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
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

[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.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.