1938 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's doubles
# 1938 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's doubles

The 1938 World Table Tennis Championships men's doubles was the 12th edition of the men's doubles championship. Jimmy McClure and Sol Schiff won the title after defeating Viktor Barna and Laszlo Bellak in the final by three sets to two. It was McClure's third consecutive title.

## Results

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
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| Amin Abou Heif Hassan Abou Heif | 8 | 16 | 17 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Erich Kaspar Shimcha Finkelstein | 21 | 21 | 21 | | | Kaspar Finkelstein | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Miloslav Hamr Bohumil Váňa | 18 | 16 | 19 | | | Bellak Barna | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Laszlo Bellak Viktor Barna | 21 | 21 | 21 | | | | | Bellak Barna | 3 | | | | | | |
| Gilbert Marshall Charles Seaman | 1 | | | | | | | Filby Lurie | 1 | | | | | | |
| Bernard Grimes Lou Pagliaro | 3 | | | | | Grimes Pagliaro | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| Eric Filby Hyman Lurie | 21 | 13 | 21 | 21 | | Filby Lurie | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Adolf Šlár František Hanec Pivec | 19 | 21 | 13 | 12 | | | | | | Bellak Barna | 18 | 21 | 21 | 14 | 19 |
| Václav Tereba Stanislav Kolář | 3 | | | | | | | | | McClure Schiff | 21 | 15 | 19 | 21 | 21 |
| Samuel Schieff Alojzy Ehrlich | 1 | | | | | Kolář Tereba | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| André Staf Roger Lejeune | 19 | 12 | 17 | | | Boros Házi | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| István Boros Tibor Házi | 21 | 21 | 21 | | | | | Kolář Tereba | 2 | | | | | | |
| Alfred Liebster Karl Schediwy | 21 | 21 | 21 | | | | | McClure Schiff | 3 | | | | | | |
| Adolf Herskovic Lovro Ratkovic | 16 | 8 | 15 | | | Libester Schediwy | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Jimmy McClure Sol Schiff | 17 | 21 | 21 | 12 | 21 | McClure Schiff | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Ferenc Soos Ernő Földi | 21 | 18 | 12 | 21 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | |
