| Table tennis – Men's singles at the 2009 SEA Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Convention Hall, National University | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 8 – 15 December 2009 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 18 from 9 nations | ||||||||||||
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| Doubles | men | women | mixed |
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The men's singles competition of the table tennis event at the 2009 SEA Games will be held from 8 to 15 December at the Convention Hall, National University of Laos in Vientiane, Laos. [1] [2]
A total of 18 athletes from nine nations competed in men's singles table tennis at the 2009 Southeast Asian Games:
| Team | Pld | W | L | GW | GL | Pts |
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 Gao Ning | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 6 |
 Muhd Shakirin Ibrahim | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
 Muhammad Hussein | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 |
 Ko Ko Gyi | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 3 |
| Team | Pld | W | L | GW | GL | Pts |
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 Richard Gonzales | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5+1.083 |
 Nguyen Nam Hai | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5+1.052 |
| Ficky Supit Santoso | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5+0.868 |
 Tang Hov | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 |
| Team | Pld | W | L | GW | GL | Pts |
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| Yang Zi | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 8 |
 Phuchong Sanguansin | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 7 |
| Rodel Ireneo Portigo Valle | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Chai Kian Beng | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 5 |
 Chansamone Khunladsuvannavong | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 4 |
| Team | Pld | W | L | GW | GL | Pts |
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| Phakpoom Sanguansin | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 8 |
| Doan Kien Quoc | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 7 |
| Thet Ko Ko Latt | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
| Misay Phonsavat | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 |
| Ngoy Buthong | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 4 |
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| Gao Ning | 11 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 12 | ||||||||||||
| Richard Gonzales | 6 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 10 | ||||||||||||
| Gao Ning | 11 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | ||||||||||||
| Yang Zi | 5 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Yang Zi | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | |||||||||||||
| Phakpoom Sanguansin | 4 | 9 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||||||
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