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1. Fan Zhendong (Final, silver medalist) 2. Ma Long (champion, gold medalist) 3. Tomokazu Harimoto (fourth round) 4. Hugo Calderano (quarterfinals)
The 2021 World Table Tennis Championships was held in Houston, United States from 23 to 29 November. [2] [3] It was the 56th edition of the championships and the first time the competition was held in the United States. Houston became the host by beating Agadir, Morocco in 2019. [4]
Five individual events, which include men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, women's double and mixed doubles, are currently held in odd numbered years. The World Team Table Tennis Championships, which include men's team and women's team events, were first their own competition in 2000. The Team Championships are held in even numbered ...
Table tennis is among the sports contested at the Summer Olympic Games. It was introduced at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, where singles and doubles tournaments were held for both genders. [1] The men's and women's doubles events were dropped from the 2008 Summer Olympics program and replaced by team events. [2]
The mixed doubles competition of the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships was held from 23 to 28 November 2021. [1] Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen were the defending champions, but neither competed this year. Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha won the title after defeating Tomokazu Harimoto and Hina Hayata 11–2, 11–5, 11–8.
The men's singles competition of the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships was held from 23 to 29 November 2021. [1] Ma Long was the three-time defending champion, but did not compete in this year's tournament. Fan Zhendong won the title after defeating Truls Möregårdh 11–6, 11–9, 11–7, 11–8.
The ITTF World Tour, known as the ITTF Pro Tour until 2011, was an annual series of table tennis tournaments introduced by International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) in 1996. The tour includes events in seven categories: Men's and Women's Singles, Men's, Women's, and Mixed Doubles, and Under-21 Men's and Women's Singles.
Table tennis competition has been in the Summer Olympic Games since 1988, with singles and doubles events for men and women. [1] [2] Athletes from China have dominated the sport, winning a total of 66 medals in 42 events, including 37 out of a possible 42 gold medals, and only failing to win at least one medal in one event, the inaugural men's singles event at the 1988 Summer Olympics.