1989 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's singles

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1989 Men's singles
  1987
1991  

The 1989 World Table Tennis Championships men's singles was the 40th edition of the men's singles championship. [1] [2]

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Jan-Ove Waldner defeated Jörgen Persson in the final, winning three sets to two to secure the title. [3]

Results

[2]

Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Jiang Jialiang 21 22 18 21
Flag of North Korea.svg Chu Jong Cho 12 20 21 18 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Jiang Jialiang 20 21 16 18
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yu Shentong 21 18 25 22 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yu Shentong 22 18 21 21
Flag of Sweden.svg Erik Lindh 13 21 23 20 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yu Shentong 21 10 9 11
Flag of Sweden.svg Jörgen Persson 21 18 21 16 21 Flag of Sweden.svg Persson 11 21 21 21
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xie Chaojie 17 21 16 21 14 Flag of Sweden.svg Persson 21 21 17 15 21
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xu Zengcai 17 21 21 21 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xu Zengcai 11 16 21 21 18
Flag of South Korea.svg Yoo Nam-kyu 21 10 17 19 Flag of Sweden.svg Persson 17 18 22 21 10
Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Taek-soo 21 20 21 21 Flag of Sweden.svg Waldner 21 21 20 18 21
Flag of North Korea.svg Kim Song Hui 13 22 13 17 Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Taek-soo 18 19 15
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Wenge 18 20 12 Flag of Poland.svg Grubba 21 21 21
Flag of Poland.svg Andrzej Grubba 21 22 21 Flag of Poland.svg Grubba 21 16 19 17
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Zoran Primorac 21 16 11 19 Flag of Sweden.svg Waldner 16 21 21 21
Flag of Hungary.svg Tibor Klampár 18 21 21 21 Flag of Hungary.svg Klampár 19 21 18 20
Flag of Sweden.svg Jan-Ove Waldner 21 21 21 Flag of Sweden.svg Waldner 21 11 21 22
Flag of Japan.svg Kiyoshi Saito 17 8 15

See also

List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

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References

  1. "List of Winners". All About Tennis.
  2. 1 2 "1989 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.