1989 Men's singles | |
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The 1989 World Table Tennis Championships men's singles was the 40th edition of the men's singles championship. [1] [2]
Jan-Ove Waldner defeated Jörgen Persson in the final, winning three sets to two to secure the title. [3]
Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jiang Jialiang | 21 | 22 | 18 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chu Jong Cho | 12 | 20 | 21 | 18 | Jiang Jialiang | 20 | 21 | 16 | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yu Shentong | 21 | 18 | 25 | 22 | Yu Shentong | 22 | 18 | 21 | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Erik Lindh | 13 | 21 | 23 | 20 | Yu Shentong | 21 | 10 | 9 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jörgen Persson | 21 | 18 | 21 | 16 | 21 | Persson | 11 | 21 | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Xie Chaojie | 17 | 21 | 16 | 21 | 14 | Persson | 21 | 21 | 17 | 15 | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Xu Zengcai | 17 | 21 | 21 | 21 | Xu Zengcai | 11 | 16 | 21 | 21 | 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yoo Nam-kyu | 21 | 10 | 17 | 19 | Persson | 17 | 18 | 22 | 21 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kim Taek-soo | 21 | 20 | 21 | 21 | Waldner | 21 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kim Song Hui | 13 | 22 | 13 | 17 | Kim Taek-soo | 18 | 19 | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ma Wenge | 18 | 20 | 12 | Grubba | 21 | 21 | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Andrzej Grubba | 21 | 22 | 21 | Grubba | 21 | 16 | 19 | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Zoran Primorac | 21 | 16 | 11 | 19 | Waldner | 16 | 21 | 21 | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tibor Klampár | 18 | 21 | 21 | 21 | Klampár | 19 | 21 | 18 | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jan-Ove Waldner | 21 | 21 | 21 | Waldner | 21 | 11 | 21 | 22 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kiyoshi Saito | 17 | 8 | 15 |
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