1939 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's doubles

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]

1939 Men's doubles
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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

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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

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List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

References

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  1. ^ "List of Winners". All About Tennis.
  2. ^ a b "1939 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.
  4. ^ "USA team - Abe Berenbaum". team USA. Archived from the original on April 5, 2015.
  5. ^ "Bergmann profile". Jewish Hall of Fame.
  6. ^ "Barna profile". Jewish Hall of Fame.