Fan Zhendong
Fan Zhendong 
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| Fan Zhendong at the 2017 Asian Cup | |
| Other spellings: | 樊振东 |
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 People's Republic of China
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| Date of birth: | January 22, 1997 |
| Place of birth: | Guangzhou |
| Playing hand: | right |
| How to play: | Shakehand |
| Current world rankings : | 1 (April 2020) |
| Best world ranking : | 1 (April 2018 – June 2019, November 2019, since April 2020) |
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Fan Zhendong ( Chinese 樊振東 / 樊振东 , Pinyin Fán Zhèndōng ; born January 22, 1997 in Guangzhou ) is a Chinese table tennis player . He won the World Cup three times and is multiple world champion with the team .
Career
Fan Zhendong was already fifteen in 2012 when he won the individual title at the World Youth Championship in the final against his compatriot Lin Gaoyuan . In addition, he was at the same tournament with the Chinese team youth team world champion and in doubles with Fan Shengpeng he was first. In mixed with Liu Gaoyang, he reached the final.
In 2013, after good performance in the Chinese trials, he was even nominated for the individual competition of the world championship . There Fan Zhendong reached the third round and ultimately had to admit defeat to the eventual winner Zhang Jike .
In the 2013-14 season, Fan Zhendong played in the Chinese Super League with Bayi.
| Losses against foreign players | |||
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| opponent | date | competition | Erg. |
 Marcos Freitas
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02/22/2013 | Qatar Open | 0: 4 |
 Kenta Matsudaira
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07/07/2013 | Asian Championship | 0: 3 |
 Cho Eon-rae
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02/22/2014 | Qatar Open | 3: 4 |
 Chen Feng
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09/28/2014 | Asian Games (Team) | 2: 3 |
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Li Hu
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09/28/2014 | Asian Games (Team) | 2: 3 |
 Chen Chien-An
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09/15/2017 | Asian Cup | 2: 3 |
 Dimitrij Ovtcharov
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11/12/2017 | German Open | 3: 4 |
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Tomokazu Harimoto
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04/06/2018 | Asian Cup | 1: 3 |
 Hugo Calderano
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December 15, 2018 | Grand Finals | 2: 4 |
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Jung Young-sik
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07/06/2019 | Korea Open | 2: 4 |
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Patrick Franziska
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07/12/2019 | Australian Open | 2: 4 |
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Dimitrij Ovtcharov
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02/01/2020 | German Open | 3: 4 |
In November 2013, at the age of 16, Fan achieved two World Tour victories in Poland and Germany within eight days. In Berlin, he beat the reigning European champion from Germany in the final with Dimitrij Ovtcharov . His group game defeat against Singapore in September 2014 was his last loss to non-Chinese players for almost three years until he lost to Chen Chien-An in the Asian Cup in September 2017 .
At the Asian Championship 2015, Fan Zhendong won all four titles: in the team, doubles, mixed and singles competition, after earning a record of 35: 1 in the Super League. In 2015 he took part in the World Cup for the first time and won the silver medal after losing to Ma Long in the final . He won the World Cup 2016 by beating Xu Xin in the final .
At the China Open in June 2017, Ma Long, Fan Zhendong and Xu Xin boycotted their round of 16 games. This was in protest against the fact that coach Liu Guoliang had been "promoted" to one of 15 vice presidents and had lost his coaching position. On-site spectators expressed their support for Liu Guoliang. The Chinese Ministry of Sports announced consequences. Other Chinese national players also expressed their support on Weibo , but corresponding entries were subsequently deleted. Identical apologies were posted on the players' Weibo pages the next day. The following week, all male Chinese players registered for the Australian Open (including Xu Xin and Fan Zhendong) were canceled. In late October, the ITTF sentenced the three boycotting players to a fine of $ 20,000 each.
The players involved in the boycott competed again in the Chinese national games in August / September - from September to November they also played internationally again - in which Fan Zhendong won silver after losing to Ma Long in the final. After a final defeat against Lin Gaoyuan, he also won silver at the Asian Cup. At the end of the year he beat Chuang Chih-Yuan , Xu Xin, Timo Boll and Dimitrij Ovtcharov at the Grand Finals , winning gold. After winning the Qatar Open, he moved up to the top of the world rankings for the first time in April 2018, with the team he again won gold at the World Cup and gold in the individual at the World Cup . At the 2019 World Cup , he met his teammate Liang Jingkun in the round of 16 , to whom he lost 2: 4, but in mixed with Ding Ning he won bronze. In the same year he won gold in singles and doubles at the World Tour Grand Finals .
successes
team
- World Championships : Gold 2014 , 2016 , 2018
- World Cup : Gold 2018, 2019
- Asian Championships : Gold 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019
- Asian Games: Gold 2014, 2018
- Youth World Championship: Gold 2012
singles
- World Cup : Gold 2016 , 2018 , 2019 , Silver 2015
- World Championships : bronze 2015 , silver 2017
- Asian Championships : Gold 2015, 2017, Bronze 2019
- Asian Games: Silver 2014, Gold 2018
- Asian Cup: Gold 2018, 2019, Silver 2014, 2015, 2017
- ITTF World Tour Grand Finals : Gold 2017 , 2019 , Silver 2015 , 2016 , Bronze 2013
- Youth World Championship: Gold 2012
Double
- World Championships : Gold 2017 , Silver 2015
- Asian Championships : Gold 2015, 2017, Silver 2019
- Asian Games: Silver 2014
- ITTF World Tour Grand Finals: Gold 2019
- Youth World Championship: Silver 2012
Mixed doubles
- World Championships: Bronze 2019
- Asian Championships : Gold 2015, Bronze 2013
- Youth World Championship: Gold 2012
Results from the ITTF database
| Association | event | year | place | country | singles | Double | Mixed | team | U-21 |
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| CHN | Asian Championship | 2019 | Yogyakarta | IDN | Semifinals | silver | 1 | ||
| CHN | Asian Championship | 2017 | Wuxi | CHN | gold | gold | 1 | ||
| CHN | Asian Championship | 2015 | Pattaya | THA | gold | gold | gold | 1 | |
| CHN | Asian Championship | 2013 | Busan | COR | Quarter finals | Semifinals | 1 | ||
| CHN | Asian Cup | 2019 | Yokohama | JPN | gold | ||||
| CHN | Asian Cup | 2018 | Yokohama | JPN | gold | ||||
| CHN | Asian Cup | 2017 | Ahmedabad | IND | silver | ||||
| CHN | Asian Cup | 2015 | Jaipur | IND | silver | ||||
| CHN | Asian Cup | 2014 | Wuhan | CHN | silver | ||||
| CHN | Asian Games | 2018 | Jakarta | IDN | gold | 1 | |||
| CHN | Asian Games | 2014 | Incheon | COR | silver | silver | Quarter finals | 1 | |
| CHN | East Asian Games | 2013 | Tianjin | CHN | gold | ||||
| CHN | Youth Olympic Games | 2014 | Nanjing | CHN | gold | 1 | |||
| CHN | ITTF World Tour | 2020 | Doha | QAT | gold | Semifinals | |||
| CHN | ITTF World Tour | 2019 | Linz | AUT | gold | ||||
| CHN | ITTF World Tour | 2019 | Bremen | GER | gold | Semifinals | |||
| CHN | ITTF World Tour | 2019 | Stockholm | SWE | Semifinals | gold | |||
| CHN | ITTF World Tour | 2019 | Geelong | OUT | last 16 | Semifinals | |||
| CHN | ITTF World Tour | 2019 | Busan | COR | Quarter finals | gold | |||
| CHN | ITTF World Tour | 2019 | Sapporo | JPN | Semifinals | gold | Semifinals | ||
| CHN | ITTF World Tour | 2019 | Budapest | HUN | Semifinals | silver | |||
| CHN | ITTF World Tour | 2018 | Linz | AUT | Semifinals | Quarter finals | |||
| CHN | ITTF World Tour | 2018 | Stockholm | SWE | gold | last 16 | |||
| CHN | ITTF World Tour | 2018 | Shenzhen | CHN | silver | gold | |||
| CHN | ITTF World Tour | 2018 | Doha | QAT | gold | gold | |||
| CHN | ITTF World Tour | 2018 | Budapest | HUN | gold | gold | |||
| CHN | ITTF World Tour | 2017 | Stockholm | SWE | silver | gold | |||
| CHN | ITTF World Tour | 2017 | Magdeburg | GER | Semifinals | Quarter finals | |||
| CHN | ITTF World Tour | 2017 | Tokyo | JPN | silver | Semifinals | |||
| CHN | ITTF World Tour | 2017 | Cheng you | CHN | last 32 | Semifinals | |||
| CHN | ITTF World Tour | 2017 | Doha | QAT | silver | Quarter finals | |||
| CHN | ITTF World Tour | 2016 | Incheon | COR | Semifinals | Semifinals | |||
| CHN | ITTF World Tour | 2016 | Tokyo | JPN | gold | silver | |||
| CHN | ITTF World Tour | 2016 | Cheng you | CHN | gold | silver | |||
| CHN | ITTF World Tour | 2016 | Doha | QAT | silver | gold | |||
| CHN | ITTF World Tour | 2016 | Kuwait City | KUW | Semifinals | Semifinals | |||
| CHN | ITTF World Tour | 2015 | Stockholm | SWE | gold | silver | |||
| CHN | ITTF World Tour | 2015 | Warsaw | POLE | gold | last 16 | |||
| CHN | ITTF World Tour | 2015 | Kobe | JPN | Semifinals | silver | |||
