Liu Shiwen (; born 12 April 1991) is a Chinese

table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...

player. She is a five-time World Cup champion, one-time

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, three-time ITTF World Tour Grand Finals champion and four-time

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champion. She is known to be one of the fastest players in the world. She held the ITTF No. 1 rank for nine consecutive months from January to September 2010, thirteen consecutive months during 2013–2014, and eleven consecutive months during 2015–2016. Also, she has been consistently ranked first or second in ITTF Women's World ranking from early 2012 to mid-2017 (with no lower rank than third).

Equipment

Liu Shiwen currently uses a Custom made Butterfly ZLC with a black DHS Hurricane 3 NEO Blue Sponge (2.1mm,39.5°) for her forehand and a red Dignics for her backhand.

Career

In 2019, Liu Shiwen won the world championships. In a sit-down interview with CCTV, Liu discussed her 2019 World Championship run, placing a big emphasis on the psychological aspect. She noted that she felt like an underdog against both Ding Ning in the semi-finals and Chen Meng in the finals. In 2020, Liu's season was cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. She did not return for ITTF's restart events at the end of the year due to injury. Liu was expected to return in 2021 at WTT Doha, but plans were cut short by China's decision to withdraw due to coronavirus concerns.

2021

After getting surgery for an elbow injury that sidelined her through most of 2020, Liu began training with her teammates again in January. In March, Liu participated in the Chinese National Team training camp and played in the China National Games Qualifying tournament, where she stated that she felt that she was fully recovered from her injury. National team coach Li Sun stated that Liu looked even better than expected in training camp, which prompted speculation that Liu was a front-runner to represent China in the singles event at the Tokyo Olympics. However, Liu lost 4–0 to Zhu Yuling in the quarter finals of the China Olympic Scrimmage in May. In May, Liu was selected to represent China in the team event but not the singles event at the Tokyo Olympics. However, shortly after she lost 4–0 to He Zhuojia in the quarter-finals of the second leg of the China Olympic Scrimmage. Liu played mixed doubles with Xu Xin at the Tokyo Olympics. In an interview in July, Liu stated that their doubles chemistry was better than ever before. In July, Liu Shiwen and Xu Xin won silver in the mixed doubles event at the Tokyo Olympics being upset 4-3 by Japan's

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and Jun Mizutani despite initially leading 2–0. Following the loss, Liu withdrew from the team event and was replaced by Wang Manyu. In September, Liu Shiwen reached the quarter-finals of the women's singles at the China National Games. After he round of 16 victory over Gu Yuting, Liu stated that the China National Games was her first real tournament in a year and a half. Liu defeated Gu Yuting to reach the semi-finals of the women's singles event, and won the mixed doubles gold medal with Xu Xin. Liu went on to win bronze in women's singles after losing to

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4–0 in the semi-finals and defeating Chen Meng 3–1 in the bronze medal match.

Career records

;Singles (as of 18 June 2019) * World Championships: Winner (2019), Runner-up (2013, 2015), SF (2009, 2011, 2017) * World Cup: Winner (2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2019), Runner-up (2017) *

Asian Games The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games were regulated by the Asian Games Federation (AGF) from the first Games in New Delhi, India, until t ...

: Winner (2014) * Asian Championships: Winner (2013), SF (2009, 2012, 2017), Runner-up (2019) *

: Winner (2010, 2012, 2013, 2016), Runner-up (2009, 2015, 2017) * World Junior Championships: Runner-up (2004) *Asian Junior Championships: SF (2004) *

Pro Tour Grand Finals The ITTF World Tour Grand Finals, formerly named ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals, is an annual table tennis tournament sanctioned by International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) at the end of the year. The tournament includes seven events: men's and wome ...

: Winner (3) London, England (2011), Hangzhou, China (2012), Dubai, UAE (2013). * Pro Tour / ITTF World Tour **Winner (14): ***2009: Danish Open, China (Suzhou) Open, China (Tianjin) Open ***2010: Kuwait Open 2010 ***2011: Qatar Open 2011 ***2012: Hungary Open, Korea Open ***2013: Kuwait Open, Dubai Open ***2015: Polish Open ***2016: Qatar Open, Japan Open ***2018: Qatar Open, Australia Open **Runner-up (16): ***2009: English Open ***2010: Qatar Open ***2011: Sweden Open, Austria Open ***2012: Slovenia Open, China (Shanghai) Open, China (Suzhou) Open ***2013: Qatar Open, China (Suzhou) Open, Russian Open ***2014: China (Chengdu) Open, Sweden Open ***2016: Korea Open, China (Chengdu) Open ***2019: Qatar Open, Japan Open *ITTF Challenge: **Winner: Thailand Open (2018) ;Doubles *World Championships: Winner (2015, 2017), Runner-up (2013), QF (2007, 2009) *Asian Games: Runner-up (2010, 2014) *Asian Championships: Winner (2005) *World Junior Championships: Winner (2004) *Asian Junior Championships: Winner (2004) *Pro Tour Grand Finals: Winner (2009) *Pro Tour /ITTF World Tour **Winner (20) ***2008: Korea Open 2008 ***2009: Danish Open, China (Tianjin) Open ***2010: Qatar Open ***2011: China (Shenzhen) Open ***2012: Hungary Open, Korea Open ***2013: China (Changchun) Open, Russian Open ***2014: Kuwait Open, China (Chengdu) Open, Sweden Open ***2015: China (Chengdu) Open ***2016: Kuwait Open, Qatar Open, Korea Open ***2017: China ***2018: Japan ***2019: China Open, Japan Open **Runner-up (7) ***2007: China (Nanjing) Open ***2009: Qatar Open, China (Suzhou) Open ***2010: Kuwait Open, China (Suzhou) Open ***2016: Japan Open, China (Chengdu) Open ;Mixed doubles * Olympic Games: Runner-up (2020) * World Championships: Winner (2019) *Asian Championships: Winner (2019), SF (2009) *World Junior Championships: Winner (2004) *ITTF World Tour: **Winner (3) ***2018: Austria Open ***2019: Hungary Open, Qatar Open, Sweden Open ;Team *

Olympics The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ...

: Winner (2016) * World Championships: Winner (2012, 2014, 2016, 2018), Runner-up (2010) *

World Team Cup The World Team Cup was the international men's team championship of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). The inaugural edition of the tournament was contested in 1975 in Kingston, Jamaica and was called the Nations Cup. No tourname ...

: Winner (2009, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2018, 2019) *Asian Games: Winner (2010, 2014) *Asian Championships: Winner (2009, 2012, 2013, 2015); Second Runner-up (2005) *World Junior Championships: Winner (2004) *Asian Junior Championships: Winner (2004)

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