Jung Young-sik

Jung Young-sik
Jung Young-sik 2016
Nation:	South Korea
Date of birth:	January 20, 1992
Playing hand:	Right handed
How to play:	Shakehand
Current world rankings :	23
Best world ranking :	7 (Feb 2017)
Best national ranking:	1
Last update of the infobox: September 30, 2016

Jung Young-sik (born January 20, 1992 ) is a South Korean table tennis player . He took part in the 2016 Olympic Games and won bronze medals in doubles in 2011 and 2017 .

Career

Youth and the way into the top 100 (until 2010)

Jung Young-sik started playing table tennis at the age of 7. He already attracted attention at youth world championships: in 2007 and 2008 he finished second with the team, in 2008 and 2009 he also won bronze in doubles and in 2009 also bronze in mixed. From 2008 he also competed in the adult division, at the Asian Cup he was 13th. In August 2009 he played his first World Tour tournament , the Korea Open , in which he was number 278 in the world rankings among the last 32. In the U-21 category, he qualified for the Pro Tour Grand Finals 2009 (which took place in January 2010) and reached the semi-finals there. By reaching the semi-finals in doubles alongside Jeong Sang-eun at the Slovenia Open (also in January), he also won his first Pro Tour medal among adults. In the world rankings, he climbed from 221 in January to 133 in February. In February he took part in the Qatar and Kuwait Open, where he beat the South Korean top 100 players Kim Min-seok and Lee Sang-su , so that in March he was already 58th in the world rankings.

International medals and fluctuating performances (2010–2012)

In May 2010 he took part in his first world championship , but was only used in the last group game. The South Korean team won bronze after losing to Germany in the semi-final . After the Korea and China Open in August, where he reached the quarter-finals or the round of 32 in singles and even made it into the semi-finals in doubles with Kim Minseok in Korea, he climbed to 34th place in the world rankings, which is for the next few years should remain in its best position. At the Asian Games he won bronze in doubles and silver with the team. At the end of the year he took part in the Pro Tour Grand Finals, but was eliminated from the individual in the round of 16 and also had no win in the group stage of the U-21 competition. In the course of 2011 he took part in numerous Pro Tour tournaments, but did not qualify for the Grand Finals and even fell back to 90th place. But he achieved a great success in doubles when he won bronze at the 2011 World Cup with Kim Minseok. From February 2012 he was initially no longer in the top 100, but he won bronze again with the team at the World Cup , this time after a semi-final defeat against China .

Stabilization and rise to the top of the world (2012-2016)

In June 2012 he was able to improve again: At the Japan Open he defeated Timo Boll, among others, and thereby jumped from 120th to 60th in the world rankings. In this tournament he made it into the decisive seventh in seven games Set, he won six of them. In 2013 he took part in a world championship in singles for the first time and was among the last 64, at the Polish Open he won the doubles competition alongside Lee Sang-su and thus his first gold medal on the World Tour. He also took part in the World Cup 2013 and came in 9-12 there - against Vladimir Samsonow and Chuang Chih-Yuan there he lost only 3: 4 in the second group stage. After the German Open in March 2014, in which he defeated Bastian Steger , among others , and thus reached the round of 16, he was finally able to improve his record from 2010 and move up to 30th place in the world rankings. After the Kuwait and Qatar Open 2015 he climbed to 20th place, in September he overtook Joo Se-hyuk and thus became the best-placed South Korean player for the first time.

In 2016 he won bronze again at the World Cup with South Korea's team after a semi-final defeat against China, in July he made it into the top 10 of the world rankings for the first time and in August he took part in the Olympic Games individually and in a team . There he lost in the individual round of 16 after a 2-0 lead with 2: 4 against the eventual winner Ma Long and was only marginally defeated 2: 3 in the team semi-final against China against Zhang Jike . The bronze match against Germany was then lost, but Jung Young-sik had only lost to the Chinese in the individual tournament. In October he took part in the World Cup for the second time , where he was eliminated in the quarterfinals against the eventual winner Fan Zhendong . At the end of the year he played in the Chinese Super League , where he reached scores of 1: 4 (singles) and 6: 5 (doubles). At the Grand Finals , he reached the semi-finals, which he lost to Ma Long, in singles through victories over the top 10 players Chuang Chih-Yuan and Jun Mizutani - who were third in the Olympics, and in doubles he won gold with Lee Sang-su .

