Feng Tianwei

Feng Tianwei (simplified Chinese: 冯天薇; traditional Chinese: 馮天薇; pinyin: Féng Tiānwēi, pronounced [fə̌ŋ tjɛ́nwéi]) is a Singapore table tennis player. Born in China, she is the only daughter of Feng Qingzhi, a granary worker, and his wife Li Chunping, an employee of a department store. Feng's parents, who were poor, lived frugally for years to pay for her table tennis training. She moved to Singapore under the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme in March 2007 and commenced her international career in competitive table tennis the following month. She received Singapore citizenship in January 2008.

Feng represented Singapore for the first time in the Olympic Games at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. On 15 August 2008, the Singapore team comprising Feng and her teammates Li Jiawei and Wang Yuegu defeated South Korea 3–2 in the semifinals. The team lost to China in the final, obtaining the silver medal. This was Singapore's first Olympic medal in 48 years and its first as an independent nation.

On 30 May 2010, the trio of Feng Tianwei, Wang Yuegu and Sun Beibei stunned the reigning champions China 3–1 in the Liebherr World Team Table Tennis Championships in Moscow, making Singapore world champion for the first time.

On 1 August 2012, Feng defeated Kasumi Ishikawa of Japan 4–0 to win the women's singles bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Singapore's first Olympic singles medal since the 1960 Summer Olympics. On 7 August 2012, she was part of the women's team with Li and Wang that achieved the bronze against South Korea. This was the first time Singapore had won two medals at an Olympic Games.

On 15 March 2015, Feng defeated Zhu Yuling and Liu Shiwen at the 2015 Asian Cup in Jaipur to be crowned Asian Cup Champion for the first time. At the same time, she broke China's 7 consecutive years of dominance in this tournament.

On 25 October 2016, the Singapore Table Tennis Association announced that it would not be renewing its contract with Feng, citing the need for rejuvenation of the national team. However, STTA has confirmed to support her for future international competitions if she meets the selection criteria. ^[4]

Early years

Feng Tianwei was born on 31 August 1986^[3] in Harbin, Heilongjiang, People's Republic of China.^[5] She is the only daughter of Feng Qingzhi, a granary worker, and his wife Li Chunping, an employee of a department store. Feng's parents, who were poor, lived frugally for years to pay for her table tennis training. Her father suffered from multiple sclerosis, but she was not told how severe his illness was. He died in 2002, weeks before Feng tried out for China's national B squad. Although Feng topped the qualifying matches a month later and was called up for the national team in 2003, she suffered from a long illness; a source close to her said it was "because she missed her father too much".^[6]^[7] Feng left China in 2005 to play in the Japanese professional league. While there she was spotted by Liu Guodong, then a coach with the Singapore Table Tennis Association, in 2006.^[7] In March 2007 she was invited to train in Singapore under the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme. She became a Singapore citizen in January 2008.^[5]

Career as national player

Feng made her international début for Singapore in June 2007 as an under-21 player at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Pro Tour Volkswagen Korean Open.^[5]^[8] As a singles player, Feng was ranked 73rd in the world in August 2007.^[2] Nonetheless, that month she achieved a silver medal in the singles at the ITTF Pro Tour Chinese Taipei Open, her compatriot Li Jiawei beating her to take the gold.^[9]

Feng was a member of the silver medal-winning team at the World Team Championships in Guangzhou in 2008 and defeated the top seed Zhang Yining from China in the Quarter-finals of the Asian Cup held in Sapporo between 29 and 30 March 2008, eventually achieving second place behind China's Guo Yue.^[10] Due to her outstanding records in international competitions, she rose to the top 10 world rankings within a year.

