Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's singles
# Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's singles

The men's singles table tennis event was part of the table tennis programme at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The event took place from 24 July to 30 July 2021 at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium.

## Schedule

| Sat 24 | Sun 25 | Sun 25 | Mon 26 | Tue 27 | Wed 28 | Thu 29 | Thu 29 | Fri 30 |
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| P | P | P | P | P | ¼ | ½ | ½ | F |

## Seeds

The top 16 seeded players qualified directly to the third round.

    01.  Fan Zhendong (CHN) (Final, silver medalist)
    02.  Ma Long (CHN) (champion, gold medalist)
    03.  Tomokazu Harimoto (JPN) (fourth round)
    04.  Hugo Calderano (BRA) (quarterfinals)
    05.  Lin Yun-ju (TPE) (Semifinals, fourth place)
    06.  Mattias Falck (SWE) (third round)
    07.  Dimitrij Ovtcharov (GER) (Semifinals, bronze medalist)
    08.  Timo Boll (GER) (fourth round)
    09.  Jang Woo-jin (KOR) (fourth round)
    10.  Jeoung Young-sik (KOR) (quarterfinals)
    11.  Liam Pitchford (GBR) (third round)
    12.  Koki Niwa (JPN) (fourth round)
    13.  Wong Chun Ting (HKG) (third round)
    14.  Simon Gauzy (FRA) (fourth round)
    15.  Quadri Aruna (NGR) (third round)
    16.  Marcos Freitas (POR) (fourth round)

The players seeded from 17 to 32 qualified directly to the second round.

    17.  Robert Gardos (AUT) (second round)
    18.  Darko Jorgić (SLO) (quarterfinals)
    19.  Chuang Chih-yuan (TPE) (fourth round)
    20.  Sharath Kamal (IND) (third round)
    21.  Kanak Jha (USA) (second round)
    22.  Jonathan Groth (DEN) (third round)
    23.  Tomislav Pucar (CRO) (second round)
    24.  Wang Yang (SVK) (third round)
    25.  Gustavo Tsuboi (BRA) (fourth round)
    26.  Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (IND) (second round)
    27.  Emmanuel Lebesson (FRA) (third round)
    28.  Omar Assar (EGY) (quarterfinals)
    29.  Anton Källberg (SWE) (third round)
    30.  Kirill Gerassimenko (KAZ) (third round)
    31.  Ahmed Saleh (EGY) (second round)
    32.  Daniel Habesohn (AUT) (third round)

## Draw

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match | Gold medal match | Gold medal match | Gold medal match | Gold medal match | Gold medal match | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
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| 1 | Fan Zhendong (CHN) | 6 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 11 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Lin Yun-ju (TPE) | 11 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 8 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Lin Yun-ju (TPE) | 11 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 1 | Fan Zhendong (CHN) | 4 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 7 | |
| | | | | | | | | | 2 | Ma Long (CHN) | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 11 | |
| 7 | Dimitrij Ovtcharov (GER) | 11 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 2 | Ma Long (CHN) | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 11 | |
| 2 | Ma Long (CHN) | 13 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 11 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | | | | | | | | 5 | Lin Yun-ju (TPE) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 7 |
| | | | | | | | | | 7 | Dimitrij Ovtcharov (GER) | 13 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 11 |

### Top half

**Section 1**

| Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | | | | | 1 | Fan ZD (CHN) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 27 | E Lebesson (FRA) | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | | | | 27 | E Lebesson (FRA) | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 33 | A Gaćina (CRO) | 6 | 8 | 10 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Fan ZD (CHN) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 11 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 16 | M Freitas (POR) | 6 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 16 | M Freitas (POR) | 11 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 32 | D Habesohn (AUT) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 12 | | | 32 | D Habesohn (AUT) | 7 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 57 | C Chew Z Y (SGP) | 7 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Fan ZD (CHN) | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | Jeoung Y-s (KOR) | 10 | 9 | 6 | 5 |
| | | | | | | | | | 10 | Jeoung Y-s (KOR) | 7 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 31 | A Saleh (EGY) | 11 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 6 | | | 35 | P Gionis (GRE) | 11 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 35 | P Gionis (GRE) | 13 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | Jeoung Y-s (KOR) | 11 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | T Boll (GER) | 8 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 4 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 8 | T Boll (GER) | 7 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 30 | K Gerassimenko (KAZ) | 3 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 30 | K Gerassimenko (KAZ) | 11 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 41 | L Jančařík (CZE) | 11 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

**Section 2**

| Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | | | | | 5 | Lin Y-j (TPE) | 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 29 | A Källberg (SWE) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | 29 | A Källberg (SWE) | 5 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 55 | N Kumar (USA) | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Lin Y-j (TPE) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 13 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 25 | G Tsuboi (BRA) | 5 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 15 | Q Aruna (NGR) | 15 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 25 | G Tsuboi (BRA) | 11 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 11 | | | 25 | G Tsuboi (BRA) | 13 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 47 | O Ionescu (ROU) | 6 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Lin Y-j (TPE) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 18 | D Jorgić (SLO) | 4 | 7 | 4 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | 11 | L Pitchford (GBR) | 8 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 18 | D Jorgić (SLO) | 11 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 18 | D Jorgić (SLO) | 11 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 42 | Á Robles (ESP) | 2 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 8 | | | | | | | | | 18 | D Jorgić (SLO) | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | T Harimoto (JPN) | 12 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 3 | T Harimoto (JPN) | 11 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 26 | S Gnanasekaran (IND) | 7 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 50 | Lam S H (HKG) | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 50 | Lam S H (HKG) | 11 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

