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

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
		Věra Votrubcová
			w/o								Votrubcová	1
		Gertrude Pritzi	3								Pritzi	3
		Lina Costantinidis	0																	Pritzi	21	22	21
		Marie Kettnerová	3																	Kettnerová	10	20	19
		Sári Kolosvari	0								Kettnerová	3
		Mabel Kressat	3								Kressati	0
		A. Bellanti	2																										Pritzi	19	21	21	19	9
		Vlasta Depetrisová	w/o																										Depetrisová	21	16	16	21	21
											Depetrisová	3
		Angelica Adelstein	2								Adelstein	1
		Hilde Bussmann	1+																	Depetrisová	22	21	21
		Doreya Karim Fahmy																		Naili	20	12	19
											Fahmy	0
		Samiha Naili	3								Naili	3
		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.