2023 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's singles

Men's singles
at the 2023 World Table Tennis Championships
VenueDurban International Convention Centre[1]
LocationDurban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Dates20–28 May
Medalists
gold medal Fan Zhendong   China
silver medal Wang Chuqin   China
bronze medal Liang Jingkun   China
bronze medal Ma Long   China
Events at the 2023
World Championships
Singleswomen
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Main article: 2023 World Table Tennis Championships

The men's singles competition of the 2023 World Table Tennis Championships was held from 20 to 28 May 2023.[2] The event was played as a straight knockout. All singles matches were best of 7 games.[3]

By making the final, Fan Zhendong retained the ITTF no. 1 singles ranking. Wang Chuqin and Ma Long were also in contention for the ITTF no. 1 singles ranking.

Seeds

Singles events had 32 seeded players. Seeding was based on the ITTF world ranking published on 16 May 2023.[3][4]

  1. China Fan Zhendong (champion)
  2. China Wang Chuqin (final)
  3. China Ma Long (semifinals)
  4. Japan Tomokazu Harimoto (quarterfinals)
  5. China Liang Jingkun (semifinals)
  6. Brazil Hugo Calderano (first round)
  7. Sweden Truls Möregårdh (third round)
  8. China Lin Gaoyuan (quarterfinals)
  9. Chinese Taipei Lin Yun-ju (fourth round)
  10. Germany Dang Qiu (fourth round)
  11. South Korea Lim Jong-hoon (fourth round)
  12. Nigeria Quadri Aruna (second round)
  13. Slovenia Darko Jorgić (fourth round)
  14. South Korea Jang Woo-jin (fourth round)
  15. Germany Dimitrij Ovtcharov (third round)
  16. Germany Patrick Franziska (third round)
  17. France Alexis Lebrun (third round)
  18. Japan Yukiya Uda (third round)
  19. Chinese Taipei Chuang Chih-yuan (third round)
  20. Sweden Kristian Karlsson (third round)
  21. England Liam Pitchford (first round)
  22. Sweden Anton Källberg (first round)
  23. Croatia Andrej Gaćina (first round)
  24. Sweden Mattias Falck (first round)
  25. Germany Ruwen Filus (third round)
  26. Hong Kong Wong Chun Ting (third round)
  27. Germany Benedikt Duda (first round)
  28. South Korea Lee Sang-su (third round)
  29. Egypt Omar Assar (quarterfinals)
  30. France Félix Lebrun (third round)
  31. France Simon Gauzy (second round)
  32. Slovakia Wang Yang (second round)

Draw

The draw took place on 18 May.[5] Players of the same association were separated only in the first round of the draw.[3]

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 China Fan Zhendong 11 13 11 11
29 Egypt Omar Assar 7 11 3 7 1 China Fan Zhendong 11 7 12 11 8 11
5 China Liang Jingkun 13 11 12 14 11 11 5 China Liang Jingkun 5 11 10 7 11 8
4 Japan Tomokazu Harimoto 11 9 14 16 9 9 1 China Fan Zhendong 8 11 11 12 11 11
3 China Ma Long 12 13 14 13 11 2 China Wang Chuqin 11 9 7 10 13 3
8 China Lin Gaoyuan 10 11 16 11 7 3 China Ma Long 9 8 3 11 7
Denmark Anders Lind 10 6 8 12 8 2 China Wang Chuqin 11 11 11 6 11
2 China Wang Chuqin 12 11 11 10 11