**Section 3**

| Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
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| | | | | | | | | 4 | H Calderano (BRA) | 13 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 23 | T Pucar (CRO) | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | | | 40 | B Tokič (SLO) | 11 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 40 | B Tokič (SLO) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | 4 | H Calderano (BRA) | 11 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | Jang W-j (KOR) | 7 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | 9 | Jang W-j (KOR) | 7 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 17 | R Gardos (AUT) | 11 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 6 | | 36 | P Drinkhall (GBR) | 11 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 36 | P Drinkhall (GBR) | 13 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | H Calderano (BRA) | 11 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | D Ovtcharov (GER) | 7 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| | | | | | | | | 12 | K Niwa (JPN) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 24 | Wang Y (SVK) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | 24 | Wang Y (SVK) | 6 | 8 | 3 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 62 | D Powell (AUS) | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | 12 | K Niwa (JPN) | 4 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | D Ovtcharov (GER) | 11 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | 7 | D Ovtcharov (GER) | 13 | 11 | 13 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 21 | K Jha (USA) | 9 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 37 | K Skachkov (ROC) | 11 | 3 | 11 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 37 | K Skachkov (ROC) | 11 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

**Section 4**

| Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | | | | | 6 | M Falck (SWE) | 5 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 28 | O Assar (EGY) | 15 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 28 | O Assar (EGY) | 11 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 45 | Kou L (UKR) | 13 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | 28 | O Assar (EGY) | 11 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 19 | Chuang C-y (TPE) | 8 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 7 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 13 | Wong C T (HKG) | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 19 | Chuang C-y (TPE) | 5 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 19 | Chuang C-y (TPE) | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 44 | H Cifuentes (ARG) | 11 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 28 | O Assar (EGY) | 7 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Ma L (CHN) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| | | | | | | | | | 14 | S Gauzy (FRA) | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 22 | J Groth (DEN) | 12 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 12 | | | 22 | J Groth (DEN) | 10 | 9 | 9 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 39 | B Majoros (HUN) | 10 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | 14 | S Gauzy (FRA) | 6 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Ma L (CHN) | 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 2 | Ma L (CHN) | 11 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 20 | S Kamal (IND) | 2 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | | 20 | S Kamal (IND) | 7 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 38 | T Apolónia (POR) | 11 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Preliminary rounds

### Top half

**Section 1**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 33 | A Gaćina (CRO) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | | |
| 59 | D Fanny (TOG) | 5 | 6 | 3 | 11 | | |
| 43 | I Diaw (SEN) | 4 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 10 |
| 57 | C Chew Z Y (SGP) | 11 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 12 |
| 35 | P Gionis (GRE) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | |
| 53 | Z Peto (SRB) | 6 | 8 | 9 | 8 | | |
| 41 | L Jančařík (CZE) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | |
| 56 | A Alkhadrawi (KSA) | 9 | 5 | 4 | 4 | | |

**Section 2**

| Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 55 | N Kumar (USA) | 11 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 46 | A Miño (ECU) | 11 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 6 | |
| 65 | L Enkhbat (MGL) | 2 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 55 | N Kumar (USA) | 8 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | |
| | | | | | | | 47 | O Ionescu (ROU) | 11 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 11 | | |
| | | | | | | | 60 | C Yan (AUS) | 7 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 6 | | |
| | | | | | | | 42 | Á Robles (ESP) | 8 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 11 | | |
| | | | | | | | 51 | G Alto (ARG) | 11 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 7 | | |
| | | | | | | | 48 | B Afanador (PUR) | 11 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 8 |
| | | | | | | | 50 | Lam S H (HKG) | 7 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 |

### Bottom half

**Section 3**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 40 | B Tokič (SLO) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | |
| 54 | J Hazin (CAN) | 7 | 9 | 5 | 7 | | |
| 36 | P Drinkhall (GBR) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 12 | |
| 52 | N Alamian (IRI) | 7 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 10 | |
| 34 | P Sirucek (CZE) DNS | | | | | | |
| 62 | D Powell (AUS) | | | | | | |
| 37 | K Skachkov (ROC) | 11 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| 64 | D Levajac (SRB) | 4 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 8 |

**Section 4**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 45 | Kou L (UKR) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| 58 | A Hmam (TUN) | 6 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
| 44 | H Cifuentes (ARG) | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 |
| 63 | Y Shing (VAN) | 2 | 5 | 10 | 6 |
| 39 | B Majoros (HUN) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| 61 | L Bouriah (ALG) | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| 38 | T Apolónia (POR) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| 49 | O Omotayo (NGR) | 7 | 9 | 6 | 5 |
