1961 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's singles

1961 Men's singles
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The 1961 World Table Tennis Championships men's singles was the 26th edition of the men's singles championship.^[1]^[2]

Results

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Round of 16							Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

	Li Fu-Jung	21	21	21
	Hsueh Wei-chu	14	10	11				Fu-Jung	21	21	21
	Hu Tao-Pen	21	21	21				Tao-Pen	11	14	12
	Biriba da Costa	18	14	16									Fu-Jung	21	21	21
	Chang Shih-Lin	w/o											Shih-Lin	15	11	10
	Yang Jai-Hua	scr						Shih-Lin	21	21	21
	Keiichi Miki	19	13	16	21	21		Miki	9	5	11
	Ferenc Sidó	21	21	21	16	8												Tse-Tung	21	21	19	21
	Chuang Tse-Tung	21	21	21														Fu-Jung	15	15	21	17
	Conny Freundorfer	15	14	15				Tse-Tung	21	23	21
	Ichiro Ogimura	22	21	21				Ogimura	9	21	10
	Gennadi Averin	20	15	10									Tse-Tung	21	21	21
	Hsu Yin-Sheng	21	21	21									Yin-Sheng	8	14	11
	Teruo Murakami	16	11	16				Yin-Sheng	21	21	21
	Tan Cho-Lin	21	21	21				Cho-Lin	8	14	11
	Wang Chia-Sheng	8	18	17

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References

↑ "List of Winners". All About Tennis.
1 2 "1961 results" (PDF). International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-12.
↑ Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.

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[1] "List of Winners". All About Tennis.

[ITTF-2] 1 2 "1961 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.

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