1977 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's singles

1977 Men's singles

Main article: 1977 World Table Tennis Championships

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

Mitsuru Kono defeated Kuo Yao-hua in the final, winning three sets to one to secure the title.[3]

Results

[2]

	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

List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

References

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