Wang Chuqin
Wang at the 2018 Youth Olympics
Personal information
Nickname(s)Lion heart/ Tou Tou 头头 / 大头
Born (2000-05-11) 11 May 2000 (age 23)
Jilin City, China[1]
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Table tennis career
Playing styleLeft-handed, shakehand grip
Equipment(s)DHS W968, DHS Hurricane 3 National Blue Sponge (FH, black), DHS Hurricane 8 (BH, Red)
Highest ranking1 (4 July 2023)
Current ranking1 (19 March 2024)
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  China
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Championships 7 1 0
World Cup / WTT Finals 3 0 2
Asian Games 6 0 0
Asian Championships 2 2 0
Total 18 3 2
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Halmstad Team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Budapest Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2021 Houston Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2022 Chengdu Team
Gold medal – first place 2023 Durban Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2023 Durban Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2024 Busan Team
Silver medal – second place 2023 Durban Singles
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2023 Chengdu Mixed team
WTT Finals
Gold medal – first place 2022 Xinxiang Singles
Gold medal – first place 2023 Doha Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Singapore Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Doha Doubles
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Team
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou Singles
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou Team
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Yogyakarta Team
Gold medal – first place 2023 Pyeongchang Team
Silver medal – second place 2019 Yogyakarta Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2023 Pyeongchang Doubles
Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Buenos Aires Singles
Gold medal – first place 2018 Buenos Aires Mixed team

Wang Chuqin (Chinese: 王楚钦; born 11 May 2000) is a Chinese professional table tennis player.[3] He is the top ranked player in the ITTF world ranking. Most recently, he was the silver medallist in men's singles, gold medallist in mixed doubles with Sun Yingsha and gold medallist in men's doubles with Fan Zhendong for the 2023 World Table Tennis Championships in Durban. He won the men's singles title at the WTT Cup Finals in 2021 and WTT Champions Xinxiang in 2022. He was crowned the men's singles title at WTT Champions Macao twice (2022 and 2023 respectively). Wang also won gold along with teammates Fan Zhendong, Liang Jingkun, Lin Gaoyuan and Ma Long at the 2022 World Team Table Tennis Championships. He won gold in the men's singles and mixed team events at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Career

2015

In December 2015, Wang Chuqin was promoted to the Chinese table tennis team. In December, Wang Chuqin and Xue Fei partnered to win the men's doubles championship at the 2015 World Youth Championship.

2017

On 3 December 2017, Wang Chuqin partnered with Xue Fei and successfully defended the World Youth Championship men's doubles championship.

2019

In April 2019, Wang Chuqin partnered with Ma Long and defeated Ionescu/Robles 4-1 to win the men's doubles championship at the 2019 World Table Tennis Championships in Budapest. In October, at the ITTF Swedish Open, Wang Chuqin defeated Lin Gaoyuan 4-0 and won the open singles championship for the first time.

2021

In May, Wang was selected as an alternate for the Chinese National Team at the Tokyo Olympics.[4] Wang reached the semi-finals of the second leg of the Chinese Olympic Scrimmage before losing to eventual champion Fan Zhendong 4–2.[5]

In September, Wang lost to Liu Dingshuo in the semi-finals of the China National Games and then lost to Liang Jingkun in the bronze-medal match.[6]

In November 2021, Wang paired with Sun Yingsha and they both won the gold medal in the mixed double finals at the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships.[7]

2022

In October 2022, Wang defeated Fan Zhendong in the final at the WTT Champions Macao.[8]

At the WTT Cup Finals, Wang defeated Dang Qiu in the quarterfinals, before going on to win against Ma Long in the semi-finals and Tomokazu Harimoto in the final.[9]

2023

In April 2023, Wang defeated Ma Long 4–0 in the finals of the WTT Champions Macao, winning the event for the second time as he also won this event in 2022.[10] In May 2023, Wang was the silver medallist of the World Table Tennis Championships after being defeated by Fan Zhendong 4–2 in the finals.[11] He was also the gold medallist for both the mixed doubles (with Sun Yingsha) and men's doubles (with Fan Zhendong) events.[12]

On 4 July 2023, Wang topped the ITTF world ranking in men's singles for the first time in his career.[13][14]

Singles titles

Year Tournament Final opponent Score Ref
2018 Youth Olympic Games Japan Tomokazu Harimoto 4–1 [15]
2019 ITTF World Tour, Swedish Open China Lin Gaoyuan 4–0 [16]
2022 WTT Star Contender European Summer Series Sweden Truls Möregårdh 4–1 [17]
WTT Champions Macao China Fan Zhendong 4–3 [8]
WTT Cup Finals Japan Tomokazu Harimoto 4–2 [9]
2023 WTT Champions Macao China Ma Long 4–0 [18]
Asian Games China Fan Zhendong 4–3 [19]
WTT Star Contender Lanzhou China Ma Long 4–2 [20]
2024 WTT Finals China Fan Zhendong 4–0 [21]
WTT Star Contender Doha China Lin Shidong 4–2 [22]

References

  1. ^ "乒坛男单世界第一宝座迎来首位"00后"". cnr.cn (in Chinese). 5 July 2023. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  2. ^ "WANG Chuqin". hangzhou2022.cn. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Wang Chuqin". olympedia.org. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Out-of-Sorts Ma Long Upset By Xu Chenhao In Chinese Olympic Scrimmage Quarterfinals". edgesandnets.com. 29 May 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Fan Zhendong and Wang Manyu Win Second Leg of China Olympic Scrimmage". edgesandnets.com. 31 May 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Fan Zhendong Cruises to China National Games Men's Singles Gold". edgesandnets.com. 26 September 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  7. ^ "New Stars, New Fans, and New Territories Discovered at 2021 World Championships". International Table Tennis Federation. 30 November 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  8. ^ a b "WTT Champions Macao 2022". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  9. ^ a b "WTT Cup Finals Xinxiang 2022". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  10. ^ "Wang Chuqin and Wang Manyu triumph at WTT Champions Macao". insidethegames.biz. 23 April 2023. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  11. ^ "Clean Sweep for China at ITTF World Championships Finals Durban 2023". ettu.org. 28 May 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  12. ^ "Stars shine in Durban: 2023 World Table Tennis Championships wrap". SBS Sport. 29 May 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  13. ^ "Men's Singles 2023 Week #27". International Table Tennis Federation. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  14. ^ "Wang Chuqin: The New Men's World No.1 in Table Tennis". ittf.com. 4 July 2023. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  15. ^ Tomokazu Harimoto vs Wang Chuqin - Final (2018 Youth Olympic Games), retrieved 23 April 2023
  16. ^ "Wang Chuqin sensational, Mima Ito so close". ittf.com. 6 October 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  17. ^ "WTT Star Contender European Summer Series 2022". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  18. ^ "WTT Champions Macao 2023". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  19. ^ "Table Tennis Men's Singles - Bracket". hangzhou2022.cn. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  20. ^ "WTT Star Contender Lanzhou 2023". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  21. ^ "Ruthless Wang Chuqin overwhelms Fan Zhendong to retain WTT Finals title". World Table Tennis. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  22. ^ "WTT Star Contender Doha 2024". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 23 February 2024.

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