1957 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's singles

The 1957 World Table Tennis Championships men's singles was the 24th edition of the men's singles championship.

Toshiaki Tanaka defeated Ichiro Ogimura in the final, winning three sets to nil to secure the title.

Seeds

 * 1) 🇯🇵 Ichiro Ogimura
 * 2) 🇯🇵 Toshiaki Tanaka
 * 3)  Ivan Andreadis
 * 4) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Richard Bergmann
 * 5) 🇭🇺 Ferenc Sidó
 * 6)  Matei Gantner
 * 7) 🇯🇵 Yoshio Tomita
 * 8) 🇭🇺 Elemér Gyetvai
 * 9)  Ladislav Štípek
 * 10) 🇭🇺 Kálmán Szepesi
 * 11) 🇨🇳 Chiang Yung-Ning
 * 12)  Tiberiu Harasztosi