1979 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's singles

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1979 Women's singles
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The 1979 World Table Tennis Championships women's singles was the 35th edition of the women's singles championship.[1][2] Ge Xin'ai defeated Li Song Suk in the final by three sets to nil, to win the title.[3]

Results[edit]

Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
North Korea Pak Yung-sun 21 21 21
Japan Shoko Takahashi 8 17 14 North Korea Pak Yung-sun 21 22 15 16 15
China Tong Ling 21 21 21 China Tong Ling 8 20 21 21 21
Japan Yoshiko Shimauchi 13 15 15 China Tong Ling 16 16 14
Hungary Gabriella Szabo 16 21 21 21 China Ge Xinai 21 21 21
England Jill Hammersley 21 15 16 16 Hungary Szabo 12 19 17
China Ge Xin'ai 21 21 20 21 China Ge Xinai 21 21 21
Sweden Ann-Christin Hellman 17 6 22 15 China Ge Xinai 21 21 21
China Zhang Deying 21 21 21 North Korea Li Song Suk 10 16 19
Japan Kayoko Kawahigashi 10 9 11 China Zhang Deying 21 21 18 21
Soviet Union Valentina Popova 21 16 21 9 21 Soviet Union Popova 18 14 21 13
Netherlands Bettine Vriesekoop 9 21 8 21 17 China Zhang Deying 21 21 14 14 16
North Korea Li Song Suk 21 21 21 North Korea Li Song Suk 13 13 21 21 21
Hungary Judit Magos 10 9 11 North Korea Li Song Suk 21 17 21 21
China Zhang Li 21 21 21 China Zhang Li 13 21 11 13
Czechoslovakia Ilona Uhlíková 19 7 17

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "List of Winners". All About Tennis.
  2. ^ "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.