1953 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's singles

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1953 Men's singles
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The 1953 World Table Tennis Championships men's singles was the 20th edition of the men's singles championship.[1][2]

Ferenc Sidó defeated Ivan Andreadis in the final, winning three sets to nil to secure the title.[3]

Results[edit]

[2]

Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Hungary József Kóczián 21 21 18 21
France Rene Lanskoy 16 19 21 11 Hungary Kóczián 12 21 28 21 21
Czechoslovakia František Tokár 21 23 15 21 22 Czechoslovakia Tokár 21 18 30 12 16
England Johnny Leach 18 21 21 13 20 Hungary Kóczián 18 16 15
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vilim Harangozo 21 21 21 Czechoslovakia Andreadis 21 21 21
Romania Toma Reiter 13 14 10 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Harangozo 18 19 18
Czechoslovakia Ivan Andreadis 21 21 21 Czechoslovakia Andreadis 21 21 21
Hungary Kálmán Szepesi 12 11 9 Czechoslovakia Andreadis 16 21 18
Hungary Ferenc Sidó 21 21 21 Hungary Sidó 21 23 21
Romania Mircea Popescu 15 16 14 Hungary Sidó 12 16 21 21 21
France René Roothooft 22 21 21 France Roothooft 21 21 12 13 15
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Žarko Dolinar 20 16 9 Hungary Sidó 21 21 21
Czechoslovakia Václav Tereba 21 21 21 Czechoslovakia Štípek 11 18 18
Sweden Tage Flisberg 11 13 17 Czechoslovakia Tereba 16 13 21 21 16
Czechoslovakia Ladislav Štípek 21 21 7 21 Czechoslovakia Štípek 21 21 18 11 21
England Richard Bergmann 15 18 21 18

See also[edit]

List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

References[edit]

  1. ^ "List of Winners". All About Tennis.
  2. ^ a b "1953 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.