The men's singles competition of the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships was held from 23 to 29 November 2021.

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 ...

was the three-time defending champion, but did not compete in this year's tournament.

Fan Zhendong Fan Zhendong (, pronounced ; born 22 January 1997) is a Chinese professional table tennis player. After joining the Chinese national table tennis team in 2012 as the youngest member, he went on to become the youngest ITTF World Tour Champion a ...

won the title after defeating

Truls Möregårdh Truls Carl Eric Möregårdh (; born 16 February 2002) is a Swedish professional table tennis player. He took silver in the men's singles event at the 2024 Summer Olympics, as well as at the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships. In 2018, he too ...

11–6, 11–9, 11–7, 11–8.

Seeds

Seeding was based on the ITTF world ranking published on 16 November 2021. #

(champion) # Tomokazu Harimoto ''(second round)'' #

Hugo Calderano Hugo Marinho Borges Calderano (; born 22 June 1996, in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian table tennis player and considered the greatest player from the American continent in the history of the sport. In January 2022, he was ranked No. 3 in the ...

''(quarterfinals)'' #

Lin Yun-ju Lin Yun-Ju ( born 17 August 2001) is a Taiwanese table tennis player.

''(third round)'' #

Lin Gaoyuan Lin Gaoyuan (; born 19 March 1995) is a Chinese table tennis player. He was the Asian Cup champion in 2017, and was a member of the Chinese teams that took the gold medals at the World Team Championships in 2018 and 2022 The year beg ...

''(quarterfinals)'' #

Liang Jingkun Liang Jingkun (; born 20 October 1996) is a Chinese professional table tennis player. He is a four-time bronze medalist in men's singles at the World Table Tennis Championships. Career A top junior player with huge potential, Liang made a break ...

''(semifinals)'' #

Mattias Falck Mattias Falck (; , born 7 September 1991) is a Swedish table tennis player. Career He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics as he was part of the Swedish team in the men's team event. Mattias won two medals at the 2016 European Table Tennis Cha ...

''(second round)'' #

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)'' #

Jang Woo-jin Jang Woo-jin (born 10 September 1995) is a South Korean table tennis player. Career Junior Jang started playing international matches from the South Korean cadet boys' team in 2009 – Bahrain Junior Open held in Manama, Bahrain. He won boys' si ...

''(first round)'' #

Patrick Franziska Patrick Franziska (born 11 June 1992) is a German table tennis player. He is currently sponsored by Butterfly and plays with FC Saarbrücken-TT in the German Bundesliga (TTBL). Career 2010 In 2010, Franziska won the junior boys singles gold ...

''(third round)'' # Liam Pitchford ''(fourth round)'' #

Wang Chuqin Wang Chuqin (; , pronounced ; born 11 May 2000) is a Chinese professional table tennis player, Olympic champion, and World Champion. He is currently ranked world No.2 in men's singles. Wang is the reigning Olympic gold medallist in mixed doub ...

''(fourth round)'' #

Quadri Aruna Quadri Akinade Aruna (born 9 August 1988) is a professional Nigerian table tennis player. He competed for Nigeria at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2016 Summer Olympics, and 2020 Summer Olympics, reaching the quarter-finals in 2016. He is the first ...

''(quarterfinals)'' #

Simon Gauzy Simon Gauzy (born 25 October 1994) is a French table tennis player. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international ...

''(third 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 ...

''(second round)'' #

Lee Sang-su Lee Sang-su (born 13 August 1990) is a South Korean table tennis player. He won two singles titles at the ITTF Pro Tour, the first one was in 2010. He reached semifinals in singles event at the 2017 World Championships. Lee Sangsu represented S ...

''(second round)'' # Wong Chun Ting ''(fourth round)'' # Darko Jorgić ''(fourth 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 ...

''(second round)'' #

Chuang Chih-yuan Chuang Chih-yuan (; born 2 April 1981) is a Taiwanese table tennis player. He won the ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals in 2002 and doubles title at the 2013 World Table Tennis Championships. He participated in the Summer Olympics six times, making t ...

''(second round)'' #

Robert Gardos Robert Gardos (, ; born 16 January 1979 in Budapest) is a Hungary, Hungarian-born Austrian table tennis player, European Champion and Olympic participant. He plays for the French club Chartres ASTT. Since the opening in 2011, Robert Gardos prac ...

''(second round)'' #

Kristian Karlsson Kristian Gunnar Karlsson (; born 6 August 1991) is a Swedish professional table tennis player. Career Born in Trollhättan, Västra Götaland, Karlsson started to play table tennis in his hometown club at the age of 8. He remained in Trollhätt ...

''(fourth round)'' #

Omar Assar Omar Muhammadi Muhammad Muhammad Assar (born 22 July 1991) is an Egyptian table tennis player. He won silver in singles and gold in team play at the 2011 Arab Games in Doha. He also competed at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics in the Men's sin ...

''(first round)'' #

Sharath Kamal Achanta Sharath Kamal (born 12 July 1982) is an Indian former table tennis player. He is a ten time national champion. In 2019, he was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award. In 2022, he was awarded the Khel Ratna Award, ...

''(first round)'' #

Kanak Jha Kanak Jha ( ; born June 19, 2000) is an American table tennis player. He is a three-time Olympian (2016, 2020, and 2024), and was the US national champion five times, winning the national title between 2016 and 2019 for a record four straight na ...

''(quarterfinals)'' # Jonathan Groth ''(third round)'' #

Tomislav Pucar Tomislav Pucar (born 26 January 1996) is a Croatian table tennis player. In February 2017 he won the men's singles title at the inaugural European Under-21 Championships in Sochi. As of 2018, Pucar is playing for TTC RhönSprudel Fulda-Maberze ...

''(third round)'' # Yang Wang ''(fourth round, withdrawn)'' # Ruwen Filus ''(fourth round)'' #

Sathiyan Gnanasekaran Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (born 8 January 1993) is an Indian table tennis player, who is the highest ranked Indian men's singles player in the sport, currently ranked at 73 in the world as of 12 November 2024. He was a member of the Indian team tha ...

''(third round)'' #

Gustavo Tsuboi Gustavo Tsuboi (born 31 May 1985) is a table tennis player from Brazil, he won three medals in double and team events in the Pan American Games. Along with Hugo Hoyama and Thiago Monteiro, Tsuboi was part of the winning team at the 2007 Pan Am ...

''(second round)'' # Emmanuel Lebesson ''(third round)''

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

References

External links

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