1989 IBF World Championships – Men's singles
# 1989 IBF World Championships – Men's singles

The 1989 IBF World Championships were held in Jakarta, Indonesia, in 1989. Below are the results of the men's singles.

## Main stage

### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yang Yang | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Grzegorz Olchowik | 1 | 2 | | Yang Yang | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | |
| Pramote Teerawiwatana | 15 | 15 | | Pramote Teerawiwatana | 10 | 4 | | | | | | | |
| Kerrin Harrison | 5 | 13 | | | | | | Yang Yang | 15 | 15 | | | |
| Robert Liljequist | 7 | 15 | 16 | | | | | Yasumasa Tsujita | 3 | 6 | | | |
| Pratap Adhikari | 15 | 13 | 18 | Pratap Adhikari | | | | | | | | | |
| Yasumasa Tsujita | 15 | 15 | | Yasumasa Tsujita | | | | | | | | | |
| Jeliazko Valkov | 6 | 8 | | | | | | | | | Yang Yang | 15 | 15 |
| Alan Budikusuma | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | Alan Budikusuma | 10 | 3 |
| Volker Eiber | 5 | 4 | | Alan Budikusuma | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | |
| Peter Axelsson | 15 | 11 | 13 | Hwang Fung | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Hwang Fung | 3 | 15 | 15 | | | | | Alan Budikusuma | 15 | 15 | | | |
| Vimal Kumar | 15 | 15 | | | | | | Vimal Kumar | 8 | 4 | | | |
| Pascal Pak | 0 | 4 | | Vimal Kumar | 15 | 13 | 15 | | | | | | |
| Anders Nielsen | w | / | o | Anders Nielsen | 10 | 15 | 13 | | | | | | |
| Mirza Ali Yar Beg | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen | 9 | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Pierre Pelupessy | 15 | 10 | 10 | Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | |
| Lee Kwang-jin | 15 | 10 | 15 | Lee Kwang-jin | 4 | 13 | | | | | | | |
| Yeung Yik Kei | 9 | 15 | 4 | | | | | Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen | 15 | 15 | | | |
| Sergey Sevryukov | | | | | | | | Benny Lee | 8 | 2 | | | |
| Stellan Österberg | w | / | o | Stellan Österberg | 7 | 10 | | | | | | | |
| Yasen Borisov | | | | Benny Lee | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | |
| Benny Lee | w | / | o | | | | | | | | Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen | 15 | 15 |
| Lius Pongoh | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | Lius Pongoh | 3 | 9 |
| Mike Butler | 7 | 7 | | Lius Pongoh | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | |
| Clarence Tim | 5 | 12 | | Sompol Kukasemkij | 11 | 5 | | | | | | | |
| Sompol Kukasemkij | 15 | 15 | | | | | | Lius Pongoh | 15 | 15 | | | |
| Hiroshi Nishiyama | 18 | 15 | | | | | | Anthony Gallagher | 0 | 5 | | | |
| Gordon Lang | 16 | 5 | | Hiroshi Nishiyama | 18 | 15 | 2 | | | | | | |
| Anthony Gallagher | 16 | 15 | 15 | Anthony Gallagher | 16 | 18 | 15 | | | | | | |
| Heinz Fischer | 17 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 3

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Icuk Sugiarto | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Paul Stevenson | 3 | 9 | | Icuk Sugiarto | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | |
| Jacek Hankiewicz | 15 | 15 | | Jacek Hankiewicz | 3 | 9 | | | | | | | | |
| Klaus Fischer | 13 | 8 | | | | | | Icuk Sugiarto | 15 | 15 | | | | |
| Karl Knudsen | 5 | 7 | | | | | | Philip Horne | 0 | 3 | | | | |
| Philip Horne | 15 | 15 | | Philip Horne | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | |
| Federico Valdez | 15 | 9 | 11 | Christophe Jeanjean | 3 | 12 | | | | | | | | |
| Christophe Jeanjean | 7 | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | Icuk Sugiarto | 15 | 15 |
| Wu Wenkai | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | Kim Hak-kyun | 2 | 1 |
| Stephan Kuhl | 5 | 1 | | Wu Wenkai | 15 | 12 | 10 | | | | | | | |
| Niroshan Wijekoon | 7 | 7 | | Kim Hak-kyun | 6 | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | |
| Kim Hak-kyun | 15 | 15 | | | | | | Kim Hak-kyun | 11 | 15 | 18 | | | |
| Maung Naing Myint | w | / | o | | | | | Andreij Antropov | 15 | 4 | 13 | | | |
| Alex Meijer | | | | Maung Naing Myint | 5 | 8 | | | | | | | | |
| Andreij Antropov | 15 | 15 | | Andreij Antropov | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | |
| Øyvind Berntsen | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 4

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Zhao Jianhua | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Jean-Michel Duverge | 1 | 7 | | Zhao Jianhua | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | |
| Kevin Scott | 15 | 15 | | Kevin Scott | 8 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Stojan Ivantchev | 13 | 6 | | | | | | Zhao Jianhua | 15 | 15 | | | | |
| Shinji Matsuura | 12 | 9 | | | | | | Surachai Makkasasithorn | 6 | 2 | | | | |
| Abdul Hamid Khan | 15 | 15 | | Abdul Hamid Khan | 15 | 13 | 14 | | | | | | | |
| Kwang Min-phyun | 18 | 3 | 6 | Surachai Makkasasithorn | 2 | 18 | 15 | | | | | | | |
| Surachai Makkasasithorn | 17 | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | Zhao Jianhua | 15 | 10 | 15 |
| Steve Baddeley | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | Steve Baddeley | 8 | 15 | 4 |
| Chang Wen-sung | 6 | 5 | | Steve Baddeley | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | |
| Praveen Kumar | | | | Hubert Müller | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| Hubert Müller | w | / | o | | | | | Steve Baddeley | 15 | 15 | | | | |
| Jens Olsson | 3 | 15 | 15 | | | | | Jens Olsson | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| Pontus Jäntti | 15 | 12 | 4 | Jens Olsson | 9 | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | |
| Wong Tat Meng | 15 | 15 | | Wong Tat Meng | 15 | 10 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Kevin Ross | 2 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 5

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pär-Gunnar Jönsson | 18 | 12 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| John Goss | 13 | 15 | 10 | Pär-Gunnar Jönsson | 8 | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | |
| Liu Jun | w | / | o | Liu Jun | 15 | 11 | 7 | | | | | | | |
| Peter Baum | | | | | | | | Pär-Gunnar Jönsson | 8 | 15 | 15 | | | |
| Tariq Farooq | 10 | 4 | | | | | | Darren Hall | 15 | 11 | 7 | | | |
| Mustaffa Ali | 15 | 15 | | Mustaffa Ali | 8 | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | |
| Pulsak Thewarangsee | 7 | 6 | | Darren Hall | 15 | 2 | 18 | | | | | | | |
| Darren Hall | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | Pär-Gunnar Jönsson | 11 | 5 |
| Glenn Stewart | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | Eddy Kurniawan | 15 | 15 |
| Lasse Lindelöf | 8 | 9 | | Glenn Stewart | 12 | 15 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Stanimir Boitchinov | 8 | 3 | | Igor Dmitriev | 15 | 1 | 15 | | | | | | | |
| Igor Dmitriev | 15 | 15 | | | | | | Igor Dmitriev | 4 | 13 | | | | |
| Kenny Middlemiss | 15 | 15 | | | | | | Eddy Kurniawan | 15 | 18 | | | | |
| Stéphane Renault | 10 | 5 | | Kenny Middlemiss | 12 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Eddy Kurniawan | 15 | 15 | | Eddy Kurniawan | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | |
| Sushant Bora | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 6

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vacharapan Khamthong | 5' | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Mikael Rosén | 15 | 5 | 8 | Vacharapan Khamthong | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Choi Sang-bum | 15 | 15 | | Choi Sang-bum | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | |
| Tse Bun | 9 | 7 | | | | | | Choi Sang-bum | 15 | 15 | 12 | | | |
| Janusz Czerwieniec | 8 | 4 | | | | | | Kwan Yoke Meng | 17 | 10 | 15 | | | |
| Kwan Yoke Meng | 15 | 15 | | Kwan Yoke Meng | 17 | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | |
| Jens Peter Nierhoff | 6 | 11 | | Rob Stalenhoef | 18 | 9 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Rob Stalenhoef | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | Kwan Yoke Meng | 6 | 2 |
| Duminda Jayakody | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | Xiong Guobao | 15 | 15 |
| Prakash Doj Rana | 12 | 6 | | Duminda Jayakody | 9 | 10 | | | | | | | | |
| Michael Scandolera | 6 | 15 | 5 | Dean Galt | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | |
| Dean Galt | 15 | 8 | 15 | | | | | Dean Galt | 5 | 4 | | | | |
| Guido Schänzler | 7 | 15 | 15 | | | | | Xiong Guobao | 15 | 18 | | | | |
| Shuji Matsuno | 15 | 8 | 6 | Guido Schänzler | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| Xiong Guobao | w | / | o | Xiong Guobao | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | |
| Muhammad Tariq Sharif | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 7

