Table tennis Grand Slam honor refers to a player who has won the singles championship in the Olympics, the World Table Tennis Championships and the World Cup, and so far, there are 10 Grand Slam players in the world table tennis world. Table tennis Grand Slam, this honor is more like tailor-made for Ma Long, because there are currently and only Ma Long has achieved the Grand Slam achievement. The difference between a table tennis Grand Slam and a Grand Slam is that a Grand Slam only needs to win three major singles titles, while a Grand Slam requires winning all major tournaments at home and abroad.
Table tennis Grand Slam is familiar to many people, although this honor is not recognized by the International Table Tennis Federation, but it is a great recognition of table tennis players, to win the Olympic Games, World Table Tennis Championships and World Cup three major singles championships, enough to show its strength, the current table tennis Grand Slam achievements of the 10 players are all the rulers of a period.
The first player to win a Grand Slam is Waldner, who is also the only foreign association player to achieve a Grand Slam, and the other nine Grand Slams are all national table tennis players, namely Liu Guoliang, Kong Linghui, Zhang Jike, Ma Long, Deng Yaping, Wang Nan, Zhang Yining, Li Xiaoxia, and Ding Ning.
The word Grand Slam appeared after the 2016 Rio Olympics, when Ma Long won the Olympic men's singles championship and achieved the Grand Slam, at this time Ma Long won all the championships he could win, so in 2017, CCTV5 sports figures introduced Ma Long when he mentioned the award speech "Rio Double Gold King, Super Grand Slam". Many people don't know what the Super Slam means, and later Liu Guoliang gave an explanation, that is, Ma Long not only won the three major Grand Slam championships, but also won all the world championships and domestic championships.
Ma Long is the only Grand Slam player so far, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the greatest table tennis player in the history of table tennis and the GOAT of table tennis.