The1961 World Table Tennis Championships men's singles was the 26th edition of the men's singles championship.^[1][2]

Chuang Tse-Tung defeatedLi Fu-Jung in the final, winning three sets to one to secure the title.^[3]

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	Round of 16									Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
		Li Fu-Jung	21	21	21
		Hsueh Wei-chu	14	10	11						Fu-Jung	21	21	21
		Hu Tao-Pen	21	21	21						Tao-Pen	11	14	12
		Biriba da Costa	18	14	16															Fu-Jung	21	21	21
		Chang Shih-Lin	w/o																	Shih-Lin	15	11	10
		Yang Jai-Hua	scr								Shih-Lin	21	21	21
		Keiichi Miki	19	13	16	21	21				Miki	9	5	11
		Ferenc Sidó	21	21	21	16	8																						Tse-Tung	21	21	19	21
		Chuang Tse-Tung	21	21	21																								Fu-Jung	15	15	21	17
		Conny Freundorfer	15	14	15						Tse-Tung	21	23	21
		Ichiro Ogimura	22	21	21						Ogimura	9	21	10
		Gennadi Averin	20	15	10															Tse-Tung	21	21	21
		Hsu Yin-Sheng	21	21	21															Yin-Sheng	8	14	11
		Teruo Murakami	16	11	16						Yin-Sheng	21	21	21
		Tan Cho-Lin	21	21	21						Cho-Lin	8	14	11
		Wang Chia-Sheng	8	18	17

• List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

• 1961 World Table Tennis Championships
• Men's events at the World Table Tennis Championships

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