1979 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's singles

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1979 Men's singles
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The 1979 World Table Tennis Championships men's singles was the 35th edition of the men's singles championship.[1][2]

Seiji Ono defeated Guo Yuehua in the final [3] after Yuehua was forced to retire during the fourth set due to leg cramps.[4]

Results[edit]

[2]

Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
China Guo Yuehua 25 23 21
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragutin Šurbek 23 21 19 China Yuehua 21 21 21
Japan Norio Takashima 13 22 23 21 Japan Takashima 15 14 17
Hungary János Takács 21 20 21 17 China Guo Yuehua 21 21 17 21
China Li Zhenshi 21 15 29 21 China Li Zhenshi 17 16 21 15
Japan Hideo Gotoh 11 21 27 17 China Zhenshi 22 21 21 21
Hungary Gábor Gergely 19 21 24 18 22 Hungary Gergely 20 10 14 17
China Shi Zhihao 21 9 22 21 20 China Guo Yuehua 23 17 21 1+
China Lu Yaohua 21 21 13 21 Japan Ono 25 21 18 2
Hungary Tibor Klampár 15 16 21 12 China Lu Yaohua 18 21 18 21 16
Japan Seiji Ono 21 21 13 25 Japan Ono 21 13 21 18 21
China Huang Liang 16 16 21 23 Japan Ono 13 21 21 12 21
Czech Republic Josef Dvoracek 17 23 21 21 China Liang Geliang 21 19 15 21 15
England Desmond Douglas 21 21 10 7 Czechoslovakia Dvoracek 9 18 17
China Liang Geliang 21 21 21 China Liang Geliang 21 21 21
Hungary István Jónyer 18 18 17

+ retired injured

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "List of Winners". All About Tennis.
  2. ^ a b "1979 results" (PDF). International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-12.
  3. ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  4. ^ "PYONGYANG, North Korea, May 6". New York Times. 7 May 1979.
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