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From Greg Letts,
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Definition: According to ITTF rules, a match shall consist of the best of any odd number of games. The first player to win more than half of the games wins the match.

Best of 7 games is commonly used for singles competitions, and best of 5 games is commonly used for matches in team competition.
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