Wang Chuqin

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Wang Chuqin (/wʌŋin/;[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.1 in men's singles.

Nickname(s)
Lion Heart
Datou (big head)
Toutou / Touge
Yeye (puppy)
Vũ Sơn Khánh
Born (2000-05-11) 11 May 2000 (age 25)
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
SportTable tennis
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Wang Chuqin
Wang at the 2018 Youth Olympics
Personal information
Nickname(s)
Lion Heart
Datou (big head)
Toutou / Touge
Yeye (puppy)
Vũ Sơn Khánh
Born (2000-05-11) 11 May 2000 (age 25)
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Sport
SportTable tennis
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 (15 september 2025)[3]
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  China
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 2 0 0
World Championships 9 1 0
World Cup 3 0 2
Asian Games 6 0 0
Asian Championships 4 2 0
Asian Cup 2 0 0
WTT Grand Smash 16 1 3
WTT Champions 4 2 2
WTT Finals 3 1 3
Total 49 7 10
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2024 ParisTeam
Gold medal – first place2024 ParisMixed doubles
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2018 HalmstadTeam
Gold medal – first place2019 BudapestDoubles
Gold medal – first place2021 HoustonMixed doubles
Gold medal – first place2022 ChengduTeam
Gold medal – first place2023 DurbanDoubles
Gold medal – first place2023 DurbanMixed doubles
Gold medal – first place2024 BusanTeam
Gold medal – first place2025 DohaSingles
Gold medal – first place2025 DohaMixed doubles
Silver medal – second place2023 DurbanSingles
World Cup
Gold medal – first place2023 ChengduMixed team
Gold medal – first place2024 ChengduMixed team
Gold medal – first place2025 ChengduMixed team
Bronze medal – third place2024 MacaoSingles
Bronze medal – third place2025 MacaoSingles
WTT Grand Smash
Gold medal – first place2022 SingaporeDoubles
Gold medal – first place2022 SingaporeMixed doubles
Gold medal – first place2023 SingaporeDoubles
Gold medal – first place2023 SingaporeMixed doubles
Gold medal – first place2024 SingaporeSingles
Gold medal – first place2024 SingaporeMixed doubles
Gold medal – first place2024 SaudiSingles
Gold medal – first place2024 SaudiDoubles
Gold medal – first place2024 SaudiMixed doubles
Gold medal – first place2024 ChinaDoubles
Gold medal – first place2025 SingaporeDoubles
Gold medal – first place2025 United StatesSingles
Gold medal – first place2025 ChinaSingles
Gold medal – first place2025 ChinaDoubles
Gold medal – first place2025 ChinaMixed doubles
Gold medal – first place2026 SingaporeSingles
Silver medal – second place2024 SingaporeDoubles
Bronze medal – third place2023 SingaporeSingles
Bronze medal – third place2025 SingaporeSingles
Bronze medal – third place2025 United StatesDoubles
WTT Champions
Gold medal – first place2022 MacaoSingles
Gold medal – first place2023 MacaoSingles
Gold medal – first place2025 ChongqingSingles
Gold medal – first place2025 MacaoSingles
Silver medal – second place2024 ChongqingSingles
Silver medal – second place2025 YokohamaSingles
Bronze medal – third place2023 FrankfurtSingles
Bronze medal – third place2024 MacaoSingles
WTT Finals
Gold medal – first place2022 XinxiangSingles
Gold medal – first place2023 DohaSingles
Gold medal – first place2024 FukuokaSingles
Silver medal – second place2025 Hong KongMixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place2021 SingaporeSingles
Bronze medal – third place2023 DohaDoubles
Bronze medal – third place2025 Hong KongSingles
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2018 Jakarta-PalembangMixed doubles
Gold medal – first place2018 Jakarta-PalembangTeam
Gold medal – first place2022 HangzhouSingles
Gold medal – first place2022 HangzhouDoubles
Gold medal – first place2022 HangzhouMixed doubles
Gold medal – first place2022 HangzhouTeam
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place2019 YogyakartaTeam
Gold medal – first place2023 PyeongchangTeam
Gold medal – first place2024 AstanaTeam
Gold medal – first place2025 BhubaneswarTeam
Silver medal – second place2019 YogyakartaMixed doubles
Silver medal – second place2023 PyeongchangDoubles
Asian Cup
Gold medal – first place2025 ShenzhenSingles
Gold medal – first place2026 HaikouSingles
Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2018 Buenos AiresSingles
Gold medal – first place2018 Buenos AiresMixed team
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place2014 ShanghaiMixed doubles
Gold medal – first place2015 VendéeDoubles
Gold medal – first place2017 Riva del GardaDoubles
Silver medal – second place2015 VendéeMixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place2014 ShanghaiDoubles
Bronze medal – third place2015 VendéeSingles
Bronze medal – third place2017 Riva del GardaMixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place2017 Riva del GardaSingles
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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.[6] 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.

Career

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.[7]

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.[8]

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.[9]

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.[10]

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.[11] 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.[12]

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.[13] 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.[14]

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[15]

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.[16] 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.[17] November 29, WTT Macau International Table Tennis Tournament, men's singles runner-up[18]

2021

In May, Wang was selected as an alternate for the Chinese National Team at the Tokyo Olympics.[19] Wang reached the semi-finals of the second leg of the Chinese Olympic Scrimmage before losing to eventual champion Fan Zhendong 4–2.[20]

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.[21]

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.[22] 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.[23]

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.[24]

2022

In October 2022, Wang defeated Fan Zhendong in the final at the WTT Champions Macao.[25]

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.[26]

In February, he qualified for the WTT Singapore Grand Slam singles main draw.[27] On March 4, in the WTT mixed doubles final, Wang Chuqin/Chen Xingtong swept India's Takkar/Kamas 3-0 to win the championship.[28] 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).[29] On March 15, 2022 WTT, Wang Chuqin/Fan Zhendong won 3-1 and entered the men's doubles semi-finals.[30] 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.[31] 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.[32]

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.[33] 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.[34]

On July 11, he participated in the World Table Tennis Professional League WTT European Summer Series held in Budapest.[35] 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.[36] 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.[37]

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.[38] 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.[39] He was also the gold medallist for both the mixed doubles (with Sun Yingsha) and men's doubles (with Fan Zhendong) events.[40]

On 4 July 2023, Wang topped the ITTF world ranking in men's singles for the first time in his career.[41][42]

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.[43]

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.[44] However, he exited in the Round of 32 in men's singles.[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, 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.

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 [25]
WTT Cup Finals Japan Tomokazu Harimoto 4–2 [26]
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]
2025 Asian Cup China Liang Jingkun 4–0 [57]
WTT Champions Chongqing China Lin Shidong 4–1 [58]
World Championships Brazil Hugo Calderano 4–1 [59]
WTT United States Smash Japan Tomokazu Harimoto 4–0 [60]
WTT Champions Macao Brazil Hugo Calderano 4–0
WTT China Smash France Félix Lebrun 4–0
2026 Asian Cup Japan Tomokazu Harimoto 4–2
WTT Singapore Smash Chinese Taipei Lin Yun-ju 4–0
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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
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Team events20182019202020212022202320242025
Olympic Games NH NH A NH NH NH G NH
World Championships G NH NH NH G NH G NH
Asian Games G NH NH NH NH G NH NH
Asian Championships NH G NH A NH G G G
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  • Boys' team
More information Team events ...
Team events201220132014201520162017
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
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  • Mixed team
More information Team events ...
Team events20182019202020212022202320242025
World Cup NH NH NH NH NH G G G
Youth Olympic Games G NH NH NH NH NH NH NH
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Individual competitions

Senior level

  • Men's singles
More information Tournaments ...
Tournaments20192020202120222023202420252026
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
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
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More information Tournaments ...
Tournaments2014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Year-end Finals A A A A A A A SF W W W SF
WTT Smash China China World Tour NH NH NH R32 W
Saudi Arabia Saudi World Tour NH NH NH W NH NH
Singapore Singapore World Tour NH R16 SF W SF W
United States US World Tour NH NH NH NH W
WTT Champions Hungary Budapest World Tour NH R32 NH NH NH NH
China Chongqing World Tour NH NH NH F W
Germany Frankfurt World Tour NH NH SF R16 A
Macau Macau World Tour NH W W SF W
China Xinxiang World Tour NH NH QF NH NH NH
Japan Yokohama World Tour NH NH NH NH F
WTT Star
Contender
Hungary Budapest World Tour NH W NH NH NH NH
Qatar Doha World Tour A A NH W A A
China Lanzhou World Tour NH NH W NH NH NH
Slovenia Ljubljana World Tour NH NH F A A A
WTT Contender Slovenia Lasko World Tour QF NH NH NH NH NH
Oman Muscat World Tour NH QF A A A A
Slovenia Novo Mesto World Tour F NH NH NH NH NH
China Taiyuan World Tour NH NH R32 A A A
ITTF World Tour Argentina Argentina Open SF A NH NH NH NH NH WTT Series
Australia Australian Open A A A A A F NH WTT Series
Austria Austrian Open NH A R64 Q32 Q128 Q32 NH WTT Series
Brazil Brazil Open SF NH NH NH NH NH NH WTT Series
China China Open A A A A R16 Q32 NH WTT Series
Germany German Open A A A A A R16 A WTT Series
Hong Kong Hong Kong Open NH NH NH NH A QF NH WTT Series
Hungary Hungarian Open A A A A F F A WTT Series
Japan Japan Open A A A A A Q64 NH WTT Series
South Korea Korea Open A A A A Q SF NH WTT Series
Qatar Qatar Open A A A A Q32 Q64 SF WTT Series
Sweden Swedish Open A A R32 A Q32 W NH WTT Series
ITTF Challenge Portugal Portugal Open NH NH NH NH NH R16 A WTT Series
T2 Diamond Malaysia Malaysia NH NH NH NH NH R16 NH WTT Series
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  • Men's doubles
More information Tournaments ...
Tournaments2019202020212022202320242025
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
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More information Tournaments ...
Tournaments20182019202020212022202320242025
Year-end Finals A A A NH NH SF SF NH
WTT Smash China China World Tour NH NH NH W W
Saudi Arabia Saudi World Tour NH NH NH W NH
Singapore Singapore World Tour NH W W F W
WTT Star
Contender
Hungary Budapest World Tour NH SF NH NH NH
Qatar Doha World Tour A A NH F A
WTT Contender Slovenia Lasko World Tour SF NH NH NH NH
Oman Muscat World Tour NH QF A A A
Slovenia Novo Mesto World Tour F NH NH NH NH
China Taiyuan World Tour NH NH F F A
ITTF World Tour Austria Austrian Open QF R16 NH WTT Series
China China Open Q16 F NH WTT Series
Hong Kong Hong Kong Open A Q16 NH WTT Series
South Korea Korea Open SF A NH WTT Series
Qatar Qatar Open A R16 SF WTT Series
ITTF Challenge Portugal Portugal Open NH QF A WTT Series
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  • Mixed doubles
More information Tournaments ...
Tournaments20182019202020212022202320242025
Olympic Games NH NH NH A NH NH G NH
World Championships NH A NH G NH G NH G
Asian Games G NH NH NH NH G NH NH
Asian Championships NH S NH A NH A A NH
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More information Tournaments ...
Tournaments20182019202020212022202320242025
Year-end Finals A A A NH NH NH NH F
WTT Smash China China World Tour NH NH NH A W
Saudi Arabia Saudi World Tour NH NH NH W NH
Singapore Singapore World Tour NH W W W A
WTT Star
Contender
Hungary Budapest World Tour NH W NH NH NH
Qatar Doha World Tour A A NH W A
China Lanzhou World Tour NH NH SF NH NH
Slovenia Ljubljana World Tour NH NH W A A
WTT Contender Qatar Doha World Tour A A A W A
Slovenia Lasko World Tour W NH NH NH NH
Oman Muscat World Tour NH W A A A
Slovenia Novo Mesto World Tour W NH NH NH NH
China Taiyuan World Tour NH NH F QF A
Croatia Zagreb World Tour NH A W A A
ITTF World Tour Austria Austria Open A R16 NH WTT Series
Germany German Open A F A WTT Series
South Korea Korea Open F A A WTT Series
Qatar Qatar Open A A F WTT Series
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