1957 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's singles

The 1957 World Table Tennis Championships women's singles was the 24th edition of the women's singles championship. Fujie Eguchi defeated Ann Haydon in the final by three sets to two, to win the title.

Seeds

 * 1) 🇯🇵 Tomi Okawa
 * 2)  Angelica Rozeanu
 * 3) 🇯🇵 Fujie Eguchi
 * 4) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ann Haydon
 * 5) 🇭🇺 Gizi Farkas
 * 6) 🇯🇵 Kiiko Watanabe
 * 7)  Ella Zeller
 * 8) 🇭🇺 Éva Kóczián
 * 9) 🇦🇹 Ermelinde Wertl
 * 10) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Diane Rowe
 * 11) 🇯🇵 Yoshio Tanaka
 * 12)  Helen Elliot
 * 13) 🇫🇷 Christiane Watel