Top half

Section 1

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
1 China Fan 11 11 9 11 11
Iran Hodaei 15 11 11 7 4 8 Greece Gionis 4 4 11 2 8
Greece Gionis 13 13 7 11 11 11 1 China Fan 8 11 11 11 11
Belgium Allegro 11 11 11 11 26 Hong Kong Wong 11 7 5 9 6
Australia Lee 5 6 8 7 Belgium Allegro 4 11 4 9 8
England Walker 4 7 7 7 26 Hong Kong Wong 11 8 11 11 11
26 Hong Kong Wong 11 11 11 11 1 China Fan 12 11 11 11
30 France F. Lebrun 10 10 Germany Qiu 10 7 8 5
Iran Ni. Alamian 11r 30 France F. Lebrun 11 11 11 11
Chinese Taipei Kao 11 11 11 11 Chinese Taipei Kao 6 8 5 7
South Africa Cogill 3 3 2 4 30 France F. Lebrun 7 8 11 11 8 9
England Jarvis 9 8 11 2 15 13 6 10 Germany Qiu 11 11 8 8 11 11
India Gnanasekaran 11 11 7 11 13 11 11 India Gnanasekaran 6 6 5 7
Brazil Ishiy 11 9 11 13 8 3 10 Germany Qiu 11 11 11 11
10 Germany Qiu 7 11 13 11 11 11

Section 2

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
15 Germany Ovtcharov 11 7 12 8 11 11 11
France Akkuzu 8 11 14 11 8 9 3 15 Germany Ovtcharov 12 11 11 6 12
New Caledonia Dey 9 5 8 8 Italy Stoyanov 10 9 7 11 10
Italy Stoyanov 11 11 11 11 15 Germany Ovtcharov 9 11 11 9 7 11 6
Ukraine Zhmudenko 11 9 11 9 1 12 Croatia Pucar 11 8 9 11 11 6 11
Croatia Pucar 3 11 5 11 11 14 Croatia Pucar 6 3 11 11 9 19 15
Puerto Rico González 11 8 6 11 3 11 1 32 Slovakia Wang 11 11 8 9 11 17 13
32 Slovakia Wang 6 11 11 8 11 8 11 Croatia Pucar 6 9 10 8
29 Egypt O. Assar 5 10 11 9 11 11 11 29 Egypt O. Assar 11 11 12 11
Ecuador Miño 11 12 7 11 4 2 6 29 Egypt O. Assar 9 11 7 11 11 15
Kazakhstan Gerassimenko 10 12 11 11 11 Kazakhstan Gerassimenko 11 7 11 8 9 13
Iran Ahmadian 12 10 9 5 7 29 Egypt O. Assar 11 3 4 11 11 11
South Korea Cho 11 7 13 11 11 7 Sweden Möregårdh 6 11 11 9 7 9
India Shah 8 11 11 5 5 South Korea Cho 8 1 9 18 8
Brazil Jouti 6 8 4 4 7 Sweden Möregårdh 11 11 11 16 11
7 Sweden Möregårdh 11 11 11 11

Section 3

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
5 China Liang 11 11 11 11
New Zealand Dela Pena 8 9 2 3 5 China Liang 11 11 10 11 14
Australia Luu 8 11 10 7 Japan Yoshimura 5 5 12 4 12
Japan Yoshimura 11 13 12 11 5 China Liang 11 11 9 12 13
Nigeria Omotayo 6 15 12 5 8 5 England Drinkhall 4 5 11 10 11
England Drinkhall 11 13 10 11 11 11 England Drinkhall 12 9 11 9 15 11
Croatia Zeljko 11 9 7 5 11 11 11 Croatia Zeljko 10 11 6 11 13 8
27 Germany Duda 6 11 11 11 8 9 5 5 China Liang 12 11 9 11 7 11
17 France A. Lebrun 11 11 11 11 13 Slovenia Jorgić 10 5 11 6 11 7
Ukraine Pryshchepa 7 6 7 4 17 France A. Lebrun 10 11 11 11 8 11
South Africa Levy 2 4 1 4 Senegal Diaw 12 9 8 9 11 5
Senegal Diaw 11 11 11 11 17 France A. Lebrun 8 7 4 10
Portugal Apolónia 11 11 11 11 15 13 Slovenia Jorgić 11 11 11 12
India Desai 13 6 4 9 13 Portugal Apolónia 11 9 8 6 9
Argentina Cifuentes 11 3 11 10 6 13 Slovenia Jorgić 9 11 11 11 11
13 Slovenia Jorgić 9 11 13 12 11

