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Wang Chuqin

Wang Chuqin
Wang at the 2018 Youth Olympics
Personal information
Nickname(s)Lion heart/ Tou Tou 头头 / 大头/ 耶耶
Born (2000-05-11) 11 May 2000 (age 24)
Jilin, Jilin, China[1]
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 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 (26 November 2024)
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  China
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 2 0 0
World Championships 7 1 0
World Cup / WTT Finals 3 0 3
Asian Games 6 0 0
Asian Championships 3 2 0
Total 21 3 3
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Team
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Mixed doubles
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
Gold medal – first place 2024 Chengdu Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Macao Singles
WTT Finals
Gold medal – first place 2022 Xinxiang Singles
Gold medal – first place 2023 Doha Singles
Gold medal – first place 2024 Fukuoka 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
Gold medal – first place 2024 Astana 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
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Shanghai Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2015 Vendée Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2017 Riva del Garda Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2015 Vendée Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Shanghai Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Vendée Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Riva del Garda Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Riva del Garda Singles
In this Chinese name, the family name is Wang.

Wang Chuqin (/wʌŋtʃuːtʃin/;[3] simplified Chinese: 王楚钦; traditional Chinese: 王楚欽; pinyin: Wáng Chǔqīn, pronounced [uǎŋ ʈʂʰùtɕʰín]; born 11 May 2000) is a Chinese professional table tennis player, Olympic champion, and World Champion.[4] He is currently ranked world No.1 in men's singles.[5]

Wang is the reigning Olympic gold medallist in mixed doubles with Sun Yingsha, and in the team event with Ma Long and Fan Zhendong. He won the men's singles title at the WTT Finals in 2022, 2023, and 2024.[6] He is the reining men's singles champion at the Singapore Smash and Saudi Smash.[7][8] At the 2023 World Championships in Durban, he was the gold medallist in mixed doubles with Sun Yingsha, gold medallist in men's doubles with Fan Zhendong, and silver medallist in men's singles.

Wang won gold in the men's singles and mixed team with Sun Yingsha at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Career

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2013

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On September 1, 2013, in the men's junior (under 15 years old) team final of the 19th Asian Youth Championships, the Chinese team composed of Wang Chuqin, Xue Fei and Liu Dingshuo defeated the Chinese Taipei team 3-1 to win the championship.[9]

2014

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In December 2014, in the final of the 2014 World Table Tennis Junior Championships, Wang Chuqin/Chen Xingtong reversed the situation of being behind 1-2 and 2-3 to defeat Lü Xiang/Wang Manyu 4-3 and won the championship;The Chinese team consisting of Wang Chuqin, Yu Ziyang, Liang Jingkun and Lu Xiang defeated the Japanese team and won the men's team championship.[10]

2015

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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.[11]

2016

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On December 31, 2016, in the 2016 China Table Tennis Super League men's team final, Wang Chuqin lost to Fan Zhendong 2-3 in the fourth game, and finally lost 1-3 to win the runner-up.[12]

2017

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On July 6, 2017, at the Asian Youth Table Tennis Championships, Wang Chuqin won three gold medals in men's team, men's singles and mixed doubles.[13] On September 6, in the men's singles table tennis semi-finals of the 13th National Games, Wang Chuqin lost 1-4 to Ma Long and was eliminated in the finals.[14]

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

2018

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On August 6, Wang Chuqin was selected into the Chinese sports delegation for the 18th Asian Games.[15] On August 28, at the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games, in the men's table tennis team final, the Chinese team composed of Wang Chuqin, Lin Gaoyuan and Fan Zhendong defeated the South Korean team composed of Lee Sang-soo, Zheng Rongzhi and Zhang Yuzhen 3-0, achieving seven consecutive championships.On August 30, in the mixed doubles final, Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha lost the first two games but then won four games in a row, defeating Lin Gaoyuan/Wang Manyu 4-2 to win the championship.