2008 Summer Olympics

Feng represented Singapore for the first time at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the women's team tournament. She contributed significantly to Singapore's 3–2 win against South Korea in the semifinals by defeating Dang Ye-Seo and Park Mi-Young in two singles matches. Feng's match against Park was closely fought, with Feng eventually overcoming Park 3–1. Singapore was assisted by the implementation of the expedite system when the game failed to be completed in ten minutes. Under the system, players serve on alternative points rather than on every two points. A receiving player scores a point if she manages 13 returns, which disadvantages defensive play by the server. The system unsettled Park, and Feng won two minutes after its introduction in the match when Park committed a service fault.^[11] Interviewed afterwards, Feng said: "I definitely did not expect that [Park's error]. It was a surprise and the best birthday present I've ever gotten."^[5]

On 17 August 2008, Feng and her teammates achieved a silver medal in women's table tennis after losing to China in three matches.^[12] Feng played the starting singles match, winning the first game but eventually losing to China's Wang Nan 1-3. This was the first time Singapore had won an Olympic medal since its independence in 1965. The medal came 48 years after Tan Howe Liang won the country's first medal, a silver in weightlifting in the lightweight category at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.^[13]

Feng at a ceremony on 25 August 2008 welcoming Team Singapore home from the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing

Feng received byes into the third round of the women's singles tournament.^[14] Feng defeated South Korea's Dang Ye-Seo 4–0 in the third round, Netherlands' Li Jie 4-1 in the fourth round,^[3] but fell 1-4 to China's Zhang Yining in the quarter-finals.^[15] Feng made the world number one work for her win, with the final scores being 11–13, 14–12, 12–14, 10–12, 11–13. According to the Straits Times, Zhang leveraged on her experience by stalling for time at crucial stages of the game, which broke Feng's rhythm. Interviewed after the match, Feng said: "I'm sure I'll win a medal at the next Olympics."^[15]

At a victory celebration in Singapore on 25 August 2008, Vivian Balakrishnan, the Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports, announced that Feng, Li and Wang would be presented with the Pingat Jasa Gemilang (Meritorious Service Medal). This is only the third time the medal will be awarded to athletes, the two previous recipients being weightlifter Tan Howe Liang (1962) and swimmer Joscelin Yeo (2006).^[16]

Competitions between 2008 and 2012

On 9 September 2008, Feng beat her compatriot Wang to clinch the bronze medal at the ITTF Women's World Cup in Kuala Lumpur.^[17] Despite crashing out of the singles event earlier, Feng and her teammates Li and Wang won the top title at the ITTF Pro Tour ERKE German Open in Berlin on 22 November 2008.^[18] Feng won her first professional singles title at the Polish Open in Warsaw on 30 November 2008, in an all-Singapore final against Wang. Feng and Yu Mengyu also took silver in the doubles.^[19] On 2 December 2008, the ITTF announced that Feng was ranked sixth in the world. This made her the top Singapore female table tennis player and the highest-ranked player in the world not representing China.^[20] She was third in Today newspaper's list of athletes of the year for 2008.^[21]

On 23 August 2009, Feng achieved her second Pro Tour singles title at the KAL Cup Korean Open in Seoul.^[22]

Feng took part in the 25th Southeast Asian Games in Vientiane, Laos. She was a member of the Singapore women's team with Sun Beibei and Wang Yuegu that defeated Thailand 3–0 to win Gold on 10 December 2009. On 14 December 2009, she and her partner Wang Yuegu were defeated by compatriots Sun Beibei and Yu Mengyu in an all-Singapore final in the women's doubles.^[23] The following day, in her maiden appearance at the Games, she achieved gold in the singles competition after defeating Wang 4–1.^[24]

The Singapore Table Tennis Association made Feng the inaugural winner of its Best Player of the Year award on 12 February 2010.^[25] As of 8 April 2010, she had worked her way up to a second-place ranking in the world.^[2] On 3 May 2010, the Singapore National Olympic Council named her Sportswoman of the Year for 2009. The national table tennis women's team, composed of Feng, Li Jiawei, Wang Yuegu and Sun Beibei were awarded the Team of the Year prize at the Singapore Sports Awards.^[26]

Together with Sun and Wang, Feng was a member of the team at the Liebherr World Team Table Tennis Championships in Moscow that defeated China, 17-time winner and the reigning world champion, with a score of 3–1. In the two games she played, Feng defeated Liu Shiwen and Ding Ning, ranked number one and four in the world respectively and Wang contributing another point to the team by defeating Liu Shiwen. This was the first time Singapore had lifted the Corbillon cup.^[27]

Corbillon cup display during victory parade in June 2010

2012 Summer Olympics

Feng represented Singapore at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, and was the nation's flagbearer at the Parade of Nations segment of the opening ceremony.^[28] She entered the women's singles competition seeded sixth,^[29] and progressed until she was defeated 2-4 by China's Ding Ning in the semi-finals.^[30] On 1 August 2012, she overcame Kasumi Ishikawa of Japan 4–0 (11–9, 11–6, 11–6, 11–5) to take the bronze medal, becoming the second Singaporean to win an individual Olympic medal. (The first was Tan Howe Liang who won a silver for weightlifting in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.)^[31] Interviewed after her win, Feng said: "I'm really happy, although I feel it's come a little too suddenly. My form wasn't very good lately, so I didn't dare to carry too much expectations coming into the London Olympics. It was just a relief to win."^[32]

Feng also participated in the women's team competition with Li Jiawei and Wang Yuegu. They were beaten 0–3 by Japan in the semifinals, but took the bronze medal by edging out South Korea 3–0. Feng defeated Kim Kyung Ah 11–9, 11–8, 4–11, 13–11, Li also successfully fended off Seok Ha Jung 11–5, 11–8, 6–11, 11–8. Li and Wang then succeeded in the doubles game against Seok and Dang Ye Seo 11–9, 11–6, 6–11, 11–5. This marked the first time Singapore had won more than one medal at an Olympic Games. Feng commented: "Against Japan, we gave ourselves too much pressure and lost the psychological battle. After that, I told myself that I must prepare myself well mentally and it's only when I do what I'm capable of that I can win."^[33]

Singles Event

Date	Round	Result	Opponent	Score	Individual Sets
-	1st	Bye
-	2nd	Bye
29 July	3rd	Win	Chen Szu-yu	4-1	11-6	11-13	11-5	12-10	11-9	-
30 July	4th	Win	Wu Jiaduo	4-2	11-6	7-11	11-5	9-11	11-6	11-6
31 July	Quarter-Final	Win	Kim Kyungah	4-2	13-11	11-7	4-11	11-6	10-12	12-10
31 July	Semi-Final	Loss	Ding Ning	2-4	7-11	4-11	11-9	10-12	11-6	6-11
1 August	Bronze Medal match	Win	Kasumi Ishikawa	4-0	11-9	11-6	11-6	11-5	-	-

Team Event

Date	Round	Result	Opponent	Score
3 August	Round of 16	Win	Poland	3-1
4 August	Quarter-Final	Win	DPR Korea	3-0
5 August	Semi-Final	Loss	Japan	0-3
7 August	Bronze Medal match	Win	South Korea	3-0

2016 Summer Olympics

Feng participated in ITTF Asian-Olympics Qualifier (South-East Asian region) at Hong Kong from 13–17 April 2016. She was the winner for SEA group and was given a direct entry to the singles event at Rio de Janeiro Olympics. This will be her third Olympics participation. In the qualifier match, She defeated Nanthana Komwong in the Quarter-Finals, Suthasini Sawettabut in Semi-Finals & Yu Mengyu in the Finals.^[34]

According to July world ranking published by ITTF, Feng was seeded second in Olympics singles. This was her highest-ever Olympic seeding.^[35] The team consisting of herself, Yu Mengyu and Zhou Yihan was seeded fourth. She reached the singles Quarter-Final but lost to Ai Fukuhara of Japan in 4 straight games.^[36] Feng, Yu and Zhou reached the semi-final of the team event but lost to China 0-3. In the bronze medal match, the trio was defeated by Japan 1-3.^[37]

Singles Event

Date	Round	Result	Opponent	Score	Individual Sets
-	1st	Bye
-	2nd	Bye
8 August	3rd	Win	Ni Xialian	4-2	8-11	5-11	11-8	11-5	11-4	11-5
8 August	4th	Win	Liu Jia	4-1	11-6	11-6	11-7	6-11	11-4	-
9 August	Quarter-Final	Loss	Ai Fukuhara	0-4	12-14	8-11	7-11	5-11	-	-
9 August

Team Event

Date	Round	Result	Opponent	Score
12 August	Round of 16	Win	Egypt	3-0
13 August	Quarter-Final	Win	South Korea	3-2
15 August	Semi-Final	Loss	China	0-3
16 August	Bronze Medal match	Loss	Japan	1-3

