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
editRound 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
editReferences
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.