2023 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's singles

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

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.

Fan Zhendong (champion) Wang Chuqin (final) Ma Long (semifinals) Tomokazu Harimoto (quarterfinals) Liang Jingkun (semifinals) Hugo Calderano (first round) Truls Möregårdh (third round) Lin Gaoyuan (quarterfinals) Lin Yun-ju (fourth round) Dang Qiu (fourth round) Lim Jong-hoon (fourth round) Quadri Aruna (second round) Darko Jorgić (fourth round) Jang Woo-jin (fourth round) Dimitrij Ovtcharov (third round) Patrick Franziska (third round) Alexis Lebrun (third round) Yukiya Uda (third round) Chuang Chih-yuan (third round) Kristian Karlsson (third round) Liam Pitchford (first round) Anton Källberg (first round) Andrej Gaćina (first round) Mattias Falck (first round) Ruwen Filus (third round) Wong Chun Ting (third round) Benedikt Duda (first round) Lee Sang-su (third round) Omar Assar (quarterfinals) Félix Lebrun (third round) Simon Gauzy (second round) Wang Yang (second round)

Draw The draw took place on 18 May. Players of the same association were separated only in the first round of the draw.

Key

r = Retired w/o = Walkover

Finals

Top half Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

Seeded Players

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

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.

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

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