Key Career Records

Legend : Gold Silver Bronze QR: Qualifying Round

Event	Results	Date	Competition
2007
Women's Singles^[9]		26 August 2007	ITTF Pro Tour Chinese Taipei Open
U21 Singles		14 December 2007	Volkswagen Pro Tour Grand Finals Beijing, China
2008
Women's Team (With Li Jiawei, Wang Yuegu, Sun Beibei & Yu Mengyu)		1 March 2008	Evergrande Real Estate World Team Table Tennis Championships Guangzhou, China
Women's Singles^[38]		30 March 2008	2008 Asian Cup Sapporo, Japan
Women's Team^[12] (With Li Jiawei & Wang Yuegu)		17 August 2008	2008 Summer Olympics Beijing, China
Women's Singles	Quarter-Finalist	21 August 2008	2008 Summer Olympics Beijing, China
Women's Singles^[17]		9 September 2008	2008 Women's World Cup Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Women's Team^[18] (With Li Jiawei & Wang Yuegu)		22 November 2008	ITTF Pro Tour ERKE German Open Berlin, Germany
Women's Singles^[19] (Maiden World Tour Singles Title)		30 November 2008	ITTF Pro Tour Polish Open Warsaw, Poland
Women's Doubles^[19] (With Yu Mengyu)		30 November 2008	ITTF Pro Tour Polish Open Warsaw, Poland
Women's Doubles (With Yu Mengyu)	Quarter-Finalist	11 December 2008	ITTF World Tour Grand Finals Macau
Women's Singles	Semi-Finalist	14 December 2008	ITTF World Tour Grand Finals Macau
2009
Mixed Doubles (With Gao Ning)	Round of 16	1 May 2009	H.I.S. World Table Tennis Championships Yokohama, Japan
Women's Singles	Quarter-Finalist	3 May 2009	H.I.S. World Table Tennis Championships Yokohama, Japan
Women's Doubles (With Wang Yuegu)	Quarter-Finalist	3 May 2009	H.I.S. World Table Tennis Championships Yokohama, Japan
Women's Singles	4th	12 October 2009	2009 Women's World Cup Guangzhou, China
Women's Team (With Wang Yuegu, Li Jiawei, Sun Beibei & Yu Mengyu)		25 October 2009	2009 World Team Cup Linz, Austria
Women's Team (With Sim Kaixin Zena, Sun Beibei, Wang Yuegu & Yu Mengyu)		10 December 2009	25th Southeast Asian Games Vientiane, Laos
Women's Doubles^[23] (With Wang Yuegu)		14 December 2009	25th Southeast Asian Games Vientiane, Laos
Mixed Doubles (With Gao Ning)		14 December 2009	25th Southeast Asian Games Vientiane, Laos
Women's Singles^[24]		15 December 2009	25th Southeast Asian Games Vientiane, Laos
Women's Singles	Semi-Finalist	10 January 2010	ITTF World Tour Grand Finals Macau
2010
Women's Singles		28 March 2010	2010 Asian Cup Guangzhou, China
Women's Singles^[39]		30 March 2010	Volkswagen 2010 Cup Guangzhou, China
Women's Team^[27] (With Li Jiawei, Sun Beibei, Wang Yuegu & Yu Mengyu)		30 May 2010	LIEBHERR World Team Table Tennis Championships Moscow, Russia
Women's Singles	QR	25 September 2010	2010 Women's World Cup Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Women's Team (With Li Jiawei, Sun Beibei, Wang Yuegu & Yu Mengyu)		1 October 2010	2010 World Team Cup Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Women's Team (With Li Jiawei, Sun Beibei, Wang Yuegu & Yu Mengyu)		8 October 2010	2010 Commonwealth Games New Delhi, India
Mixed Doubles (with Gao Ning)		12 October 2010	2010 Commonwealth Games New Delhi, India
Women's Singles		13 October 2010	2010 Commonwealth Games New Delhi, India
Women's Doubles (With Wang Yuegu)		14 October 2010	2010 Commonwealth Games New Delhi, India
Women's Team (With Li Jiawei, Sun Beibei, Wang Yuegu & Yu Mengyu)		16 November 2010	2010 Asian Games Guangzhou, China
Women's Singles	Quarter-Finalist	18 November 2010	2010 Asian Games Guangzhou, China
Women's Doubles (With Wang Yuegu)	Quarter-Finalist	17 December 2010	ITTF World Tour Grand Finals Seoul, South Korea
Women's Singles		19 December 2010	ITTF World Tour Grand Finals Seoul, South Korea
2011
Women's Singles	Quarter-Finalist	23 March 2011	Volkswagen Cup 2011 Guangzhou, China
Women's Doubles (With Wang Yuegu)	Round of 16	12 May 2011	GAC GROUP World Table Tennis Championships Rotterdam, Netherlands
Women's Singles	Quarter-Finalist	13 May 2011	GAC GROUP World Table Tennis Championships Rotterdam, Netherlands
Women's Singles	4th	30 October 2011	2011 Women's World Cup Singapore
Women's Team (With Li Jiawei, Wang Yuegu, Sun Beibei & Yu Mengyu)		5 November 2011	2011 World Team Cup Magdeburg, Germany
