1929 Men's singles | |
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The 1929 World Table Tennis Championships men's singles was the third edition of the men's singles championship. [1] [2]
Fred Perry met Miklós Szabados in the final of this event. Perry won 14–21, 21–12, 23–21, 21–19.
Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fred Perry | 21 | 21 | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alfred Liebster | 18 | 9 | 12 | Fred Perry | 21 | 21 | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Antonín Maleček | 18 | 18 | 13 | István Kelen | 9 | 13 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
István Kelen | 21 | 21 | 21 | Fred Perry | 21 | 21 | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Erwin Kohn | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | Adrian Haydon | 8 | 19 | 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sándor Glancz | 14 | 23 | 19 | 19 | Erwin Kohn | 12 | 8 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Victor Barna | 13 | 23 | 21 | 19 | 15 | Adrian Haydon | 21 | 21 | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Adrian Haydon | 21 | 21 | 7 | 21 | 21 | Fred Perry | 14 | 21 | 23 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Zoltán Mechlovits | 21 | 21 | 21 | Miklós Szabados | 21 | 12 | 21 | 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arnold Oschin | 10 | 14 | 13 | Zoltán Mechlovits | 21 | 21 | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Charles Bull | 17 | 3 | 16 | Robert Thum | 19 | 17 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Robert Thum | 21 | 21 | 21 | Zoltán Mechlovits | 18 | 24 | 24 | 17 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ernő Földi | 21 | 21 | 21 | 17 | 21 | Miklós Szabados | 21 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Paul Flussmann | 15 | 23 | 11 | 21 | 19 | Ernő Földi | 10 | 9 | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frank Wilde | 13 | 17 | 14 | Miklós Szabados | 21 | 21 | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Miklós Szabados | 21 | 21 | 21 |
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