2009 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's singles

Seeds

 * 1) 🇨🇳 Wang Hao (world champion)
 * 2) 🇨🇳 Ma Lin (semifinals)
 * 3) 🇨🇳 Ma Long (semifinals)
 * 4) 🇨🇳 Wang Liqin (final)
 * 5) 🇧🇾 Vladimir Samsonov (second round)
 * 6) 🇨🇳 Chen Qi (quarterfinals)
 * 7) 🇰🇷 Joo Se Hyuk (quarterfinals)
 * 8)  Chuang Chih-Yuan (second round)
 * 9) 🇰🇷 Ryu Seung Min (second round)
 * 10) 🇰🇷 Oh Sang Eun (second round)
 * 11) 🇭🇰 Li Ching (fourth round)
 * 12) 🇭🇰 Cheung Yuk(fourth round)
 * 13) 🇩🇪 Dimitrij Ovtcharov (fourth round)
 * 14)  Michael Maze (quarterfinals)
 * 15) 🇸🇪 Jörgen Persson (third round)
 * 16) 🇭🇰 Jiang Tianyi (fourth round)
 * 17)  Zoran Primorac (third round)
 * 18) 🇯🇵 Jun Mizutani (fourth round)
 * 19) 🇯🇵 Kan Yo (second round)
 * 20)  Gao Ning (second round)
 * 21) 🇦🇹 Chen Weixing (first round)
 * 22) 🇩🇪 Christian Süß (third round)
 * 23) 🇭🇰 Ko Lai Chak (third round)
 * 24) 🇦🇹 Robert Gardos (third round)
 * 25) 🇭🇰 Tang Peng (fourth round)
 * 26)  Adrian Crisan (first round)
 * 27)  Tan Ruiwu (first round, retired)
 * 28)  Chiang Peng-Lung (first round)
 * 29) 🇯🇵 Kaii Yoshida (quarterfinals)
 * 30) 🇩🇪 Bastian Steger (second round)
 * 31) 🇨🇳 Zhang Chao (third round)
 * 32) 🇨🇿 Petr Korbel (second round)