To Jae-hyun

To Jae-hyun
Nation:	South Korea
Date of birth:	December 25, 1999
Place of birth:	Incheon
Playing hand:	right
How to play:	Shakehand
Current world rankings :	40
Best world ranking :	40 (December 2019)

An Jae-hyun ( Korean 재현 에게; born December 25, 1999 in Incheon ) is a South Korean table tennis player . He is right-handed and uses the shake hand grip. An is under contract with XIOM. He plays with a Chinese rubber on his forehand, while a XIOM Omega 7 Pro sticks to his backhand. From the South Korean association he received the approval for the German club TTC Neu-Ulm to start.

Career

An started playing table tennis at the age of 9. According to his own statements, his parents and grandparents also played table tennis. In 2015 he was seen on the international stage for the first time at the age of 16.

His first major tournament that same year was the World Youth Championships , in which he beat Can Akkuzu in singles and finally reached the quarter-finals. In doubles, the Korean was also able to win bronze, with the team he took silver. In 2016 he was allowed to take part in his first men's tournament, the Korea Open , but was eliminated in the preliminary round, including against Gustavo Tsuboi . At the Youth World Cup in the same year, An achieved first place, and the team was again silver.

At the Korea Open 2017 he was able to beat Wang Tei-Wei in the U21 competition, the Youth World Cup was very successful for him, in doubles, in the team and in mixed competition, he was able to win a medal; give up. In 2018 he was seen more often internationally, for example at the German Open , where he ultimately had to admit defeat to Timo Boll in the round of 32 . In 2019, at the age of 19, he was allowed to take part in the world championship and caused a sensation by winning a bronze medal in the individual.

Overview of titles and successes

singles

• Bronze medal at the 2019 World Cup in Budapest
• Quarter-finals at the 2015, 2016 and 2017 World Youth Championships
• Semi-finals at the German Open 2018 in the U21 class

Double

• Bronze medal at the 2015 World Youth Championship with Cho Seung-min
• Gold medal at the Youth World Cup 2016 with Cho Seung-min
• Silver medal at the 2017 World Youth Championship with Beak Hogyun

Mixed

• Silver medal at the 2017 World Youth Championship with Kim Yiho

team

• Silver medal at the 2015 and 2016 World Youth Championships
• Bronze medal at the 2017 World Youth Championship

Results from the ITTF database (excerpt)

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
COR	World Championship	2019	Budapest	Hungary	bronze
COR	Youth World Championship	2015	Vendee	France	Quarter finals	bronze		silver
COR	Youth World Championship	2016	Cape Town	South Africa	Quarter finals	gold	Quarter finals	silver
COR	Youth World Championship	2017	Riva del Garda	Italy	Quarter finals	silver	silver	bronze

Web links

• Profile on ittf (accessed December 24, 2019)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World Ranking: An Jaehyun (accessed December 25, 2019)
2. ↑ To Jaehyun: video, ranking. Retrieved December 24, 2019 . 
3. ^ ITTF Players' Data, Results, Ranking & Statistics. Retrieved December 24, 2019 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b} To Jaehyun: Summiteer and soon TTBL secret weapon? Retrieved December 24, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Approval received: To Jaehyun before TTBL debut - TTBL. Retrieved December 24, 2019 . 
6. ↑ Janina's World Cup ABC: From A for An Jaehyun to Z for Zeh. Retrieved December 24, 2019 . 
7. ↑ Players matches. Retrieved December 24, 2019 . 

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. An is the family name here, Jae-hyun is the first name.