1973 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's singles

The 1973 World Table Tennis Championships men's singles was the 32nd edition of the men's singles championship.^[1][2]

Hsi En-ting defeated Kjell Johansson in the final, winning three sets to two to secure the title.^[3]

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	Round of 16									Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
		Hsi En-ting	21	23	21
		Stanislav Gomozkov	16	21	14						En-ting	21	21	16	21
		Milan Orlowski	15	21	17	21	21				Orlowski	18	15	21	15
		Mitsuru Kono	21	16	21	18	6													En-ting	21	21	12	20	21
		Li Fu-Jung	19	13	21															Stipančić	19	19	21	22	19
		Antun Stipančić	21	21	23						Stipančić	19	21	21	21
		Janos Borzsey	21	21	21						Borzsey	21	13	18	11
		Yujiro Imano	18	15	11																								En-ting	21	13	13	21	21
		Jacques Secrétin	16	21	21	21																							Johansson	18	21	21	19	18
		Liang Ko-Liang	21	11	19	8					Secretin	16	12	19
		Dragutin Šurbek	21	21	22						Šurbek	22	21	21
		Masayuki Kuze	17	13	20															Šurbek	20	21	13	21	16
		Kjell Johansson	18	21	22	21														Johansson	22	16	21	13	21
		Istvan Korpa	21	16	20	16					Johansson	21	21	21
		Sarkis Sarchayan	21	21	21						Sarkhoyan	19	19	11
		Denis Neale	17	18	12

List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists