1953 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Doubles

The 1953 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Doubles was the 20th edition of the men's doubles championship.[1][2] Ferenc Sidó and József Kóczián won the title after defeating Richard Bergmann and Johnny Leach in the final by three sets to two.[3]

1953 Men's Doubles

Results

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	Round of 16									Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
		Johnny Leach Richard Bergmann	21	21	21
		Alex Grunfeld Pitu Popp	16	16	11						Leach Bergmann	24	13	21	21
		Žarko Dolinar Vilim Harangozo	3								Dolinar Harangozo	22	21	14	7
		René Roothooft Michel Lanskoy	2																	Leach Bergmann	21	21	18	21
		Liss Larsson Tor Jonsson	w/o																	Barna Haydon	13	15	21	12
		Dagoberto Midosi Ivan Severo	scr								Larsson Jonsson	15	21	15	12
		Viktor Barna Adrian Haydon	21	12	21	21					Barna Haydon	21	19	21	21
		Václav Tereba Ladislav Štípek	18	21	19	15																							Leach Bergmann	21	21	21	18	19
		József Kóczián Ferenc Sidó	3																										Kóczián Sidó	23	19	12	21	21
		Tage Flisberg Weine Fredriksson	0								Kóczián Sidó	21	21	25	21
		Cor du Buy Willie Van Zoelen	3								Cor du Buy Van Zoelen	12	11	27	16
		Helmut Hanschmann Heinz Reimann	1																	Kóczián Sidó	13	18	21	21	21
		Brian Kennedy Aubrey Simons	21	21	21															Andreadis Váňa	21	21	11	18	13
		Miklós Sebők László Földy	12	14	17						Kennedy Simons	11	12	17
		Ivan Andreadis Bohumil Váňa	3								Andreadis Váňa	21	21	21
		Heinrich Bednar Heribert Just	1

See also

List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

References

1. "List of Winners". All About Tennis.
2. "1953 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.