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World Rankings - 11MAR96
MARCH WORLD RANKINGS
March 11, 1996 - The following are the world's top players as ranked
by the International Badminton Federation. The April version
of this list will be used to determine those players that will have
qualified to play in the Olympic Games in Atlanta in the United States
of America this coming July.
MEN'S SINGLES - MARCH TOP 100
1. Joko Suprianto - Indonesia 342.99 points
2. Poul-Erik Hoyer-Larsen - Denmark 305.20
3. Heryanto Arbi - Indonesia 304.47
4. Alan Budi Kusuma - Indonesia 286.82
5. Dong Jiong - China 282.72
6. Ardy Wiranata - Indonesia 263.15
7. Park Sung Woo - Korea 261.78
8. Hermawan Susanto - Indonesia 242.25
9. Rashid Sidek - Malaysia 236.04
10. Fung Permadi - Taiwan 223.01
11. Lee Kwang Jin - Korea 214.18
12. Sun Jun - China 207.91
13. Hendrawan - Indonesia 201.81
14. Peter Rasmussen - Denmark 194.73
15. Kim Hak Kyun - Korea 192.04
16. Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen - Denmark 191.53
17. Ong Ewe Hock - Malaysia 170.96
18. Hu Zhilan - China 168.78
19. Darren Hall - England 167.17
20. Ahn Jae Chang - Korea 166.71
21. Jeroen van Dijk - Netherlands 159.03
22. Tomas Johansson - Sweden 158.41
23. Soren Nielsen - Denmark 155.60
24. Jens Olsson - Sweden 151.50
25. Yu Lizhi - China 145.38
26. Martin Lundgaard Hansen - Denmark 137.93
27. Lin Liwen - China 129.68
28. Liu En-horng - Taiwan 126.69
29. Pang Chen - Malaysia 123.56
30. Peter Knowles - England 122.72
31. George Rimarodi - Indonesia 122.40
32. Rikard Magnusson - Sweden 121.82
33. Oliver Pongratz - Germany 120.04
34. Robert Liljequist - Finland 116.93
35. Andreij Antropov - Russia 116.84
36. Pontus Jantti - Finland 116.49
37. Chen Gang - China 114.49
38. Kitipon Kitikul - Thailand 113.73
39. Anders Nielsen - England 110.75
40. Kenneth Jonassen - Denmark 109.69
41. Indra Wijaya - Indonesia 108.69
42. Joris van Soerland - Netherlands 104.94
43. Pierre Pelupessy - Netherlands 102.77
44. Chang Jeng-Shyong - Taiwan 101.69
45. Hannes Fuchs - Austria 99.66
46. Nunung Subandoro - Indonesia 96.41
47. Pavel Uvarov - Russia 95.63
48. Peter Gade Christensen - Denmark 95.48
49. Iain Sydie - Canada 95.33
50. Murray Hocking - Australia 94.85
51. Jaimie Dawson - Canada 94.43
52. Jim Laugesen - Denmark 94.25
53. Tan Sian Peng - Singapore 93.12
54. Lo Ah Heng - Malaysia 92.83
55. Kevin (Qi) Han - U.S.A. 92.26
56. Thomas Wapp - Switzerland 92.08
57. Chris Bruil - Netherlands 91.01
58. Yong Hock Kin - Malaysia 90.42
59. Anders Boesen - Denmark 89.88
60. Marleve Mainaky - Indonesia 89.55
61. Bruce Flockhart - Scotland 89.07
62. Ge Cheng - China 88.25
63. Ismail Samad - Malaysia 87.03
64. Lee Mie-Chow - Taiwan 86.45
65. Rasmus Wengberg - Sweden 85.85
66. Henrik Bengtsson - Sweden 85.55
67. Imay Hendra - Switzerland 84.70
68. Hans Sperre - Norway 82.23
69. Nicholas Hall - New Zealand 81.41
70. P. Gopichand - India 81.12
71. Jurgen Koch - Austria 80.43
72. Jyri Aalto - Finland 79.45
73. Dwi Aryanto - Indonesia 77.29
74. Thomas Sogaard - Denmark 75.83
75. Detlef Poste - Germany 75.37
76. M. Roslin Hashim - Malaysia 74.88
77. Takahiro Suka - Japan 74.42