Section 4

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
12 Nigeria Aruna 11 12 8 11 7 11
Romania O. Ionescu 7 10 11 5 11 9 12 Nigeria Aruna 11 11 8 3 9 11 8
New Zealand Amor 2 6 4 5 Spain Robles 8 9 11 11 11 3 11
Spain Robles 11 11 11 11 Spain Robles 9 11 11 9 7 14
Italy Bobocica 11 11 13 9 11 Italy Bobocica 11 3 4 11 11 16
Egypt Saleh 7 9 11 11 4 Italy Bobocica 9 11 5 7 11 14 11
Romania E. Ionescu 16 11 7 11 8 6 5 31 France Gauzy 11 8 11 11 8 12 9
31 France Gauzy 14 3 11 6 11 11 11 Italy Bobocica 5 10 10 10
19 Chinese Taipei Chuang 11 13 5 11 11 4 Japan Harimoto 11 12 12 12
Paraguay Aguirre 5 11 11 7 6 19 Chinese Taipei Chuang 9 9 11 11 11 11
Poland Kubik 11 11 11 11 Poland Kubik 11 11 7 9 5 9
Egypt K. Assar 6 8 8 5 19 Chinese Taipei Chuang 7 9 5 7
Hungary Szudi 4 8 5 10 4 Japan Harimoto 11 11 11 11
Portugal Freitas 11 11 11 12 Portugal Freitas 10 8 9 10
Singapore Chew 3 7 1 6 4 Japan Harimoto 12 11 11 12
4 Japan Harimoto 11 11 11 11

Bottom half

Section 5

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
3 China Ma 11 11 11 11
Argentina Alto 5 2 3 8 3 China Ma 15 11 11 11
Canada Wang 11 11 11 6 7 12 Canada Wang 13 4 3 6
Hungary Majoros 8 4 7 11 11 10 3 China Ma 11 11 11 12 11
South Africa Nathoo 5 7 5 11 0 20 Sweden Karlsson 4 1 6 14 1
Belgium Rassenfosse 11 11 11 7 11 Belgium Rassenfosse 1 6 11 10 8
Romania Movileanu 4 4 0 5 20 Sweden Karlsson 11 11 8 12 11
20 Sweden Karlsson 11 11 11 11 3 China Ma 11 11 11 11
22 Sweden Källberg 11 7 12 11 4 10 9 11 South Korea Lim 7 5 3 6
Finland Oláh 8 11 10 8 11 12 11 Finland Oláh 9 11 5 5 3
South Korea An 12 10 8 9 9 Slovakia Pištej 11 9 11 11 11
Slovakia Pištej 10 12 11 11 11 Slovakia Pištej 11 11 6 7 6 5
Papua New Guinea Loi 11 South Korea Lim 7 8 11 11 11 11
Algeria Bouloussa w/o Algeria Bouloussa 9 11 11 7 14 4 8
Austria Gardos 4 11 7 7 5 11 South Korea Lim 11 8 9 11 12 11 11
11 South Korea Lim 11 8 11 11 11

Section 6

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
9 Chinese Taipei Lin 11 8 11 8 11 11
Singapore Quek 3 11 7 11 6 7 9 Chinese Taipei Lin 11 11 11 11
United States Liang 4 9 11 7 11 9 Egypt El-Beiali 6 8 9 8
Egypt El-Beiali 11 11 3 11 8 11 9 Chinese Taipei Lin 13 11 11 11
Chinese Taipei Yang 11 11 11 12 25 Germany Filus 11 5 6 8
Hong Kong Ho 6 6 7 10 Chinese Taipei Yang 9 7 7 7
Nigeria Abiodun 10 2 6 4 25 Germany Filus 11 11 11 11
25 Germany Filus 12 11 11 11 9 Chinese Taipei Lin 11 7 9 9 8
28 South Korea Lee 11 11 11 11 8 China Lin 7 11 11 11 11
Chinese Taipei Huang 7 6 8 3 28 South Korea Lee 11 13 11 12
India Achanta 11 9 11 11 11 India Achanta 4 11 8 10
Austria Serdaroglu 8 11 9 6 6 28 South Korea Lee 7 7 6 3
Sweden Persson 5 9 11 9 11 5 8 China Lin 11 11 11 11
Austria Habesohn 11 11 5 11 9 11 Austria Habesohn 3 7 6 4
Poland Dyjas 8 5 6 7 8 China Lin 11 11 11 11
8 China Lin 11 11 11 11

