Wang Hao won the title in 2009 and was therefore the defending champion. He reached the final where he met fellow Chinese player

Zhang Jike Zhang Jike (; born 16 February 1988) is a retired Chinese table tennis player. Zhang became the fourth male player in the history of table tennis to achieve a career Grand Slam when he won gold in men's singles at the Olympic games in London 20 ...

. Zhang won against Hao 12–10, 11–7, 6–11, 9–11, 11–5, 14–12. This was the first time Zhang appeared in the Men's singles event at the

World Championships A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game ...

and thus his first medal in this category.

Seeds

Based on the ITTF world ranking issued before the Championships, top 64 seeds directly enter first rounds of 128-player sized draw. # Wang Hao ''(final)'' #

Timo Boll Timo Boll (, ; born 8 March 1981) is a German former professional table tennis player. Boll is the most successful German table tennis player of all time, having won several medals at Olympic Games, world cups, and world championships. He was ra ...

''(semifinals)'' #

(World Champion) # Ma Lin ''(quarterfinals)'' #

Ma Long Ma Long ( zh, s=马龙, p=Mǎ Lóng; born 20 October 1988) is a Chinese professional table tennis player. He is a two-time Olympic champion, three-time World Champion, and three-time World Cup champion in men's singles. Widely regarded as the g ...

''(semifinals)'' # Xu Xin ''(fourth round)'' #

Jun Mizutani is a retired Japanese table tennis player and Olympic champion. He became the youngest Japanese national champion at the age of 17. He has the distinction of being the first male singles titlist to achieve five consecutive national championship ...

''(quarterfinals)'' #

Vladimir Samsonov Vladimir Samsonov or Uładzimir Samsonau (, , born 17 April 1976) is a Belarusian former professional table tennis player. He is known in China as the "Tai Chi Master" because of his superb all-around style, both offensive and defensive.

''(fourth round)'' #

Wang Liqin Wang Liqin (; born June 18, 1978) is a Chinese table tennis player. He began playing at the age of 6 and was picked for the Chinese men's national squad in 1993 when he was only 15 years old. He holds three majors (3 World Championships). He ha ...

''(quarterfinals)'' # Joo Se-Hyuk ''(fourth round)'' #

Oh Sang-Eun Oh Sang-eun (; ; born April 13, 1977, in Daegu, South Korea) is a South Korean table tennis player. His world ranking had been in the top 10 since the 2005 World Championships in Shanghai until April 2008. His highest ranking was number 5 in ...

''(fourth round)'' # Chen Qi ''(quarterfinals)'' #

Ryu Seung-Min Ryu Seung-min (; ; born August 5, 1982) is a South Korean table tennis player who won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the men's singles competition. His opponent was Wang Hao, a top-seeded player from the Chinese national team. ...

''(fourth round)'' # Chuang Chih-yuan ''(second round)'' #

Dimitrij Ovtcharov Dimitrij Ovtcharov () or Dmytro Ovtcharov (; born 2 September 1988) is a Ukrainian-born German table tennis player. His father Mikhail (or Mikhaylo), a Soviet table tennis champion in 1982, moved his family to Germany shortly after Dimitrij was ...

''(fourth round)'' #

Gao Ning Gao Ning (; born 11 October 1982) is a retired Chinese-born Singaporean table tennis player. He is currently appointed as the Singapore Table Tennis National Coach for men. He is considered Singapore's best male player with a world ranking of 3 ...

''(third round)'' #

Tang Peng Tang Peng (; born 4 February 1981 in Beijing, China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by popul ...

''(third round)'' # Lee Jung-Woo ''(second round)'' # Patrick Baum ''(third round)'' #

Bastian Steger Bastian Steger (born 19 March 1981) is a German table tennis player. He competed for Germany at the 2012 Summer Olympics where he won a bronze medal in the team event. He also won the bronze medal in the men's team event during the 2016 Summer ...

''(fourth round)'' # Alexey Smirnov ''(third round)'' #

Christian Süß Christian Süß (born 28 July 1985 in Ahlen, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German table tennis player. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Süß won the silver medal as part of the German men's team, together with Timo Boll Timo Boll (, ; ...

