Wikipedia - Wang Chuqin
Wang Chuqin (Chinese: 王楚钦; born 11 May 2000) is a Chinese professional table tennis player. 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.
History
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. Wang reached the semi-finals of the second leg of the Chinese Olympic Scrimmage before losing to eventual champion Fan Zhendong 4–2.
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.
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.
2022
In October 2022, Wang defeated Fan Zhendong in the final at the WTT Champions Macao.
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.
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. 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. He was also the gold medallist for both the mixed doubles (with Sun Yingsha) and men's doubles (with Fan Zhendong) events.
On 4 July 2023, Wang topped the ITTF world ranking in men's singles for the first time in his career.