1983 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's singles

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The 1983 World Table Tennis Championships men's singles was the 37th edition of the men's singles championship. [1] [2]

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

Results

[2]

Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guo Yuehua 21 21 21
Flag of the United States.svg Eric Boggan 19 14 16 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guo Yuehua 21 22 16 21
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Fan Changmao 21 21 21 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Fan Changmao 17 20 21 10
Flag of South Korea.svg Park Leehee 19 8 6 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guo Yuehua 21 17 25 17 21
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Jiang Jialiang 21 21 21 21 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Jiang Jialiang 17 21 23 21 17
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Zoran Kalinić 23 7 11 17 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Jiang Jialiang 21 21 21 21 21
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Xinhua 21 21 21 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Xinhua 23 15 23 19 17
Flag of Hungary.svg István Jónyer 14 17 18 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guo Yuehua 21 19 21 21
Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Ki-taik 21 21 21 17 21 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Cai Zhenhua 15 21 18 18
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Dragutin Šurbek 17 23 10 21 16 Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Ki-taik 9 12 12
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Huiyuan 21 21 22 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Huiyuan 21 21 21
Flag of Sweden.svg Jan-Ove Waldner 18 13 20 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Huiyuan 21 12 11 23
Flag of Sweden.svg Ulf Carlsson 16 14 16 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Cai Zhenhua 16 21 21 25
Flag of Japan.svg Kiyoshi Saito 21 21 21 Flag of Japan.svg Saito 21 18 13 15
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Cai Zhenhua 16 25 16 26 23 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Cai Zhenhua 23 21 21 21
Flag of Sweden.svg Erik Lindh 21 23 21 24 21

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References

  1. ↑ "List of Winners". All About Tennis.
  2. 1 2 "1983 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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