title: 1956 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's singles
text: # 1956 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's singles
  
  The 1956 World Table Tennis Championships women's singles was the 23rd edition of the women's singles championship. Tomi Okawa defeated Kiiko Watanabe in the final by three sets to two, to win the title.
  
  ## Results
  
  | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
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  | Tomi Okawa | 21 | 21 | 20 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Kiyoko Tasaka | 14 | 10 | 22 | 13 | Okawa | 21 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Wie Sang Sook | 21 | 21 | 21 | | Wie Sang Sook | 16 | 17 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Chizuko Suda | 16 | 13 | 6 | | | | | | | | Okawa | 21 | 16 | 21 | 17 | 21 | | | | | | |
  | Ann Haydon | 21 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | Eguchi | 17 | 21 | 15 | 21 | 13 | | | | | | |
  | Kikuko Yamakawa | 7 | 6 | 6 | | Eguchi | 21 | 22 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Fujie Eguchi | 21 | 21 | 21 | | Haydon | 13 | 20 | 16 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Chicko Ikuno | 18 | 16 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Okawa | 21 | 13 | 23 | 9 | 21 |
  | Ella Zeller | 18 | 21 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Watanabe | 15 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 16 |
  | Shizuyo Narahara | 21 | 13 | 16 | 13 | Zeller | 21 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Diane Rowe | 21 | 21 | 23 | | Rowe D | 8 | 8 | 17 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Taeko Namba | 12 | 9 | 21 | | | | | | | | Zeller | 21 | 21 | 21 | 16 | 15 | | | | | | |
  | Baguio Wong | 21 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | Watanabe | 16 | 14 | 23 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | |
  | Hideko Nakayama | 15 | 14 | 9 | | Baguio Wong | 12 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 19 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Chiu Chung-Hui | 14 | 22 | 23 | 13 | Watanabe | 21 | 17 | 24 | 12 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Kiiko Watanabe | 21 | 20 | 25 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  