1956 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's singles

1956 Women's singles
1956 Women's singles
	← 1955 1957 →

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 edit

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

References edit

^ "List of Winners". All About Tennis.
^ "1956 results" (PDF). International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-12.
^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.

[1] "List of Winners". All About Tennis.

[ITTF-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.

[1]

[2]

[3]

1956 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's singles

Results edit

See also edit

References edit