Renewed decline in singles and successes in doubles (since 2017)

After he had to give up at the 2017 Asian Cup due to injury, he was eliminated in the first round of the Korea Open and the World Cup , which meant that he fell out of the top 10 again, but also won bronze doubles with Lee Sang-su at the World Cup. After a period of inactivity, through which Jung was temporarily not in the world rankings, he won further double medals on the World Tour, but due to repeated early elimination in the individual, he fell back in the world rankings to 35th place by the end of the year. With the introduction of the new world ranking calculation , Jung even fell out of the top 100 again, also due to a lack of activity. At the 2018 World Cup he reached the semifinals with the team, to which he contributed with victories over the top 15 players Simon Gauzy , Tomokazu Harimoto and Jun Mizutani, among others .

Double partner

Listed only for at least three joint tournaments a year.

• 2010–2012: Kim Minseok
• 2013: Lee Sang-su
• 2014: Jang Woojin
• 2015: Kim Minseok
• 2016–2019: Lee Sang-su

Results from the ITTF database (excerpt)

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
COR	Asian Cup	2016	Dubai	UAE	Agony
COR	Asian Cup	2009	Hangzhou	CHN	12th place
COR	Asian Cup	2008	Sapporo	JPN	13th place
COR	Asian Championship	2019	Yogyakarta	IDN	Quarter finals	last 32		silver
COR	Asian Championship	2017	Wuxi	CHN				silver
COR	Youth Asian Championship (Cadets)	2005	New Delhi	IND	silver
COR	Asian Games	2018	Jakarta	IDN	last 16			silver
COR	Asian Games	2010	Guangzhou	CHN		Semifinals		silver
COR	ITTF Challenge Series	2018	Spała	POLE	Semifinals	gold
COR	ITTF Pro Tour	2020	Magdeburg	GER	last 32	Semifinals
COR	ITTF Pro Tour	2019	Linz	AUT	last 16	silver
COR	ITTF Pro Tour	2019	Bremen	GER	Semifinals	Quarter finals
COR	ITTF Pro Tour	2019	Panagyurishte	BUL	last 32	gold
COR	ITTF Pro Tour	2019	Geelong	OUT	Agony	gold
COR	ITTF Pro Tour	2019	Busan	COR	Semifinals	silver
COR	ITTF Pro Tour	2019	Shenzhen	CHN	Agony	Semifinals
COR	ITTF Pro Tour	2019	Doha	QAT	last 32	Semifinals
COR	ITTF Pro Tour	2018	Linz	AUT	Agony	silver
COR	ITTF Pro Tour	2018	Geelong	OUT	Quarter finals	gold
COR	ITTF Pro Tour	2018	Kitakyushu	JPN	last 32	gold
COR	ITTF Pro Tour	2018	Bremen	GER	last 16	silver
COR	ITTF Pro Tour	2018	Doha	QAT	Agony	Semifinals
COR	ITTF Pro Tour	2017	Stockholm	SWE	Agony	Semifinals
COR	ITTF Pro Tour	2017	Magdeburg	GER	Agony	gold
COR	ITTF Pro Tour	2017	Incheon	COR	last 32	Semifinals
COR	ITTF Pro Tour	2016	Incheon	COR	last 16	silver
COR	ITTF Pro Tour	2016	Otocec	SLO	Semifinals	silver
COR	ITTF Pro Tour	2016	Zagreb	HRV	silver	silver
COR	ITTF Pro Tour	2016	Warsaw	POLE	last 16	Semifinals
COR	ITTF Pro Tour	2016	Doha	QAT	last 32	Semifinals
COR	ITTF Pro Tour	2016	Kuwait City	KUW	last 16	Semifinals
COR	ITTF Pro Tour	2015	Bremen	GER	last 32	Semifinals
COR	ITTF Pro Tour	2014	Incheon	COR	last 32	Semifinals
COR	ITTF Pro Tour	2013	Spała	POLE	last 64	gold
