Philippe Saive
Philippe Saive (born July 2, 1971 in Liège ) is a former Belgian table tennis player . He was runner-up in 2001 with the team.
Career
Philippe Saive first joined the Donald Heuseux club, with whom he took part in the ETTU Cup. He later played with his brother Jean-Michel at Royal Villette Charleroi , then at Pantheon Brussels. Since 1987 he has been nominated for all world championships . His greatest success so far was second place at the 2001 World Cup with the Belgian team, in which his brother also played. At the European Championships he reached the semi-finals in 1994 and 2000.
He qualified three times for the Olympic Games, in 1992 in doubles with his brother Jean-Michel.
In 1997/98 he played in the German Bundesliga and became German champions with Borussia Düsseldorf . In 1998 he moved to TTC Frickenhausen , in 1999 to TTC Jülich (from 2002 SIG Combibloc Jülich), in 2004 to France to SMEC Metz.
Private
Saive's parents were very good table tennis players. His father was tenth in the Belgian rankings in 1971, his mother won the Belgian championship in 1969 in doubles B. Saive's older brother Jean-Michel is considered the best Belgian player.
Results from the ITTF database
| Association | event | year | place | country | singles | Double | Mixed | team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEL | European Championship | 2000 | Bremen | GER | Quarter finals | |||
| BEL | European Championship | 1994 | Birmingham | CLOSELY | Quarter finals | |||
| BEL | European Championship | 1992 | Stuttgart | GER | Quarter finals | |||
| BEL | Olympic games | 2000 | Sydney | OUT | last 32 | immediately excluded | ||
| BEL | Olympic games | 1996 | Atlanta | United States | immediately excluded | no participants | ||
| BEL | Olympic games | 1992 | Barcelona | ESP | no participants | immediately excluded | ||
| BEL | Pro tour | 2006 | Kuwait City | KUW | last 64 | Quarter finals | ||
| BEL | Pro tour | 2004 | Leipzig | GER | last 64 | |||
| BEL | Pro tour | 2004 | Cairo | EGY | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| BEL | Pro tour | 2003 | Johor Bahru | MAS | last 32 | Quarter finals | ||
| BEL | Pro tour | 2003 | Jeju-Si | COR | last 16 | |||
| BEL | Pro tour | 2003 | Doha | QAT | last 32 | |||
| BEL | Pro tour | 2002 | Magdeburg | GER | last 64 | |||
| BEL | Pro tour | 2002 | Gangneung City | COR | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| BEL | Pro tour | 2002 | catfish | AUT | last 64 | |||
| BEL | Pro tour | 2001 | Skovde | SWE | last 32 | |||
| BEL | Pro tour | 2001 | Rotterdam | NED | last 64 | |||
| BEL | Pro tour | 2001 | Bayreuth | GER | last 16 | |||
| BEL | Pro tour | 2001 | Zagreb | HRV | last 32 | |||
| BEL | Pro tour | 2001 | Chatham | CLOSELY | Rd 1 | |||
| BEL | Pro tour | 2000 | Farum | THE | last 32 | |||
| BEL | Pro tour | 2000 | Umeå | SWE | last 32 | |||
| BEL | Pro tour | 2000 | Kobe City | JPN | last 32 | Rd 1 | ||
| BEL | Pro tour | 2000 | Zagreb | HRV | Rd 1 | last 16 | ||
| BEL | Pro tour | 1999 | Linz / Wels | AUT | last 32 | Rd 1 | ||
| BEL | Pro tour | 1999 | Guilin | CHN | last 32 | Semifinals | ||
| BEL | Pro tour | 1999 | Hopton-on-Sea | CLOSELY | Rd 1 | last 16 | ||
| BEL | Pro tour | 1999 | Doha | QAT | last 32 | |||
| BEL | Pro tour | 1998 | Sundsvall | SWE | Rd 1 | |||
| BEL | Pro tour | 1998 | Belgrade | YUG | Rd 1 | last 16 | ||
| BEL | Pro tour | 1998 | Doha | QAT | last 32 | |||
| BEL | Pro tour | 1997 | Squid | SWE | last 32 | |||
| BEL | Pro tour | 1997 | Linz | AUT | last 16 | |||
| BEL | Pro tour | 1997 | Doha | QAT | last 32 | Rd 1 | ||
| BEL | Pro tour | 1996 | Kettering | CLOSELY | Semifinals | |||
| BEL | World Championship | 2008 | Guangzhou | CHN | 24 | |||
| BEL | World Championship | 2007 | Zagreb | HRV | last 64 | no participants | no participants | |
| BEL | World Championship | 2006 | Bremen | GER | 12 | |||
| BEL | World Championship | 2005 | Shanghai | CHN | last 128 | last 32 | ||
| BEL | World Championship | 2004 | Doha | QAT | 10 | |||
| BEL | World Championship | 2003 | Paris | FRA | last 128 | last 32 | ||
| BEL | World Championship | 2001 | Osaka | JPN | last 32 | Scratched | no participants | 2 |
| BEL | World Championship | 2000 | Kuala Lumpur | MAS | 9-12 | |||
| BEL | World Championship | 1999 | Eindhoven | NED | last 64 | last 32 | no participants | |
| BEL | World Championship | 1997 | Manchester | CLOSELY | last 128 | last 64 | no participants | 8th |
| BEL | World Championship | 1995 | Tianjin | CHN | last 64 | Quarter finals | no participants | 8th |
| BEL | World Championship | 1993 | Gothenburg | SWE | last 16 | last 64 | last 32 | 6th |
| BEL | World Championship | 1991 | Chiba City | JPN | last 32 | last 32 | last 128 | 4th |
| BEL | World Championship | 1989 | Dortmund | FRG | Agony | last 64 | Agony | 11 |
| BEL | World Championship | 1987 | New Delhi | IND | Agony | last 64 | Agony | 20th |
| BEL | WTC World Team Cup | 1995 | Atlanta | United States | 9 | |||
| BEL | WTC World Team Cup | 1994 | Nîmes | FRA | 3 | |||
| BEL | WTC World Team Cup | 1991 | Barcelona | ESP | 5 |
swell
- Christian Raspiller: Offspring of a table tennis family: the Saives , DTS magazine , 1993/5 page 30
Individual evidence
- ↑ Philippe Saive results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed September 14, 2011)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Saive, Philippe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian table tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd July 1971 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Liege |