1981 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's singles

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The 1981 World Table Tennis Championships men's singles was the 36th edition of the men's singles championship.^[1]^[2]

Results

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Round of 16							Quarterfinals						Semifinals							Final

	Park Lee hee	21	11	21	20
	Lu Yaohua	23	21	19	22			Lu Yaohua	20	19	19
	István Jónyer	12	15	15				Cai Zhenhua	22	21	21
	Cai Zhenhua	21	21	21										Cai Zhenhua	21	21	13	17	21
	Stellan Bengtsson	21	20	21	17	21								Bengtsson	14	9	21	21	16
	Huang Liang	14	22	13	21	10		Bengtsson	24	10	21	21
	Desmond Douglas	16	19	14				Shi Zhihao	22	21	18	18
	Shi Zhihao	21	21	21																	Cai Zhenhua	14	21	14	16
	Wang Huiyuan	18	11	21	21	21															Guo Yuehua	21	17	21	21
	Milan Orlowski	21	21	14	17	11		Wang Huiyuan	19	17	11
	Dragutin Šurbek	16	21	21	21			Šurbek	21	21	21
	Erik Lindh	21	17	19	17									Šurbek	18	15	11
	Tibor Klampár	21	21	21										Guo Yuehua	21	21	21
	Mikael Appelgren	18	19	15				Klampár	21	15	13	18
	Guo Yuehua	21	21	21				Guo Yuehua	19	21	21	21
	Andrzej Grubba	14	16	11

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References

↑ "List of Winners". All About Tennis.
1 2 "1981 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 "1981 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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