Women's Doubles (With Sun Beibei)		15 November 2011	26th Southeast Asian Games Palembang, Indonesia
Women's Singles		16 November 2011	26th Southeast Asian Games Palembang, Indonesia
Women's Singles	Quarter-Finalist	25 November 2011	ITTF World Tour Grand Finals London, United Kingdom
2012
Women's Team (with Li Jiawei, Wang Yuegu, Sun Beibei & Yu Mengyu)		1 April 2012	LIEBHERR World Team Table Tennis Championships Dortmund, Germany
Women's Singles		1 August 2012	2012 Summer Olympics London, United Kingdom
Women's Team^[33] (with Li Jiawei & Wang Yuegu)		7 August 2012	2012 Summer Olympics London, United Kingdom
Women's Singles	4th	23 September 2012	2012 Women's World Cup Huangshi, China
Women's Singles	Semi-Finalist	9 December 2012	ITTF World Tour Grand Finals Hangzhou, China
Women's Doubles (with Yu Mengyu )		9 December 2012	ITTF World Tour Grand Finals Hangzhou, China
2013
Women's Team (with Yu Mengyu, Li Siyun Isabelle & Yee Herng Hwee)		30 March 2013	2013 World Team Cup Guangzhou, China
Mixed Doubles (With Gao Ning)	Round of 32	16 May 2013	LIEBHERR World Table Tennis Championships Paris, France
Women's Singles	Quarter-Finalist	18 May 2013	LIEBHERR World Table Tennis Championships Paris, France
Women's Doubles (with Yu Mengyu)		19 May 2013	LIEBHERR World Table Tennis Championships Paris, France
Women's Singles		23 September 2013	2013 Women's World Cup Kobe, Japan
Women's Singles	Quarter-Finalist	9 January 2014	ITTF World Tour Grand Finals Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Women's Doubles (With Yu Mengyu)	Quarter-Finalist	11 January 2014	ITTF World Tour Grand Finals Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2014
Women's Team (With Yu Mengyu, Li Siyun Isabelle & Yee Herng Hwee)		4 May 2014	ZEN-NOH World Team Table Tennis Championships Tokyo, Japan
Women's Team (With Yu Mengyu, Lin Ye, Zhou Yihan & Li Siyun Isabelle)		27 July 2014	2014 Commonwealth Games Glasgow, Scotland
Women's Singles		1 August 2014	2014 Commonwealth Games Glasgow, Scotland
Women's Doubles (With Yu Mengyu)		2 August 2014	2014 Commonwealth Games Glasgow, Scotland
Women's Team (With Yu Mengyu, Lin Ye, Zhou Yihan & Li Siyun Isabelle)		29 September 2014	2014 Asian Games Incheon, South Korea
Women's Singles		4 October 2014	2014 Asian Games Incheon, South Korea
Women's Singles	Quarter-Finalist	13 December 2014	ITTF World Tour Grand Finals Bangkok, Thailand
2015
Women's Team (With Yu Mengyu, Li Siyun Isabelle, Lim Eunice & Zhang Wanling)		10 January 2015	2015 World Team Cup Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Women's Singles		15 March 2015	2015 Asian Cup Jaipur, India
Women's Singles	Quarter-Finalist	1 May 2015	QOROS World Table Tennis Championships Suzhou, China
Women's Doubles (With Yu Mengyu)		3 May 2015	QOROS World Table Tennis Championships Suzhou, China
Women's Doubles (With Yu Mengyu)		2 June 2015	28th Southeast Asian Games Singapore
Women's Singles	QR	4 June 2015	28th Southeast Asian Games Singapore
Women's Team (With Yu Mengyu, Lin Ye, Zhou Yihan & Li Siyun Isabelle)		8 June 2015	28th Southeast Asian Games Singapore
Women's Singles		2 October 2015	Suzuki Asian Championships Pattaya, Thailand
Women's Singles	Round of 16	31 October 2015	2015 Women's World Cup Sendai, Japan
Women's Singles	Round of 16	11 December 2015	ITTF World Tour Grand Finals Lisbon, Portugal
2016
Women's Team (With Yu Mengyu, Li Siyun Isabelle, Yee Herng Hwee & Zhang Wanling)	Quarter-Finalist	4 March 2016	PERFECT World Team Table Tennis Championships Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Women's Singles	Winner	14 April 2016	ITTF-Asian Olympics Qualification (South-East Asia region) Hong Kong
Women's Singles		30 April 2016	2016 Asian Cup Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Women's Singles	Quarter-Finalist	9 August 2016	2016 Summer Olympics Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Women's Team	4th	17 August 2016	2016 Summer Olympics Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Women's Singles		9 October 2016	2016 Women's World Cup Philadelphia, USA

