1977 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's singles

The 1977 World Table Tennis Championships men's singles was the 34th edition of the men's singles championship.[1][2]

1977 Men's singles
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Mitsuru Kono defeated Kuo Yao-hua 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
  Patrick Birocheau 20 11 6
  Mitsuru Kono 22 21 21   Kono 20 21 23 21 21
  Stellan Bengtsson 16 21 18 21 21   Bengtsson 22 18 25 15 19
  Wilfried Lieck 21 16 21 16 19   Kono 21 21 21
  Dragutin Šurbek 19 22 22 21   Ko-Liang 19 14 11
  Wang Chien-chang 21 20 20 17   Šurbek 21 21 9 16 18
  Liang Ko-Liang 21 21 21   Ko-Liang 16 12 21 21 21
  Milan Orlowski 10 14 8   Kono 17 21 21 21
  Huang Liang 21 15 13 21 21   Yao-hua 21 9 19 13
  Jacques Secrétin 12 21 21 17 17   Huang Liang 21 21 21
  Gábor Gergely 21 16 21 21 21   Gergely 9 19 13
  Kjell Johansson 15 21 19 10 15   Huang Liang 17 15 15
  Tibor Klampár 20 21 21 21   Yao-hua 21 21 21
  Antun Stipančić 22 6 17 17   Klampár 20 18 21 21 19
  Kuo Yao-hua 21 22 21   Yao-hua 22 21 11 15 21
  Norio Takashima 17 20 15

See also edit

List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

References edit

  1. ^ "List of Winners". All About Tennis.
  2. ^ a b "1977 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.