1997 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's singles

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The 1997 World Table Tennis Championships men's singles was the 44th edition of the men's singles championship. [1] [2]

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Jan-Ove Waldner defeated Vladimir Samsonov in the final, winning three sets to nil to secure the title. [3]

Results

[2]

Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Kong Linghui 21 22 17 21
Flag of Austria.svg Werner Schlager 16 20 21 18 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Kong Linghui 16 22 14 21 21
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Wenge 21 21 17 21 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Wenge 21 20 21 15 12
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroshi Shibutani 19 17 21 17 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Kong Linghui 15 18 21 17
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Song 21 21 21 Flag of Belarus.svg Samsonov 21 21 17 21
Flag of Slovakia.svg Milan Grman 19 14 9 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Song 13 9 10
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Liqin 16 21 22 19 Flag of Belarus.svg Samsonov 21 21 21
Flag of Belarus.svg Vladimir Samsonov 21 10 24 21 Flag of Belarus.svg Samsonov 12 17 13
Flag of Spain.svg He Zhiwen 21 21 21 Flag of Sweden.svg Waldner 21 21 21
Flag of Poland.svg Lucjan Błaszczyk 12 18 16 Flag of Spain.svg He Zhiwen 19 21 13 19
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Johnny Huang 17 22 21 18 18 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yan Sen 21 19 21 21
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yan Sen 21 20 16 21 21 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yan Sen 17 14 12
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Tao 19 17 17 Flag of Sweden.svg Waldner 21 21 21
Flag of France.svg Jean-Philippe Gatien 21 21 21 Flag of France.svg Gatien 7 20 14
Flag of Croatia.svg Zoran Primorac 16 13 13 Flag of Sweden.svg Waldner 21 22 21
Flag of Sweden.svg Jan-Ove Waldner 21 21 21

See also

List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

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References

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