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You may know that Roger Federer returned to ATP ranking #1 early this month, at age 36 after 5 years since he was ranked #1 last time, the eldest #1 in the history of ATP rankings. As all matches that count for ITTF world ranking points are finished after an exciting Team World Cup, we have the luxury of seeing Timo Boll who turns 37 in Mar 2018, returns to WR#1 and becomes the eldest WR#1 in the history of ITTF world ranking. Timo Boll was on vacation and absent from Team World Cup. What a surprising birthday gift!
Since 1991, ITTF employed computerized world ranking. Here are some records of WR#1.
The youngest WR#1 is Kong Linghui, who was 20 years and 3 months old when he first became WR#1 in Jan 1996.
The eldest WR#1 is Werner Schlager at the moment, and will be Timo Boll next month. Werner Schlager was 30 years and 9 months old when he first became WR#1 in Jun 2003.
The shorest WR#1 holder is Werner Schlager, for 1 month.
The longest WR#1 holder is Ma Long, for 64 months in total and 34 months in a row.
The longest time to return to WR#1 is 7 years and 4 months (2003/9-2011/1), for Timo Boll.
Since 1991, ITTF employed computerized world ranking. Here are some records of WR#1.
The youngest WR#1 is Kong Linghui, who was 20 years and 3 months old when he first became WR#1 in Jan 1996.
The eldest WR#1 is Werner Schlager at the moment, and will be Timo Boll next month. Werner Schlager was 30 years and 9 months old when he first became WR#1 in Jun 2003.
The shorest WR#1 holder is Werner Schlager, for 1 month.
The longest WR#1 holder is Ma Long, for 64 months in total and 34 months in a row.
The longest time to return to WR#1 is 7 years and 4 months (2003/9-2011/1), for Timo Boll.