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1939 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's doubles

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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

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Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
England Hyman Lurie
England Ken Hyde
3
Czechoslovakia Václav Tereba
Czechoslovakia Bohumil Váňa
1 England Lurie
England Hyde
3
Egypt Simon Bercovitz
Egypt E Ades
3 Egypt Bercovitz
Egypt Ades
1
Egypt Said Hegazi
Egypt E Gahjah
1 England Lurie
England Hyde
2
Egypt Hassan Abou Heif
Egypt Amin Abou Heif
1 England Barna
England Bergmann
3
Greece Grigorios Leventis
Greece Konstantinos Kassavetis
3 Greece Laventis
Greece Kassavetis
0
England Viktor Barna
England Richard Bergmann
3 England Barna
England Bergmann
3
Lithuania Vilius Variakojis
Lithuania Eugenijus Nikolskis
0 England Barna
England Bergmann
21 21 21
France Michel Haguenauer
France Raoul Bedoc
3 Czechoslovakia Hamr
Luxembourg Tartakower
9 11 12
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ladislav Hexner
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Žarko Dolinar
0 France Haguenauer
France Bedoc
3
England Ernest Bubley
England Ken Stanley
3 England Bubley
England Stanley
0
Egypt Marcel Geargoura
Egypt Anwar Massaoud
0 France Haguenauer
France Bedoc
1
Czechoslovakia Miloslav Hamr
Luxembourg Josef Tartakower
3 Czechoslovakia Hamr
Luxembourg Tartakower
3
Israel Shimcha Finkelstein
Egypt Mansour Helmy
1 Czechoslovakia Hamr
Luxembourg Tartakower
3
Egypt Tawid Helal
Poland Alojzy Ehrlich
3 Egypt Helal
Poland Alojzy Ehrlich
1
Czechoslovakia Rudolf Karlecek
Czechoslovakia 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.