78. Todor Velkov - Bulgaria 71.56
79. Vladislav Tikhomirov - Russia 70.68
80. Craig Booley - Australia 70.16
81. Tam Kai Chuen - Hong Kong 69.87
82. Jesper Olsson - Sweden 69.68
83. Fumihiko Machida - Japan 69.48
84. Shen Yifeng - Australia 68.79
85. Pedro Vanneste - Belgium 68.54
86. Vladislav Druzchenko - Ukraine 67.38
87. Robert Nock - England 67.34
88. Dariusz Zieba - Poland 65.54
89. Xie Yangchun - China 63.99
90. Lasse Lindelof - Finland 62.45
91. Seiichi Watanabe - Japan 61.91
92. Lioe Tiong Ping - Indonesia 61.84
93. Martin Hagberg - Sweden 60.52
94. Mikail Korchouk - Belarus 60.45
95. Konstantin Tatranov - Ukraine 57.75
96. Deepankar Bhattacharya - India 57.15
97. Teeranun Chiangta - Thailand 57.15
98. Peter Bush - England 56.94
99. Luo Yigang - China 56.93
100. Hwang Sun Ho - Korea 56.75
WOMEN'S SINGLES - MARCH TOP 100
1. Ye Zhaoying - China 344.49 points
2. Susi Susanti - Indonesia 341.61
3. Bang Soo Hyun - Korea 330.47
4. Lim Xiaoqing - Sweden 307.07
5. Camilla Martin - Denmark 256.75
6. Han Jingna - China 241.98
7. Wang Chen - China 237.66
8. Yao Yan - China 237.46
9. Mia Audina - Indonesia 233.15
10. Zhang Ning - China 226.36
11. Kim Ji Hyun - Korea 223.82
12. Ra Kyung Min - Korea 212.58
13. Lidya Djaelawidjaya - Indonesia 196.23
14. Yuliani Sentoso - Indonesia 182.21
15. Catrine Bengtsson - Sweden 165.10
16. Somharuthai Jaroensiri - Thailand 158.23
17. Lee Joo Hyun - Korea 157.08
18. Cindana - Indonesia 153.78
19. Hisako Mizui - Japan 151.71
20. Christine Magnusson - Sweden 150.65
21. Marina Yakusheva - Russia 143.60
22. Pornsawan Plungwech - Thailand 139.49
23. Denyse Julien - Canada 138.32
24. Yasuko Mizui - Japan 138.14
25. Dai Yun - China 137.53
26. Lisa Bryant Campbell - Australia 135.83
27. Marina Andrievskaya - Sweden 132.64
28. Vlada Tcherniavskaya - Belarus 129.52
29. Lotte Thomsen - Denmark 126.55
30. Anne Sondergaard - Denmark 125.50
31. Joanne Muggeridge - England 121.68
32. Zarinah Abdullah - Singapore 121.25
33. Elena Rybkhina - Russia 120.86
34. Anne Gibson - Scotland 120.14
35. Doris Piche - Canada 118.64
36. Rhona Robertson - New Zealand 116.31
37. Takako Ida - Japan 116.06
38. Huang Chia-Chi - Taiwan 115.68
39. Mette Pedersen - Denmark 110.01
40. Yuni Kartika - Indonesia 109.84
41. Jeng Shwu-Zen - Taiwan 109.59
42. Zeng Yaqiong - China 109.20
43. Meiluawati - Indonesia 104.57
44. Chan Ya-Ling - Taiwan 104.28
45. Brenda Beenhakker - Netherlands 102.26
46. Chung Jae Hee - Korea 101.89
47. Elena Nosdran - Ukraine 101.81
48. Yang Song - Australia 97.04
49. Margit Borg - Sweden 96.69
50. Monique Hoogland - Netherlands 95.37
51. Karolina Ericsson - Sweden 95.29
52. Irina Yakusheva - Russia 93.30
53. Yoshiko Ohta - Japan 91.21
54. Neli Nedjalkova - Bulgaria 90.47
55. Julia Mann - England 87.21
56. Alison Humby - England 86.37
57. Kelly Morgan - Wales 86.19
58. Tanja Berg - Denmark 85.46
59. Elena Sukhareva - Russia 82.71
60. Mette Sorensen - Denmark 80.92
61. Michelle Rasmussen - Denmark 79.58
62. Chan Chia Fong - Malaysia 78.53
63. Katarzyna Krasowska - Poland 78.53
64. Tanya Groves - England 74.35
65. Fatimah Lim - Singapore 73.37
