10 posts tagged “Grand Slam”
Sent back by the provincial team at 10, debated three times before the national team said yes, believed in by nobody but Zhang Xielin. She went on to win 18 world titles and hold the world No. 1 spot for eight straight years. Deng Yaping's story isn't an underdog fairy tale — it's a surgical translation of disadvantage into a playing style.
Women's singles champion at the Rio 2016 Olympics and the 2011 World Championships, completing a Grand Slam, and best known for her squat chop serve.
Men's singles champion at the Paris 2024 Olympics, completing a Grand Slam; a four-time World Cup and two-time World Championships men's singles champion.
The first man to complete the Grand Slam and 1992 Barcelona Olympic men's singles champion, known to Chinese fans as "the Evergreen" and "Lao Wa".
1995 World Championships men's singles champion and 2000 Sydney Olympic men's singles champion, a Grand Slam winner who was once the youngest men's World No. 1.
2012 London Olympic women's singles champion and 2013 Paris World Championships women's singles champion, a career Grand Slam winner.
1996 Atlanta Olympic men's singles champion and 1999 World Championships men's singles champion, China's first male Grand Slam winner, later President of the Chinese Table Tennis Association and Chairman of the WTT Board.
The first man to complete a double Grand Slam, three consecutive World Championships men's singles titles, and six Olympic gold medals — the most of any Chinese athlete.
2012 London Olympic men's singles champion, who completed the Grand Slam in 445 days — the fastest in table tennis history.
The only woman to complete a double Grand Slam, 2004 and 2008 Olympic women's singles champion, and a two-time World Championships women's singles winner.
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