-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-4 |
| 4 Sep 2026 | WTT Contender Almaty 2026Men's singles, Last 16 | Kazuki Hamada | L 2-311-7, 7-11, 11-4, 12-14, 9-11 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | WTT Contender Almaty 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Sanzhar Zhubanov | W 3-17-11, 11-3, 11-6, 12-10 |
Latest news
Honours
6 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.
Results
Recent matches
| Date | Event | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Sep 2026 | WTT Contender Almaty 2026Men's doubles, Final | Lev Katsman / Maksim Grebnev with Kristian 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 Kristian Karlsson | W 3-012-10, 11-8, 11-4 |
| 4 Sep 2026 | WTT Contender Almaty 2026Men's doubles, Quarter-final | Evgeny Tikhonov / Dmitrii Vinogradov with Kristian Karlsson | W 3-17-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-4 |
| 4 Sep 2026 | WTT Contender Almaty 2026Men's singles, Last 16 | Kazuki Hamada | L 2-311-7, 7-11, 11-4, 12-14, 9-11 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | WTT Contender Almaty 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Sanzhar Zhubanov | W 3-17-11, 11-3, 11-6, 12-10 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | WTT Contender Almaty 2026Men's doubles, Last 16 | Iskender Kharki / Fang Bo with Kristian Karlsson | W 3-211-6, 10-12, 11-7, 10-12, 11-2 |
| 12 Aug 2026 | Europe Smash - Sweden 2026Mixed doubles, Last 16 | Alvaro Robles / Maria Xiao with Nina Mittelham | L 1-35-11, 11-9, 9-11, 6-11 |
| 11 Aug 2026 | Europe Smash - Sweden 2026Mixed doubles, Last 32 | Omar Assar / Hana Goda with Nina Mittelham | W 3-29-11, 7-11, 11-8, 11-6, 11-8 |
| 11 Aug 2026 | Europe Smash - Sweden 2026Men's doubles, Last 32 | Daniel Berzosa / Juan Perez with Elias Ranefur | L 0-39-11, 6-11, 8-11 |
| 10 Aug 2026 | Europe Smash - Sweden 2026Men's singles, Last 64 | Jonathan Groth | L 2-38-11, 11-7, 11-7, 8-11, 10-12 |
| 24 Jul 2026 | WTT Star Contender São José dos Campos 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Tomislav Pucar | L 1-38-11, 11-13, 11-6, 8-11 |
| 23 Jul 2026 | WTT Star Contender São José dos Campos 2026Men's singles, Last 64 | Matteo Mutti | W 3-016-14, 11-9, 16-14 |
| 22 Jul 2026 | WTT Star Contender São José dos Campos 2026Men's doubles, Qualifying round 1 | Tom Jarvis / Kanak Jha with Borgar Haug | L 0-36-11, 8-11, 7-11 |
| 27 Jun 2026 | United States Smash 2026Men's singles, Qualifying round 2 | Andre Bertelsmeier | L 2-311-8, 10-12, 8-11, 11-9, 7-11 |
| 26 Jun 2026 | United States Smash 2026Men's singles, Qualifying round 1 | Lubomir Pistej | W 3-212-14, 11-8, 7-11, 11-4, 11-7 |
| 4 Jun 2026 | WTT Contender Skopje 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Hiroto Shinozuka | L 1-311-6, 5-11, 10-12, 9-11 |
| 3 Jun 2026 | WTT Contender Skopje 2026Men's singles, QER | Mizuki Oikawa | W 3-011-9, 13-11, 11-8 |
| 18 May 2026 | WTT Feeder Lagos 2026Mixed doubles, Semi-final | Guilherme Teodoro / Giulia Takahashi with Natalia Bajor | L 1-311-8, 6-11, 12-14, 5-11 |
| 18 May 2026 | WTT Feeder Lagos 2026Men's singles, Last 16 | Tiago Apolonia | L 0-39-11, 7-11, 7-11 |
| 18 May 2026 | WTT Feeder Lagos 2026Mixed doubles, Quarter-final | João Geraldo / Mariana Santa with Natalia Bajor | W 3-012-10, 11-7, 11-8 |
Official results from World Table Tennis. Times are UK dates.
Season by season
| Year | Singles | Won-lost | Win % | Titles | Finals | Doubles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 24 | 15-9 | 62% | 1 | 1 | 7-6 |
| 2025 | 18 | 9-9 | 50% | 0 | 0 | 10-8 |
| 2024 | 17 | 9-8 | 53% | 0 | 0 | 6-6 |
| 2023 | 27 | 17-10 | 63% | 1 | 2 | 11-7 |
| 2022 | 26 | 16-10 | 62% | 0 | 0 | 11-6 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0-3 | 0% | 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.