66. Heike Schonharting - Germany 69.31
67. Carolien Glebbeek - Netherlands 69.06
68. Amparo Lim - Philippines 68.65
69. Heather Poole - Canada 68.46
70. Ishwari Boopathy - Malaysia 67.29
71. Elsa Nielsen - Iceland 66.82
72. Liu Guimei - China 65.48
73. Heidi Dossing - Denmark 64.73
74. Nicole Baldewein - Germany 63.06
75. Natalia Esipenko - Ukraine 62.71
76. Victoria Hristova - Bulgaria 62.55
77. Majken Vange - Denmark 62.26
78. Santi Wibowo - Switzerland 62.12
79. Rayoni Head - Australia 60.94
80. Sandra Dimbour - France 60.82
81. Debra O'Connor - Trinidad 59.67
82. P.V.V. Lakshimi - India 59.44
83. Sujitra Ekmongkolpaisarn - Thailand 59.38
84. Irina Gritsenko - Kazakhstan 59.01
85. Stefanie Muller - Germany 58.86
86. Julie Still - New Zealand 58.64
87. Silvia Albrecht - Switzerland 58.54
88. Liu Yufang - China 57.26
89. Masako Sakamoto - Japan 57.08
90. Judith Meulendijks - Netherlands 56.59
91. Jaw Hua-Ching - Taiwan 56.01
92. Marketa Koudelkova - Czech Republic 55.69
93. Shyu Yu-Ling - Taiwan 55.29
94. Johann Holgersson - Sweden 54.94
95. Ita Ardwiantini - Indonesia 54.78
96. Park Soo Yun - Korea 54.23
97. Andrea Odor - Hungary 51.49
98. Lin Xiaoming - China 51.30
99. Tracy Hallam - England 51.00
100. Erika von Heiland - U.S.A. 50.92
MEN'S DOUBLES - MARCH TOP 50
1. Ricky Subagja and Rexy Mainaky - Indonesia 327.49 points
2. Cheah Soon Kit and Yap Kim Hock - Malaysia 327.13
3. Denny Kantono and S. Antonius - Indonesia 317.67
4. Rudy Gunawan and Bambang Suprianto - Indonesia 315.39
5. Huang Zhanzhong and Jiang Xin - China 311.51
6. Jon Holst-Chistensen and Thomas Lund - Denmark 292.28
7. Tony Gunawan and Rudy Wijaya - Indonesia 281.58
8. Peter Axelsson and Par-Gunnar Jonsson - Sweden 266.08
9. Chandra Wijaya and Ade Sutrisna - Indonesia 265.31
10. Sakrapee Thongsari and
Pramote Teerawiwatana - Thailand 234.93
11. Yoo Yong Sung and Kim Dong Moon - Korea 218.94
12. Kang Kyung Jin and Ha Tae Kwon - Korea 207.49
13. Soo Beng Kiang and Tan Kim Her - Malaysia 204.68
14. Chris Hunt and Simon Archer - England 193.52
15. Dicky Purwotsugiono and
Sigit Budiarto - Indonesia 184.56
16. Andreij Antropov and Nikolaj Zuev - Russia 183.31
17. Neil Cottrill and John Quinn - England 175.87
18. Tao Xiaoqiang and Ge Cheng - China 173.96
19. Michael Sogaard and Henrik Svarrer - Denmark 173.75
20. Michael Keck and Michael Helber - Germany 172.00
21. Christian Jakobsen and Jens Eriksen - Denmark 170.08
22. Nick Pomting and Julian Robertson - England 163.40
23. Siripong Siripool and
Khunakorn Sudhisodhi - Thailand 157.39
24. Chan Siu Kwong and He Tim - Hong Kong 148.28
25. Yap Yee Hup and Yap Yee Guan - Malaysia 146.48
26. Anil Kaul and Iain Sydie - Canada 146.23
27. Choong Tan Fook and Lee Wan Wah - Malaysia 146.05
28. Uwe Ossenbrink and Kai Mitteldorf - Germany 141.62
29. Peter Blackburn and Paul Staight - Australia 130.53
30. Jim Laugesen and Thomas Stavngaard - Denmark 125.90
31. Svetoslav Stojanov and Michail Popov - Bulgaria 125.40
32. Lee Dong Soo and Ha Tae Kwon - Korea 121.05
33. Rosman Razak and Chew Choon Eng - Malaysia 120.77
34. Vitalij Shmakov and Mikail Korchouk - Belarus 120.48
35. Damian Plawecki and Robert Mateusiak - Poland 119.25
