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

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

[2]

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

List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

References

  1. "List of Winners". All About Tennis.
  2. "1939 results" (PDF). International Table Tennis Federation.
  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.
  5. "Bergmann profile". Jewish Hall of Fame.
  6. "Barna profile". Jewish Hall of Fame.
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