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2021 World Table Tennis Championships
The 2021 World Table Tennis Championships was held in Houston, United States from 23 to 29 November. It was the 56th edition of the championships and the first time the competition was held in the United States. Houston became the host by beating Agadir, Morocco in 2019. The International Table Tennis Federation originally planned regional and continental stage events for the qualification purpose of the Championships finals in Houston. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, no regional and continental stage events were held before the Championships finals. The ITTF decided the qualifications were mainly based on the world rankings published on 8 June (week 23) and 25 June (week 24). Six member associations (China, Japan, Chinese Taipei, Germany, South Korea and Hong Kong) were eligible to have five entries in singles events and four players in doubles events (with a maximum of two combined pairs with another member association). Five individual events were contested. All events were play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Ma Long
Ma Long (; born 20 October 1988) is a Chinese table tennis player and the reigning Olympic singles champion. Widely regarded as the greatest table tennis player of all time, he is the first and only male player to complete a career Double Grand Slam as the Olympic gold medalist in men's singles in 2016 and 2020. He held the ranking of number 1 for a total of 64 months (and 34 consecutive months from March 2015), the most by any male in the history of table tennis. He is also champion in World Championships in men's singles in 2015, 2017 and 2019. His records led the International Table Tennis Federation to nickname him as "The Dictator" and "The Dragon" (derived from his name, Lóng, which represents the zodiac year of his birth). Since 2014, he has been the captain of the Chinese national table tennis men's team. Career Early career After winning both the Asian and World Junior Championships, Ma became the youngest world champion at the age of 17 after he participated in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wang Manyu
Wang Manyu (, born 9 February 1999) is a Chinese table tennis player. She is the current world champion in women's singles and doubles. In the 2017 T2 Asia Pacific League, she replaced Ding Ning in round 2 for team Persson. 2018 began with Wang Manyu defeating world number one Chen Meng in the Hungarian Open Quarterfinals before going on to win the championship with wins against Chen Xingtong in the semi-finals and Sun Yingsha in the finals. In March, Wang Manyu was selected for the 2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships women's team after placing second in the team qualifiers. After a successful WTTC, Wang defeated Chen Xingtong in the Hong Kong Open women's singles final followed by victory against Ding Ning in the China Open women's singles final. Career 2021 In May, Wang was selected as a reserve for the Chinese National Team at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Shortly after, she won the second leg of the Chinese Olympic Scrimmage, defeating Olympic women's singles representat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timo Boll
Timo Boll (, ; born 8 March 1981) is a German professional table tennis player, who currently plays for Borussia Düsseldorf. He is ranked second in the German Table Tennis National League, and fifteen in the ITTF world rankings as of October 2022. Boll ranks among the best German table tennis players of all time, having ranked world No. 1 in 2003, 2011 and in March 2018. Childhood Boll was born in Erbach im Odenwald, Hessen. Boll started playing at age 4, and was coached at the time by his father. In 1987, he became a member of TSV Höchst. At age 8, he was discovered by Helmut Hampel, a Hessian trainer who promoted him. In 1990, he started to train at the training centre Pfungstadt and four years later changed teams to with whom he took part in the Second Division, at which time he attracted the attention of other table tennis associations. recruited him in 1995, a move which required the entire team to relocate 170 km away, to Höchst, to enable daily training with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liang Jingkun
Liang Jingkun (born 20 October 1996) is a Chinese table tennis player who is currently world rank number 5 in ITTF. Two-time medalist in men's singles at the World Table Tennis Championships. Career A top junior player with huge potential, Liang made a breakthrough in 2015 when he was surprisingly selected to represent China at the World Championships. He competed in the men's singles event, where he made it to the round of 32 before getting eliminated by his teammate, Zhang Jike. He also competed in the 2019 World Championships where he surprisingly beat Fan Zhendong in the Round of 16 but ended up losing in the semi-finals to Ma Long. 2021 In May, Liang played in the Chinese Olympic Scrimmages. He lost to Xu Xin 4–0 in the quarter-finals of the second leg of the scrimmage. In September, Liang reached the semi-finals of the China National Games, where he lost to Fan Zhendong. He then defeated Wang Chuqin to take the bronze medal. In November, Liang won two WTT titles in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Truls Möregårdh
Truls Carl Eric Möregårdh (; born 16 February 2002) is a Swedish table tennis player. He won bronze with the Swedish team at the World Team Table Tennis Championships in 2018, as well as at the 2019 European Table Tennis Championships. In 2021, he won silver at the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships. He is right-handed and uses the European shakehand style to hold his racquet. Career The Swede was considered a great talent from an early age. He achieved his first international successes in 2016. Overall, he is two-time European student champion and one European youth champion. He finished second in 2016, 2017 and 2018. He also won the youth TOP 10 in 2016. In 2017 and 2018 he was junior vice world champion and was allowed to take part in the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, where he was able to reach the quarter-finals in an individual competition. With the Serbian Sabina Šurjan, he reached the game for the bronze medal in the mixed competition, where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fan Zhendong
