1938 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's singles

The 1938 World Table Tennis Championships men's singles was the 12th edition of the men's singles championship.[1][2]

1938 Men's singles
VenuesRoyal Albert Hall, Wembley Empire Pool and Sports Arena
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Bohumil Váňa defeated Richard Bergmann in the final, winning three sets to one to secure the title.[3]

Results edit

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Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
  Sol Schiff 21 21 21
  Chimas Duskesas 9 14 18   Schiff 16 20 19
  Tibor Házi 20 21 20 21 25   Házi 21 22 21
  Miloslav Hamr 22 17 22 17 23   Hazi 12 11 12
  Richard Bergmann 21 21 14 24   Bergmann 21 21 21
  Ferenc Soos 16 17 21 22   Bergmann 21 21 21
  Adolf Šlár 21 21 21   Slar 9 14 15
  D.J.C. Cairns 8 9 14   Bergmann 22 9 16 14
  Max Marinko 3   Váňa 20 21 21 21
  Charles Seaman 0   Marinko 21 21 21
  Bohumil Váňa 21 21 21   Váňa 11 15 16
  Bernard Grimes 14 8 13   Váňa 21 21 21
  Viktor Barna 21 21 21   Barna 16 19 17
  Dieter Mauritz 15 10 13   Barna 21 21 21 24
  Václav Tereba 21 21 21   Tereba 14 16 23 22
  Lou Pagliaro 15 18 11

See also edit

List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

References edit

  1. ^ "List of Winners". All About Tennis.
  2. ^ a b "1938 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.