Wang Chuqin

Wang Chuqin (; , pronounced ; born 11 May 2000) is a Chinese professional table tennis player, Olympic champion, and World Champion. He is currently ranked world No.1 in men's singles and the captain of the Chinese men's table tennis team.

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

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. 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. He won the men's single title at the 2026 ITTF World Cup in Macao.

Career

2013 On 1 September 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.

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.

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.

2016 On 31 December 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.

2017 On 6 July 2017, at the Asian Youth Table Tennis Championships, Wang Chuqin won three gold medals in men's team, men's singles and mixed doubles. On 6 September, 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.

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

2018 On 6 August, Wang Chuqin was selected into the Chinese sports delegation for the 18th Asian Games. On 28 August, 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 30 August, 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 10 September, the National Table Tennis Championships, the men's team won the National Table Tennis Championships again after six years.

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 21 September, 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

2020 On 7 March 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. On 7 October, 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. 29 November, WTT Macau International Table Tennis Tournament, men's singles runner-up

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.

On 25 September, 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. 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.

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.

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.

In February, he qualified for the WTT Singapore Grand Slam singles main draw. On 4 March, in the WTT mixed doubles final, Wang Chuqin/Chen Xingtong swept India's Takkar/Kamas 3-0 to win the championship. On 14 March, 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). On 15 March 2022 WTT, Wang Chuqin/Fan Zhendong won 3-1 and entered the men's doubles semi-finals. On 16 March, 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. On 18 March, 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.

On 17 May, 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. On 21 June, 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.

On 11 July, he participated in the World Table Tennis Professional League WTT European Summer Series held in Budapest. On 14 July, 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. 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.

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.

Later in September 2023, at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games, Wang became the first male player in Chinese table tennis history to win four gold medals in a single Asian Games.

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. However, he was eliminated in the men's singles round of 32 after a photographer broke his racket.

In November, he won his third consecutive season-ending WTT Finals singles after defeating Tomokazu Harimoto by 4-0 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, becoming the first left-handed World Champion from China and the first left-handed World Champion since Jean-Philippe Gatien won in 1993.

In July 2025, he won the WTT United States Smash Men's Singles title after defeating Tomokazu Harimoto 4-0 in the final.

In September 2025, he won the WTT Champions Macao the 3rd time and returned to become world no.1 in rankings.

2026

In February 2026, he won the men's singles title for the second consecutive time at the Asian Cup.

In April 2026, Wang won the ITTF World Cup after defeating Sora Matsushima 4-3 in the final.

In May 2026, he won the men's team title at the London World Team Table Tennis Championships and was selected as the tournament's most valuable male player with a perfect record of ten wins in ten appearances.

In June 2026, Wang succeeded Ma Long as the new captain of the Chinese men's table tennis team.

Singles titles

Performance timeline

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 Team events 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Olympic Games NH NH A NH NH NH G NH NH World Championships G NH NH NH G NH G NH G Asian Games G NH NH NH NH G NH NH Asian Championships NH G NH A NH G G G

Boys' team Team events 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 World Youth Championships A A G G A G Asian Youth Championships A G A G A G World Cadet Challenge A W A A A A China Jr & Cadet Open W W W A A W

Mixed team Team events 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 World Cup NH NH NH NH NH G G G Youth Olympic Games G NH NH NH NH NH NH NH

Individual competitions Senior level Men's singles

Tournaments 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Olympic Games NH NH A NH NH R32 NH NH World Championships A NH R16 NH S NH G NH World Cup A A NH NH NH B B G Asian Games NH NH NH NH G NH NH Asian Championships QF NH A NH R64 QF NH Asian Cup A NH NH QF NH NH G G

Tournaments 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Year-end Finals A A A A A A A SF W W W SF WTT Smash China World Tour NH NH NH R32 W Saudi World Tour NH NH NH W NH NH Singapore World Tour NH R16 SF W SF W US World Tour NH NH NH NH W WTT Champions Budapest World Tour NH R32 NH NH NH NH Chongqing World Tour NH NH NH F W QF Frankfurt World Tour NH NH SF R16 A Macau World Tour NH W W SF W Xinxiang World Tour NH NH QF NH NH NH Yokohama World Tour NH NH NH NH F WTT StarContender Budapest World Tour NH W NH NH NH NH Doha World Tour A A NH W A A Lanzhou World Tour NH NH W NH NH NH Ljubljana World Tour NH NH F A A A WTT Contender Lasko World Tour QF NH NH NH NH NH Muscat World Tour NH QF A A A A Novo Mesto World Tour F NH NH NH NH NH Taiyuan World Tour NH NH R32 A A A ITTF World Tour Argentina Open SF A NH NH NH NH NH WTT Series Australian Open A A A A A F NH WTT Series Austrian Open NH A R64 Q32 Q128 Q32 NH WTT Series Brazil Open SF NH NH NH NH NH NH WTT Series China Open A A A A R16 Q32 NH WTT Series German Open A A A A A R16 A WTT Series Hong Kong Open NH NH NH NH A QF NH WTT Series Hungarian Open A A A A F F A WTT Series Japan Open A A A A A Q64 NH WTT Series Korea Open A A A A Q SF NH WTT Series Qatar Open A A A A Q32 Q64 SF WTT Series Swedish Open A A R32 A Q32 W NH WTT Series ITTF Challenge Portugal Open NH NH NH NH NH R16 A WTT Series T2 Diamond Malaysia NH NH NH NH NH R16 NH WTT Series

Men's doubles

Tournaments 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 World Championships G NH QF NH G NH A Asian Games NH NH NH NH G NH NH Asian Championships A NH A NH S A NH

Tournaments 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Year-end Finals A A A NH NH SF SF NH WTT Smash China World Tour NH NH NH W W Saudi World Tour NH NH NH W NH Singapore World Tour NH W W F W WTT StarContender Budapest World Tour NH SF NH NH NH Doha World Tour A A NH F A WTT Contender Lasko World Tour SF NH NH NH NH Muscat World Tour NH QF A A A Novo Mesto World Tour F NH NH NH NH Taiyuan World Tour NH NH F F A ITTF World Tour Austrian Open QF R16 NH WTT Series China Open Q16 F NH WTT Series Hong Kong Open A Q16 NH WTT Series Korea Open SF A NH WTT Series Qatar Open A R16 SF WTT Series ITTF Challenge Portugal Open NH QF A WTT Series

Mixed doubles

Tournaments 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Olympic Games NH NH NH A NH NH G NH NH World Championships NH A NH G NH G NH G NH Asian Games G NH NH NH NH G NH NH Asian Championships NH S NH A NH A A NH

Tournaments 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Year-end Finals A A A NH NH NH NH F WTT Smash China World Tour NH NH NH A W Saudi World Tour NH NH NH W NH NH Singapore World Tour NH W W W A A United States World Tour NH NH NH NH A WTT StarContender Budapest World Tour NH W NH NH NH NH Doha World Tour A A NH W A A Lanzhou World Tour NH NH SF NH NH NH Ljubljana World Tour NH NH W A A A WTT Contender Doha World Tour A A A W A NH Lasko World Tour W NH NH NH NH NH Muscat World Tour NH W A A A A Novo Mesto World Tour W NH NH NH NH NH Taiyuan World Tour NH NH F QF A A Zagreb World Tour NH A W A A A ITTF World Tour Austria Open A R16 NH WTT Series German Open A F A WTT Series Korea Open F A A WTT Series Qatar Open A A F WTT Series