1956 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's Singles

The 1956 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's Singles was the 23rd edition of the women's singles championship.[1][2] Tomi Okawa defeated Kiiko Watanabe in the final by three sets to two, to win the title.[3]

1956 Women's Singles
Main article: 1956 World Table Tennis Championships

Results
Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Tomi Okawa 21 21 20 21
Kiyoko Tasaka 14 10 22 13 Okawa 21 21 21
Wie Sang Sook 21 21 21 Wie Sang Sook 16 17 10
Chizuko Suda 16 13 6 Okawa 21 16 21 17 21
Ann Haydon 21 21 21 Eguchi 17 21 15 21 13
Kikuko Yamakawa 7 6 6 Eguchi 21 22 21
Fujie Eguchi 21 21 21 Haydon 13 20 16
Chicko Ikuno 18 16 8 Okawa 21 13 23 9 21
Ella Zeller 18 21 21 21 Watanabe 15 21 21 21 16
Shizuyo Narahara 21 13 16 13 Zeller 21 21 21
Diane Rowe 21 21 23 Rowe D 8 8 17
Taeko Namba 12 9 21 Zeller 21 21 21 16 15
Baguio Wong 21 21 21 Watanabe 16 14 23 21 21
Hideko Nakayama 15 14 9 Baguio Wong 12 21 22 21 19
Chiu Chung-Hui 14 22 23 13 Watanabe 21 17 24 12 21
Kiiko Watanabe 21 20 25 21

See also

List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

References
  1. "List of Winners". All About Tennis.
  2. "1956 results" (PDF). International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-12.
  3. Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
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