On December 26, the 52nd week and final week of the ITTF rankings were released, with Fan Zhendong in the men's singles ranking first and Sun Yingsha in the women's singles toppings, both of whom ranked first in year-end singles. At the doubles level, Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin ranked first in men's doubles, Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin ranked first in mixed doubles, and the only national table tennis team that did not win the first place at the end of the year was women's doubles, Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu ranked second, and the first place belonged to the women's doubles gold medalists of the Hangzhou Asian Games, Shin Yubin and Tian Zhixi of the South Korean team.
Fan Zhendong won the first place in the men's singles, his points are 6544 points, beating Wang Chuqin, Wang Chuqin is very regretful, this year he once pulled Fan Zhendong off the horse, and rose to the men's singles world No. 1 for the first time, because in the statistical range of last year's world ranking cycle, Fan Zhendong was absent continuously, and Wang Chuqin achieved very good results. However, Fan Zhendong still returned to the first place in men's singles in the later period, and he also won the No. 1 position of the ITTF year-end for 4 consecutive years.
For Fan Zhendong, 2023 will still be very successful, ranking first in men's singles, and also winning the men's singles championship at the World Table Tennis Championships in Durban, defending his title strongly. The Xinxiang Championship and the Star Challenge Ljubljana also won the championship. Asian Championships, Hangzhou Asian Games, and Mixed Team World Cup, Fan Zhendong's performance is also good.
Sun Yingsha ranked first in women's singles, first in mixed doubles and first in women's doubles, for Sun Yingsha, her advantage in singles is huge, with a high score of 8550, she won the world's first place in women's singles at the end of the year, leading the second place Wang Yidi and Wang Manyu, Chen Meng and others behind her have a huge advantage.
Sun Yingsha is the big devil of today's women's table tennis, her initial nickname was "Little Demon King", which refers to the fierce and strong play, but now Sun Yingsha is becoming more and more mature, she is firmly ranked first in the women's singles world, and her advantage is unshakable. In 2023, it has achieved great success, with unparalleled records and achievements, winning the women's singles championship of the World Table Tennis Championships for the first time, winning 7 singles championships within a year, almost all the championships of high-scoring events have been won by Sun Yingsha, and she has participated in 28 competitions at home and abroad this year, participated in a total of 160 matches in all competitions, and won 139 of them, especially in women's singles, playing 61 games and winning 57 games, with a very high winning rate.
Of course, for the players of national table tennis, the task of the competition in 2023 is over, and the pressure in 2024 is still very high.