1979 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's singles

1979 Men's singles

Main article: 1979 World Table Tennis Championships

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

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

^[2]

	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

• List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

References

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