WTT Star Contender Doha | 03/11 13:00 | 1 | Kristian Karlsson v Darko Jorgic | L | 2-3 | |
WTT Star Contender Doha | 03/10 08:35 | 1 | Kristian Karlsson v Simon Gauzy | W | 3-0 | |
WTT Star Contender Doha | 03/09 13:15 | 1 | Liam Pitchford v Kristian Karlsson | W | 2-3 | |
WTT Star Contender Doha | 03/08 11:15 | 1 | Kristian Karlsson v Tomislav Pucar | W | 3-1 | |
WTT Contender Doha | 03/04 12:35 | 1 | Mattias Falck v Kristian Karlsson | L | 3-0 | |
WTT Contender Doha | 03/03 12:35 | 1 | Darko Jorgic v Kristian Karlsson | W | 1-3 | |
Champions League | 12/18 20:40 | - | Kristian Karlsson v Darko Jorgic | L | 1-3 | |
Champions League | 12/17 18:20 | - | Tomislav Pucar v Kristian Karlsson | W | 0-3 | |
Champions League | 12/17 16:00 | - | Jonathan Groth v Kristian Karlsson | L | 3-0 | |
Champions League | 12/15 16:50 | - | Kristian Karlsson v Thiago Monteiro | L | 2-3 | |
Champions League | 12/13 16:40 | - | Kristian Karlsson v Shihao Wei | L | 2-3 | |
Champions League | 12/12 16:00 | - | Anders Lind v Kristian Karlsson | W | 2-3 | |
German Bundesliga | 06/11 13:00 | - | Kristian Karlsson v Simon Gauzy | L | 0-3 | |
German Bundesliga | 06/11 11:40 | - | Kristian Karlsson v Hugo Calderano | W | 3-1 | |
Hungarian Open | 02/22 16:30 | 3 | Liam Pitchford v Kristian Karlsson | L | 4-0 | |
Hungarian Open | 02/21 17:00 | 4 | Kristian Karlsson v Hugo Calderano | W | 4-3 | |
Hungarian Open | 02/20 19:20 | 5 | Kristian Karlsson v Darko Jorgic | W | 4-2 | |
European Champions League | 02/13 19:20 | 3 | Kristian Karlsson v Yujia Zhai | L | 0-3 | |
Europe Top 16 Cup | 02/08 12:50 | 4 | Kristian Karlsson v Timo Boll | L | 1-4 | |
World Team Olympic Quals | 01/24 17:00 | - | Kristian Karlsson v Nandor Ecseki | W | 3-1 | |
European Champions League | 12/10 19:20 | - | Kristian Karlsson v Georgios Stamatouros | W | 3-0 | |
European Champions League | 12/05 18:10 | - | Bode Abiodun v Kristian Karlsson | W | 1-3 | |
World Cup | 11/30 04:00 | 4 | Yun-Ju Lin v Kristian Karlsson | L | 4-1 | |
World Cup | 11/29 08:45 | - | Kristian Karlsson v Heming Hu | W | 4-1 | |
World Cup | 11/29 05:45 | - | Quadri Aruna v Kristian Karlsson | W | 0-4 | |
Team World Cup | 11/07 02:30 | - | Kristian Karlsson v Yijun Feng | W | 3-0 | |
Team World Cup | 11/07 01:30 | - | Kristian Karlsson v Kanak Jha | L | 1-3 | |
Team World Cup | 11/06 09:00 | - | Sangsu Lee v Kristian Karlsson | L | 3-0 | |
European Champions League | 10/30 18:40 | - | Ronald Redjep v Kristian Karlsson | W | 0-3 | |
European Champions League | 10/17 18:50 | - | Samuel Walker v Kristian Karlsson | W | 2-3 |
Kristian Gunnar Karlsson (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈkrɪ̌sːtɪjan ˈkɑ̌ːɭsɔn]; born 6 August 1991) is a Swedish professional table tennis player.
Born in Trollhättan, Västra Götaland, Karlsson started to play table tennis in his hometown club at the age of 8. He remained in Trollhättan until he was 16, subsequently he moved away from home to go to high school. During his high school years Karlsson had 10 training sessions a week.
In 2011 he signed to Halmstad BTK and began to rose through the ranks quickly. Ranked outside the top 400 in October 2010, Karlsson finished 2011 in the 233rd position, and at the end of 2012 he ranked 129. The year 2012 also marked his first senior success, winning the silver medal at the 2012 Table Tennis European Championships in men's doubles.
His performances also attracted French top division side AS Pontoise-Cergy TT and Karlsson eventually signed to the club in September 2013. He won the Champions League with AS Pontoise-Cergy in 2014.
In 2016 Kristian signed for the German top club Borussia Düsseldorf. After coming second in the Champions League and winning the German Cup, Kristian and Borussia Düsseldorf went on to win the triple in 2018.
Paired with Mattias Karlsson, Kristian won a bronze medal in men's doubles at the 2016 European Table Tennis Championships.
And in the 2018 European Table Tennis Championships, again paired with Mattias Karlsson, Kristian won a silver medal in the men's doubles as well as a bronze medal in the men's singles. During 2018 Kristian and the Swedish National Team won a Bronze medal (Team) in the 2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships in Halmstad, and also a gold medal in the Swedish Championship in Helsingborg.
In March, Karlsson played in WTT Doha. In the first WTT Contender event, he made it to the round of 16, where he lost to Mattias Falck. In the second, WTT Star Contender event, Karlsson upset Liam Pitchford in a deuce-in-the-fifth thriller in the round of 32.
Karlsson & Mattias Falck won the world championship in men's doubles at the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships becoming the first Swedish duo to win gold since 1991.
On 19 July 2022 he agreed on terms with Greek club Panathinaikos.