Xu Xin

Xu Xin
Xu at the 2010 World Cup
Other spellings:	许 昕
Nation:	People's Republic of China
Date of birth:	January 8, 1990
Place of birth:	Jiangsu
Size:	181 cm
Weight:	76 kg
Playing hand:	left handed
How to play:	Penholder
Current world rankings :	2 (April 2020)
Best world ranking :	1 (Jan / Feb / May / Jun. 2013, March 2014 – Feb. 2015, Jul. – Oct. 2019, Feb. – Mar. 2020)

Xu Xin ( Chinese  許 昕  /  许 昕 , Pinyin Xǔ Xīn ; born January 8, 1990 in Jiangsu ) is a Chinese table tennis player . He was world champion three times in doubles, twice in mixed and four times with the team. In addition, he won Olympic gold with the team and the World Cup once and the World Tour Grand Finals twice.

Career

Losses against foreign players
opponent	date	competition	Erg.
Vladimir Samsonov	05/25/2008	Belarus Open	1: 4
Seo Hyun-deok	02/19/2010	Qatar Open	1: 4
Dimitrij Ovtcharov	03/20/2010	German Open	3: 4
Lee Sang-su	06/17/2011	China Open	2: 4
Timo Boll	06/25/2011	China vs. World	2: 3
Vladimir Samsonov	09/30/2012	World cup	2: 4
Koki Niwa	03/13/2015	Asian Cup	1: 3
Chuang Chih-Yuan	04/14/2016	Olympic qualification	2: 4
Jun Mizutani	08/17/2016	Olympic Games (team)	2: 3
Wong Chun Ting	09/17/2016	China Open	3: 4
Koki Niwa	04/15/2017	Asian Championship	1: 3
Lee Sang-su	11/11/2017	German Open	0: 4
Lim Jonghoon	May 31, 2018	China Open	1: 4
Jang Woojin	07/20/2018	Korea Open	1: 4
Simon Gauzy	04/24/2019	World Championship	2: 4
Liam Pitchford	March 8th, 2020	Qatar Open	2: 4

In 2007, Xu Xin took part in a world championship for the first time , where he made it to the second round in doubles. Since 2008 he has been increasingly active internationally, so that in February 2009 he made it into the top 100 of the world rankings . That year he achieved his first international success at the Asian Cup when he was first in doubles with Ma Long , and they took silver at the World Cup . By December, Xu Xin was already in the top 20, and after winning the silver medal at the Pro Tour Grand Finals and winning the Kuwait Open - his first individual gold medal - he moved up to the top 10, which he hasn't since left more. In 2010 he won gold with the team for the first time, and in 2011 he became world champion in doubles. The following year he won the team gold again and took part in the World Cup for the first time , but only finished fourth after defeats against Ma Long and Vladimir Samsonov . For this he won four World Tour tournaments in doubles and three in singles, and he also won the Grand Finals in singles. As a result, he took first place in the world rankings in January 2013 for the first time.

In 2013 he was able to win the Grand Finals again and his first individual World Championship medal through his semi-finals at the World Cup. He also won gold at the World Cup after beating Vladimir Samsonov in the final . In 2014 he didn't celebrate much success in doubles, but won the World Championship for the third time with the team and the Asian Games in singles. He was also number one in the world rankings for twelve months from March 2014 and did not lose a single game against non-Chinese players in 2013 and 2014. At the 2015 World Table Tennis Championships , he competed in all three competitions, was eliminated in singles against Fang Bo in the round of 16 , but won gold in doubles with Zhang Jike and in mixed with Yang Ha-eun . As part of the Chinese team, which won gold in each case, he took part in the 2016 Olympic Games and for the fourth time in the Team World Cup. At the World Cup he lost to Fan Zhendong in the final . In 2017 he beat Lin Gaoyuan in the round of 16 of the World Cup after defending against five match points and Tomokazu Harimoto in the quarter-finals before losing to Ma Long and thus winning bronze. With Fan Zhendong he became double world champion for the third time.

At the China Open in June 2017, Xu Xin, Ma Long and Fan Zhendong 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. At the end of October, the ITTF sentenced the three boycotting players to a fine of 20,000 dollars each. They had their first international appearances since the China Open between September and November, so that Xu Xin dropped out of the world rankings for a month due to inactivity. In 2018 he became world champion again with the team , in 2019 he became mixed world champion for the second time , although he was surprisingly eliminated in the third round against Simon Gauzy , which meant that for the first time since 2003, not two Chinese made it to the individual final. Nevertheless, in July he reached the top of the world rankings for the first time in over four years after winning gold in singles, doubles and mixed at the Japan Open.

In 2020 he won the first tournament of the World Tour, the German Open, after beating Ma Long in the final .

Private

Xu Xin married the former Chinese table tennis player Yao Yan in 2016 . He has a son with her (* 2019).

Trivia

In 2012, stamps with a picture of Xu Xin appeared.

Results from the ITTF database

Match Play Statistics.

