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The 1997 World Table Tennis Championships men's singles was the 44th edition of the men's singles championship.

Jan-Ove Waldner defeated Vladimir Samsonov in the final, winning three sets to nil to secure the title.

Results

	Round of 16									Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
		Kong Linghui	21	22	17	21
		Werner Schlager	16	20	21	18					Kong Linghui	16	22	14	21	21
		Ma Wenge	21	21	17	21					Ma Wenge	21	20	21	15	12
		Hiroshi Shibutani	19	17	21	17														Kong Linghui	15	18	21	17
		Ding Song	21	21	21															Samsonov	21	21	17	21
		Milan Grman	19	14	9						Ding Song	13	9	10
		Wang Liqin	16	21	22	19					Samsonov	21	21	21
		Vladimir Samsonov	21	10	24	21																							Samsonov	12	17	13
		He Zhiwen	21	21	21																								Waldner	21	21	21
		Lucjan Błaszczyk	12	18	16						He Zhiwen	19	21	13	19
		Johnny Huang	17	22	21	18	18				Yan Sen	21	19	21	21
		Yan Sen	21	20	16	21	21													Yan Sen	17	14	12
		Wang Tao	19	17	17															Waldner	21	21	21
		Jean-Philippe Gatien	21	21	21						Gatien	7	20	14
		Zoran Primorac	16	13	13						Waldner	21	22	21
		Jan-Ove Waldner	21	21	21

See also

List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

References

1. "List of Winners". All About Tennis.
2. ^ "1997 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.

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