1951 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's singles

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1951 Men's singles
  1950
1952  

The 1951 World Table Tennis Championships men's singles was the 18th edition of the men's singles championship. [1] [2]

Contents

Johnny Leach defeated Ivan Andreadis in the final, winning three sets to one to secure the title. [3]

Results

[2]

Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Flag of Hungary.svg Ferenc Sidó 21 21 21
Flag of Austria.svg Waldemar Fritsch 13 13 15 Flag of Hungary.svg Sidó 22 21 21 21
Flag of the United States.svg John Somael 21 21 21 Flag of the United States.svg Somael 24 9 12 14
Flag of England.svg Brian Kennedy 8 19 9 Flag of Hungary.svg Sidó 14 19 21 20
Flag of France.svg Michel Haguenauer 21 21 21 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Andreadis 21 21 13 21+
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Willie van Zoelen 14 12 15 Flag of France.svg Haguenauer 20 14 13
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Ivan Andreadis 21 13 21 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Andreadis 22 21 21
Flag of Austria.svg Heribert Just 9 17 13 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Andreadis 21 18 18 12
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Václav Tereba 21 19 21 21 Flag of England.svg Leach 16 21 21 21
Flag of England.svg Michael Thornhill 15 21 19 12 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tereba 22 21 22
Flag of Hungary.svg József Kóczián 18 21 21 21 Flag of Hungary.svg Kóczián 20 14 20
Flag of France.svg Michel Lanskoy 21 6 18 18 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tereba 25 9 22 11
Flag of England.svg Johnny Leach 21 21 21 Flag of England.svg Leach 23 21 24 21
Flag of the United States.svg Marty Reisman 9 17 17 Flag of England.svg Leach 17 21 21 24 21
Flag of France.svg René Roothooft 11 21 21 21 21 Flag of France.svg Roothooft 21 14 16 22 19
Flag of Sweden.svg Per Olaf Croneryd 21 23 13 13 14

+ Time limit rule applied

See also

List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

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References

  1. "List of Winners". All About Tennis.
  2. 1 2 "1951 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.