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
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Results

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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

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List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

References

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  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.