COR	ITTF Pro Tour	2013	Suzhou	CHN	last 32	Semifinals
COR	ITTF Pro Tour	2012	Suzhou	CHN	last 32	Semifinals
COR	ITTF Pro Tour	2012	Incheon City	COR	last 32	Semifinals
COR	ITTF Pro Tour	2011	Sheffield	CLOSELY	last 16	Semifinals
COR	ITTF Pro Tour	2010	Incheon	COR	Quarter finals	Semifinals
COR	ITTF Pro Tour	2010	Velenje	SVN	last 32	Semifinals
COR	World Tour Grand Finals	2019	Zhengzhou	CHN	last 16	Quarter finals
COR	World Tour Grand Finals	2018	Incheon	COR		Semifinals
COR	World Tour Grand Finals	2016	Doha	QAT	Semifinals	gold
COR	World Tour Grand Finals	2015	Lisbon	POR	last 16	Semifinals
COR	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2010	Seoul	COR	last 16
COR	Olympic games	2016	Rio de Janeiro	BRA	last 16			4th
COR	World Championship	2019	Budapest	HUN	last 16	Quarter finals
COR	World Championship	2018	Halmstad	SWE				Semifinals
COR	World Championship	2017	Dusseldorf	GER	last 128	Semifinals
COR	World Championship	2016	Kuala Lumpur	MAS				Semifinals
COR	World Championship	2015	Suzhou	CHN	last 32	Quarter finals
COR	World Championship	2014	Tokyo	JPN				5
COR	World Championship	2013	Paris	FRA	last 64	last 16
COR	World Championship	2012	Dortmund	GER				Semifinals
COR	World Championship	2011	Rotterdam	NED		Semifinals
COR	World Championship	2010	Moscow	RUS				Semifinals
COR	World cup	2016	Saarbrücken	GER	Quarter finals
COR	World cup	2013	Verviers	BEL	9-12. space
COR	WTC World Team Cup	2019	Tokyo	JPN				silver
COR	WTC World Team Cup	2018	London	CLOSELY				Semifinals
COR	WTC World Team Cup	2013	Guangzhou	CHN				5
COR	WTC World Team Cup	2010	Dubai	UAE				silver
COR	Youth World Championship	2009	Cartagena de Indias	COL		Semifinals	Semifinals
COR	Youth World Championship	2008	Madrid	ESP	Quarter finals	Semifinals		silver
COR	Youth World Championship	2007	Palo Alto	United States		Quarter finals		silver
COR	World Junior Circuit	2009	Chungcheongnam-do	COR	silver
COR	World Junior Circuit	2007	North Habour	NZL	Quarter finals
COR	World Junior Circuit	2007	Örebro	SWE	Semifinals
COR	World Junior Circuit	2006	Geelong	OUT	Semifinals

Web links

• Jung Young-sik Article about Jung Young-sik on the website of the table tennis world association ittf.com (English)
• World rankings

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} ittf.com - Now 22 Days to Go: Jung Youngsik Completes Line-Up for LIEBHERR Men's World Cup ( Memento of the original from September 30, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on September 30, 2016)  
2. ↑ ittf.com - Second Round Sensation, Jung Young Sik in Seventh Heaven ( Memento of the original from September 30, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on September 30, 2016)  
3. ↑ mytischtennis.de - start of the season: Chinese Super League this time without Zhang Jike (accessed on October 15, 2016)
4. ↑ Jung Young-sik results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed September 30, 2016)

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Jung is the family name here, Young-sik is the first name.