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1951 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's singles

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1951 Men's singles
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The 1951 World Table Tennis Championships men's singles was the 18th edition of the men's singles championship.[1][2]

Johnny Leach defeated Ivan Andreadis in the final, winning three sets to one to secure the title.[3]

Results

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Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Hungary Ferenc Sidó 21 21 21
Austria Waldemar Fritsch 13 13 15 Hungary Sidó 22 21 21 21
United States John Somael 21 21 21 United States Somael 24 9 12 14
England Brian Kennedy 8 19 9 Hungary Sidó 14 19 21 20
France Michel Haguenauer 21 21 21 Czechoslovakia Andreadis 21 21 13 21+
Netherlands Willie van Zoelen 14 12 15 France Haguenauer 20 14 13
Czechoslovakia Ivan Andreadis 21 13 21 Czechoslovakia Andreadis 22 21 21
Austria Heribert Just 9 17 13 Czechoslovakia Andreadis 21 18 18 12
Czechoslovakia Václav Tereba 21 19 21 21 England Leach 16 21 21 21
England Michael Thornhill 15 21 19 12 Czechoslovakia Tereba 22 21 22
Hungary József Kóczián 18 21 21 21 Hungary Kóczián 20 14 20
France Michel Lanskoy 21 6 18 18 Czechoslovakia Tereba 25 9 22 11
England Johnny Leach 21 21 21 England Leach 23 21 24 21
United States Marty Reisman 9 17 17 England Leach 17 21 21 24 21
France René Roothooft 11 21 21 21 21 France Roothooft 21 14 16 22 19
Sweden Per Olaf Croneryd 21 23 13 13 14

+ Time limit rule applied

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. ^ a b "1951 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.