1949 Men's singles

The 1949 World Table Tennis Championships men's singles was the 16th edition of the men's singles championship.[1][2]

Johnny Leach defeated Bohumil Váňa in the final, winning three sets to two to secure the title.[3]

Results

[2]

Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
England Richard Bergmann 0
Hungary Ferenc Soos 3 Hungary Soos 21 21 16 21
Austria Heribert Just 1 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Harangozo 12 15 21 14
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Tibor Harangozo 3 Hungary Soos 12 20 21 21 18
England Johnny Leach 3 England Leach 21 22 18 11 20+
Hungary Ferenc Sidó 1 England Leach 22 13 21 12 24
United States Dick Miles 3 United States Miles 20 21 18 21 22
Czechoslovakia František Tokár 0 England Leach 21 11 17 21 21
Czechoslovakia Bohumil Váňa 3 Czechoslovakia Váňa 19 21 21 14 16
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vilim Harangozo 0 Czechoslovakia Váňa 21 14 12 21 21
France Guy Amouretti 3 France Amouretti 19 21 21 15 8
Poland Alojzy Ehrlich 2 Czechoslovakia Váňa 23 21 21
United States Marty Reisman 3 United States Reisman 21 18 10
Czechoslovakia Max Marinko 1 United States Reisman 21 21 21
Czechoslovakia Ivan Andreadis 3 Czechoslovakia Andreadis 16 13 17
Hungary László Várkonyi 0

+ Time limit rule applied

See also

List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

References

  1. ↑ "List of Winners". All About Tennis.
  2. 1 2 "1949 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.
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