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jim Mailer | 12 | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Gustavo Salazar | 15 | 12 | 11 | Jim Mailer | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| Steve Butler | w | / | o | Steve Butler | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | |
| Boris Lalov | | | | | | | Steve Butler | 15 | 15 | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | | Foo Kok Keong | 2 | 10 | | | | | |
| bye | | | | bye | | | | | | | | | | |
| Broddi Kristjánsson | 4 | 4 | | Foo Kok Keong | | | | | | | | | | |
| Foo Kok Keong | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | Steve Butler | 15 | 1 | 11 |
| Tony Tuominen | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | Hermawan Susanto | 6 | 15 | 15 |
| Hiroki Eto | 11 | 7 | | Tony Tuominen | 3 | 8 | | | | | | | | |
| Karun Kasayapanant | 6 | 5 | | Hermawan Susanto | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | |
| Hermawan Susanto | 15 | 15 | | | | | Hermawan Susanto | 11 | 15 | 15 | | | | |
| Bryan Blanshard | 12 | 15 | 15 | | | | Zhang Qingwu | 15 | 12 | 8 | | | | |
| Graeme Robson | 15 | 5 | 9 | Bryan Blanshard | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Zhang Qingwu | 15 | 15 | | Zhang Qingwu | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | |
| Markus Keck | 13 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 8

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Fourth round | Fourth round | Fourth round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tun Htein Win | 13 | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | |
| Jonas Herrgardh | 18 | 3 | 8 | Tun Htein Win | 15 | 15 | | | | | | |
| Hans Sperre Jr. | 15 | 15 | | Hans Sperre Jr. | 4 | 8 | | | | | | |
| Uun Santosa | 8 | 8 | | | | | Tun Htein Win | 7 | 0 | | | |
| Liu En-hung | 15 | 13 | 15 | | | | Ardy Wiranata | 15 | 15 | | | |
| Eishi Kibune | 3 | 15 | 8 | Liu En-hung | 4 | 2 | | | | | | |
| Manoj Kumar | | | | Ardy Wiranata | 15 | 15 | | | | | | |
| Ardy Wiranata | w | / | o | | | | | | | Ardy Wiranata | 15 | 15 |
| Chris Jogis | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | Morten Frost | 11 | 2 |
| Chan Siu Kwong | 6 | 10 | | Chris Jogis | 10 | 5 | | | | | | |
| Franck Panel | 6 | 3 | | Ahn Jae-chang | 15 | 15 | | | | | | |
| Ahn Jae-chang | 15 | 15 | | | | | Ahn Jae-chang | 15 | 5 | | | |
| Vitaliy Shmakov | w | / | o | | | | Morten Frost | 17 | 15 | | | |
| Dan Travers | 15 | 5 | 9 | Vitaliy Shmakov | 8 | 5 | | | | | | |
| Morten Frost | w | / | o | Morten Frost | 15 | 15 | | | | | | |
| Mir Tahir Ishaq | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Final stage

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Yang Yang | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen | 11 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen | 11 | 7 | | Yang Yang | 13 | 15 | 15 | | | | |
| | | | | | Icuk Sugiarto | 15 | 7 | 9 | | | | |
| 4 | Icuk Sugiarto | 15 | 1 | 17 | Icuk Sugiarto | 15 | 7 | 9 | | | | |
| 5 | Zhao Jianhua | 8 | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Zhao Jianhua | 8 | 15 | 15 | | | | | Yang Yang | 15 | 2 | 15 |
| | | | | | | | | | Ardy Wiranata | 10 | 15 | 5 |
| 3 | Eddy Kurniawan | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | Ardy Wiranata | 10 | 15 | 5 |
| 6 | Xiong Guobao | 10 | 13 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Xiong Guobao | 10 | 13 | | Eddy Kurniawan | 18 | 10 | 13 | | | | |
| | | | | | Ardy Wiranata | 14 | 15 | 15 | | | | |
| 2 | Hermawan Susanto | 8 | 11 | | Ardy Wiranata | 14 | 15 | 15 | | | | |
| 7 | Ardy Wiranata | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | |
