2023 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's singles explained

Event:	Men's singles
Championship:	2023 World Table Tennis Championships
Dates:	20–28 May
Venue:	Durban International Convention Centre^[1]
Location:	Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Win Label:	Final score
Gold Nation:	CHN
Silver:	Wang Chuqin
Silver Nation:	CHN
Bronze:	Liang Jingkun
Bronze Nation:	CHN
Bronze2:	Ma Long
Bronze2 Nation:	CHN
Prev:	2021

See 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.

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

• r = Retired
• w/o = Walkover

Top half

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 8

Seeded Players

The following are the seeded players, based on the ITTF world ranking published on 16 May 2023.^{[6] [7]}

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	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
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
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^&</sup>	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
27	32	Benedikt Duda	825	90+100	55^†+45^†	735
28	33	Lee Sang-su	730	45+100	90+35^†	710
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

† 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.

External links

• Draw

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2023 World Table Tennis Championships. Durban ICC. 19 May 2023.
2. Web site: Provisional Schedule. worldtabletennis.com. 18 May 2023.
3. Web site: Competition Details. ittf.com. 19 May 2023.
4. Web site: ITTF World Championships Finals 2023 - The Media Guide Is Available. ittf.com. 17 May 2023. 19 May 2023.
5. Web site: ITTF World Championships Finals 2023 Draw Results Revealed. ittf.com. 18 May 2023. 19 May 2023.
6. Web site: Competition Details. ittf.com. 19 May 2023.
7. Web site: ITTF World Championships Finals 2023 - The Media Guide Is Available. ittf.com. 17 May 2023. 19 May 2023.