1959 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's singles

The 1959 World Table Tennis Championships men's singles was the 25th edition of the men's singles championship.[1][2]

1959 Men's singles
Main article: 1959 World Table Tennis Championships

Jung Kuo-tuan defeated Ferenc Sidó in the final, winning three sets to one to secure the title, became the first ever Chinese player to win a gold medal in the competition.[3]

Results

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Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Hungary Zoltán Berczik 21 21 21
China Li Jen Su 5 12 12 Hungary Berczik 21 15 19 21 5
China Jung Kuo-tuan 21 17 21 21 China Kuo-tuan 17 21 21 18 21
Japan Nobuya Hoshino 18 21 16 14 China Kuo-tuan 22 23 12 21 21
China Yang Jai-Hua 21 21 21 United States Miles 20 25 21 18 8
South Vietnam Trần Văn Liễu 17 19 8 China Jai-Hua 19 18 17
United States Dick Miles 11 26 21 21 United States Miles 21 21 21
China Hsu Yin-Sheng 21 24 13 13 China Kuo-tuan 19 21 21 21
China Wang Chuan-Yao 19 21 21 26 22 Hungary Sidó 21 12 15 14
Hungary Zoltán Bubonyi 21 5 13 28 20 China Chuan-Yao 13 21 16
Hungary Ferenc Sidó 19 21 19 21 21 Hungary Sidó 21 23 21
Japan Teruo Murakami 21 15 21 7 15 Hungary Sidó 21 21 11 12 21
China Chuang Chia-Fu 14+ 8+ 9+ 7+ 13+ Japan Ogimura 16 13 21 21 18
South Vietnam Mai Văn Hòa 13 6 15 10 8 China Chia-Fu 19 18 20
Japan Ichiro Ogimura 21 21 16 21 Japan Ogimura 21 21 22
Sweden Tony Larsson 17 11 21 16

+ Time limit rule applies

See also

List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

References
  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.
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