Fan Zhendong (; born 22 January 1997) is a Chinese professional table tennis player who is currently ranked world No. 1 for men's singles by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). After joining the Chinese National Table Tennis Team in 2012 as the youngest member of the team, he went on to become the youngest ITTF World Tour Champion and the youngest World Table Tennis Champion. He achieved the top spot in the world rankings after holding position No. 2 for 29 consecutive months, starting from November 2015. Fan's attacking style of play involves explosive footwork and powerful forehand loops. His thick-set build has led fans and commentators to affectionately refer to him as "Little Fatty" (). His continuous rise to becoming one of the top table tennis players in the world has garnered him a large fanbase worldwide, with over half a million followers on Chinese social media site Weibo. In 2016, he won the ITTF Star Point Award, and he was nominated for the Best Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 World Table Tennis Championships – Mixed Doubles
The mixed doubles competition of the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships was held from 23 to 28 November 2021. Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen were the defending champions, but neither competed this year. Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha won the title after defeating Tomokazu Harimoto and Hina Hayata 11–2, 11–5, 11–8. Seeds Seeding was based on the ITTF world ranking published on 16 November 2021. Ranking for doubles competitions was determined by combining a pair's individual doubles ranking position to form a combined pair ranking. # Lin Yun-ju / Cheng I-ching ''(Semifinals)'' # Emmanuel Lebesson / Jia Nan Yuan ''(Quarterfinals)'' # Wong Chun Ting / Doo Hoi Kem ''(Third round)'' # Jang Woo-jin / Jeon Ji-hee ''(Second round)'' # Ľubomír Pištej / Barbora Balážová ''(Second round)'' # Ovidiu Ionescu / Bernadette Szőcs ''(Third round)'' # Aleksandr Khanin / Daria Trigolos ''(Second round)'' # Patrick Franziska / Petrissa Solja ''(Third round)'' # Sathiya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's Doubles
The women's doubles competition of the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships was held from 24 to 29 November 2021. Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu defeated Mima Ito and Hina Hayata 11–9, 11–7, 11–8 in the final. Seeds Seeding was based on the ITTF world ranking published on 16 November 2021. Ranking for doubles competitions was determined by combining a pair’s individual doubles ranking position to form a combined pair ranking. # Jeon Ji-hee / Shin Yu-bin ''(Second round, withdrawn)'' # Kasumi Ishikawa / Miu Hirano ''(Quarterfinals)'' # Nina Mittelham / Sabine Winter ''(Third round)'' # Doo Hoi Kem / Lee Ho Ching ''(Third round)'' # Linda Bergström / Christina Källberg ''(Second round)'' # Petrissa Solja / Shan Xiaona ''(Third round)'' # Hana Matelová / Barbora Balážová ''(Third round)'' # Yana Noskova / Olga Vorobeva ''(Third round)'' # Farah Abdelaziz / Yousra Abdel Razek ''(Second round)'' # Manika Batra / Archana Girish Kamath ''(Quart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Doubles
The men's doubles competition of the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships was held from 24 to 29 November 2021. Seeds Seeding was based on the International Table Tennis Federation, ITTF world ranking published on 16 November 2021. Ranking for doubles competitions is determined by combining a pair’s individual doubles ranking position to form a combined pair ranking. # Liang Jingkun / Lin Gaoyuan ''(Semifinals)'' # Yukiya Uda / Shunsuke Togami ''(Semifinals)'' # Ádám Szudi / Nándor Ecseki ''(Second round)'' # Álvaro Robles (table tennis), Álvaro Robles / Ovidiu Ionescu ''(Third round)'' # Cedric Nuytinck / Jakub Dyjas ''(Third round)'' # Chen Chien-an / Chuang Chih-yuan ''(Third round)'' # An Jae-hyun / Cho Dae-seong ''(Third round)'' # Benedikt Duda / Dang Qiu ''(Quarterfinals)'' # Fan Zhendong / Wang Chuqin ''(Quarterfinals)'' # Jang Woo-jin / Lim Jong-hoon ''(Final)'' # Paul Drinkhall / Liam Pitchford ''(Quarterfinals)'' # Maksim Grebnev / Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's Singles
The women's singles competition of the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships was held from 23 to 29 November 2021. Liu Shiwen was the defending champion but did not compete in this year's tournament. Wang Manyu won the title after defeating Sun Yingsha 11–13, 11–7, 6–11, 11–6, 11–8, 17–15. Seeds Seeding was based on the ITTF world ranking published on 16 November 2021. # Chen Meng ''(Semifinals)'' # Sun Yingsha ''(Final)'' # Mima Ito ''(Quarterfinals)'' # Wang Manyu (Champion) # Cheng I-ching ''(Fourth round)'' # Kasumi Ishikawa ''(Quarterfinals)'' # Wang Yidi ''(Semifinals)'' # Feng Tianwei ''(Third round)'' # Miu Hirano ''(Fourth round)'' # Doo Hoi Kem ''(Fourth round)'' # Jeon Ji-hee ''(Third round)'' # Chen Xingtong ''(Quarterfinals)'' # Sofia Polcanova ''(First round)'' # Adriana Díaz ''(Fourth round)'' # Hina Hayata ''(Fourth round)'' # Petrissa Solja ''(Second round)'' # Ying Han ''(Third round)'' # Suh Hyo-won ''(Quarterfinals)'' # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Singles
The men's singles competition of the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships was held from 23 to 29 November 2021. Ma Long was the three-time defending champion, but did not compete in this year's tournament. Fan Zhendong won the title after defeating Truls Möregårdh 11–6, 11–9, 11–7, 11–8. Seeds Seeding was based on the ITTF world ranking published on 16 November 2021. # Fan Zhendong (Champion) # Tomokazu Harimoto ''(Second round)'' # Hugo Calderano ''(Quarterfinals)'' # Lin Yun-ju ''(Third round)'' # Lin Gaoyuan ''(Quarterfinals)'' # Liang Jingkun ''(Semifinals)'' # Mattias Falck ''(Second round)'' # Timo Boll ''(Semifinals)'' # Jang Woo-jin ''(First round)'' # Patrick Franziska ''(Third round)'' # Liam Pitchford ''(Fourth round)'' # Wang Chuqin ''(Fourth round)'' # Quadri Aruna ''(Quarterfinals)'' # Simon Gauzy ''(Third round)'' # Koki Niwa ''(Second round)'' # Lee Sang-su ''(Second round)'' # Wong Chun Ting ''(Fourth round)'' # Darko Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
