1957 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's singles

1957 Men's singles
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The 1957 World Table Tennis Championships men's singles was the 24th edition of the men's singles championship.[1][2]

Toshiaki Tanaka defeated Ichiro Ogimura in the final, winning three sets to nil to secure the title.[3]

Seeds

[4]

  1. Japan Ichiro Ogimura
  2. Japan Toshiaki Tanaka
  3. Czechoslovakia Ivan Andreadis
  4. England Richard Bergmann
  5. Hungary Ferenc Sidó
  6. Romania Matei Gantner
  7. Japan Yoshio Tomita
  8. Hungary Elemér Gyetvai
  9. Czechoslovakia Ladislav Štípek
  10. Hungary Kálmán Szepesi
  11. China Chiang Yung-Ning
  12. Romania Tiberiu Harasztosi

Results

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Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Japan Ichiro Ogimura 21 13 21 21
China Chiang Yung-Ning 14 21 19 9 Japan Ogimura 21 21 21
Poland Alojzy Ehrlich 22 15 21 20 21 Poland Erlich 10 17 16
England Brian Kennedy 20 21 18 22 18 Japan Ogimura 21 17 21 21
Japan Keisuke Tsunoda 21 20 21 21 Czechoslovakia Andreadis 11 21 10 17
Hungary László Földy 19 22 15 16 Japan Tsunoda 14 21 12 21 21
Czechoslovakia Ivan Andreadis 21 21 21 Czechoslovakia Andreadis 21 14 21 17 23
England Michael Thornhill 10 13 14 Japan Ogimura 11 18 19
East Germany Heinz Schneider 21 21 21 Japan Tanaka 21 21 21
Romania Toma Reiter 14 11 16 East Germany Schneider 14 11 21 21 21
Japan Toshihiko Miyata 16 21 21 16 21 Japan Miyata 21 21 19 8 17
Czechoslovakia Václav Tereba 21 19 16 21 17 East Germany Schneider 19 18 20
Hungary Zoltán Berczik 21 21 21 Japan Tanaka 21 21 22
Romania Tiberiu Harasztosi 15 9 6 Hungary Berczik 11 21 19 21 15
Japan Toshiaki Tanaka 21 21 21 Japan Tanaka 21 17 21 15 21
Iran Amir Ehteshamzadeh 13 18 18

See also

List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

References

  1. ^ "List of Winners". All About Tennis.
  2. ^ a b "1957 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.
  4. ^ "1957 seedings" (PDF). Table Tennis England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-09-20. Retrieved 2018-04-30.