On December 26, Beijing time, the International Table Tennis Federation officially announced the 52nd week of 2023 and the last edition of the world ranking list. Fan Zhendong and Sun Yingsha continued to top the singles rankings, while Fan Zhendong, Wang Chuqin, Wang Chuqin, and Sun Yingsha remained the first in men's doubles and mixed doubles.
As for the Korean pair Tian Zhixi and Shin Yubin, they also held on to the women's doubles world No. 1 throne at the last minute of the year: 2024 is coming, and a new challenge is about to begin!See below for more details.
Friends who pay attention to the table tennis world know that although the International Table Tennis Federation is updating the world rankings every week, the arrangement pattern of the "head" players has not changed much, especially the national table tennis players have a greater advantage in various events, the first singles has never been left behind, and the first mixed doubles has also been defended by Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha, and the men's and women's doubles have changed slightly, but now they have also stabilized.
As mentioned earlier, this year's women's doubles world No. 1 was finally won by South Korea's Tian Zhixi and Shin Yubin, while the men's doubles first place belonged to Japan's Yukiya Uda Hayasuke Togami, and then won by South Korea's Zhang Yuzhen and Lim Jong-hoon.
In men's singles, although Fan Zhendong was once surpassed by Wang Chuqin, he quickly regained the first place;The top spot in the women's singles is firmly in the hands of Sun Yingsha, although she has also suffered some defeats this year, but in terms of comprehensive results, it is undoubtedly a veritable No. in this year1, the World Table Tennis Championships and the Asian Games have all reached the top, and others are hard to look forward to.
In terms of foreign associations, Hina Hayada has risen steadily and has become the second main athlete in the women's singles ranking second only to the four main players of national table tennisIn men's singles, Tomokazu Zhang has led the way many times, but now he has fallen out of the top 10, and Brazil's Hugo has become the leader of the foreign association.
The top 10 players in the last men's singles world ranking in 2023 are Fan Zhendong, Wang Chuqin, Ma Long, Liang Jingkun, Hugo, Lin Yunru, Lin Gaoyuan, Felix, Lin Shidong, and Zhang Yuzhen. Tomokazu has not had much to play recently, so he is still in 11th place, and the next chance of a comeback may be the WTT men's finals in January next year.
As for the top 10 players in the world rankings in the last phase of women's singles, they are Sun Yingsha, Wang Yidi, Wang Manyu, Chen Meng, Hina Hayata, Chen Xingtong, and Qian Tian.
1. Han Ying, Shin Yubin, and Ito Micheng, Asian and Chinese players still have an absolute advantage.
Next, let's sit back and wait for the arrival of the new season in 2024: come on, Chinese team!