Kenji Matsudaira

Kenji Matsudaira (松平 賢二, Matsudaira Kenji, born 6 April 1989) is a Japanese table tennis player.

Kenji Matsudaira
Matsudaira playing for the French club Vaillante Angers in 2014
Personal information
Born (1989-04-06) 6 April 1989
Nanao, Ishikawa,[1] Japan
Table tennis career
Playing styleRight-handed shakehand grip
Highest ranking34 (May 2012)[2]
Medal record
Representing  Japan
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2012 DortmundMen's team
Universiade
Silver medal – second place2011 ShenzhenMen's team
Bronze medal – third place2009 BelgradeMixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place2009 BelgradeMen's team
Bronze medal – third place2011 ShenzhenMen's singles
Bronze medal – third place2011 ShenzhenMen's doubles

Kenji is the second of four children. His siblings, including younger brother Kenta, are all professional table tennis players.[1]

Achievements

ITTF Tours

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Final opponents Score Rank
2012 Spanish Open World Tour Jun Mizutani Yang Zi
Zhan Jian		 4–2[3] 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2017 Thailand Open Challenge Jin Ueda Gao Ning
Pang Xuejie		 3–0[4] 1st place, gold medalist(s)

References
  1. "子を想う親の心" (PDF). Koho Nanao (in Japanese). March 2013. p. 15. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  2. "ITTF World Ranking progression - Matsudaira Kenji". ITTF. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  3. "Spanish Open 2012: Kim Kyung Ah a Chuang Chih-Yuan". Magazín o Stolnom Tenise (in Slovak). 22 April 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  4. Marshall, Ian (2 April 2017). "Jin Ueda captures second title, enjoys career best tournament". ITTF. Retrieved 20 February 2020.


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