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1939 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's singles

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The 1939 World Table Tennis Championships men's singles was the 13th edition of the men's singles championship.[1][2]

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Richard Bergmann defeated Alojzy Ehrlich in the final, winning three sets to nil to secure the title.[3] The eventual champion Bergmann and former winner Viktor Barna both represented England after fleeing the Nazis in Europe.[4][5]

Only 11 men's teams and 5 women's teams entered the Championships. Hungary, the United States and Austria were the major nations missing.[6]

Results

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Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Czechoslovakia Bohumil Váňa 3
Luxembourg Josef Tartakower 1 Czechoslovakia Váňa 3
France Michel Haguenauer 3 France Haguenauer 0
Romania Viktor Vladone 0 Czechoslovakia Váňa 13 20 21 21 19
England Ken Hyde 3 England Bergmann 21 22 15 15 21
Poland Shimcha Finkelstein 0 England Hyde 0
England Richard Bergmann 3 England Bergmann 3
Romania Geza Eros 0 England Bergmann 21 21 21
Hungary Viktor Barna 3 Poland Erlich 7 15 18
Czechoslovakia Václav Tereba 2 Hungary Barna 0
Poland Alojzy Ehrlich 3 Poland Erlich 3
England Hyman Lurie 0 Poland Erlich 21 21 21
Lithuania Vladas Dzindziliauskas 3 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dolinar 18 10 14
Egypt Tawid Helal 0 Lithuania Dzindziliauskas 0
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Žarko Dolinar 3 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dolinar 3
Egypt Marcel Geargoura 2

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