Qatar Open XD | 11/17 18:00 | 4 | Kristian Karlsson v Bo Fang | L | 0-4 | |
Qatar Open XD | 11/16 19:00 | 5 | Kristian Karlsson v Pavel Sirucek | W | 4-2 | |
German Open WD | 11/10 18:30 | 5 | Timo Boll v Kristian Karlsson | L | 4-1 | |
Qatar Open XD | 11/09 14:00 | 1 | Kristian Karlsson v Sathiyan Gnanasekaran | W | 4-0 | |
Qatar Open XD | 11/08 15:20 | - | Kristian Karlsson v Cristian Pletea | W | 4-0 | |
Qatar Open XD | 11/08 09:30 | 1 | Kristian Karlsson v Adam Szudi | W | 4-0 | |
Qatar Open Women | 10/27 18:55 | - | Kristian Karlsson v Yujia Zhai | L | 1-3 | |
Qatar Open Women | 10/27 16:19 | - | Kristian Karlsson v Michael Maze | W | 3-2 | |
Qatar Open Women | 10/13 18:29 | - | Yang Wang v Kristian Karlsson | W | 0-3 | |
Qatar Open Women | 10/13 15:58 | - | Chun Ting Wong v Kristian Karlsson | W | 1-3 | |
Qatar Open Women | 09/29 17:37 | - | Kristian Karlsson v Cedric Nuytinck | L | 2-3 | |
Qatar Open XD | 09/22 15:00 | 4 | Omar Assar v Kristian Karlsson | L | 4-2 | |
Qatar Open XD | 09/21 13:00 | 5 | Benedikt Duda v Kristian Karlsson | W | 3-4 | |
Qatar Open Women | 09/15 15:00 | 1 | Deni Kozul v Kristian Karlsson | W | 0-3 | |
Qatar Open Women | 09/03 13:28 | - | Simon Gauzy v Kristian Karlsson | W | 0-3 | |
Qatar Open XD | 08/26 13:50 | 3 | Tomokazu Harimoto v Kristian Karlsson | L | 4-3 | |
Qatar Open XD | 08/25 17:30 | 4 | Tristan Flore v Kristian Karlsson | W | 3-4 | |
Qatar Open XD | 08/24 16:30 | 5 | Joao Geraldo v Kristian Karlsson | W | 0-4 | |
Qatar Open XD | 06/23 11:40 | 4 | Kristian Karlsson v Dimitrij Ovtcharov | L | 2-4 | |
Qatar Open XD | 06/22 07:10 | 5 | Kristian Karlsson v Asuka Sakai | W | 4-0 | |
Qatar Open XD | 06/17 01:45 | 4 | Jun Mizutani v Kristian Karlsson | L | 4-1 | |
Qatar Open XD | 06/16 07:20 | 5 | Tonin Ryuzaki v Kristian Karlsson | W | 0-4 | |
Qatar Open Women | 06/10 11:49 | - | Kristian Karlsson v Xi Wang | W | 3-0 | |
Czech Republic Extraleague | 05/31 13:00 | 57 | Cheng-Ting Liao v Kristian Karlsson | L | 4-1 | |
Qatar Open Women | 05/12 14:41 | - | Jun Mizutani v Kristian Karlsson | L | 3-0 | |
Qatar Open Women | 05/12 12:00 | - | Dimitrij Ovtcharov v Kristian Karlsson | L | 3-1 | |
Qatar Open Women | 05/07 12:20 | 1 | Kristian Karlsson v Vladimir Samsonov | L | 1-3 | |
Qatar Open Women | 04/30 13:29 | - | Kristian Karlsson v Patrick Franziska | W | 3-2 | |
Qatar Open XD | 04/22 05:45 | 3 | Patrick Franziska v Kristian Karlsson | L | 4-0 | |
Qatar Open XD | 04/21 07:15 | 4 | Kristian Karlsson v Simon Gauzy | W | 4-0 |
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.