1939 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's singles

none 1939 Women's singles 1938 1947 1939 World Table Tennis Championships The 1939 World Table Tennis Championships women's singles was the 13th edition of the women's singles championship.http://www.allabouttabletennis.com/world-table-tennis-championships-medal-winners.html List of Winners All About Tennishttp://www.ittf.com/museum/WorldChWSingles.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20120412005823/http://www.ittf.com/museum/WorldChWSingles.pdf dead 2012-04-12 1939 results International Table Tennis Federation Vlasta Depetrisová defeated Gertrude Pritzi in the final by three sets to two, to win the title.Montague Trevor A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700 2004 The Bath Press 0-316-72645-1 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.https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Table-Tennis/History/Hall-of-Fame/Profiles/Abe-Berenbaum https://web.archive.org/web/20150405010744/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Table-Tennis/History/Hall-of-Fame/Profiles/Abe-Berenbaum dead April 5, 2015 USA team - Abe Berenbaum team USA 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 250 20 TCH Věra Votrubcová w/o Nazi Germany Gertrude Pritzi 3 EGY 1922 Lina Costantinidis 0 TCH Marie Kettnerová 3 ROM Sári Kolosvari 0 EGY 1922 Mabel Kressat 3 EGY 1922 A. Bellanti 2 TCH Vlasta Depetrisová w/o ROM Angelica Adelstein 2 Nazi Germany Hilde Bussmann 1+ EGY 1922 Doreya Karim Fahmy EGY 1922 Samiha Naili 3 EGY 1922 O. Pesarini 0 TCH Votrubcová 1 Nazi Germany Pritzi 3 TCH Kettnerová 3 EGY 1922 Kressati 0 TCH Depetrisová 3 ROM Adelstein 1 EGY 1922 Fahmy 0 EGY 1922 Naili 3 Nazi Germany Pritzi 21 22 21 TCH Kettnerová 10 20 19 TCH Depetrisová 22 21 21 EGY 1922 Naili 20 12 19 Nazi Germany Pritzi 19 21 21 19 9 TCH Depetrisová 21 16 16 21 21 + withdrew See also List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists References - - Category:Women's events at the World Table Tennis Championships