1995 Men's singles | |
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The 1995 World Table Tennis Championships men's singles were the 43rd edition of the men's singles championship. [1] [2]
Kong Linghui defeated Liu Guoliang in the final, winning three sets to two to secure the title. [3]
Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ding Song | 21 | 18 | 17 | 25 | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jörgen Persson | 13 | 21 | 21 | 23 | 18 | Ding Song | 21 | 21 | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ma Wenge | 18 | 15 | 16 | Błaszczyk | 13 | 10 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lucjan Błaszczyk | 21 | 21 | 21 | Ding Song | 12 | 18 | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Peter Karlsson | 21 | 21 | 21 | Kong Linghui | 21 | 25 | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Peter Franz | 17 | 19 | 16 | Karlsson | 18 | 25 | 11 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kong Linghui | 21 | 18 | 21 | 17 | 21 | Kong Linghui | 21 | 23 | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jean-Philippe Gatien | 18 | 21 | 10 | 21 | 8 | Kong Linghui | 17 | 21 | 15 | 21 | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jan-Ove Waldner | 17 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 19 | Liu Guoliang | 21 | 16 | 21 | 14 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Liu Guoliang | 21 | 22 | 16 | 17 | 21 | Liu Guoliang | 21 | 21 | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vladimir Samsonov | 22 | 15 | 15 | 21 | 21 | Samsonov | 18 | 18 | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jörg Roßkopf | 20 | 21 | 21 | 13 | 16 | Liu Guoliang | 17 | 21 | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kim Taek-soo | 21 | 19 | 16 | 21 | 21 | Wang Tao | 21 | 15 | 18 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wang Yonggang | 16 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 9 | Kim Taek-soo | 18 | 16 | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ding Yi | 6 | 11 | 17 | Wang Tao | 21 | 21 | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wang Tao | 21 | 21 | 21 |
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