1937 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's singles

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1937 Men's singles
Venue Baden bei Wien
  1936
1938  

The 1937 World Table Tennis Championships men's singles was the 11th edition of the men's singles championship. [1] [2]

Contents

Richard Bergmann defeated Alojzy Ehrlich in the final, winning three sets to two to secure the title. [3]

Results

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Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Robert Blattner 21 21 21
Flag of England.svg Stanley Proffitt 17 11 12 Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg Blattner 20 21 23 17 20
Flag of Hungary.svg Ferenc Soos 21 17 21 21 Flag of Hungary.svg Soos 22 15 21 21 22
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Ladislav Hexner 16 21 13 16 Flag of Hungary.svg Soos 20 9 13
Flag of Hungary.svg Tibor Házi 21 18 18 21 21 Flag of Poland.svg Erlich 22 21 21
Flag of Egypt (1922-1958).svg Marcel Geargoura 18 21 21 11 13 Flag of Hungary.svg Hazi 13 15 21 13
Flag of Poland.svg Alojzy Ehrlich 21 21 21 Flag of Poland.svg Erlich 21 21 13 21
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Stanislav Kolář 11 16 16 Flag of Poland.svg Erlich 21 21 21 14 11
Flag of Austria.svg Richard Bergmann 21 21 21 Flag of Austria.svg Bergmann 19 23 19 21 21
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Miloslav Hamr 17 14 19 Flag of Austria.svg Bergmann 21 21 21
Flag of Israel.svg Shimcha Finkelstein 22 21 21 Flag of Poland.svg Finkelstein 12 18 14
Flag of Hungary.svg Miklós Szabados 20 18 17 Flag of Austria.svg Bergmann 15 16 21 21 21
Flag of Austria.svg Hans Hartinger 21 21 21 Flag of Austria.svg Hartinger 21 21 13 15 16
Flag of Poland.svg Samuel Schieff 10 18 12 Flag of Austria.svg Hartinger 21 19 14 21 21
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Bohumil Váňa w/o Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Váňa 17 21 21 15 15
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1937 World Rankings

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See also

List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

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References

  1. "List of Winners". All About Tennis.
  2. 1 2 "1937 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. "News Archives - Feb 1937". Table Tennis England.