| CHN | ITTF World Tour | 2015 | Cheng you | CHN | Semifinals | gold | |||
| CHN | ITTF World Tour | 2015 | Kuwait City | KUW | Semifinals | Semifinals | |||
| CHN | ITTF World Tour | 2014 | Stockholm | SWE | gold | silver | |||
| CHN | ITTF World Tour | 2014 | Doha | QAT | last 16 | Semifinals | |||
| CHN | ITTF World Tour | 2014 | Kuwait City | KUW | gold | Quarter finals | |||
| CHN | ITTF World Tour | 2014 | Cheng you | CHN | Semifinals | gold | |||
| CHN | ITTF World Tour | 2013 | Stockholm | SWE | silver | Quarter finals | |||
| CHN | ITTF World Tour | 2013 | Berlin | GER | gold | Quarter finals | |||
| CHN | ITTF World Tour | 2013 | Spala | POLE | gold | Quarter finals | |||
| CHN | ITTF World Tour | 2013 | Changchun | CHN | Quarter finals | Agony | gold | ||
| CHN | ITTF World Tour | 2013 | Doha | QAT | last 32 | last 16 | |||
| CHN | ITTF World Tour Grand Finals | 2019 | Zhengzhou | CHN | gold | gold | |||
| CHN | ITTF World Tour Grand Finals | 2018 | Incheon | COR | Quarter finals | ||||
| CHN | ITTF World Tour Grand Finals | 2017 | Astana | KAZ | gold | ||||
| CHN | ITTF World Tour Grand Finals | 2016 | Doha | QAT | silver | ||||
| CHN | ITTF World Tour Grand Finals | 2015 | Lisbon | POR | silver | ||||
| CHN | ITTF World Tour Grand Finals | 2013 | Dubai | UAE | Semifinals | ||||
| CHN | World Championship | 2019 | Budapest | HUN | last 16 | Semifinals | |||
| CHN | World Championship | 2018 | Halmstad | SWE | 1 | ||||
| CHN | World Championship | 2017 | Dusseldorf | GER | silver | gold | |||
| CHN | World Championship | 2016 | Kuala Lumpur | MAS | 1 | ||||
| CHN | World Championship | 2015 | Suzhou | CHN | Semifinals | silver | |||
| CHN | World Championship | 2014 | Tokyo | JPN | 1 | ||||
| CHN | World Championship | 2013 | Paris | FRA | last 32 | ||||
| CHN | World cup | 2019 | Cheng you | CHN | gold | ||||
| CHN | World cup | 2018 | Paris | FRA | gold | ||||
| CHN | World cup | 2016 | Saarbrücken | GER | gold | ||||
| CHN | World cup | 2015 | Halmstad | SWE | silver | ||||
| CHN | World Team Cup | 2019 | Tokyo | JNP | 1 | ||||
| CHN | World Team Cup | 2018 | London | CLOSELY | 1 | ||||
| CHN | World Team Cup | 2015 | Dubai | UAE | 1 | ||||
| CHN | Youth Asian Championship | 2012 | CHN | gold | |||||
| CHN | Youth Asian Games | 2013 | Nanjing | CHN | gold | ||||
| CHN | Youth World Championship | 2012 | Hyderabad | IND | gold | silver | gold | 1 |
literature
- Rahul Nelson: Fan Zhendong - Out of this world , career since early childhood, table tennis magazine , 2013/12 pages 10–11
Web links
- Fan Zhendong Article about Fan Zhendong on the website of the World Table Tennis Federation ittf.com (accessed August 13, 2013)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Players' matches. ittf.link, accessed on March 22, 2018 .
- ↑ tt-news.de: Scandal: Liu Guoliang disempowered, players donate in protest. Retrieved June 24, 2017 .
- ↑ tt-news.de: Explanations of Weikert and the Chinese Sports Administration. Retrieved June 24, 2017 .
- ↑ faz.net: Ovtcharov cheers - host China causes a scandal. June 25, 2017. Retrieved June 25, 2017 .
- ^ Ittf.com: Chinese Men's Team Withdrawn from Australian Open. June 29, 2017. Retrieved June 29, 2017 .
- ↑ ittf.com: ITTF Decides on Sanctions for Chinese Trio for China Open Forfeits. October 31, 2017, accessed October 31, 2017 .
- ↑ Grand Finals: Second gold for Fan Zhendong after winning the final against Ma Long. mytischtennis.de, December 15, 2019, accessed on January 6, 2020 .
- ↑ Fan Zhendong results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed November 17, 2013)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Fan Zhendong |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 樊振东 (Chinese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | chinese table tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 22, 1997 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Guangzhou |