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This list of table tennis players is alphabetically ordered by surname. The main source of the information included in this page is the official International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) database. More detailed information about their careers is available in the individual players' articles, and in the ITTF database.
Andrew Baggaley (born 26 February 1983) is a professional table tennis player from Milton Keynes.He is England's leading table tennis medal winner of all time in the Commonwealth Games, winning two gold medals in Manchester, England (2002), 1 silver medal in Melbourne, Australia (2006), 1 silver and 1 bronze medal in Delhi, India (2010) and 1 silver in Glasgow, Great Britain.
Second male player to win the World Championships, World Cup, Olympics, and World Tour Grand Finals. He is the first male player to be the defending champion of all four at the same time. Fastest player ever to win all possible singles titles (2,092 days, from 20 November 2010 to 11 August 2016).
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The debut event was a promotional showcase featuring 16 of the world's best male and 16 of the world's best female players. The event implemented a brand new format with innovative scoring methods. It also featured a prize purse of US$800,000 with players paid a minimum of US$15,000, and earning more prize money per match they win. [14] [15]
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Chuang Chih-yuan (Chinese: 莊智淵; pinyin: Zhuāng Zhìyuān; born 2 April 1981) is a Taiwanese table tennis player. [1] He won the ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals in 2002 and doubles title at the 2013 World Table Tennis Championships.
The victory helped him reach world No. 10 in the ITTF world ranking. [6] In August 2022, Qiu defeated Darko Jorgic 4–1 in the European Table Tennis Championships Finals . [ 7 ] As the top-ranked player in German team, Qiu help the team advance to the final of 2022 World Team Championships later in October and winning the silver medal.