1939 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's singles
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The 1939 World Table Tennis Championships men's singles was the 13th edition of the men's singles championship.[1][2]
Richard Bergmann defeated Alojzy Ehrlich in the final, winning three sets to nil to secure the title.[3] The eventual champion Bergmann and former winner Viktor Barna both represented England after fleeing the Nazis in Europe.[4][5]
Only 11 men's teams and 5 women's teams entered the Championships. Hungary, the United States and Austria were the major nations missing.[6]
Results
[edit]| Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Bohumil Váňa
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Josef Tartakower
| 1 | Váňa
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Michel Haguenauer
| 3 | Haguenauer
| 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Viktor Vladone
| 0 | Váňa
| 13 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Ken Hyde
| 3 | Bergmann
| 21 | 22 | 15 | 15 | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Shimcha Finkelstein
| 0 | Hyde
| 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Richard Bergmann
| 3 | Bergmann
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Geza Eros
| 0 | Bergmann
| 21 | 21 | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Viktor Barna
| 3 |  Erlich
| 7 | 15 | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Václav Tereba
| 2 |  Barna
| 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alojzy Ehrlich
| 3 | Erlich
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hyman Lurie
| 0 | Erlich
| 21 | 21 | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Vladas Dzindziliauskas
| 3 |  Dolinar
| 18 | 10 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Tawid Helal
| 0 | Dzindziliauskas
| 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Žarko Dolinar
| 3 | Dolinar
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marcel Geargoura
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
See also
[edit]List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists
References
[edit]- ^ "List of Winners". All About Tennis.
- ^ a b "1939 results" (PDF). International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-12.
- ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
- ^ "Bergmann profile". Jewish Hall of Fame.
- ^ "Barna profile". Jewish Hall of Fame.
- ^ "USA team - Abe Berenbaum". team USA. Archived from the original on April 5, 2015.