Fan Zhendong

Fan Zhendong (; born 22 January 1997 in Guangzhou) is a Chinese table tennis player. In 2016 he won the World Cup and become Vice- World Champion in 2017.                                                                                                                                                                                     

 Career 
In the world rankings Fan appeared for the first time in 2012, when he won alle four titles (Singles, Doubles, Mixed, Team) at the Youth World Championship. Because of good performances in the Chinese Trials, he was even nominated in 2013 for the men's competition at the World Championship. There Fan came to the Round of 32, where he lost to Zhang Jike. In the same year he won with the team the Asian Championship.

In 2014, Fan Zhendong with his team won the WTTC. At the Asian Cup he lost to Chen Chien-An. At the World Championship in 2015 he came to the semifinals, where he lost to Ma Long, but still won bronze. At the Asian championships in the same year he won all four titles. At the World Cup he became Vice- World Cup champion, because he lost in the final against Ma Long. In the World Cup in 2016 he won in the final against Xu Xin. Fan with his team won the World Championships again.

At the China Open in June 2017 he boykotts and had to pay a fine of 20,000 Dollars. At the Grand Finals he won gold in the singles category. After winning the Qatar Open in 2018 it's the first time that he's world number one. With the Chinese team he won the WTTTC, too.

 Results from the ITTF-database 
AssociationYearCompetitionCountryCitySinglesDoublesTeamMixedCHN2012Youth World ChampionshipsIndiaHyberabadGoldGoldGoldGoldCHN2013World ChampionshipsFranceParisR 32CHN2013German OpenGermanyBerlinGoldCHN2013Asian ChampionshipsJapanTokioBronzeGoldCHN2014World ChampionshipsJapanTokioGoldCHN2014China OpenChinaTianijnBronzeGoldCHN2015World ChampionshipsChinaSuzhouBronzeSilverCHN2015Asian ChampionshipsArabiaDubaiGoldGoldGolsGoldCHN2015World CupSwedenHalmstadSilverCHN2015World Team CupArabiaDubaiGoldCHN2016World ChampionshipsMalaysiaKuala LumpurGoldCHN2016World CupGermanySaarbrückenGoldCHN2016Olympic GamesBrazilRio de Janeirono part.GoldCHN2017World ChampionshipsGermanyDüsseldorfSilverGoldCHN2017China OpenChinaTianijnR 16CHN2018Hungarian OpenHungaryBudapestGoldCHN2018Qatar OpenQatarDohaGold

 Successes 

 World Championships 

 2015 Bronze in Singles
 2017 Silver in Singles
 2015 Silver in Doubles
 2017 Gold in Doubles

 Olympic Games 

 2016 Gold with the Team

 World Cup 

 2015 Silver in Singles
 2016 Gold in Singles
 2015 Gold with the Team
 2018 Gold with the Team
 2020 Gold in singles

 References 

Category:1997 births
Category:Living people
Category:Chinese table tennis players