1951 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's singles

The 1951 World Table Tennis Championships men's singles was the 18th edition of the men's singles championship.

1951 Men's singles

Main article: 1951 World Table Tennis Championships

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

Results

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

+ Time limit rule applied

See also

List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists