1959 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's Doubles

The 1959 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's Doubles was the 24th edition of the women's doubles championship.[1][2] Taeko Namba and Kazuko Ito-Yamaizumi defeated Fujie Eguchi and Kimiyo Matsuzaki in the final by three sets to nil.[3]

1959 Women's Doubles

Results

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	Round of 16									Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
		Ann Haydon-Jones Diane Rowe	3
		Maria Biro Georgita Pitica	0								Haydon Rowe	23	21	21
		Cho Kyung-Cha Choi Kyung-ja	0								Cho Kyung Cha Choi Kyong-ja	21	9	12
		Claude Rougagnou Birgitta Tegner	3																	Haydon Rowe	15	22	21	11
		Eva Kroupová Libuše Grafková	3																	Namba Ito-Yamaizumi	21	24	16	21
		Oda Mielenhausen Rosemarie Gomolla	0								Kroupová Grafková	11	13	15
		Taeko Namba Kazuko Ito-Yamaizumi	3								Namba Ito-Yamaizumi	21	21	21
		Éva Kóczián Lívia Mossóczy	1																										Namba Ito-Yamaizumi	21	21	21
		Sun Mei-ying Chiu Chung-hui	3																										Eguchi Matsuzaki	19	15	14
		Joan Jessop Muriel Whait	0								Sun Mei-ying Chiu Chung-hui	21	15	21	22
		Lee Chong-Hi Hwang Yool-ja	3								Chong Hi Lee Hwang Yool-ja	11	21	9	20
		Annika Guntsch Lena Guntsch	1																	Sun Mei-ying Chiu Chung-hui	13	18	12
		Agnes Simon Leah Neuberger	3																	Eguchi Matsuzaki	21	21	21
		Pamela Mortimer Kathleen Best	0								Simon Neuberger	6	7	11
		Fujie Eguchi Kimiyo Matsuzaki	3								Eguchi Matsuzaki	21	21	21
		Elsie Carrington Emilie Rabasová	0

See also

List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

References

1. "List of Winners". All About Tennis.
2. "Women's doubles 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.