title: 1947 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's singles
text: # 1947 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's singles
  
  The 1947 World Table Tennis Championships women's singles was the 14th edition of the women's singles championship. Gizi Farkas defeated Elizabeth Blackbourn in the final by three sets to nil, to win the title.
  
  ## Results
  
  | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Vlasta Depetrisová | 2 | | | | | | | | |
  | Květa Hrušková | 3 | Hrušková | 0 | | | | | | |
  | Vera Dace | 3 | Dace | 3 | | | | | | |
  | Davida Hawthorn | 2 | | | Dace | 3 | | | | |
  | Marie Kettnerová | 0 | | | Farkas | 1 | | | | |
  | Gizi Farkas | 3 | Farkas | 3 | | | | | | |
  | Violet Patterson | | Patterson | 0 | | | | | | |
  | Alice Siegrist | | | | | | Farkas | 21 | 21 | 21 |
  | Helen Elliot | 3 | | | | | Blackbourn | 16 | 19 | 12 |
  | Mae Clouther | 0 | Elliot | 2 | | | | | | |
  | Elizabeth Blackbourn | | Blackbourn | 3 | | | | | | |
  | Věra Votrubcová | | | | Blackbourn | 3 | | | | |
  | Kadiga Abou Heif | | | | Pritzi | 2 | | | | |
  | Sophie Betling | | Abou Heif | 0 | | | | | | |
  | Gertrude Pritzi | 3 | Pritzi | 3 | | | | | | |
  | Eliska Furstova | 0 | | | | | | | | |
  