1939 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's singles

The 1939 World Table Tennis Championships women's singles was the 13th edition of the women's singles championship.[1][2] Vlasta Depetrisová defeated Gertrude Pritzi in the final by three sets to two, to win the title.[3] The tournament suffered from lack of entries due to the troubles in Europe and the forthcoming World War II. 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]

1939 Women's singles
Main article: 1939 World Table Tennis Championships

After the annexation of Austria by Germany, the Austrian Pritzi had to participate under the Nazi Germany flag.

Results
Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Czechoslovakia Věra Votrubcová
w/o Czechoslovakia Votrubcová 1
Nazi Germany Gertrude Pritzi 3 Nazi Germany Pritzi 3
Egypt Lina Costantinidis 0 Nazi Germany Pritzi 21 22 21
Czechoslovakia Marie Kettnerová 3 Czechoslovakia Kettnerová 10 20 19
Romania Sári Kolosvari 0 Czechoslovakia Kettnerová 3
Egypt Mabel Kressat 3 Egypt Kressati 0
Egypt A. Bellanti 2 Nazi Germany Pritzi 19 21 21 19 9
Czechoslovakia Vlasta Depetrisová w/o Czechoslovakia Depetrisová 21 16 16 21 21
Czechoslovakia Depetrisová 3
Romania Angelica Adelstein 2 Romania Adelstein 1
Nazi Germany Hilde Bussmann 1+ Czechoslovakia Depetrisová 22 21 21
Egypt Doreya Karim Fahmy Egypt Naili 20 12 19
Egypt Fahmy 0
Egypt Samiha Naili 3 Egypt Naili 3
Egypt O. Pesarini 0

+ withdrew

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. 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.
  4. "USA team - Abe Berenbaum". team USA. Archived from the original on April 5, 2015.
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