Where the ranking points come from
324 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 Otocec 2026 | Winner | 125 | Counts | 22 March 2027 |
| WTT Feeder Cappadocia II 2026 | Semi-final | 60 | Counts | 19 April 2027 |
| WTT Contender Almaty 2026 | Last 16 | 30 | Counts | 13 September 2027 |
| WTT Star Contender São José dos Campos 2026 | Last 32 | 30 | Counts | 2 August 2027 |
| Europe Smash - Sweden 2026 | Last 64 | 20 | Counts | 23 August 2027 |
| United States Smash 2026 | Qualifying | 20 | Counts | 12 July 2027 |
| Singapore Smash 2026 | Qualifying | 20 | Counts | 8 March 2027 |
| WTT Contender Skopje 2026 | Last 32 | 19 | Counts | 14 June 2027 |
| WTT Feeder Lagos 2026 | Last 16 | 10 | Not counted | 31 May 2027 |
| WTT Contender Muscat 2026 | Group stage | 7 | Not counted | 1 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 | R64 | Not held | R128 | Not held | R64 | Not held | 0 |
| World Team Championships | Not held | – | Not held | – | Not held | Grp | 0 |
| WTT Finals | R16 | – | – | – | – | – | 0 |
| Singapore Smash | Not held | R64 | R32 | R32 | Q | Q | 0 |
| China Smash | Not held | Not held | Not held | R64 | Q | – | 0 |
| United States Smash | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Q | Q | 0 |
| Europe Smash | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | R64 | R64 | 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 5
- Winner 2026 WTT Feeder Otocec singles WTT Feeder Otocec 2026
- Winner 2023 WTT Feeder Stockholm doubles WTT Feeder Stockholm 2023
- Winner 2023 WTT Contender Rio de Janeiro singles WTT Contender Rio de Janeiro 2023
- Winner 2022 WTT Contender Lima doubles WTT Contender Lima 2022
- Winner 2022 WTT Contender Doha doubles WTT Contender Doha 2022
Club
Clubs
- Werder Bremen · Tischtennis BundesligaCurrent
Club matches
Bundesliga: 21-14 in singles, all seasons on record.
| Date | League | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Nov 2026 | BundesligaSV Werder Bremen 3-0 BV Borussia 09 Dortmund | Wim Verdonschot | W 3-111-5, 1-11, 11-9, 11-8 |
| 13 Sep 2026 | BundesligaSV Werder Bremen 2-3 ASC Grünwettersbach | Tobias Hippler | L 1-311-7, 10-12, 7-11, 15-17 |
| 13 Sep 2026 | BundesligaSV Werder Bremen 2-3 ASC Grünwettersbach | Ricardo Walther | L 1-311-9, 9-11, 11-13, 8-11 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | BundesligaSV Werder Bremen 3-1 1. FC Saarbrücken-TT | Eduard Ionescu | W 3-111-8, 11-6, 6-11, 11-6 |
| 26 Aug 2026 | BundesligaSV Werder Bremen 0-3 Borussia Düsseldorf | Dang Qiu | L 1-310-12, 12-10, 11-13, 6-11 |
| 23 Aug 2026 | BundesligaSV Werder Bremen 3-2 TTC Zugbrücke Grenzau | Maciej Kubik | W 3-011-7, 11-6, 11-9 |
| 23 Aug 2026 | BundesligaSV Werder Bremen 3-2 TTC Zugbrücke Grenzau | Maciej Kubik / Martin Allegro with Irvin Bertrand | W 3-111-8, 11-6, 6-11, 12-10 |
| 17 Aug 2026 | BundesligaSV Werder Bremen 3-2 TTC RhönSprudel Fulda-Maberzell | Jonathan Groth | W 3-211-3, 6-11, 12-10, 7-11, 11-3 |
| 17 Aug 2026 | BundesligaSV Werder Bremen 3-2 TTC RhönSprudel Fulda-Maberzell | Jonathan Groth / Andrei Istrate with Irvin Bertrand | W 3-16-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-5 |
| 30 May 2026 | BundesligaSV Werder Bremen 1-3 1. FC Saarbrücken-TT | Darko Jorgic | L 2-312-10, 12-10, 13-15, 8-11, 8-11 |
| 19 Apr 2026 | BundesligaSV Werder Bremen 3-0 TTC RhönSprudel Fulda-Maberzell | Fanbo Meng | W 3-011-6, 11-8, 11-4 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | BundesligaSV Werder Bremen 1-3 1. FC Saarbrücken-TT | Darko Jorgic | W 3-012-10, 11-9, 11-8 |
| 27 Mar 2026 | BundesligaSV Werder Bremen 2-3 Borussia Düsseldorf | Kanak Jha | L 2-32-11, 11-3, 11-9, 10-12, 10-12 |
| 27 Mar 2026 | BundesligaSV Werder Bremen 2-3 Borussia Düsseldorf | Anton Källberg / Yongyin Li with Irvin Bertrand | L 2-33-11, 11-7, 11-6, 5-11, 8-11 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | BundesligaSV Werder Bremen 3-0 BV Borussia 09 Dortmund | Alberto Mino | W 3-18-11, 11-7, 11-7, 11-8 |
| 16 Mar 2026 | BundesligaSV Werder Bremen 3-1 Post SV Mühlhausen | Ovidiu Ionescu | L 1-35-11, 9-11, 11-9, 9-11 |
| 13 Feb 2026 | BundesligaSV Werder Bremen 2-3 TTC Schwalbe Bergneustadt | Adrien Rassenfosse | W 3-18-11, 12-10, 13-11, 11-7 |
| 13 Feb 2026 | BundesligaSV Werder Bremen 2-3 TTC Schwalbe Bergneustadt | Benedikt Duda | L 1-315-13, 21-23, 9-11, 5-11 |
| 11 Feb 2026 | BundesligaSV Werder Bremen 3-1 TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen | Bogdan Pugna | W 3-011-0, 11-1, 11-5 |
| 11 Feb 2026 | BundesligaSV Werder Bremen 3-1 TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen | Shunsuke Togami | W 3-011-9, 11-7, 12-10 |
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.