36. Tony Tuominen and Mikael Segercrantz - Finland 113.35
37. James Anderson and Ian J. Pearson - England 110.84
38. Thomas Reidy and Kevin (Qi) Han - U.S.A. 107.10
39. Fumihiko Machida and Shinji Bito - Japan 107.07
40. Takaaki Hayashi and Norio Imai - Japan 104.46
41. Stephan Kuhl and Bjorn Siegemund - Germany 104.45
42. Horng Shin-Jeng and Huang Chuan-chen - Taiwan 103.05
43. Aras Razak and Aman Santosa - Malaysia 101.85
44. Mike Edstrom and Chris Hales - U.S.A. 98.08
45. Darryl Yung and Brent Olynyk - Canada 93.47
46. Tan Sian Peng and Patrick K.P. Lau - Malaysia 93.06
47. Bryan Moody and Michael Beres - Canada 89.87
48. Broddi Kristiansson and
Arni Thor Hallgrimsson - Iceland 88.05
49. Vijaydeep Singh and Jaseel Ismail - India 84.91
50. Davis and H. Jabar Halim - Indonesia 84.71
WOMEN'S DOUBLES - MARCH TOP 50
1. Gil Young Ah and Jang Hue Ock - Korea 369.52 points
2. Ge Fei and Gu Jun - China 362.10
3. Chen Ying and Peng Xingyong - China 284.63
4. Julie Bradbury and Joanne G. Wright - England 279.04
5. Helene Kirkegaard and Rikke Olsen - Denmark 272.27
6. Qin Yiyuan and Tang Yongshu - China 268.51
7. Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen and Marlene Thomsen - Denmark 258.94
8. Eliza and Rosiana Zelin - Indonesia 251.76
9. Kim Mee Hyang and Kim Shin Young - Korea 250.52
10. Tomomi Matsuo and Masako Sakamoto - Japan 212.85
11. Lotte Olsen and Ann Jorgensen - Denmark 211.75
12. Lili Tampi and Finarsih - Indonesia 199.91
13. Eline Coene and Erica van den Heuvel - Netherlands 184.02
14. Park Soo Yun and Chung Jae Hee - Korea 181.96
15. Aiko Miyamura and Akiko Miyamura - Japan 179.48
16. Katrin Schmidt and Kerstin Ubben - Germany 178.35
17. Nicola Beck and Joanne Davies - England 170.24
18. Joanne Muggeridge and Kelly Morgan - Wales 166.94
19. Elena Rybkhina and Marina Yakusheva - Russia 165.10
20. Rhona Robertson and Tammy Jenkins - New Zealand 150.52
21. Majken Vange and Pernille Harder - Denmark 150.49
22. Maria Bengtsson and Margit Borg - Sweden 149.94
23. Denyse Julien and Sian Deng - Canada 147.37
24. Diana Koleva and Neli Nedialkova - Bulgaria 144.84
25. Chen Li-Chin and Tsai Huey-Min - Taiwan 141.32
26. Gillian Gowers and Sara Hardaker - England 140.93
27. Rhonda Cator and Amanda Hardy - Australia 130.17
28. Pornsawan Plungwech and
Plernta Boonyarit - Thailand 123.76
29. Silvia Albrecht and Santi Wibowo - Switzerland 118.15
30. Moira Ong and Elma Ong - Canada 117.66
31. Hisako Mizui and Yasuko Mizui - Japan 115.67
32. Amparo Lim and Kennie Asuncion - Philippines 112.13
33. Chan Ya-Ling and Jeng Shwu-Zen - Taiwan 108.60
34. Robbyn Hermitage and Milaine Cloutier - Canada 108.42
35. Emma Ernawaty and Indarti Isoliana - Indonesia 107.72
36. Nicole Grether and Sandra Beissel - Germany 106.07
37. Tanja Berg and Mette Pedersen - Denmark 103.15
38. Linda French and Erika von Heiland - U.S.A. 99.27
39. Zhang Jin and Gao Qian - China 93.71
40. Vlada Tchernavskaia and
Tatiana Gerassimovitch - Belarus 91.80
41. Elena Nosdran and Victoria Evtoushenko - Ukraine 91.17
42. Nicole van Hooren and Brenda Conijin - Netherlands 86.34
43. Christelle Mol and Tatiana Vattier - France 80.05
