1971 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's singles

1971 Men's singles

Main article: 1971 World Table Tennis Championships

The 1971 World Table Tennis Championships men's singles was the 31st edition of the men's singles championship.^[1][2]

Stellan Bengtsson defeated Shigeo Itoh in the final, winning three sets to one to secure the title.^[3]

Results

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	Round of 16									Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
		Shigeo Itoh	16	17	21	21	22
		Masahiko Ohya	21	21	18	14	20				Itoh	17	21	21	21
		Li Fu-Jung	11	21	21	21	22				Fu-jung	21	12	16	11
		István Jónyer	21	16	23	11	20													Itoh	21	19	21	21
		Milan Orlowski	21	7	21	12	24													Šurbek	12	21	16	18
		Tokio Tasaka	16	21	7	21	22				Orlowski	21	12	15	19
		Dragutin Šurbek	21	21	21						Šurbek	19	21	21	21
		Yujiro Imano	16	13	16																								Itoh	17	21	13	10
		Tibor Klampár	21	15	14	21	21																						Bengtsson	21	19	21	21
		Antun Stipančić	15	21	21	19	14				Klampar	21	17	21	18
		Hsi En-ting	21	22	21						En-ting	23	21	14	21
		Mitsuru Kono	14	20	18															En-ting	19	19	19
		Jaroslav Kunz	24	21	21															Bengtsson	21	21	21
		Wilfried Lieck	22	11	8						Kuynz	14	19	17
		Stellan Bengtsson	21	7	18	21	21				Bengtsson	21	21	21
		Nobuhiko Hasegawa	13	21	21	12	19

See also

List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

References

1. "List of Winners". All About Tennis.
2. "1971 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.