On December 14, the Itttennis Federation released the latest edition of the World Rankings. Fan Zhendong and Chen Meng continue to sit firmly at the top of the men's and women's singles rankings.
After the Tokyo Olympics, Fan Zhendong won the men's singles championship in the World Table Tennis Championships and WTT World Cup Finals consecutively, which also made Fan Zhendong rank first in the world ranking.
At present, Fan Zhendong's points are more than 3,000 points more than the second ranked Ma Long, which is a huge advantage, which also means that for a long time in the future, no one will surpass Fan Zhendong, and Fan Zhendong will stay in the world's first position for a long time.
Although Malone has missed the World Table Tennis Championships and the WTT World Cup Finals, due to his previous very good results, this has also allowed Malone to continue to sit in the second position in the world.
In the men's singles, the third place is Xu Xin, but only 22 points more than the fourth place Caldrano, and it is possible to be surpassed by the other side at any time.
Japan's Zhang Benzhi is currently ranked fifth in the world, but he is not far from fourth-place Caldrano, and still has a chance to hit the top four.
Ranked sixth to tenth are Lin Yunru, Lin Gaoyuan, Liang Jingkun, Ochalov and Bor.
In the women's singles, Chen Meng continues to rank first in the world with 13,100 points, but at present, the second-ranked Sun Yingsha's points have reached 12,500, which is only 600 points away from Chen Meng.
After the Tokyo Olympics, Chen Meng's performance was slightly less than ideal, the World Table Tennis Championships and the WTT World Cup did not reach the final, and Sun Yingsha successfully reached the final in both events, and won the women's singles championship of the WTT World Cup Finals, which also made Sun Yingsha's points close to Chen Meng.
If Chen Meng's state cannot improve in time, it is foreseeable that Sun Yingsha will soon surpass Chen Meng to become the new world number one.
Although Ito did not compete in the WTT World Cup Finals, she still ranks third with 9965 points, but the gap between her and Sun Yingsha has gradually been widened.
Wang Manyu originally had the opportunity to surpass Ito Mimako to rank third, but due to the unexpected defeat to Du Kaixuan in Hong Kong, China, in the WTT World Cup finals, this made Wang Manyu miss a good opportunity, however, the current Wang Manyu's points is 9378, the gap between Ito Ando Mimakoto is not large, we can fully believe that Wang Manyu will soon be able to surpass Ito Mimako!
Wang Yidi successfully improved his world ranking to fifth with his performance in the World Table Tennis Championships and the World Cup, and this is also the first time that Wang Yidi has ranked in the top five!
The retired veteran Ding Ning ranks sixth, although Ding Ning has retired, but in fact, before retiring, Ding Ning's performance is still very stable, which also makes Ding Ning retire a few months later, the world ranking is still relatively high.
The seventh- to tenth-place athletes were Yoshizumi Ishikawa, Zheng Yijing, Feng Tianwei and Zhu Yuling.
What is more surprising is that veteran Liu Shiwen is currently in the top ten of the world rankings!
Since losing to Ito Mizuya Hayabusa in the mixed doubles final at the Tokyo Olympics, Liu Shiwen has only participated in the National Games, and neither the World Table Tennis Championship nor the WTT World Cup has also caused Liu Shiwen to lose a lot of points.
Many fans may feel that the world ranking is not very useful, and the world ranking does not really reflect the technical level of an athlete, but in fact, the world ranking is still very useful in the game draw.
In the Houston World Table Tennis Championships, it is because in addition to Fan Zhendong, the rest of the players are too low in the world ranking, resulting in the top four seeds, only Fan Zhendong, which also led to the first half of the Chinese players piled up, the second half of the only Zhou Qihao, but also out early!