44. Elinor Allen Middlemiss and
Jillian Haldane - Scotland 78.98
45. R. Anastasia and Denyana Lomban - Indonesia 77.51
46. Andrea Dako and Adrienn Kocsis - Hungary 77.17
47. Heather Poole and Charmaine Reid - Canada 73.25
48. Ludmila Okuneva and Irina Gritsenko - Kazakhstan 72.85
49. Peng Xingyong and Zhang Jin - China 71.59
50. Indarti Isoliana and Denyana Lomban - Indonesia 68.88
MIXED DOUBLES - MARCH TOP 50
1. Trikus Heryanto and Minarti Timur - Indonesia 304.42 points
2. Park Joo Bong and Ra Kyung Min - Korea 299.80
3. Liu jianjun and Sun Man - China 279.47
4. Kim Dong Moon and Gil Young Ah - Korea 275.83
5. Simon Archer and Julie Bradbury - England 266.41
6. Michael Sogaard and Rikke Olsen - Denmark 247.66
7. Tao Xiaoqiang and Wang Xiaoyuan - China 247.39
8. Chen Xingdong and Peng Xingyong - China 238.88
9. Nick Ponting and Joanne G. Wright - England 225.12
10. Jan-Eric Antonsson and Astrid Crabo - Sweden 220.58
11. Ron Michels and Erica van den Heuvel - Netherlands 210.31
12. Nimpele Flandy and Rosalina Riseu - Indonesia 189.20
13. Ha Tae Kwon and Kim Shin Young - Korea 186.86
14. Michael Keck and Karen Stechmann - Germany 182.67
15. Christian Jakobsen and Lotte Olsen - Denmark 180.36
16. Jens Eriksen and Helene Kirkegaard - Denmark 177.76
17. Chris Hunt and Gillian Gowers - England 158.53
18. He Tim and Chan Oi Ni - Hong Kong 155.80
19. Kai Mitteldorf and Katrin Schmidt - Germany 151.97
20. Nikolaj Zuev and Marina Yakusheva - Russia 151.82
21. Paul Stevenson and Amanda Hardy - Australia 140.33
22. Thomas Stavngaard and Ann Jorgensen - Denmark 133.73
23. Peter Blackburn and Rhonda Cator - Australia 129.01
24. Norio Imai and Masako Sakamoto - Japan 122.61
25. Darryl Yung and Denyse Julien - Canada 120.90
26. Park Joo Bong and Shim Eun Jung - Korea 119.70
27. Vladislav Druzchenko and
Victoria Evtoushenko - Ukraine 119.47
28. Peter Axelsson and Catrine Bengtsson - Sweden 117.20
29. Chan Siu Kwong and Tung Chau Man - Hong Kong 114.49
30. I. Paulus and R. Anastasia - Indonesia 110.76
31. Chang Jeng-Shyong and Jeng Shwu-Zen - Taiwan 110.01
32. Seiichi Watanabe and Tomomi Matsuo- Japan 105.82
33. James Anderson and Emma Chaffin -England 104.25
34. Murray Hocking and Lisa Bryant Campbell - Australia 102.92
35. Aryono Miranat and Dede Hasanah - Indonesia 99.41
36. Brent Olynyk and Heather Poole - Canada 98.53
37. Yoo Yung Sung and Kim Shin Young - Korea 97.88
38. Ian J. Pearson and Joanne Davies - England 90.70
39. Trond Waland and Camilla Silwer - Norway 90.53
40. Lee Dong Soo and Park Soo Yun - Korea 89.98
41. Jesper Larsen and Maria Bengtsson - Sweden 83.57
42. Lee Dong Soo and Kim Mee Hyang - Korea 82.35
43. Sandiarto and R. Anastasia - Indonesia 79.09
44. Vitalij Shmakov and Vlada Tchernavskaia - Belarus 79.09
45. Lee Wei-Zen and Tsai Huey-Min - Taiwan 77.96
46. Manuel Dubrulle and Virginie Delvingt - France 77.95
47. Julian Robertson and Lorraine Cole - England 76.84
48. Thomas Lund and Marlene Thomsen - Denmark 74.25
49. Chen Xingdong and Wang Xiaoyuan - China 72.81
50. Jon Holst-Christensen and Rikke Olsen - Denmark 72.39
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