1959 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's singles

The 1959 World Table Tennis Championships women's singles was the 25th edition of the women's singles championship.[1][2] Kimiyo Matsuzaki defeated Fujie Eguchi in the final by three sets to one, to win the title.[3]

1959 Women's singles
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Results edit

Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
  Ann Haydon 18 21 16 21 21
  Choi Kyung-ja 21 8 21 17 10   Haydon 16 13 17
  Chiu Chung-Hui 21 21 21   Chiu Chung-Hui 21 21 21
  Eliza Lida 12 10 6   Chiu Chung-Hui 17 14 14
  Agnes Almási-Simon 21 21 21   Matsuzaki 21 21 21
  Sarolta Mathe 19 11 11   Almási-Simon 14 11 20
  Maria Biro 12 18 9   Matsuzaki 21 21 21
  Kimiyo Matsuzaki 21 21 21   Matsuzaki 21 21 18 21
  Éva Kóczián 21 15 21 21   Eguchi 13 7 21 18
  Kathleen Best 16 21 11 16   Kóczián 21 21 15 21
  Danuto Szmidt 5 14 8   Namba 17 18 21 12
  Taeko Namba 21 21 21   Kóczián 17 11 21 20
  Gizi Lantos-Farkas 21 21 21   Eguchi 21 21 8 22
  Sigrun Kunz 5 11 16   Lantos-Farkas 8 20 15
  Cho Kyung-Cha 15 21 16   Eguchi 21 22 21
  Fujie Eguchi 21 23 21

See also edit

List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

References edit

  1. ^ "List of Winners". All About Tennis.
  2. ^ "1959 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.