''(first round)'' # Jörgen Persson ''(second round)'' #

Chen Weixing Chen Weixing (; born April 27, 1972, in Inner Mongolia, China) is an Austrian table tennis player of Chinese origin. He has played for SVS Lower Austria for several years. Chen found it difficult to be selected in China's competitive nation ...

''(second round)'' # Jiang Tianyi ''(third round)'' # Adrian Crişan ''(second round)'' #

Adrien Mattenet Adrien Mattenet (born 15 October 1987) is a French table tennis player, currently playing for AS Pontoise-Cergy TT. His World Ranking is at number 19 as of December 2011, the best ranking for a French player since Christophe Legout in 2001. ...

''(fourth round)'' # Kenta Matsudaira ''(first round)'' #

Seiya Kishikawa is a male Japanese table tennis Table tennis (also known as ping-pong) is a racket sport derived from tennis but distinguished by its playing surface being atop a stationary table, rather than the Tennis court, court on which players stand. ...

''(third round)'' # Kim Min-Seok ''(third round)'' # Tiago Apolonia ''(first round)'' # Li Ching ''(first round)'' # Pär Gerell ''(second round)'' #

Zoran Primorac Zoran Primorac (born 10 May 1969) is a retired Croatian table tennis player. He is a two-time winner of the World Cup and one of only three table tennis players to have competed at seven Olympic Games. His highest ITTF world ranking was number ...

''(second round)'' # Jean-Michel Saive ''(second round)'' # Seo Hyun-Deok ''(second round)'' # Yang Zi ''(second round)'' #

Bojan Tokič Bojan ( Serbian Cyrillic and Macedonian: Бојан; Ukrainian, Russian and Bulgarian Cyrillic: Боян, transcribed ''Boyan'') is a Slavic given name, derived from the Slavic noun ''boj'' "battle." The ending ''-an'' is a suffix frequently ...

''(second round)'' # Kirill Skachkov ''(second round)'' # Fedor Kuzmin ''(first round)'' #

Marcos Freitas Marcos André Sousa da Silva Freitas (born 8 April 1988) is a Portuguese table tennis player who won European Championships medals in singles, doubles, and team events. He represented Portugal four times at the Summer Olympics. Career Frei ...

''(first round)'' # Dmitrij Prokopcov ''(second round)'' # Jens Lundqvist ''(first round)'' # Andrej Gacina ''(second round)'' # Achanta Sharath Kamal ''(first round)'' #

Panagiotis Gionis Panagiotis Gionis (born 7 January 1980) is a Greek table tennis player and a dentist. He is a member in the Greece National Team and has competed in 6 Olympics and many World and European Championships. He has been playing professionally in Ge ...

''(third round)'' # Cho Eon-Rai ''(third round)'' #

Cheung Yuk Cheung Yuk (; born 28 October 1981 in Jiangsu, People's Republic of China) is a Hong Kong table tennis player. As of February 2013, Cheung was ranked no. 80 in the world by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). Cheung is also left-ha ...

''(second round)'' # Christophe Legout ''(first round)'' # Alexander Shibaev ''(third round)'' # Ko Lai Chak ''(third round)'' # He Zhi Wen ''(second round)'' # Petr Korbel ''(first round)'' # Evgueni Chtchetinine ''(second round)'' #

Kazuhiro Chan Kazuhiro is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese anime director and supervisor *, professional mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter *, Japanese politician of the Democratic Party o ...

''(third round)'' # Robert Gardos ''(second round)'' # Carlos Machado ''(second round)'' # Emmanuel Lebesson ''(first round)'' # Damien Eloi ''(first round)'' # Igor Rubtsov ''(third round)'' # Zoltan Fejer-Konnerth ''(third round)'' # Thomas Keinath ''(second round)'' #

Koki Niwa is a Japanese male table tennis player. He is the gold medalist at the 2010 Youth Olympics and he won the World Junior Table Tennis Championships in 2010 (doubles) and 2011 (singles). On 21 April 2012, he defeated Ma Long of China, World Rank ...

Seeds

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

References

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