On September 10, the National Table Tennis Championships, the men's team won the National Table Tennis Championships again after six years.[16]

2019

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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.On September 21, at the Asian Table Tennis Championships, in the mixed doubles final, Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha lost to Xu Xin/Liu Shiwen 1-3 and won the runner-up[17]

2020

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On March 7, 2020, at the ITTF Qatar Open, in the mixed doubles final, Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha lost 1-3 to Mizutani Jun/Ito Mima and missed the championship.[18] On October 7, in the mixed doubles final of the Table Tennis National Championships, Wang Chuqin/Wang Manyu defeated Xu Xin/Sun Yingsha 4-1 to win the championship.[19] November 29, WTT Macau International Table Tennis Tournament, men's singles runner-up[20]

2021

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In May, Wang was selected as an alternate for the Chinese National Team at the Tokyo Olympics.[21] Wang reached the semi-finals of the second leg of the Chinese Olympic Scrimmage before losing to eventual champion Fan Zhendong 4–2.[22]

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.[23]

On September 25, in the men's doubles semi-finals of the National Games, Wang Chuqin and Ma Long swept Xu Yingbin and Cao Wei of Heilongjiang team 4-0 and advanced to the finals.[24] On the same day, in the men's doubles final of the National Games, Wang Chuqin and Ma Long defeated Yan An and Xu Chenhao 4-0 to win the championship.[25]

In November 2021, Wang paired with Sun Yingsha and both won the gold medal in the mixed double finals at the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships.[26]

2022

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In October 2022, Wang defeated Fan Zhendong in the final at the WTT Champions Macao.[27]

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.[28]

In February, he qualified for the WTT Singapore Grand Slam singles main draw.[29] On March 4, in the WTT mixed doubles final, Wang Chuqin/Chen Xingtong swept India's Takkar/Kamas 3-0 to win the championship.[30] On March 14, in the 2022 WTT Singapore Grand Slam mixed doubles quarterfinals, Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha defeated Malaysia's Ionescu/Szoczyk 3-0 (11-4, 11-8, 11-9).[31] On March 15, 2022 WTT, Wang Chuqin/Fan Zhendong won 3-1 and entered the men's doubles semi-finals.[32] On March 16, in the WTT Singapore Grand Slam men's doubles semi-finals, the Chinese pair Fan Zhendong/Wang Chuqin defeated the German pair Qiu Dang/Duda with a total score of 3-1, and Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin advanced to the men's doubles final.[33] On March 18, in the men's doubles final of the 2022 WTT Singapore Grand Slam, Fan Zhendong/Wang Chuqin defeated Japan's Uda Yukiya/Togami Hayasuke 3-1 to win the championship.[34]

On May 17, the International Table Tennis Federation announced the world rankings for the 20th week of 2022. The combination of Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin ranked second in the world mixed doubles rankings with 4000 points.[35] On June 21, he ranked third in the world in men's doubles with Fan Zhendong, second in the world in mixed doubles with Sun Yingsha, and fifteenth in the world in mixed doubles with Wang Yidi.[36]

On July 11, he participated in the World Table Tennis Professional League WTT European Summer Series held in Budapest.[37] On July 14, in the mixed doubles quarter-finals of the 2022 WTT Star Challenge Budapest, Wang Chuqin/Wang Manyu eliminated the Slovak combination of Pitjeva/Barazova 3-0 and advanced to the semi-finals.[38] On the same day, in the second round of the men's singles of the 2022 WTT Star Challenge in Budapest, Hungary, Wang Chuqin defeated Kanak of the United States in three straight sets with scores of 11-5, 11-8, and 11-7.[39]

2023

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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.[40] 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.[41] He was also the gold medallist for both the mixed doubles (with Sun Yingsha) and men's doubles (with Fan Zhendong) events.[42]

On 4 July 2023, Wang topped the ITTF world ranking in men's singles for the first time in his career.[43][44]


He was named to the Chinese national table tennis team for the 2024 Paris Olympics, playing in the men's singles, men's team, and mixed doubles events. He won the mixed doubles title and the men's team title at the Paris Olympics in August.[45]


Singles titles

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Year Tournament Final opponent Score Ref
2018 Youth Olympic Games Japan Tomokazu Harimoto 4–1 [46]
2019 ITTF World Tour, Swedish Open China Lin Gaoyuan 4–0 [47]
2022 WTT Star Contender European Summer Series Sweden Truls Möregårdh 4–1 [48]
WTT Champions Macao China Fan Zhendong 4–3 [27]
WTT Cup Finals Japan Tomokazu Harimoto 4–2 [28]
2023 WTT Champions Macao China Ma Long 4–0 [49]
Asian Games China Fan Zhendong 4–3 [50]
WTT Star Contender Lanzhou China Ma Long 4–2 [51]
2024 WTT Finals China Fan Zhendong 4–0 [52]
WTT Star Contender Doha China Lin Shidong 4–2 [53]
WTT Singapore Smash China Liang Jingkun 4–1 [54]
WTT Saudi Smash Germany Patrick Franziska 4–2 [55]
WTT Finals Japan Tomokazu Harimoto 4–0 [56]

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