Ma Long
2 Olympic singles golds, 3 World Championship golds, only male Super Grand Slam.
Setup: Viscaria + Hurricane 3 National / Dignics 05
Photo: XIAOYU TANG
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2 Olympic singles golds, 3 World Championship golds, only male Super Grand Slam.
Setup: Viscaria + Hurricane 3 National / Dignics 05
Photo: XIAOYU TANG
2024 Olympic singles gold, 2 World Championship golds, world #1 at 17.
Setup: Viscaria Super ZLC + Hurricane 3 National / Dignics 05
Photo: Peter Porai-Koshits
25+ years on the international circuit, multiple-time European champion.
Setup: Timo Boll ALC + Dignics 05 / Dignics 05
Photo: Sandro Halank
Highest-ranked Latin American player in history, peaked at world #3.
Setup: Viscaria + Dignics 09C / Dignics 05
Photo: Breno Barros
Reached world #1 in 2023, youngest male in the modern ranking system.
Setup: Viscaria + Hurricane 3 National / Dignics 05
Photo: Marcus Cyron
Women's world #1 across 2023-2024, full-DHS setup.
Setup: DHS Hurricane + Hurricane 3 National / Hurricane 3
Photo: China News Service
Most successful penhold player in modern table tennis.
Setup: STIGA Clipper + Hurricane 3 National / STIGA
Photo: Peter Porai-Koshits
Youngest player to reach the world top 5 in men's table tennis.
Setup: Timo Boll ALC + Dignics 05 / Dignics 05
Photo: Granada
Olympic and World silver medalist, the face of the STIGA Cybershape blade.
Setup: STIGA Cybershape + DNA Pro H / DNA Pro M
Photo: Marcus Cyron
Puerto Rico's flagship player, multiple Pan American Games medalist.
Setup: Zhang Jike ALC + Tenergy 05 / Tenergy 05
Photo: ITTF Foundation
4 Olympic golds and 18 World Championship titles, world #1 for 8 consecutive years.
Setup: Penhold blade with short pips on backhand, classic Chinese national setup.
Photo: China News Service / CC BY 3.0
1992 Olympic singles gold and the only non-Asian male Grand Slam champion.
Setup: Donic Persson Powerplay + Donic Coppa.
Photo: Kanjitard / CC BY-SA 2.0
4 Olympic golds and a record 76 consecutive months at world #1.
Setup: DHS Hurricane setup, China national team configuration.
4 Olympic golds, 24 World Championship titles, 6 World Cups.
Setup: DHS Hurricane setup, China national team configuration.
Photo: MIchel / CC BY 2.0
Official table tennis rules: scoring to 11, serving regulations, let rules, doubles format, equipment specs, and match structure per ITTF law.
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