1939 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's doubles
| 1939 Men's doubles | |
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The 1939 World Table Tennis Championships men's doubles was the 13th edition of the men's doubles championship.[1][2] Viktor Barna and Richard Bergmann won the title after defeating Miloslav Hamr and Josef Tartakower in the final by three sets to two.[3]
Only 11 men's teams and 5 women's teams entered the Championships. Hungary, the United States and Austria were the major nations missing.[4] The eventual doubles champions Viktor Barna and Richard Bergmann played under the England flag for the first time after fleeing the Nazis in Europe.[5][6]
Results
[edit]| Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Hyman Lurie Ken Hyde
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Václav Tereba Bohumil Váňa
| 1 | Lurie Hyde
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Simon Bercovitz E Ades
| 3 | Bercovitz Ades
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Said Hegazi E Gahjah
| 1 | Lurie Hyde
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hassan Abou Heif Amin Abou Heif
| 1 | Barna Bergmann
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Grigorios Leventis Konstantinos Kassavetis
| 3 | Laventis Kassavetis
| 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Viktor Barna Richard Bergmann
| 3 | Barna Bergmann
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Vilius Variakojis Eugenijus Nikolskis
| 0 | Barna Bergmann
| 21 | 21 | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Michel Haguenauer Raoul Bedoc
| 3 | Hamr  Tartakower
| 9 | 11 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Ladislav Hexner Žarko Dolinar
| 0 | Haguenauer Bedoc
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ernest Bubley Ken Stanley
| 3 | Bubley Stanley
| 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marcel Geargoura Anwar Massaoud
| 0 | Haguenauer Bedoc
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miloslav Hamr Josef Tartakower
| 3 | Hamr Tartakower
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Shimcha Finkelstein Mansour Helmy
| 1 | Hamr Tartakower
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tawid Helal Alojzy Ehrlich
| 3 | Helal Alojzy Ehrlich
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rudolf Karlecek Zdeněk Heydušek
| 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.
- ^ "USA team - Abe Berenbaum". team USA. Archived from the original on April 5, 2015.
- ^ "Bergmann profile". Jewish Hall of Fame.
- ^ "Barna profile". Jewish Hall of Fame.