Ding Ning

Ding Ning
World Cup 2013
Other spellings:	丁宁
Nickname:	Da Baobei (= big baby)
Nation:	People's Republic of China
Date of birth:	June 20, 1990
Place of birth:	Daqing
Size:	172 cm
Weight:	60 kg
Playing hand:	Left handed
How to play:	Shakehand
Trainer:	Shi Zhihao
Current world rankings :	12
Best world ranking :	1 (Nov. 2011 – Aug. 2013, Oct. 2014 – Oct. 2015, Oct. 2016 – Oct. 2017, Jan. – May 2019)

Ding Ning ( Chinese  丁宁 , Pinyin Dīng Níng ; born June 20, 1990 in Daqing , Heilongjiang Province , People's Republic of China ) is a Chinese table tennis player . With an Olympic victory, two World Cup titles and three individual world championship titles, she is one of the most successful table tennis players ever. She is left handed and uses the European shakehand style .

Career

Ding Ning first appeared internationally in 2004, when she won silver in singles and mixed (with Zhang Jike ) and gold with the team at the Asian Youth Championships . In 2005 she played her first Pro Tour tournaments , won her first Pro Tour medal by reaching the semi-finals at the Swedish Open and was World Youth Champion in singles, doubles and with the team. In October 2005 it was already in the top 100 of the world rankings . She took part in her first adult world championship in 2007 , in mixed with Lei Zhenhua she was eliminated in the round of 16 in the extension of the decisive set.

A big leap followed in 2009: by winning doubles at the Danish Open, she won her first gold medal on the Pro Tour, followed by gold in singles at the Kuwait Open, and in May she became vice world champion in doubles. In July she moved up to the top 10 of the world rankings, at the Asian Cup she won silver in mixed as well as gold in singles, doubles and team competitions. In addition, she qualified for the first time for the Pro Tour Grand Finals, where she won silver in singles and gold in doubles. At the 2010 World Cup she was part of the Chinese team that surprisingly lost to Singapore in the final.

The following year she finally made it to the top of the world: She won three Pro Tour titles, became world champion in singles and again vice world champion in doubles and won the World Cup on her first participation . As of November 2011, she was first in the world rankings for the first time. In 2012 she became world champion with the team for the first time and was nominated for the Olympic Games in London , where she won gold in the team and met Li Xiaoxia in the singles final . Ding Ning were counted several serves by the referee, which had a negative effect on her concentration, and she lost 4-1. At the Grand Finals 2012 and 2013 she won silver in singles for the third and fourth time in their third and fourth participation, and at the 2013 World Championships - in addition to bronze in singles - for the third time in a row silver in doubles. In 2012 and 2013, Ding Ning also won gold ten times in doubles on the World Tour. In 2014, she defeated Li Xiaoxia in the final of both the Asian Cup and the World Cup, regaining first place in the world rankings, which she had lost in September 2013. At the 2015 World Cup she was - although she was injured in the final in the decisive set - again world champion in the singles, but lost the doubles final for the fourth time the next day. In addition, this year she won the Grand Finals in singles for the first time , but fell back to third place in the world rankings in November.

Ding Ning won the last missing big title in 2016 when she met Li Xiaoxia again in the individual final of the Olympic Games and this time won 4: 3, completing the Grand Slam . In October she regained world number one. At the 2017 World Championships she was single world champion for the third time and was also able to win gold in doubles for the first time in her fifth finals. In the second half of the year, however, it was not very active, so that it dropped out of the world rankings for a month in November and, with the introduction of the new world rankings in 2018, was no longer in the top 10 for the first time since 2009. With the Chinese team she won the World Cup gold again in May , and in September she celebrated another great success at the World Cup with her third gold medal in her third participation in the individual. At the Swedish Open she surprisingly had to admit defeat to Mima Itō in the semifinals , at the Grand Finals in December - also in the semifinals - He Zhuojia , which was still enough to regain number 1 in the world rankings in January 2019. At the Grand Finals at the end of 2019, she was surprisingly eliminated in the round of 16 against Hitomi Satō .

In 2020 she won silver at the first World Tour tournament, the German Open , after losing to Chen Meng in the final .

successes

singles

• Gold medal at the Olympic Games : 2016
• Silver medal in the Olympic Games : 2012
• World Champion: 2011 in Rotterdam , 2015 in Suzhou and 2017 in Düsseldorf .
• World Cup winner 2011 , 2014 and 2018
• Silver medal at the Pro Tour Grand Finals 2009, 2011, 2012
• Gold medal at the 2015 World Tour Grand Finals

Double

• Vice World Champion in women's doubles in 2009 , 2011 , 2015 (together with Guo Yan ) and 2013 (with Liu Shiwen )
• Gold medal at the Pro Tour Grand Finals 2009

team

• Olympic champion 2012 and 2016
• World Champion 2012 , 2014 , 2016 , 2018
• Vice World Champion 2010 (together with Liu Shiwen and Guo Yan ) in Moscow
• World Team Cup winner 2011

Private

Ding Ning has been studying sports journalism at Shanghai Sports University since 2012.