Section 7

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
6 Brazil Calderano 11 7 11 7 6 4
Puerto Rico Afanador 3 11 8 11 11 11 Puerto Rico Afanador 9 7 11 5 6
Portugal Monteiro 8 12 3 11 9 7 Denmark Lind 11 11 6 11 11
Denmark Lind 11 10 11 9 11 11 Denmark Lind 12 11 10 11 11
Belgium Lambiet 4 8 8 6 Iran No. Alamian 10 5 12 5 9
Iran No. Alamian 11 11 11 11 Iran No. Alamian 11 11 9 15 3 4 11
Denmark Groth 8 11 11 10 11 11 Denmark Groth 5 9 11 13 11 11 9
23 Croatia Gaćina 11 8 9 12 6 4 Denmark Lind 11 7 11 11 11
24 Sweden Falck 9 11 10 8 8 14 South Korea Jang 7 11 9 5 6
Hong Kong Lam 11 4 12 11 11 Hong Kong Lam 11 14 11 9 11 8 6
Nigeria Mati 7 7 11 11 12 11 Nigeria Mati 7 16 5 11 8 11 11
Czech Republic Jančařík 11 11 6 9 10 8 Nigeria Mati 3 7 7 5
Australia Lum 11 7 9 11 11 9 6 14 South Korea Jang 11 11 11 11
Argentina Lorenzo 8 11 11 6 7 11 11 Argentina Lorenzo 3 8 9 4
Singapore Pang 7 11 4 5 12 11 4 14 South Korea Jang 11 11 11 11
14 South Korea Jang 11 5 11 11 10 5 11

Section 8

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
16 Germany Franziska 11 11 12 3 11
Belgium Nuytinck 8 9 10 11 5 16 Germany Franziska 11 11 11 11
Saudi Arabia Alkhadrawi 11 6 10 11 13 3 Australia Dixon 1 3 1 5
Australia Dixon 6 11 12 6 15 11 16 Germany Franziska 11 7 15 8 12 11 6
Mexico Madrid 11 12 11 11 11 Portugal Geraldo 4 11 17 11 10 7 11
Canada Hazin 7 10 7 13 8 Mexico Madrid 9 5 4 6
Portugal Geraldo 12 6 11 7 11 5 13 Portugal Geraldo 11 11 11 11
21 England Pitchford 10 11 9 11 5 11 11 Portugal Geraldo 4 4 4 10
18 Japan Uda 9 11 11 9 12 8 11 2 China Wang 11 11 11 12
Chile Burgos 11 7 9 11 10 11 4 18 Japan Uda 11 18 7 11 11
Slovenia Kožul 10 11 11 11 9 4 11 Slovenia Kožul 7 16 11 9 9
Japan Oikawa 12 9 6 5 11 11 2 18 Japan Uda 9 11 11 1 3
Japan Togami 11 13 11 11 11 2 China Wang 11 13 4 11 11
Czech Republic Polanský 3 15 8 7 7 Japan Togami 3 3 3 11 6
French Polynesia Belrose 2 4 7 11 3 2 China Wang 11 11 11 6 11
2 China Wang 11 11 11 9 11

Seeded Players

The following are the seeded players, based on the ITTF world ranking published on 16 May 2023.[3][4]

Players are defending points from the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships, 2021 WTT Cup Finals and 2021 WTT Feeder, Dusseldorf if points from the tournaments are from the player's 8 best results.

