1949 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's singles

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

1949 Men's singles
Main article: 1949 World Table Tennis Championships

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. "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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