1956 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's singles

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

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]

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.