Seed Rank Player Points before Points defending Points earned Points after Status
1 1 China Fan Zhendong 9,375 2,000+1,500 2,000+100† 7,975 Champion, defeated China Wang Chuqin
2 2 China Wang Chuqin 5,675 175+525 1,400+175† 6,550 Runner-up, lost to China Fan Zhendong
3 3 China Ma Long 4,590 90† 700 5,200 Semi-Finals lost to China Wang Chuqin
4 4 Japan Tomokazu Harimoto 4,425 1,050 350 3,725 Quarter-Finals lost to China Liang Jingkun
5 5 China Liang Jingkun 3,485 700 700 3,485 Semi-Finals lost to China Fan Zhendong
6 6 Brazil Hugo Calderano 3,450 350+525 105†+100† 2,780 First round lost to Puerto Rico Brian Afanador
7 7 Sweden Truls Möregårdh 3,315 1,400 90 2,005 Third round lost to Egypt Omar Assar
8 8 China Lin Gaoyuan 2,590 350+100 350+100† 2,590 Quarter-Finals lost to China Ma Long
9 9 Chinese Taipei Lin Yun-Ju 2,205 105 175 2,275 Fourth round lost to China Lin Gaoyuan
10 10 Germany Dang Qiu 2,160 90† 175 2,245 Fourth round lost to China Fan Zhendong
11 11 South Korea Lim Jong-hoon 1,955 175 175 1,955 Fourth round lost to China Ma Long
12 12 Nigeria Quadri Aruna 1,935 350+265 70†+55† 1,445 Second round lost to Spain Álvaro Robles
13 13 Slovenia Darko Jorgić 1,830 175 175 1,830 Fourth round lost to China Liang Jingkun
14 14 South Korea Jang Woo-jin 1,770 100 175 1,845 Fourth round lost to Denmark Anders Lind
15 15 Germany Dimitrij Ovtcharov 1,645 55† 90 1,680 Third round lost to Croatia Tomislav Pucar
16 17 Germany Patrick Franziska 1,455 90+100 90+90† 1,445 Third round lost to Portugal João Geraldo
17 19 France Alexis Lebrun 1,385 70† 90 1,405 Third round lost to Slovenia Darko Jorgić
18 20 Japan Yukiya Uda 1,275 15† 90 1,350 Third round lost to China Wang Chuqin
19 21 Chinese Taipei Chuang Chih-yuan 1,235 90† 90 1,235 Third round lost to Japan Tomokazu Harimoto
20 22 Sweden Kristian Karlsson 1,230 175 90 1,145 Third round lost to China Ma Long
21 23 England Liam Pitchford 990 175+265 35†+25† 610 First round lost to Portugal João Geraldo
22 24 Sweden Anton Källberg 970 0 10 970& First round lost to Finland Benedek Oláh
23 25 Croatia Andrej Gaćina 940 45 15† 910 First round lost to Denmark Jonathan Groth
24 26 Sweden Mattias Falck 930 100 35† 865 First round lost to Hong Kong Lam Siu-hang
25 28 Germany Ruwen Filus 920 175 90 835 Third round lost to Chinese Taipei Lin Yun-ju
26 30 Hong Kong Wong Chun Ting 855 175+265 90+35† 540 Third round lost to China Fan Zhendong
27 32 Germany Benedikt Duda 825 90+100 55†+45† 735 First round lost to Croatia Filip Zeljko
28 33 South Korea Lee Sang-su 730 45+100 90+35† 710 Third round lost to China Lin Gaoyuan
29 34 Egypt Omar Assar 710 15† 350 1045 Quarter-Finals lost to China Fan Zhendong
30 35 France Félix Lebrun 690 30† 90 750 Third round lost to Germany Dang Qiu
31 36 France Simon Gauzy 685 90+100 45+25† 565 Second round lost to Italy Mihai Bobocica
32 38 Slovakia Wang Yang 550 175 45 420 Second round lost to Croatia Tomislav Pucar

† Points from the player's 9th best result or 10th best result.
& No change in points because points from this tournament did not count as one of the player's 8 best results.

References

  1. ^ "2023 World Table Tennis Championships". Durban ICC. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Provisional Schedule". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d "Competition Details" (PDF). ittf.com. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  4. ^ a b "ITTF World Championships Finals 2023 - The Media Guide Is Available". ittf.com. 17 May 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  5. ^ "ITTF World Championships Finals 2023 Draw Results Revealed". ittf.com. 18 May 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
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