Singapore Contingent in Summer Olympics

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1 2 May Chen (8 August 2012), "A triumph of wills: Tweaking line-up pays off but S'pore team also praised for bouncing back", The Straits Times, p. B26 ; Terrence Voon (8 August 2012), "Women's team clinch 2nd bronze for Singapore", The Straits Times, p. 1, [I]t is the first time that Singapore will be heading home from any Olympics with more than one medal . See also Terrence Voon (8 August 2012), "Bronze marks end of an era: The STTA's priority now should be to rebuild a new team around Feng", The Straits Times, p. B27 ; Philip Goh (8 August 2012), "S'pore paddlers clinch team bronze", Today, p. 1, archived from the original on 8 August 2012 ; Tan Yo-Hinn (8 August 2012), "Jiawei's starring role: Veteran paddler's experience helps S'pore to women's team bronze medal", Today, p. 60, archived from the original on 8 August 2012 .
↑ Singapore paddlers book spot in Rio Olympics.
↑ Olympics: No. 2 seeding beckons Feng Tianwei after late run.
↑ Feng Tianwei crashes out in Quarter-Finals at Rio.
↑ Singapore table tennis players failed to retain team bronze after loss to Japan.
↑ The 21st Asian Cup 2008 in Sapporo–Japan: Total result, 29–30 March 2008 (– ^{Scholar search}), Hokkaidō Table Tennis Association, March 2008, retrieved 16 August 2008 .
↑ Ian Marshall (30 March 2010), Playing at home, Liu Shiwen steers safe path to hat-trick of major titles, ITTF, retrieved 1 April 2010 ; Lin Xinyi (31 March 2010), "Feng falls to Liu again: S'porean loses to world No. 1 for fourth time, this time in Volkswagen final", The Straits Times (Sport), p. B10 ; Tan Yo-Hinn (31 March 2010), "Feng falls: China's world No 1 Liu brushes aside Singaporean star to lift title", Today, p. 59 .

