1939 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's singles explained

1939 Women's singles
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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]

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

Results

+ withdrew

See also

List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

Notes and References

1. Web site: List of Winners. All About Tennis.
2. Web site: 1939 results. https://web.archive.org/web/20120412005823/http://www.ittf.com/museum/WorldChWSingles.pdf. dead. 2012-04-12. International Table Tennis Federation.
3. Book: Montague, Trevor. A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. 2004. The Bath Press. 0-316-72645-1.
4. Web site: USA team - 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. team USA.