1981 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's singles

1981 Men's singles
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Main article: 1981 World Table Tennis Championships

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

Guo Yuehua defeated Cai Zhenhua in the final, winning three sets to one to secure the title. ^[3]

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

See also

List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

References

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