1989 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's singles

The 1989 World Table Tennis Championships men's singles was the 40th edition of the men's singles championship.[1][2]

1989 Men's singles
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Jan-Ove Waldner defeated Jörgen Persson in the final, winning three sets to two to secure the title.[3]

Results edit

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Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
  Jiang Jialiang 21 22 18 21
  Chu Jong Cho 12 20 21 18   Jiang Jialiang 20 21 16 18
  Yu Shentong 21 18 25 22   Yu Shentong 22 18 21 21
  Erik Lindh 13 21 23 20   Yu Shentong 21 10 9 11
  Jörgen Persson 21 18 21 16 21   Persson 11 21 21 21
  Xie Chaojie 17 21 16 21 14   Persson 21 21 17 15 21
  Xu Zengcai 17 21 21 21   Xu Zengcai 11 16 21 21 18
  Yoo Nam-kyu 21 10 17 19   Persson 17 18 22 21 10
  Kim Taek-soo 21 20 21 21   Waldner 21 21 20 18 21
  Kim Song Hui 13 22 13 17   Kim Taek-soo 18 19 15
  Ma Wenge 18 20 12   Grubba 21 21 21
  Andrzej Grubba 21 22 21   Grubba 21 16 19 17
  Zoran Primorac 21 16 11 19   Waldner 16 21 21 21
  Tibor Klampár 18 21 21 21   Klampár 19 21 18 20
  Jan-Ove Waldner 21 21 21   Waldner 21 11 21 22
  Kiyoshi Saito 17 8 15

See also edit

List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

References edit

  1. ^ "List of Winners". All About Tennis.
  2. ^ a b "1989 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.