1969 Men's singles | |
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The 1969 World Table Tennis Championships men's singles was the 30th edition of the men's singles championship. [1] [2]
Shigeo Itoh defeated Eberhard Schöler in the final, winning three sets to two to secure the title. [3]
Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nobuhiko Hasegawa | 21 | 9 | 17 | 21 | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Antun Stipančić | 18 | 21 | 21 | 12 | 21 | Stipanic | 20 | 21 | 16 | 21 | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kenji Kasai | 21 | 21 | 25 | Kasai | 22 | 15 | 21 | 15 | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sugeng Soewindo | 9 | 15 | 23 | Kasai | 14 | 15 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shigeo Itoh | 21 | 21 | 21 | Itoh | 21 | 21 | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Istvan Korpa | 19 | 19 | 17 | Itoh | 21 | 21 | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stanislav Gomozkov | 21 | 21 | 21 | Gomozkov | 18 | 16 | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chung Cha Hyun | 17 | 8 | 12 | Itoh | 19 | 14 | 21 | 21 | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tetsuo Inoue | 21 | 11 | 21 | 19 | 21 | Schöler | 21 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dragutin Šurbek | 17 | 21 | 14 | 21 | 12 | Inoue | 18 | 22 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tokio Tasaka | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | Tasaka | 21 | 24 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chu Chang Sul | 23 | 16 | 15 | 12 | Tasaka | 14 | 16 | 21 | 21 | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jaroslav Staněk | 21 | 21 | 11 | 21 | Schöler | 21 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
István Jónyer | 13 | 14 | 21 | 13 | Stanek | 19 | 21 | 14 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eberhard Schöler | 15 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 21 | Schöler | 21 | 17 | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Anatoly Amelin | 21 | 22 | 8 | 21 | 16 |
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