The 1949 World Table Tennis Championships women's doubles was the 15th edition of the women's doubles championship.^[1][2] Gizi Farkas and Helen Elliot defeated Pinkie Barnes and Joan Crosby in the final by three sets to nil.^[3]

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	Round of 16									Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
		Gizi Farkas Helen Elliot	21	21	21
		Mildred Shahian Gertrude Pritzi	11	11	14						Elliot Farkas	21	21	21
		Margaret Osborne-Knott Vera Rowe	21	21	20	18					Pithie Tolan	14	15	6
		Rena Tolan Elisabeth Pithie	23	11	22	21														Farkas Elliot	21	21	21
		Ida Koťátková Eliška Fürstová	21	21	21															Koťátková Fürstová	8	5	5
		Kerstin Olssen Mejt Levin	6	4	11						Koťátková Fürstová	21	18	11	21	21
		Peggy Franks Adele Wood	21	15	21	16	21				Franks Wood	15	21	21	16	19
		Huguette Béolet Jeanne Delay	14	21	15	21	10																						Farkas Elliot	21	21	21
		Eina Eriksson Jris Persson	21	22	21																								Barnes Crosby	10	11	13
		Gunilla Stockenberg Maya Helling	16	20	19						Eriksson Persson	21	10	8	21	12
		Pinkie Barnes Joan Crosby	17	21	10	21	24				Barnes Crosby	17	21	21	18	21
		Květa Hrušková Marie Zelenková	21	17	21	15	22													Barnes Crosby	21	21	21
		Sonja Ljungberg Gerd Kristiansson	21	19	21	21														Karpati Mezei	19	16	11
		Inga Klasson Ulla Rudbeck	14	21	15	13					Ljungberg Kristiansson	3	10	9
		Rózsi Kárpáti Erzsébet Mezei	21	21	21						Kárpáti Mezei	21	21	21
		Audrey Bates Nancy Evans-Roy	13	18	16

List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists