Wang Hao (; born 15 December 1983) is a retired 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. He became the

world champion A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...

in men's singles in Yokohama, Japan, in May 2009, defeating three-time World Champion Wang Liqin 4–0. His other notable accomplishments include being a three-time

World Cup A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the concept i ...

Champion in 2007, 2008 and 2010, a singles silver medalist at the 2004 Summer Olympics, 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics. In January 2010, he was replaced by

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 ...

as the #1 rank on the official ITTF world rankings. He was previously ranked #1 on the official ITTF world rankings for 27 consecutive months, from October 2007 to December 2009. In April 2011, he was again the top ranked male player in the world. He is known to execute the Reverse Penhold Backhand (RPB) with exceptional skill. During his career, he has appeared twelve times in major world competition finals, which is a record. In men's singles, he has won the Asian Championship, Asian Cup, Asian Games, and Chinese National Games at least once. Wang Hao retired from the national team at the end of 2014.

Equipment

Wang Hao used a DHS Hurricane Hao blade(Special Blade for Wanghao : It's called N656) with a DHS Neo Skyline III Blue Sponge for forehand and Butterfly Sriver topsheet on Bryce sponge for his backhand.

Playing style

Wang uses a penhold grip. He is representative of a new wave of penhold players, having good attacking and defensive skills off both wings of the table. The greater freedom of the wrist involved in a penhold grip allows Wang Hao to generate large amounts of spin on the forehand side. Compared to most pen-hold players on the professional circuit, Wang Hao uses the reverse-side for almost all shots on the backhand side, with the small exception of balls placed very slow and short within the table during serves. This style of using the reverse-side exclusively for the backhand was considered to be improper, and when he first joined the national team most players did not think highly of him.

Personal life

Wang Hao and Yan Boya met in 2010 and they married in 2013. The same year, they had a son, Wang Ruiting. Wang Hao stated he would prefer his son to not pursue table tennis.http://tabletennista.com/2014/11/wang-hao-introduced-table-tennis-to-his-son-photos/

Achievements

ITTF World Tour 2017 German Open Wang Hao and Fan Zhendong

* 1996: joined

Jilin Jilin (; alternately romanized as Kirin or Chilin) is one of the three provinces of Northeast China. Its capital and largest city is Changchun. Jilin borders North Korea ( Rasŏn, North Hamgyong, Ryanggang and Chagang) and Russia (Prim ...

Provincial Table Tennis Team * 1998: joined National Team and turned pro * 1999 World Club Championships: Champion, team * 1999 Asian Junior Table Tennis Championships: Champion, team; runner-up, men's singles and men's doubles * 2000 World Club Championship: Runner-up, men's team * 2001 Ninth National Games: Champion, men's team * 2002 ITTF Pro Tour, Netherlands: Champion, men's singles; third, men's doubles * 2002 ITTF Pro Tour, Egypt: Champion, men's singles; third, men's doubles * 2003 47th World Table Tennis Championships: Runner-up, men's doubles : third, mixed doubles * 2003 ITTF Pro Tour, Croatia: Champion, men's singles * 2003 ITTF Pro Tour, China: Runner-up, men's singles and men's doubles * 2003 ITTF Pro Tour, Denmark: Champion, men's doubles * 2003 ITTF Pro Tour, Sweden: Champion, men's doubles * 2003 Asian Table Tennis Championships: Champion, men's team and men's singles; third, men's doubles * 2004 47th World Team Table Tennis Championships: Champion, men's team * 2004 Olympics: Silver medal, men's singles * 2004

: Third, men's singles * 2004 ITTF Pro Tour, Greece: Champion, men's singles; runner-up, men's doubles * 2004 ITTF Pro Tour, South Korea: Champion, men's doubles; runner-up, men's singles * 2004 ITTF Pro Tour, Changchun: Champion, men's doubles; runner-up, men's singles * 2005 48th World Table Tennis Championships: Champion, men's doubles * 2005 Asia Cup: Champion, men's singles * 2005 Asian Table Tennis Championships: Champion, men's team * 2005 Qatar Open: Champion, men's doubles * 2005 China Open: Runner-up, men's doubles (Harbin); Runner-up, men's singles (Shenzhen) * 2005 World Cup: Runner-up, men's singles * 2006 48th World Team Table Tennis Championships: Champion, men's team * 2006 World Cup: Runner-up, men's singles * 2006 ITTF Pro Tour, Slovenia: Champion, men's singles * 2006 ITTF Pro Tour, Croatia: Champion, men's doubles * 2006 ITTF Pro Tour, Qatar: Champion, men's doubles * 2006 ITTF Pro Tour, Japan: Champion, men's doubles; runner-up, men's singles *

2006 Asian Games 6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics Six is the smallest positive integer which is neither a square number nor a prime number; it is the second small ...

: Champion, men's singles and team *

2007 World Table Tennis Championships The 2007 World Table Tennis Championships was a table tennis tournament that took place in Zagreb, Croatia from May 21 through to May 27, 2007. China won a clean sweep of all the gold and silver medals. Medal summary Medal table Events Final ...

: Runner-up, men's doubles; third, men's singles * 2007 World Cup: Champion, men's team and men's singles * 2007 ITTF Pro Tour, Slovenia: Champion, men's singles * 2007 ITTF Pro Tour,

Croatia , image_flag = Flag of Croatia.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Croatia.svg , anthem = "Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland") , image_map = , map_caption = , capit ...

: Champion, men's doubles * 2007 ITTF Pro Tour,

Shenzhen Shenzhen (; ; ; ), also historically known as Sham Chun, is a major sub-provincial city and one of the special economic zones of China. The city is located on the east bank of the Pearl River estuary on the central coast of southern province ...

: Champion, men's singles and men's doubles * 2007 ITTF Pro Tour,

Nanjing Nanjing (; , Mandarin pronunciation: ), alternately romanized as Nanking, is the capital of Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China. It is a sub-provincial city, a megacity, and the second largest city in the East China region. T ...

: Champion, men's doubles; runner-up, men's singles * 2007 ITTF Pro Tour, Japan: Champion, men's singles; runner-up, men's doubles * 2007 Asian Table Tennis Championships: Champion, men's team and men's singles; runner-up, men's doubles * 2008 Olympics: Champion, men's team * 2008 Olympics: Silver medal, men's singles * 2008 World Team Table Tennis Championships: Champion, men's team * 2008 World Cup: Champion, men's singles *

2009 World Table Tennis Championships The 2009 H.I.S. World Table Tennis Championships were held in Yokohama, Japan, from 28 April to 5 May 2009. The Chinese team dominated the competition, following their sweep of the gold medals in table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics. It was t ...

: Champion, men's singles and men's double with Chen Qi * 2009 Eleventh National Games: Champion, men's singles and mixed doubles and men's team * 2010 World Team Table Tennis Championships: Champion, men's team * 2010 World Cup: Champion, men's singles * 2010 Asian Games: Silver Medal, men's singles * 2011 World Table Tennis Championships: Runner-up, men's singles; third, men's doubles * 2011 World Cup: Runner-up, men's singles * 2012 Olympics: Silver medal, men's singles * 2012 Olympics: Champion, men's Team. * 2013 World Table Tennis Championships: Runner-up, men's singles

Equipment

Playing style

Personal life

Achievements

See also

References

External links