Fan Zhendong in determined mood (Photo: Rémy Gros)
China’s Fan Zhendong and Chen Meng retain top spots on the respective men’s and women’s world rankings issued by the International Table Tennis Federation on Tuesday 1st December.
It is the third edition in succession when Fan Zhendong has headed the order; overall it is his 20th appearance in first place. He first assumed the coveted position in April 2018.
Meanwhile for Chen Meng, she has reserved the prime spot unbroken since June 2019, a sum of 13 editions without a break. In total she has achieved the very heights on 18 occasions, the first being in January 2018.
Men (Top 10)
1. (1) Fan Zhendong (CHN)
2. (2) Xu Xin (CHN)
3. (3) Ma Long (CHN)
4. (5) Lin Gaoyuan (CHN)
5. (4) Tomokazu Harimoto (JPN)
6. (6) Hugo Calderano (BRA)
7. (7) Lin Yun-Ju (TPE)
8. (9) Mattias Falck (SWE)
9. (8) Liang Jingkun (CHN)
10. (10) Timo Boll (GER)
Women (Top 10)
1. (1) Chen Meng (CHN)
2. (2) Sun Yingsha (CHN)
3. (3) Mima Ito (JPN)
4. (5) Wang Manyu (CHN)
5. (4) Ding Ning (CHN)
6. (6) Zhu Yuling (CHN)
7. (7) Liu Shiwen (CHN)
8. (9) Cheng I-Ching (TPE)
9. (8) Kasumi Ishikawa (JPN)
10. (10) Wang Yidi (CHN)
Previous ranking in brackets