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Preceded by Li Jiawei	Flagbearer for Singapore London 2012	Succeeded by Derek Wong Zi Liang

Feng Tianwei's Titles

World Table Tennis Champions in Women's Team

1933 (December): GER (Anita Felguth & Annemarie Haensch & Astrid Krebsbach & Mona Rüster)
1935: TCH (Marie Kettnerová & Gertrude Kleinová & Marie Šmídová)
1936: TCH (Marie Kettnerová & Gertrude Kleinová & Marie Šmídová & Věra Votrubcová)
1937: USA (Ruth Aarons & Emily Fuller & Dolores Kuenz & Jessie Purves)
1938: TCH (Vlasta Depetrisová & Jindriska Holubkova & Marie Kettnerová & Věra Votrubcová)
1939: GER (Hilde Bussmann & Gertrude Pritzi)
1947: ENG (Elizabeth Blackbourn & Vera Dace & Margaret Franks & Margaret Osborne)
1948: ENG (Dora Beregi & Margaret Franks & Elizabeth Steventon & Vera Thomas)
1949: USA (Peggy McLean & Mildred Shahian & Thelma Thall)
1950: ROU (Angelica Rozeanu & Luci Slavescu & Sari Szasz)
1951: ROU (Paraschiva Patulea & Angelica Rozeanu & Sari Szasz)
1952: JPN (Shizuki Narahara & Tomie Nishimura)
1953: ROU (Angelica Rozeanu & Sari Szasz & Ella Zeller)
1954: JPN (Fujie Eguchi & Hideko Goto & Yoshiko Tanaka & Kiiko Watanabe)
1955: ROU (Angelica Rozeanu & Sari Szasz & Ella Zeller)
1956: ROU (Angelica Rozeanu & Ella Zeller)
1957: JPN (Fujie Eguchi & Taeko Namba & Tomie Okawa & Kiiko Watanabe)
1959: JPN (Fujie Eguchi & Kimiyo Matsuzaki & Taeko Namba & Kazuko Yamaizumi)
1961: JPN (Kazuko Ito-Yamaizumi & Kimiyo Matsuzaki & Tomie Okawa & Masako Seki)
1963: JPN (Kazuko Ito-Yamaizumi & Kimiyo Matsuzaki & Masako Seki & Noriko Yamanaka)
1965: CHN (Li Henan & Liang Lizhen & Lin Huiqing & Zheng Minzhi)
1967: JPN (Naoko Fukatsu & Saeko Hirota & Sachiko Morisawa & Noriko Yamanaka)
1969: URS (Laima Amelina & Svetlana Grinberg & Rita Pogosova & Zoja Rudnova)
1971: JPN (Yasuko Konno & Toshiko Kowada & Emiko Ohba & Yukie Ozeki)
1973: KOR (Chung Hyun-sook & Kim Soon-ok & Lee Ailesa & Park Mi-ra)
1975: CHN (Ge Xin'ai & Hu Yulan & Zhang Li & Zheng Huaiying)
1977: CHN (Ge Xin'ai & Zhang Deying & Zhang Li & Zhu Xiangyun)
1979: CHN (Cao Yanhua & Ge Xin'ai & Zhang Deying & Zhang Li)
1981: CHN (Cao Yanhua & Qi Baoxiang & Tong Ling & Zhang Deying)
1983: CHN (Cao Yanhua & Geng Lijuan & Ni Xialian & Tong Ling)
1985: CHN (Dai Lili & Geng Lijuan & He Zhili & Tong Ling)
1987: CHN (Chen Jing & Dai Lili & Jiao Zhimin & Li Huifen)
1989: CHN (Chen Jing & Chen Zihe & Hu Xiaoxin & Li Huifen)
1991: KOU (Hong Cha-ok & Hyun Jung-hwa & Ri Pun-hui & Yu Sun-bok)
1993: CHN (Chen Zihe & Deng Yaping & Gao Jun & Qiao Hong)
1995: CHN (Deng Yaping & Liu Wei & Qiao Hong & Qiao Yunping)
1997: CHN (Deng Yaping & Li Ju & Wang Chen & Wang Nan & Yang Ying)
2000: CHN (Li Ju & Sun Jin & Wang Hui & Wang Nan & Zhang Yining)
2001: CHN (Li Ju & Sun Jin & Wang Nan & Yang Ying & Zhang Yining)
2004: CHN (Guo Yue & Li Ju & Niu Jianfeng & Wang Nan & Zhang Yining)
2006: CHN (Guo Yan & Guo Yue & Li Xiaoxia & Wang Nan & Zhang Yining)
2008: CHN (Guo Yan & Guo Yue & Li Xiaoxia & Wang Nan & Zhang Yining)
2010: SIN (Feng Tianwei & Li Jiawei & Sun Beibei & Wang Yuegu & Yu Mengyu)
2012: CHN (Ding Ning & Guo Yan & Guo Yue & Li Xiaoxia & Liu Shiwen)
2014: CHN (Chen Meng & Ding Ning & Li Xiaoxia & Liu Shiwen & Zhu Yuling)
2016: CHN (Chen Meng & Ding Ning & Li Xiaoxia & Liu Shiwen & Zhu Yuling)