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
CHN	Asian Championship	2019	Yogyakarta	IDN	Semifinals	gold		1
CHN	Asian Championship	2017	Wuxi	CHN	Quarter finals			1
CHN	Asian Championship	2015	Pattaya	THA	last 64	last 32		1
CHN	Asian Championship	2013	Busan	COR	silver	silver		1
CHN	Asian Championship	2012	Macau	MAC	Semifinals	gold		1
CHN	Asian Championship	2009	Lucknow	IND	gold	gold	silver	1
CHN	Asian Championship (Juniors)	2004	New Delhi	IND	silver		silver	1
CHN	Asian Cup	2014	Wuhan	CHN	gold
CHN	Asian Cup	2010	Guangzhou	CHN	silver
CHN	Asian Cup	2009	Hangzhou	CHN	3rd place
CHN	Asian Games	2014	Suwon	COR				1
CHN	Asian Games	2010	Guangzhou	CHN		silver	Quarter finals	1
CHN	Olympic games	2016	Rio de Janeiro	BRA	gold
CHN	Olympic games	2012	London	CLOSELY	silver			1
CHN	Pro tour	2020	Doha	QAT	Semifinals	Quarter finals
CHN	Pro tour	2020	Magdeburg	GER	silver	Semifinals
CHN	Pro tour	2019	Stockholm	SWE	Quarter finals	gold
CHN	Pro tour	2019	Geelong	OUT	silver
CHN	Pro tour	2019	Busan	COR	silver	Semifinals
CHN	Pro tour	2019	Sapporo	JPN	last 16		Semifinals
CHN	Pro tour	2019	Doha	QAT	Semifinals	silver
CHN	Pro tour	2018	Stockholm	SWE	Semifinals
CHN	Pro tour	2018	Panagyurishte	BUL	gold
CHN	Pro tour	2018	Geelong	OUT	silver
CHN	Pro tour	2018	Daejeon	COR	last 16	gold
CHN	Pro tour	2018	Shenzhen	CHN	silver	gold
CHN	Pro tour	2017	Stockholm	SWE	gold
CHN	Pro tour	2017	Cheng you	CHN	gold	gold
CHN	Pro tour	2016	Cheng you	CHN	gold	silver
CHN	Pro tour	2016	Incheon	COR	gold	gold
CHN	Pro tour	2016	Tokyo	JPN	silver	gold
CHN	Pro tour	2016	Doha	QAT	silver	gold
CHN	Pro tour	2016	Kuwait City	KUW	silver	gold
CHN	Pro tour	2015	Warsaw	POLE	silver	gold
CHN	Pro tour	2015	Cheng you	CHN	silver	Quarter finals
CHN	Pro tour	2015	Kobe	JPN	Semifinals	Semifinals
CHN	Pro tour	2015	Kuwait City	KUW	silver	gold
CHN	Pro tour	2014	Cheng you	CHN	gold	gold
CHN	Pro tour	2013	Dubai	UAE	silver	gold
CHN	Pro tour	2013	Ekaterinburg	RUS	gold	gold
CHN	Pro tour	2013	Changchun	CHN	Semifinals	Semifinals
CHN	Pro tour	2013	Doha	QAT	gold	gold
CHN	Pro tour	2013	Kuwait City	KUW	Semifinals	gold
CHN	Pro tour	2013	catfish	AUT	gold	gold
CHN	Pro tour	2012	Poznań	POLE	gold
CHN	Pro tour	2012	Shanghai	CHN	Semifinals	silver
CHN	Pro tour	2012	Incheon City	COR	silver	gold
CHN	Pro tour	2012	Incheon City	COR	silver	gold
CHN	Pro tour	2012	Incheon City	COR	silver	gold
CHN	Pro tour	2012	Velenje	SLO	gold	gold
CHN	Pro tour	2012	Budapest	HUN	Quarter finals	gold
CHN	Pro tour	2011	Stockholm	SWE	Semifinals	Semifinals
CHN	Pro tour	2011	Schwechat	AUT	gold	gold
CHN	Pro tour	2011	Suzhou	CHN	silver	silver
CHN	Pro tour	2011	Dubai	UAE	gold	Quarter finals
CHN	Pro tour	2011	Doha	QAT	silver	silver
CHN	Pro tour	2011	Sheffield	CLOSELY	gold	silver
CHN	Pro tour	2010	Suzhou	CHN	Semifinals	silver
CHN	Pro tour	2010	Berlin	GER	silver	silver
CHN	Pro tour	2010	Kuwait City	KUW	Quarter finals	silver
CHN	Pro tour	2010	Doha	QAT	Quarter finals	gold
CHN	Pro tour	2009	Sheffield	CLOSELY	Quarter finals	Quarter finals
CHN	Pro tour	2009	Tianjin	CHN	last 16	gold
CHN	Pro tour	2009	Su Zhou	CHN	Quarter finals	Semifinals
CHN	Pro tour	2009	Doha	QAT	Quarter finals	silver
CHN	Pro tour	2009	Kuwait City	KUW	gold	Semifinals
CHN	Pro tour	2009	Frederikshavn	THE	last 16	gold
CHN	Pro tour	2009	Velenje	SVN	last 32	Semifinals
CHN	Pro tour	2008	Shanghai	CHN	Semifinals	Quarter finals
CHN	Pro tour	2008	Changchun	CHN	last 32
CHN	Pro tour	2007	Stockholm	SWE	last 16	Semifinals
