On January 23rd, the ITTF announced the table tennis world ranking for the 4th week of 2024. Boll, who won the regular season WTT in Doha a few days ago, soared 137 places to return to the top 50 again, while runner-up Harimoto Tomokazu was among the top 10 again, and the top four player, Lin Yunru, overtook Hugo to become the highest ranked men’s singles player of foreign associations for the first time to reach No. 6 position.
As for the women’s singles champion Tian Zhixi also rose, the runner-up Shin Yubin back to No. 8, Chinese table tennis team continues to rank men’s singles, women’s singles, men’s doubles, mixed doubles first, South Korea back-to-back women’s doubles first: this period of points and rankings change more, more details please see below.
Men's Singles
The men’s singles world ranking has changed a lot, in which the veteran Boll gained a lot, after he missed many international competitions, the world ranking almost fell out of the top two hundred, but by virtue of the WTT Doha Regular Season won Lin Yunru, Harimoto Tomokazu and won the championships and soared as much as 137, is currently ranked men’s singles No. 45, although it is not comparable to once the world’s No. 1 position, but it is also sufficient to make a good impression.
As for Harimoto Tomokazu, although the second runner-up, but also surpassed Lin Shidong and others, once again returned to the top ten, came to No. 9; the top four Lin Yunru is for the first time to become the highest ranked men’s singles athletes outside the Association, currently ranked No. 6.
The latest men’s singles world ranking top ten athletes are: Chinese table tennis team, Wang Chuqin, Ma Long, Liang Jingkun, Lin Gaoyuan, Lin Yunru, Hugo, Felix, Harimoto Tomokazu, Lin Shidong – Chinese table tennis team is in a solid position, six people in the final, the top five. Euro Men’s Singles champion Darko remains unchanged at No. 15, followed by runner-up MOREGARD at No. 16.
Women's Singles
In women’s singles, Doha winner Tian Zhixi improved 10 places to No. 23, with runner-up Shin Yubin up one place to No. 8, while new Euro champion Yuan Jiannan came in at No. 20, with runner-up Boll Bolkanova dropping to No. 22.
The latest women’s singles world ranking athletes list is: Sun Yingsha, Wang Yidi, Wang Manyu, Chen Meng, Hina Hayata, Chen Xingtong, Qian Tianyi, Shen Yubin, Han Ying, Ito Misaki – East Asian and Chinese players are still the top athletes in this program.
Doubles, Fan Zhendong / Wang Chuqin did not participate in the WTT Doha regular season, but still firmly in the men’s doubles first, while the South Korean team that won the title Lee Sang-soo / Lim Jong-hoon soared 250 places, currently ranked 40th in the world; Chinese table tennis team mixed doubles team Wang Chuqin / Sun Yingsha, the South Korean women’s doubles team Tian Zhiqi / Shin Yu-bin in Doha overwhelmed the group of champions to win the title, its top position is naturally more secure.
Some are happy and some are sad, let’s wait for the results of the WTT Goa Ballon d’Or to come out!
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