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1979 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's singles

The 1979 World Table Tennis Championships men's singles was the 35th edition of the men's singles championship.[1][2]

1979 Men's singles
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Main article: 1979 World Table Tennis Championships

Seiji Ono defeated Guo Yuehua in the final [3] after Yuehua was forced to retire during the fourth set due to leg cramps.[4]

Results

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Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
  Guo Yuehua 25 23 21
  Dragutin Šurbek 23 21 19   Yuehua 21 21 21
  Norio Takashima 13 22 23 21   Takashima 15 14 17
  János Takács 21 20 21 17   Guo Yuehua 21 21 17 21
  Li Zhenshi 21 15 29 21   Li Zhenshi 17 16 21 15
  Hideo Gotoh 11 21 27 17   Zhenshi 22 21 21 21
  Gábor Gergely 19 21 24 18 22   Gergely 20 10 14 17
  Shi Zhihao 21 9 22 21 20   Guo Yuehua 23 17 21 1+
  Lu Yaohua 21 21 13 21   Ono 25 21 18 2
  Tibor Klampár 15 16 21 12   Lu Yaohua 18 21 18 21 16
  Seiji Ono 21 21 13 25   Ono 21 13 21 18 21
  Huang Liang 16 16 21 23   Ono 13 21 21 12 21
  Josef Dvoracek 17 23 21 21   Liang Geliang 21 19 15 21 15
  Desmond Douglas 21 21 10 7   Dvoracek 9 18 17
  Liang Geliang 21 21 21   Liang Geliang 21 21 21
  István Jónyer 18 18 17

+ retired injured

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "List of Winners". All About Tennis.
  2. ^ a b "1979 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.
  4. ^ "PYONGYANG, North Korea, May 6". New York Times. 7 May 1979.
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