ITTF World Tour Grand Finals Champions in Women's Singles

1996: Deng Yaping (CHN)
1997: Li Ju (CHN)
1998: Wang Nan (CHN)
1999: Chen Jing (TPE)
2000: Zhang Yining (CHN)
2001: Wang Nan (CHN)
2002: Zhang Yining (CHN)
2003: Niu Jianfeng (CHN)
2004: Guo Yue (CHN)
2005: Zhang Yining (CHN)
2006: Zhang Yining (CHN)
2007: Li Xiaoxia (CHN)
2008: Guo Yan (CHN)
2009: Guo Yan (CHN)
2010: Feng Tianwei (SIN)
2011: Liu Shiwen (CHN)
2012: Liu Shiwen (CHN)
2013: Liu Shiwen (CHN)
2014: Kasumi Ishikawa (JPN)
2015: Ding Ning (CHN)

ITTF World Tour Grand Finals Champions in Women's Doubles

1996: Deng Yaping & Yang Ying (CHN)
1997: Li Ju & Wang Nan (CHN)
1998: Li Ju & Wang Nan (CHN)
1999: Li Ju & Wang Nan (CHN)
2000: Sun Jin & Yang Ying (CHN)
2001: Lee Eun-sil & Ryu Ji-hae (KOR)
2002: Li Jia & Niu Jianfeng (CHN)
2003: Guo Yue & Niu Jianfeng (CHN)
2004: Wang Nan & Zhang Yining (CHN)
2005: Gao Jun (USA) & Shen Yanfei (ESP)
2006: Wang Nan & Zhang Yining (CHN)
2007: Guo Yue & Li Xiaoxia (CHN)
2008: Li Jiawei & Sun Beibei (SIN)
2009: Ding Ning & Liu Shiwen (CHN)
2010: Kim Kyung-ah & Park Mi-young (KOR)
2011: Guo Yue & Li Xiaoxia (CHN)
2012: Feng Tianwei & Yu Mengyu (SIN)
2013: Ding Ning & Li Xiaoxia (CHN)
2014: Miu Hirano & Mima Ito (JPN)
2015: Ding Ning & Zhu Yuling (CHN)

Asian Cup Table Tennis Champions in Women's Singles

1983: Cao Yanhua (CHN)
1984: Tong Ling (CHN)
1985: Jiao Zhimin (CHN)
1986: Hu Xiaoxin (CHN)
1987: Jiao Zhimin (CHN)
1988: Deng Yaping (CHN)
1989: Yu Sun-bok (PRK)
1991 (May): Lee Jong-suk (PRK)
1991 (November): Liu Wei (CHN)
1992: Deng Yaping (CHN)
1993: Liu Wei (CHN)
1994: Qiao Hong (CHN)
1996: Wu Na (CHN)
1997: Wang Chen (CHN)
2000: Tang Yuan (CHN)
2003: Fan Ying (CHN)
2004: Tie Ya Na (HKG)
2005: Guo Yan (CHN)
2006: Wang Nan (CHN)
2007: Jiang Huajun (HKG)
2008: Guo Yue (CHN)
2009: Guo Yue (CHN)
2010: Liu Shiwen (CHN)
2011: Guo Yan (CHN)
2012: Liu Shiwen (CHN)
2013: Liu Shiwen (CHN)
2014: Ding Ning (CHN)
2015: Feng Tianwei (SIN)
2016: Liu Shiwen (CHN)

Table tennis in Singapore

Organization	Table Tennis Association

Notable players	Feng Tianwei Gao Ning Li Jiawei Sun Beibei Wang Yuegu Yang Zi Yu Mengyu

List of table tennis players

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