In 2013, at the age of 16, Fan Zhendong brought a huge shock to the table tennis world with the speed of rocket progress. In the first half of the World Table Tennis Championships in Paris, Fan Zhendong got a valuable men's singles qualification, and finally successfully completed the goal of "undefeated foreign war", losing to Zhang Jike. This rare experience became the biggest boost to his progress, and after the National Games, he not only won the men's team championship and the men's doubles championship, but also defeated many masters including Zhang Jike and Xu Xin in singles, and finally lost to Ma Long in the final 3-2 and won the runner-up.
With a series of outstanding performances, Fan Zhendong was shortlisted for the men's team team at the 2014 Tokyo World Table Tennis Championships, becoming the youngest world champion in the history of men's table tennis at the age of 17 years and 103 days. The growth rate of Fan Zhendong did not slow down, a year later in the Suzhou World Table Tennis Championships, he defeated the national table tennis rival Bol in the quarterfinals, and broke into the men's singles final four of the World Table Tennis Championships for the first time. In 2016, after participating in the Rio Olympics as a "P card player", Fan Zhendong finally exploded in the second half of the year, first reaching the top of the men's singles at the China Open and national championships, and then beating teammate Xu Xin at the World Cup to win his first World Cup title, and breaking Kong Linghui's record of winning the championship at the age of 20, becoming the youngest champion in the history of the men's World Cup at the age of 19 years and 8 months. More importantly, this victory also allowed Fan Zhendong to be sublimated again, the following year, "Dragon Fat War" became the most mainstream confrontation in the table tennis world, in the first half of the World Table Tennis Championships in Düsseldorf, Fan Zhendong fought hard in the final 7 sets, with a difference of two points to lose to Ma Long; in the second half of the National Games, after reaching the men's singles final again, Fan Zhendong lost to Ma Long 2-4. It seems that the result of regret is not difficult to see the maturity of Fan Zhendong, and Ma Long does not hesitate to praise this young general: the future will be Fan Zhendong's.
However, at the 2019 Budapest World Table Tennis Championships, Fan Zhendong, who was full of ambition, lost to his teammate Liang Jingkun in the competition, and once again lost to the champion. After that, Fan Zhendong once fell into a trough, performing mediocrely in a series of competitions, until the second half of 2020, when he won consecutive championships and World Cup titles, he achieved a bottoming out. Fan Zhendong continued his good form until the Tokyo Olympic Games, he first met with his teammate Ma Long to play the singles final, successfully completed the task, and then helped the team win consecutively in the men's team competition, and also won his first Olympic gold medal, especially the men's team final against Ocharov, Fan Zhendong played his future with undisputed play.
In the upcoming Houston World Table Tennis Championships, Fan Zhendong will participate in the World Table Tennis Championships singles for the fifth time, and he has achieved a breakthrough at the National Games, whether he can win the Men's Singles Championship of the World Table Tennis Championships is an important issue for himself and the entire table tennis team.