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
CHN	Asian Championship	2019	Yogyakarta	IDN	gold	silver	gold	1
CHN	Asian Championship	2017	Wuxi	CHN	Quarter finals			1
CHN	Asian Championship	2015	Pattaya	THA	silver	gold		1
CHN	Asian Championship	2013	Busan	COR	Semifinals	silver		1
CHN	Asian Championship	2011	Macau	MAC	Semifinals		gold	1
CHN	Asian Championship	2009	Lucknow	IND	Semifinals	gold	Semifinals	1
CHN	Asian Championship ATTU (Juniors)	2006	Kitakyushu	JPN	Semifinals	silver
CHN	Asian Championship ATTU (Juniors)	2005	New Delhi	IND				1
CHN	Asian Cup	2016	Dubai	UAE	gold
CHN	Asian Cup	2015	Jaipur	IND	gold
CHN	Asian Cup	2013	Hong Kong	HKG	gold
CHN	Asian Cup	2011	Changsha	CHN	silver
CHN	Asian Cup	2010	Guangzhou	CHN	3rd place
CHN	Asian Games	2014	Suwon	COR	gold	silver		1
CHN	Asian Games	2010	Guangzhou	CHN		silver	gold	1
CHN	Olympic games	2016	Rio de Janeiro	BRA				1
CHN	World Tour	2020	Doha	QAT	Semifinals	gold
CHN	World Tour	2020	Magdeburg	GER	gold		gold
CHN	World Tour	2019	Bremen	GER	silver	gold	gold
CHN	World Tour	2019	Stockholm	SWE	Quarter finals	gold	gold
CHN	World Tour	2019	Geelong	OUT	gold	Semifinals
CHN	World Tour	2019	Busan	COR	gold	gold	silver
CHN	World Tour	2019	Sapporo	JPN	gold	gold	gold
CHN	World Tour	2019	Shenzhen	CHN	Semifinals		Quarter finals
CHN	World Tour	2019	Doha	QAT	Semifinals		gold
CHN	World Tour	2019	Budapest	HUN	Semifinals	gold	gold
CHN	World Tour	2018	Linz	AUT	silver		gold
CHN	World Tour	2018	Stockholm	SWE	silver
CHN	World Tour	2018	Panagyurishte	BUL	gold	gold
CHN	World Tour	2018	Geelong	OUT	gold
CHN	World Tour	2018	Shenzhen	CHN	last 32	Semifinals
CHN	World Tour	2018	Bremen	GER	silver	gold
CHN	World Tour	2018	Doha	QAT	Semifinals	gold
CHN	World Tour	2017	Stockholm	SWE	gold	gold
CHN	World Tour	2017	Cheng you	CHN	last 16	Semifinals
CHN	World Tour	2016	Cheng you	CHN	Quarter finals	silver
CHN	World Tour	2016	Incheon	COR	gold	gold
CHN	World Tour	2016	Tokyo	JPN	silver	gold
CHN	World Tour	2016	Doha	QAT	Semifinals	last 16
CHN	World Tour	2016	Kuwait City	KUW	Semifinals	gold
CHN	World Tour	2015	Stockholm	SWE	silver	gold
CHN	World Tour	2015	Warsaw	POLE	Semifinals	Quarter finals
CHN	World Tour	2015	Cheng you	CHN	silver	gold
CHN	World Tour	2015	Kobe	JPN	gold	gold
CHN	World Tour	2015	Kuwait City	KUW	silver	silver
CHN	World Tour	2014	Stockholm	SWE	Semifinals	silver
CHN	World Tour	2014	Incheon City	COR	gold	last 8
CHN	World Tour	2014	Cheng you	CHN	silver	silver
CHN	World Tour	2014	Doha	QAT	gold	Quarter finals
CHN	World Tour	2013	Stockholm	SWE	Semifinals	gold
CHN	World Tour	2013	Suzhou	CHN	silver	gold
CHN	World Tour	2013	Changchun	CHN	Semifinals
CHN	World Tour	2013	Incheon	COR	gold	Semifinals
CHN	World Tour	2013	Doha	QAT	Semifinals	last 16
CHN	World Tour	2013	Kuwait City	KUW	Semifinals	gold
CHN	World Tour	2012	Ekaterinburg	RUS	gold	gold
CHN	World Tour	2012	Suzhou	CHN	Semifinals	gold
CHN	World Tour	2012	Shanghai	CHN	gold	Semifinals
CHN	World Tour	2012	Incheon City	COR	silver	gold
CHN	World Tour	2012	Doha	QAT	gold	gold
CHN	World Tour	2012	Velenje	SLO	Semifinals	silver
CHN	World Tour	2012	Budapest	HUN	Semifinals	silver
CHN	Pro tour	2011	Schwechat	AUT	Semifinals	last 16
CHN	Pro tour	2011	Suzhou	CHN	Quarter finals	Semifinals
CHN	Pro tour	2011	Shenzen	CHN	last 32	Quarter finals
CHN	Pro tour	2011	Dubai	UAE	last 16	silver
CHN	Pro tour	2011	Doha	QAT	gold	gold
CHN	Pro tour	2011	Sheffield	CLOSELY	Quarter finals	gold
CHN	Pro tour	2011	Velenje	SLO	gold	Semifinals
CHN	Pro tour	2010	Suzhou	CHN	Semifinals	gold
CHN	Pro tour	2010	Berlin	GER	last 16	Semifinals
CHN	Pro tour	2010	Kuwait City	KUW	gold	silver
CHN	Pro tour	2010	Doha	QAT	last 64	silver
CHN	Pro tour	2009	Sheffield	CLOSELY	Semifinals	Semifinals
CHN	Pro tour	2009	Su Zhou	CHN	last 16	silver
CHN	Pro tour	2009	Doha	QAT	Quarter finals	gold
CHN	Pro tour	2009	Frederikshavn	THE	last 32	gold
CHN	Pro tour	2009	Velenje	SVN	Semifinals	gold
CHN	Pro tour	2008	Shanghai	CHN	Semifinals	Semifinals
CHN	Pro tour	2008	Minsk	BLR	silver			1
CHN	World Tour Grand Finals	2019	Zhengzhou	CHN	Semifinals	gold	gold
CHN	World Tour Grand Finals	2018	Grand Finals	COR	Quarter finals
CHN	World Tour Grand Finals	2017	Astana	KAZ	Quarter finals
CHN	World Tour Grand Finals	2016	Doha	QAT	Semifinals
CHN	World Tour Grand Finals	2015	Lisbon	POR	Semifinals
CHN	World Tour Grand Finals	2013	Dubai	UAE	gold
CHN	World Tour Grand Finals	2012	Hangzhou	CHN	gold
CHN	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2011	London	CLOSELY	Quarter finals
CHN	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2009	Macau	MAC	silver
CHN	World Championship	2019	Budapest	HUN	last 32		gold
CHN	World Championship	2018	Halmstad	SWE				1
CHN	World Championship	2017	Dusseldorf	GER	Semifinals	gold
CHN	World Championship	2016	Kuala Lumpur	MAS				1
CHN	World Championship	2015	Suzhou	CHN	last 16	gold	gold
CHN	World Championship	2014	Tokyo	JPN				1
CHN	World Championship	2013	Paris	FRA	Semifinals
CHN	World Championship	2012	Dortmund	GER				1
CHN	World Championship	2011	Rotterdam	NED	last 16	gold
CHN	World Championship	2010	Moscow	RUS				1
CHN	World Championship	2009	Yokohama	JPN	last 32	silver	Quarter finals
CHN	World Championship	2007	Zagreb	HRV			last 16
CHN	World cup	2016	Saarbrücken	GER	silver
CHN	World cup	2013	Verviers	BEL	gold
CHN	World cup	2012	Liverpool	CLOSELY	4th Place
CHN	WTC World Team Cup	2019	Tokyo	JPN				1
CHN	WTC World Team Cup	2018	London	GBR				1
CHN	WTC World Team Cup	2015	Dubai	UAE				1
CHN	WTC World Team Cup	2013	Guangzhou	CHN				1
CHN	WTC World Team Cup	2011	Magdeburg	GER				1
CHN	WTC World Team Cup	2010	Dubai	UAE				1
CHN	WTC World Team Cup	2009	Linz	AUT				1
CHN	World Junior Circuit	2006	Taiyuan	CHN	silver
CHN	World Junior Circuit	2005	Taiyuan	CHN	Quarter finals
Result source:

