1955 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's singles

The 1955 World Table Tennis Championships men's singles was the 22nd edition of the men's singles championship.[1][2]

1955 Men's singles
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Toshiaki Tanaka defeated Žarko Dolinar in the final, winning three sets to nil to secure the title.[3]

Results

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Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
  József Kóczián 21 19 18 19
  Stephen Cafiero 11 21 21 21   Cafiero 21 21 7 22
  Johnny Leach 23 21 21   Leach 16 15 21 20
  László Földy 21 13 7   Cafiero 11 15 17
  Toshiaki Tanaka 18 21 21 7 21   Tanaka 21 21 21
  Josip Vegrinc 21 17 8 21 15   Tanaka 21 21 21
  Toma Reiter 21 21 25   Reiter 12 10 15
  Brian Kennedy 16 13 23   Tanaka 21 21 21
  Richard Bergmann 21 18 21 21   Dolinar 12 9 14
  Kálmán Szepesi 9 21 15 11   Bergmann 21 19 12 14
  Žarko Dolinar 21 21 21   Dolinar 19 21 21 21
  Matei Gantner 15 13 15   Dolinar 11 21 22 21
  Ferenc Sidó 21 21 21   Sidó 21 15 20 18
  Harry Hirschkowitz 18 11 17   Sidó 21 21 21
  Ichiro Ogimura 17 20 19   Somogyi 19 18 13
  Josef Somogyi 21 22 21

See also

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List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

References

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  1. ^ "List of Winners". All About Tennis.
  2. ^ a b "1955 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.