2001 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's singles

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The 2001 World Table Tennis Championships men's singles was the 46th edition of the men's singles championship.^[1]^[2]

Results

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Round of 16						Quarterfinals							Semifinals						Final

	Wang Liqin	20	21	21	21
	Jörgen Persson	22	17	16	16		Wang Liqin	15	21	21	21
	Kim Taek-soo	21	21	21			Kim Taek-soo	21	14	16	13
	Zoran Primorac	16	17	16										Wang Liqin	21	24	21
	Liu Guoliang	21	21	21										Peng-lung	13	22	14
	Adrian Crișan	12	10	11			Liu Guoliang	21	17	6	19
	Chiang Peng-lung	21	21	21			Peng-lung	12	21	21	21
	Timo Boll	18	16	18																Wang Liqin	11	11	21	21	21
	Ma Lin	21	21	21	21															Kong Linghui	21	21	16	13	13
	Jörg Roßkopf	14	10	23	18		Ma Lin	21	21	10	14	21
	Werner Schlager	20	22	17	10		Liu Guozheng	19	13	21	21	19
	Liu Guozheng	22	20	21	21									Ma Lin	21	17	13	15
	Vladimir Samsonov	21	21	21										Kong Linghui	14	21	21	21
	Jan-Ove Waldner	8	14	18			Samsonov	15	10	21	20
	Patrick Chila	14	9	12			Kong Linghui	21	21	11	22
	Kong Linghui	21	21	21

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References

↑ "List of Winners". All About Tennis.
1 2 "2001 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] 1 2 "2001 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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2001 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's singles

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