.jpg) Wang at the 2018 Youth Olympics | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
Nickname | Lion Heart / Tou Tou / Big Head / Granddad |
| Born | (2000-05-11)11 May 2000 (age 25) Jilin City, China[2] |
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[3] |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Table tennis |
| Playing style | Left-handed, shakehand grip |
| Equipment(s) | DHS W968, DHS Hurricane 3 National Blue Sponge (FH, black), DHS Hurricane 8 (BH, Red) |
| Highest ranking | 1 (4 July 2023) |
| Current ranking | 1 (15 september 2025)[1] |
Medal record | |
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 professionaltable tennis player, Olympic champion, and World Champion.[5] He is currently ranked world No.1 in men's singles.
Wang is the reigning Olympic gold medallist in mixed doubles withSun Yingsha, and in the team event withMa Long andFan 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 inDoha, he was the gold medallist in men's singles and in mixed doubles withSun Yingsha.
Wang won gold in the men's singles and mixed team with Sun Yingsha at the2018 Youth Olympic Games inBuenos Aires,Argentina.
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]
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]
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]
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]
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.
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, defeatingLin 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]
In April 2019, Wang Chuqin partnered withMa 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]
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, WTTMacau International Table Tennis Tournament, men's singles runner-up[18]
In May, Wang was selected as an alternate for the Chinese National Team at theTokyo Olympics.[19] Wang reached the semi-finals of the second leg of the Chinese Olympic Scrimmage before losing to eventual championFan Zhendong 4–2.[20]
In September, Wang lost toLiu Dingshuo in the semi-finals of the China National Games and then lost toLiang 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 withSun Yingsha and both won the gold medal in the mixed double finals at the2021 World Table Tennis Championships.[24]
In October 2022, Wang defeatedFan Zhendong in the final at the WTT ChampionsMacao.[25]
At the WTT Cup Finals, Wang defeatedDang Qiu in the quarterfinals, before going on to win againstMa Long in the semi-finals andTomokazu 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 ofSun 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 withWang Yidi.[34]
On July 11, he participated in the World Table Tennis Professional League WTT European Summer Series held inBudapest.[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]
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 theWorld 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 theITTF world ranking in men's singles for the first time in his career.[41][42]
Later in September 2023, at the2022 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]
Wang Chuqin won theWorld Team Table Tennis Championships in Busan with Chinese national table tennis team composed of him,Fan Zhendong,Ma Long,Liang Jingkun andLin 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]
In November, he won the WTT Finals in singles in Fukuoka.
In February, Wang Chuqin won the WTT Singapore Smash in men's doubles withLin Shidong and a few days later, he won theAsian 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 sinceJean-Philippe Gatien won in 1993.
In July 2025, he won the WTT United States Smash Men's Singles title after defeatingTomokazu 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.
| Year | Tournament | Final opponent | Score | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Youth Olympic Games |  Tomokazu Harimoto | 4–1 | [45] |
| 2019 | ITTF World Tour, Swedish Open |  Lin Gaoyuan | 4–0 | [46] |
| 2022 | WTT Star Contender European Summer Series |  Truls Möregårdh | 4–1 | [47] |
| WTT Champions Macao | Fan Zhendong | 4–3 | [25] | |
| WTT Cup Finals | Tomokazu Harimoto | 4–2 | [26] | |
| 2023 | WTT Champions Macao | Ma Long | 4–0 | [48] |
| Asian Games | Fan Zhendong | 4–3 | [49] | |
| WTT Star Contender Lanzhou | Ma Long | 4–2 | [50] | |
| 2024 | WTT Finals | Fan Zhendong | 4–0 | [51] |
| WTT Star Contender Doha | Lin Shidong | 4–2 | [52] | |
| WTT Singapore Smash | Liang Jingkun | 4–1 | [53] | |
| WTT Saudi Smash |  Patrick Franziska | 4–2 | [54] | |
| WTT Finals | Tomokazu Harimoto | 4–0 | [55] | |
| 2025 | Asian Cup | Liang Jingkun | 4–0 | [56] |
| WTT Champions Chongqing | Lin Shidong | 4–1 | [57] | |
| World Championships |  Hugo Calderano | 4–1 | [58] | |
| WTT United States Smash | Tomokazu Harimoto | 4–0 | [59] | |
| WTT Champions Macao | Hugo Calderano | 4–0 | ||
| WTT China Smash |  Félix Lebrun | 4–0 |
| 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.
| Team events | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Team events | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Cup | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | G | G | |
| Youth Olympic Games | G | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH |
| Tournaments | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Games | NH | NH | A | NH | NH | R32 | NH |
| World Championships | A | NH | R16 | NH | S | NH | G |
| 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 |
| Tournaments | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year-end Finals | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | SF | W | W | W | ||
| WTT Smash | China | World Tour | NH | NH | NH | R32 | W | ||||||
 Saudi | World Tour | NH | NH | NH | W | NH | |||||||
 Singapore | World Tour | NH | R16 | SF | W | SF | |||||||
 US | World Tour | NH | NH | NH | NH | W | |||||||
| WTT Champions |  Budapest | World Tour | NH | R32 | NH | NH | NH | ||||||
| Chongqing | World Tour | NH | NH | NH | F | W | |||||||
| Frankfurt | World Tour | NH | NH | SF | R16 | ||||||||
 Macau | World Tour | NH | W | W | SF | W | |||||||
| Xinxiang | World Tour | NH | NH | QF | NH | NH | |||||||
| Yokohama | World Tour | NH | NH | NH | NH | F | |||||||
| WTT Star Contender | Budapest | World Tour | NH | W | NH | NH | NH | ||||||
 Doha | World Tour | A | A | NH | W | A | |||||||
| Lanzhou | World Tour | NH | NH | W | NH | NH | |||||||
 Ljubljana | World Tour | NH | NH | F | A | A | |||||||
| WTT Contender | Lasko | World Tour | QF | 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 | R32 | 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||
| 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 Star Contender | 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 | ||||
| Tournaments | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Tournaments | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WTT Smash | China | World Tour | NH | NH | NH | A | W | ||
| Saudi | World Tour | NH | NH | NH | W | NH | |||
| Singapore | World Tour | NH | W | W | W | A | |||
| WTT Star Contender | Budapest | World Tour | NH | W | NH | NH | NH | ||
| Doha | World Tour | A | A | NH | W | A | |||
| Lanzhou | World Tour | NH | NH | SF | NH | NH | |||
| Ljubljana | World Tour | NH | NH | W | A | A | |||
| WTT Contender | Doha | World Tour | A | A | A | W | A | ||
| Lasko | World Tour | W | NH | NH | NH | NH | |||
| Muscat | World Tour | NH | W | A | A | A | |||
| Novo Mesto | World Tour | W | NH | NH | NH | NH | |||
| Taiyuan | World Tour | NH | NH | F | QF | A | |||
 Zagreb | World Tour | NH | A | W | 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 | |||||
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