Web links

Commons : Xu Xin  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Xu Xin Article about Xu Xin on the website of the World Table Tennis Association ittf.com (accessed on March 26, 2013)
• Xu Xin's biography on the website of the World Table Tennis Association ittf.com (accessed March 26, 2013)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Xu Xin. tabletennisworldranking.com, accessed March 26, 2018 . 
2. ↑ tt-news.de: Scandal: Liu Guoliang disempowered, players donate in protest. Retrieved June 24, 2017 . 
3. ↑ tt-news.de: Explanations of Weikert and the Chinese Sports Administration. Retrieved June 24, 2017 . 
4. ↑ faz.net: Ovtcharov cheers - host China causes a scandal. June 25, 2017. Retrieved June 25, 2017 . 
5. ^ Ittf.com: Chinese Men's Team Withdrawn from Australian Open. June 29, 2017. Retrieved June 29, 2017 . 
6. ↑ ittf.com: ITTF Decides on Sanctions for Chinese Trio for China Open Forfeits. October 31, 2017, accessed October 31, 2017 . 
7. ↑ First title for China: Liu Shiwen / Xu Xin take mixed gold! mytischtennis.de, April 26, 2019, accessed on April 27, 2019 . 
8. ↑ World Ranking: Xu Xin back on top. mytischtennis.de, July 2, 2019, accessed on July 2, 2019 . 
9. ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2016/12 page 51
10. ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2019/10 page 6
11. ↑ The Table Tennis Collector No. 59, February 2011, page 18 ( Memento from April 20, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on March 26, 2013; PDF; 3.8 MB)
12. ↑ The Table Tennis Collector No. 67, February 2013, pages 32–33 ( Memento from December 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on March 26, 2013; PDF; 11.2 MB)
13. ↑ Players' matches. ittf.link, accessed March 26, 2018 . 
14. ↑ Xu Xin results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed May 4, 2015)

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