Talk:List of World Table Tennis champions

"**1937 Womens World Champions Ruth Aarons (USA) & Gertrude Pritzi (AUT) were Co-Holders Because of a controversial time-limit rule, which called for a halt in a match once 1 hour and 45 minutes had been reached, this 1937 final match between these two great players was stopped and the title declared vacant – an historical oddity. As there was no expedite rule at the time (though the ITTF would later see the wisdom of adopting it), the players were trapped into extending their match, largely because of Miss Pritzi’s relentlessly defensive style, which forced Defending Champion Aarons to wait, wait, wait for the right ball to attack – a strategy that given the time constriction was doomed from the beginning. In 2001, it was reccomended and approved that both members be declared Co-Champions. "