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
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Johnny Leach defeated Bohumil Váňa in the final, winning three sets to two to secure the title.[3]

Results

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Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
  Richard Bergmann 0
  Ferenc Soos 3   Soos 21 21 16 21
  Heribert Just 1   Harangozo 12 15 21 14
  Tibor Harangozo 3   Soos 12 20 21 21 18
  Johnny Leach 3   Leach 21 22 18 11 20+
  Ferenc Sidó 1   Leach 22 13 21 12 24
  Dick Miles 3   Miles 20 21 18 21 22
  František Tokár 0   Leach 21 11 17 21 21
  Bohumil Váňa 3   Váňa 19 21 21 14 16
  Vilim Harangozo 0   Váňa 21 14 12 21 21
  Guy Amouretti 3   Amouretti 19 21 21 15 8
  Alojzy Ehrlich 2   Váňa 23 21 21
  Marty Reisman 3   Reisman 21 18 10
  Max Marinko 1   Reisman 21 21 21
  Ivan Andreadis 3   Andreadis 16 13 17
  László Várkonyi 0

+ Time limit rule applied

See also

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List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

References

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  1. ^ "List of Winners". All About Tennis.
  2. ^ a b "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.