1997 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's singles

1997 Women's singles
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The 1997 World Table Tennis Championships women's singles was the 44th edition of the women's singles championship.^[1]^[2] Deng Yaping defeated Wang Nan in the final by three sets to one, to win the title.^[3]

Results

Round of 16							Quarterfinals						Semifinals						Final

	Deng Yaping	21	21	24
	Ryu Ji-hae	9	13	22				Deng Yaping	21	21	19	21
	Wong Ching	18	12	22	21	21		Wong Ching	14	15	21	10
	Wang Hui	21	21	20	14	7								Deng Yaping	21	21	21
	Qiao Yunping	26	10	24	21									Li Ju	12	19	7
	Olga Nemeș	24	21	22	7			Qiao Yunping	12	17	16
	Li Ju	21	21	21				Li Ju	21	21	21
	Ni Xialian	14	14	17																Deng Yaping	12	21	21	21
	Cheng Hongxia	21	19	21	21															Wang Nan	21	8	11	10
	Park Hae-jung	19	21	13	15			Cheng Hongxia	18	20	21	9
	Wang Nan	21	21	21				Wang Nan	21	22	18	21
	Geng Lijuan	11	12	15										Wang Nan	29	21	21	21
	Nicole Struse	21	21	21										Wu Na	31	10	16	15
	Wang Chen	15	13	14				Struse	16	13	18
	Wu Na	25	21	21				Wu Na	21	21	21
	Chen Jing	23	14	12

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References

↑ "List of Winners". All About Tennis.
↑ "1997 results" (PDF). International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-12.
↑ Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.

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

[ITTF-2] "1997 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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