Cho Eon-rae

Cho Eon-rae
Other spellings:	Cho Eonrae
Nation:	South Korea
Date of birth:	October 1, 1986
Place of birth:	Incheon
Size:	181 cm
Weight:	71 kg
Playing hand:	right
How to play:	Shakehand
Best world ranking :	19 (July 2014)

Korean spelling
Hangeul	조언 래
Hanja	趙彥 來
See also : Korean name

Cho Eon-rae (born October 1, 1986 in Incheon ) is a South Korean table tennis player .

Career

Cho made his first international appearances at the World Youth Championships in 2003 and 2004, where he won two individual silver medals. In 2005 he reached the semi-finals in doubles at the Chile and China Open, and in October he made it into the top 100 of the world rankings for the first time . The following year he won his first Pro Tour tournament with the Brazilian Open. In 2007 he was able to take part in the World Championship for the first time , and he also played successfully in doubles with Lee Jung-woo on the Pro Tour, so that they could qualify for the Grand Finals, where they were eliminated in the first round against Hao Shuai / Ma Long .

After reaching a preliminary high of 54th place in the world rankings in April 2007, Cho gradually fell back and in March 2009 was only 100th led the world rankings before he increased his activity again. In the 2010 World Cup he was part of the South Korean team won the bronze, and the Individual Championships in 2011 he reached the last 32. After he had come to the semi-finals of the Korea Open, which he 2: 4 against Dimitrij Ovtcharov lost , he reached a new record in August 2011 with world number 39.

At the 2013 World Cup , he was among the last 32. In 2014, he made it to the semi-finals of the Qatar Open and moved up to 19th place in the world rankings, setting a new personal record. He was eliminated with the team in the quarter-finals of the 2014 World Cup , and qualified for the Grand Finals in both singles and doubles at the end of the year . In singles he was eliminated in the first round against Kōki Niwa , in doubles with Seo Hyun-deok he won the gold medal. Further successes in doubles with Kim Dong-hyun followed in 2015, but the two were eliminated in the first round of the Grand Finals .

In 2016 Cho was temporarily not listed in the world rankings again due to inactivity, in July he dropped out of the top 100, and in 2017 he did not play a single international tournament. He returned to the World Tour in 2018, but was only 307th in the world at the end of the year.

Play style

Cho is an attacker and is known for his outstanding forehand topspins, which he uses both near and far from the table. He is one of the players with the most variable serves and setbacks.

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
COR	Asian Championship	2013	Busan	COR	last 16
COR	World Championship	2014	Tokyo	JPN				Quarter finals
COR	World Championship	2013	Paris	FRA	last 32	last 64	Quarter finals
COR	World Championship	2011	Rotterdam	NED	last 32
COR	World Championship	2010	Moscow	RUS				3
COR	World Championship	2007	Zagreb	CRO	last 128		last 16
COR	Youth World Championship	2004	Kobe	JPN	silver	Semifinals		2
COR	Youth World Championship	2003	Santiago de Chile	CHI	silver	Quarter finals		3
COR	Challenge Series	2018	Guadalajara	ESP	Agony	silver
COR	World Tour	2016	Minsk	BLR	Semifinals	last 16
COR	World Tour	2016	Olomouc	CZE	last 64	gold
COR	World Tour	2015	De Haan	BEL	last 32	Semifinals
COR	World Tour	2015	Panagyurishte	BUL	Quarter finals	gold
COR	World Tour	2015	Zagreb	CRO	last 16	silver
COR	World Tour	2014	Doha	QAT	Semifinals	gold
COR	Pro tour	2011	Incheon	COR	Semifinals	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2009	Seoul	COR	last 16	silver
COR	Pro tour	2007	Seongnam	COR	last 32	Semifinals
COR	Pro tour	2007	Belo Horizonte	BRA	last 32	gold
COR	Pro tour	2007	Salwa Cup	KUW	last 64	Semifinals
COR	Pro tour	2007	Doha	QAT	last 64	gold
COR	Pro tour	2007	Zagreb	CRO	last 32	silver
COR	Pro tour	2006	Sao Paolo	BRA	gold	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2005	Harbin	CHN	last 32	Semifinals
COR	Pro tour	2005	Santiago de Chile	CHI	last 32	Semifinals
COR	World Tour Grand Finals	2015	Lisbon	POR		Quarter finals
COR	World Tour Grand Finals	2014	Bangkok	THA	last 16	gold
COR	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2007	Beijing	CHN		Quarter finals

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Brief portrait (accessed on January 10, 2019)
2. ↑ Cho E. live score, schedule and results - table tennis - SofaScore. Retrieved January 10, 2019 . 

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Cho is the family name here, Eon-rae is the first name.