1971 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's singles

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

1971 Men's singles
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Stellan Bengtsson defeated Shigeo Itoh in the final, winning three sets to one to secure the title.[3]

Results edit

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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 edit

List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

References edit

  1. ^ "List of Winners". All About Tennis.
  2. ^ a b "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.