CHN	Pro tour	2007	Bremen	GER	Quarter finals	Semifinals
CHN	Pro tour	2007	Nanjing	CHN	Quarter finals	silver
CHN	Pro tour	2006	Yokohama	JPN	Quarter finals	last 16
CHN	Pro tour	2006	Singapore	SIN	last 32	last 16
CHN	Pro tour	2005	Gothenburg	SWE	Semifinals	last 16
CHN	Pro tour	2005	Magdeburg	GER	last 64
CHN	Pro tour	2005	Shenzhen	CHN	last 16	Quarter finals
CHN	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2019	Zhengzhou	CHN	last 16
CHN	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2018	Incheon	COR	Semifinals
CHN	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2016	Doha	QAT	Quarter finals
CHN	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2015	Lisbon	POR	gold	gold
CHN	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2013	Dubai	UAE	silver	gold
CHN	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2012	Hangzhou	CHN	silver
CHN	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2011	London	CLOSELY	silver
CHN	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2009	Macau	MAC	silver	gold
CHN	World Championship	2019	Budapest	HUN	Semifinals		Semifinals
CHN	World Championship	2018	Halmstad	SWE				gold
CHN	World Championship	2017	Dusseldorf	GER	gold	gold
CHN	World Championship	2016	Kuala Lumpur	MAS				gold
CHN	World Championship	2015	Suzhou	CHN	gold	silver
CHN	World Championship	2014	Tokyo	JPN				gold
CHN	World Championship	2013	Paris	FRA	Semifinals	silver
CHN	World Championship	2012	Dortmund	GER				gold
CHN	World Championship	2011	Rotterdam	NED	gold	silver
CHN	World Championship	2010	Moscow	RUS				silver
CHN	World Championship	2009	Yokohama	JPN	last 16	silver
CHN	World Championship	2007	Zagreb	HRV	no participants	no participants	last 16
CHN	Youth World Championship	2005	Linz	AUT	gold	gold	Quarter finals	gold
CHN	World cup	2018	Cheng you	CHN	gold
CHN	World cup	2014	Dusseldorf	GER	gold
CHN	World cup	2011	Singapore	SIN	gold
CHN	WTC World Team Cup	2019	Tokyo	JPN				gold
CHN	WTC World Team Cup	2018	London	CLOSELY				gold
CHN	WTC World Team Cup	2013	Guangzhou	CHN				gold
CHN	WTC World Team Cup	2011	Magdeburg	GER				gold
CHN	WTC World Team Cup	2010	Dubai	UAE				gold
CHN	WTC World Team Cup	2009	Linz	AUT				gold

Web links

Commons : Ding Ning  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Ding Ning biography on the website of the World Table Tennis Association ittf.com (accessed August 5, 2011)
• Ding Ning Article about Ding Ning on the website of the World Table Tennis Association ittf.com (accessed June 8, 2013)
• Ding Ning in the Sports-Reference database (archived from the original ) (accessed June 25, 2014)

literature

• Susanne Heuing: The sun is shining again , (report on the 2011 World Cup) magazine tischtennis , 2011/6 page 23

Individual evidence

1. ↑ results.ittf.link . (accessed July 1, 2018).
2. ↑ http://www.old.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=28673&Competition_ID=2003& (link not available)
3. ↑ Now a Living Legend, Injured Ding Ning Regains Title in Dramatic Final ( Memento from December 11, 2016 in the web archive archive.today )
4. ↑ Ding Ning still striving to become stronger. ittf.com, August 31, 2016, accessed April 21, 2020 . 
5. ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2012/12 page 7
6. ↑ Ding Ning results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed June 25, 2014)

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Ding is the family name here, Ning is the first name.