2005 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's singles

Seeds

 * 1) 🇨🇳 Wang Liqin (champion)
 * 2) 🇨🇳 Ma Lin (final)
 * 3) 🇨🇳 Wang Hao (fourth round)
 * 4) 🇧🇾 Vladimir Samsonov (fourth round)
 * 5) 🇩🇪 Timo Boll (fourth round)
 * 6) 🇰🇷 Ryu Seung-min (second round)
 * 7) 🇨🇳 Chen Qi (quarterfinals)
 * 8)  Chuang Chih-yuan (second round)
 * 9) 🇦🇹 Werner Schlager (second round)
 * 10)  Kalinikos Kreanga (fourth round)
 * 11) 🇧🇪 Jean-Michel Saive (second round)
 * 12) 🇨🇳 Kong Linghui (fourth round)
 * 13) 🇷🇴 Adrian Crișan (second round)
 * 14) 🇦🇹 Chen Weixing (second round)
 * 15) 🇷🇺 Alexey Smirnov (third round)
 * 16)  Chiang Peng-lung (second round)
 * 17) 🇨🇿 Petr Korbel (third round)
 * 18) 🇨🇳 Liu Guozheng (quarterfinals)
 * 19)  Michael Maze (semifinals)
 * 20) 🇭🇰 Leung Chu Yan (second round)
 * 21) 🇸🇪 Jan-Ove Waldner (third round)
 * 22) 🇸🇪 Peter Karlsson (quarterfinals)
 * 23) 🇭🇷 Zoran Primorac (first round)
 * 24) 🇰🇷 Oh Sang-eun (semifinals)
 * 25) 🇭🇰 Ko Lai Chak (second round)
 * 26)  Trinko Keen (third round)
 * 27) 🇨🇳 Hao Shuai (quarterfinals)
 * 28) 🇵🇱 Lucjan Błaszczyk (fourth round)
 * 29) 🇷🇺 Fedor Kuzmin (first round)
 * 30) 🇭🇰 Cheung Yuk (third round)
 * 31) 🇩🇪 Jörg Roßkopf (third round)
 * 32) 🇫🇷 Patrick Chila (first round)