Wang Chuqin

Wang Chuqin
Nation:	People's Republic of China
Date of birth:	May 11, 2000
Place of birth:	Jilin
Playing hand:	left handed
How to play:	Shakehand
Current world rankings :	12 (January 2020)
Best world ranking :	12 (January 2020)

Wang Chuqin ( Chinese  王楚钦 , Pinyin Wáng Chǔqīn ; born May 11, 2000 in Jilin ) is a Chinese table tennis player . He was world champion in doubles in 2019, as well as Asian champion with the team.

Career

Wang made his first international appearances in 2012 at various youth tournaments. At the 2013 Asian Youth Championship, he won silver in singles and gold with the team. His first adult tournament was the 2014 Argentinia Open, where he finished second in the U-21 tournament, and a week later he reached the semi-finals of the Brazilian Open. From 2014 to 2017 he won numerous other medals in singles, doubles, mixed and with the team at the youth world and Asian championships.

From 2018 it was increasingly used in the adult sector. At the Hungarian Open 2018 he reached the final, which he lost to Vice World Champion Fan Zhendong . As part of the Chinese team, for which he completed an individual, he also became world champion . In June he reached a position in the top 100 of the world rankings for the first time , at the Asian Games he won gold in the team and in mixed with Sun Yingsha , with whom he - just as in the individual - won the Youth Olympic Games . At the Hungarian Open 2019 he came back to the final after winning over world number six Hugo Calderano and number 1 fan Zhendong, which he lost to Lin Gaoyuan . In April he was able to start in doubles at the World Championships and won gold together with Ma Long . At the Korea and Australian Open victories followed, among others, over the top 10 players Tomokazu Harimoto , Liang Jingkun and individual world champion Ma Long, and in October he won the Swedish Open after winning Harimoto, Liang Jingkun and Lin Gaoyuan, among others had beaten 4-0. In November he reached 15th place in the world rankings, but was banned by the Chinese Association for three months after he threw his bat on the table after his defeat in the preliminary round to Zhao Zihao at the Austrian Open .

Results from the ITTF database

Mention of results of the World Tour / Challenge Series only if at least one medal has been won.

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team	U-21
CHN	Asian Championship	2019	Yogyakarta	IDN	Quarter finals		silver	gold
CHN	Youth Asian Championship	2017	Asan	COR	gold	Quarter finals	gold	gold
CHN	Youth Asian Championship	2015	Kuala Lumpur	MAS	Quarter finals	Quarter finals		gold
CHN	Youth Asian Championship	2013	Doha	QAT	silver			gold
CHN	Asian Games	2018	Jakarta	INA			gold	gold
CHN	Youth Olympic Games	2018	Buenos Aires	ARG	gold			gold
CHN	ITTF World Tour	2020	Doha	QAT	Semifinals	Semifinals	silver
CHN	ITTF World Tour	2019	Bremen	GER	last 16		silver
CHN	ITTF World Tour	2019	Stockholm	SWE	gold
CHN	ITTF World Tour	2019	Geelong	OUT	silver
CHN	ITTF World Tour	2019	Busan	COR	Semifinals
CHN	ITTF World Tour	2019	Shenzhen	CHN	Agony	silver
CHN	ITTF World Tour	2019	Budapest	HUN	silver
CHN	ITTF World Tour	2018	Daejeon	COR	Agony	Semifinals	silver
CHN	ITTF World Tour	2018	Budapest	HUN	silver
CHN	ITTF World Tour	2014	Santos	BRA	Semifinals				Semifinals
CHN	ITTF World Tour	2014	Buenos Aires	ARG	Quarter finals				silver
CHN	World Championship	2019	Budapest	CHN		gold
CHN	World Championship	2018	Halmstad	SWE				gold
CHN	Youth World Championship	2017	Riva del Garda	ITA	Semifinals	gold	Semifinals	gold
CHN	Youth World Championship	2015	Vendée	FRA	Semifinals	gold	silver	gold
CHN	Youth World Championship	2014	Shanghai	CHN	Quarter finals	Semifinals	gold	gold

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} player profile. ITTF, accessed January 20, 2019 .  
2. ↑ Wang Chuqin sensational, Mima Ito so close. ittf.com, October 6, 2019, accessed October 7, 2019 .  
3. ↑ China suspends Wang Chuqin. ittf.com, November 15, 2019, accessed November 15, 2019 .  
4. ↑ Player's Matches. ITTF, accessed January 20, 2019 .  

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