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Wang Chuqin
Chinese table tennis player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Wang Chuqin (/wʌŋtʃuːtʃin/;[4] 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.[5] He is currently ranked world No.2 in men's singles.[6]
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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.[7] At the 2025 ITTF World Table Tennis Championships Finals in Doha, he was the gold medallist in men's singles and in mixed doubles with Sun Yingsha.
Wang won gold in the men's singles and mixed team with Sun Yingsha at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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2013
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, Xue Fei and Liu Dingshuo defeated the Chinese Taipei team 3-1 to win the championship.[8]
2014
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.[9]
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.[10]
2016
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.[11]
2017
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.[12] 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.[13]
On 3 December , Wang Chuqin partnered with Xue Fei and successfully defended the World Youth Championship men's doubles championship.
2018
On August 6, Wang Chuqin was selected into the Chinese sports delegation for the 18th Asian Games.[14] 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.[15]
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.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[16]
2020
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.[17] 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.[18] November 29, WTT Macau International Table Tennis Tournament, men's singles runner-up[19]
2021
In May, Wang was selected as an alternate for the Chinese National Team at the Tokyo Olympics.[20] Wang reached the semi-finals of the second leg of the Chinese Olympic Scrimmage before losing to eventual champion Fan Zhendong 4–2.[21]
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.[22]
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.[23] 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.[24]
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.[25]
2022
In October 2022, Wang defeated Fan Zhendong in the final at the WTT Champions Macao.[26]
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.[27]
In February, he qualified for the WTT Singapore Grand Slam singles main draw.[28] On March 4, in the WTT mixed doubles final, Wang Chuqin/Chen Xingtong swept India's Takkar/Kamas 3-0 to win the championship.[29] 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).[30] On March 15, 2022 WTT, Wang Chuqin/Fan Zhendong won 3-1 and entered the men's doubles semi-finals.[31] 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.[32] 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.[33]
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.[34] 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.[35]
On July 11, he participated in the World Table Tennis Professional League WTT European Summer Series held in Budapest.[36] 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.[37] 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.[38]
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.[39] 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.[40] He was also the gold medallist for both the mixed doubles (with Sun Yingsha) and men's doubles (with Fan Zhendong) events.[41]
On 4 July 2023, Wang topped the ITTF world ranking in men's singles for the first time in his career.[42][43]
Later in September 2023, Wang made history at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games, becoming the first male player in Chinese table tennis history to win four gold medals in a single Asian Games.[44] His remarkable achievement included victories in the men's singles by defeating teammate Fan Zhendong in a thrilling 4-3 match, men's doubles (with Fan) where he and Fan swept their opponents from South Korea 4-0, mixed doubles (with Sun Yingsha), and men's team events. This historic "quadruple crown" not only highlights Wang's versatility and dominance but also cements his place as a leading figure in the sport. His success is a testament to his hard work, talent, and ability to perform under pressure on the biggest stages.
2024
Wang Chuqin won the World Team Table Tennis Championships in Busan with Chinese national table tennis team composed of him, Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Liang Jingkun and Lin Gaoyuan.
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]
In November, he won the WTT Finals in singles in Fukuoka.
2025
In February, Wang Chuqin won the WTT Singapore Smash in men's doubles with Lin Shidong and a few days later, he won the Asian Cup.
In March, he won the WTT Champions Chongqing.
In May 2025, Wang won his first World Table Tennis Championships Men's Singles title after defeating Hugo Calderano by 4-1 in the finals.
In July 2025, he won the WTT United States Smash Men's Singles title after defeating Tomokazu Harimoto 4-0 in the final.
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| W | F | SF | QF | R# | RR | Q# | A | G | S | B | NH | N/A | DNQ |
(W) won; (F) finalist; (SF) semi-finalist; (QF) quarter-finalist; (R#) rounds 16, 32, 64, 128; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze medal; (NH) not held; (N/A) not applicable; (DNQ) did not qualify.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
National team
- Men's team
- Boys' team
- Mixed team
Individual competitions
Senior level
- Men's singles
- Men's doubles
- Mixed doubles
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