Zhu Yuling

Personal information
Nationality	China (until 2024) Macau (since 2024)
Born	(1995-01-10)10 January 1995 (age 30) Mianyang, Sichuan, China
Height	1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)[3]
Weight	56 kg (123 lb)[3]
Sport
Sport	Table tennis
Playing style	Right-handed, shakehand grip
Highest ranking	1 (November 2017)[1]
Current ranking	7 (5 August 2025)[2]
Medal record Women'sTable Tennis Representing China Event 1st 2nd 3rd World Championships 4 2 3 World Cup 3 2 0 World Championships 2014 Tokyo Team 2015 Suzhou Doubles 2016 Kuala Lumpur Team 2018 Halmstad Team 2017 Düsseldorf Singles 2017 Düsseldorf Doubles 2013 Paris Doubles 2013 Paris Singles 2019 Budapest Doubles World Cup 2015 Dubai Team 2017 Markham Singles 2018 London Team 2018 Chengdu Singles 2019 Chengdu Singles Asian Games 2014 Incheon Doubles 2014 Incheon Team 2018 Jakarta Team 2014 Incheon Singles Asian Championships 2013 Busan Doubles 2013 Busan Team 2015 Pattaya Singles 2015 Pattaya Team 2017 Wuxi Doubles 2017 Wuxi Team 2013 Busan Singles 2013 Busan Mixed doubles 2015 Pattaya Doubles 2017 Wuxi Singles Asian Cup 2017 Ahmedabad Singles 2018 Yokohama Singles 2019 Yokohama Singles 2015 Jaipur Singles East Asian Games 2013 Tianjin Doubles 2013 Tianjin Team 2013 Tianjin Singles World Junior Championships 2010 Bratislava Singles 2010 Bratislava Doubles 2011 Manama Team 2012 Hyderabad Singles 2012 Hyderabad Doubles 2012 Hyderabad Team 2010 Bratislava Mixed doubles 2010 Bratislava Team 2011 Manama Singles 2011 Manama Doubles 2011 Manama Mixed doubles 2012 Hyderabad Mixed doubles

Zhu Yuling (Chinese:朱雨玲; born 10 January 1995) is a Chinesetable tennis player representingMacau.^[4]

Zhu was born inMianyang in 1995 and began playing table tennis at the age of five, as it kept her occupied while she was ill. At the age of nine, she and her mother moved so that she could train, and she joined the provincial team when she was twelve. She was selected for the Chinese national team at fifteen. In addition to her academic studies, she trained nine hours a day, leaving little time for her family.^[5]

She is the two-time winner of theWorld Junior Table Tennis Championships in girls' singles.^[6] She was a semi-finalist at the2013 World Table Tennis Championships. In 2016, Zhu was a reserve player at theSummer Olympics in Rio.^[5]

In 2017, Zhu advanced to the women's singles final at theWorld Championships, where she lost to her compatriotDing Ning in six games.^[7] She ascended to the world number one ranking in November after a thrilling 4–3 win againstLiu Shiwen at the ITTF Women's World Cup in Markham, Ontario.^[8][9]

Zhu began experiencing health issues in 2019 and was diagnosed with a benign tumor in 2020.^[10] In order to pursue a spot at the Tokyo Olympics, she delayed treatment. She eventually underwent surgery to remove the tumor in 2021 and left the Chinese national team later that year. In 2022, she began her Doctorate of Business Administration program at theUniversity of Electronic Science and Technology of China.^[11] A year later, she became an associate professor in the sports department atTianjin University.

In 2023, Zhu applied to transfer her registration toMacau through a foreign talent introduction program and officially acquired citizenship the following year.^[10] She returned to the international stage for the first time in over four years, representing Macau at the WTT Champions event in September 2024.^[12] In October, she captured a WTT Feeder singles title,^[11] and in 2025, she won the women's singles title at the WTT United States Smash.^[13]

Year	Tournament	Final opponent	Score	Ref
2014	ITTF World Tour, Kuwait Open	Chen Meng	4–1	[14]
	ITTF World Tour, Swedish Open	Liu Shiwen	4–0	[15]
2015	ITTF World Tour, China Open	Ding Ning	4–0	[16]
	Asian Championships	Chen Meng	4–1	[17]
2016	ITTF World Tour Grand Finals	Han Ying	4–0	[18]
2017	Asian Cup	Liu Shiwen	4–3	[19]
	Women's World Cup	Liu Shiwen	4–3	[20]
2018	Asian Cup	Chen Meng	4–1	[21]
	ITTF World Tour Platinum, Korean Open	Chen Meng	4–1	[22]
2019	Asian Cup	Chen Meng	4–2	[23]
	T2 Diamond Malaysia	Wang Manyu	4–1	[24]
2024	WTT Feeder Cagliari	Sakura Yokoi	3–2	[25]
2025	WTT United States Smash	Chen Yi	4–2	[26]

• Zhu Yuling atWorld Table Tennis (ITTF)

• Living people
• 1995 births
• Chinese female table tennis players
• Asian Games gold medalists in table tennis
• Asian Games silver medalists in table tennis
• Table tennis players at the 2014 Asian Games
• Table tennis players at the 2018 Asian Games
• Asian Games gold medalists for China
• Asian Games table tennis players for China
• Asian Games silver medalists for China
• Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
• Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
• People from Mianyang
• Table tennis players from Sichuan
• People from Zhuhai
• Table tennis players from Guangdong
• World Table Tennis Championships medalists

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