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Here's mine:
Active (Taking last 3 years into account)
1. Zhang Jike
......Wang Hao (retired)
2. Ma Long
3. Xu Xin
4. Timo Boll
5. Vladimir Samsonov (Sightly above a few others owing to what he can still do at his age)
6. Fan Zhendong
7. Dimitrij Ovtcharov
7. Yan An
8. Joo Se Hyuk (because of the difficulty of his style)
9. Kenta Matsudaira
10. Chuang Chih Yuan (because of his never say die spirit)
All time
1. Jan Ove Waldner:
The only non-Asian player to seriously challenge the Chinese over his career. A lot of players probably learned a lot from him regarding his strokes and his tactical prowess. He peaked at the right times and at his peak could beat the whole world 3-0. (lost no sets in WTTC 1997 and only one set after a deuce in OG 1992). He also had the most efficient and all-round technique as well as a combination of great serves and placement even at risky angles. The Chinese never really figured him out unlike how they are able to keep pinning Timo on his backhand every game.
2. Liu Guoliang:
Very Unique style and very efficient at taking control of the table extremely quickly. He also had excellent serves and pioneered the RPB.
3. Wang liqin:
Though he didn't complete his grand-slam, Wang Liqin's dominance at the top of the rankings as well as winning the WTTC 3 times has to be considered. He had a brutal but effective forehand and didn't really need to do anything other than open up FH to FH which makes him a bit boring for me but no one has dominated match after match to the extent that he did.
4. Zhang Jike:
He is great at staying close to the table and keeping his head in tense situations. He is also very strong at deflected attacks directly on his body, which makes it very difficult for anyone to take over the table while playing against him.
5. Kong Linghui: Very smooth technique and he won the grand-slam so he deserves a spot as well.
6. Wang Hao: Best RPB of all time, especially when you consider how good his RPB was when he was just 19. He has been amazingly consistent as well and I think that people underrate him a bit because he lost a lot of finals but he got to 13 finals in the first place and that has to count for something.
7. Ma Lin: Ma Lin had a magic touch and great footwork. I really like his sense of timing and you can imagine the amount of spin he puts on the ball with his chop blocks.
8. Jiang Jialiang: I saw a couple of old videos of him and he had a pretty brutal penhold forehand.
9. Guo Yuehua: I haven't seen him play but he's on the list according to accounts that I've read that describe him as a great talent. He also beat Waldner and Persson after he had retired in an unofficial match.
10. Jorgen Persson: A great player who could have achieved more in Men's Singles. Along with the Swedes, Persson improved the shakehand backhand topspin and did it better than anyone I've seen.
Active (Taking last 3 years into account)
1. Zhang Jike
......Wang Hao (retired)
2. Ma Long
3. Xu Xin
4. Timo Boll
5. Vladimir Samsonov (Sightly above a few others owing to what he can still do at his age)
6. Fan Zhendong
7. Dimitrij Ovtcharov
7. Yan An
8. Joo Se Hyuk (because of the difficulty of his style)
9. Kenta Matsudaira
10. Chuang Chih Yuan (because of his never say die spirit)
All time
1. Jan Ove Waldner:
The only non-Asian player to seriously challenge the Chinese over his career. A lot of players probably learned a lot from him regarding his strokes and his tactical prowess. He peaked at the right times and at his peak could beat the whole world 3-0. (lost no sets in WTTC 1997 and only one set after a deuce in OG 1992). He also had the most efficient and all-round technique as well as a combination of great serves and placement even at risky angles. The Chinese never really figured him out unlike how they are able to keep pinning Timo on his backhand every game.
2. Liu Guoliang:
Very Unique style and very efficient at taking control of the table extremely quickly. He also had excellent serves and pioneered the RPB.
3. Wang liqin:
Though he didn't complete his grand-slam, Wang Liqin's dominance at the top of the rankings as well as winning the WTTC 3 times has to be considered. He had a brutal but effective forehand and didn't really need to do anything other than open up FH to FH which makes him a bit boring for me but no one has dominated match after match to the extent that he did.
4. Zhang Jike:
He is great at staying close to the table and keeping his head in tense situations. He is also very strong at deflected attacks directly on his body, which makes it very difficult for anyone to take over the table while playing against him.
5. Kong Linghui: Very smooth technique and he won the grand-slam so he deserves a spot as well.
6. Wang Hao: Best RPB of all time, especially when you consider how good his RPB was when he was just 19. He has been amazingly consistent as well and I think that people underrate him a bit because he lost a lot of finals but he got to 13 finals in the first place and that has to count for something.
7. Ma Lin: Ma Lin had a magic touch and great footwork. I really like his sense of timing and you can imagine the amount of spin he puts on the ball with his chop blocks.
8. Jiang Jialiang: I saw a couple of old videos of him and he had a pretty brutal penhold forehand.
9. Guo Yuehua: I haven't seen him play but he's on the list according to accounts that I've read that describe him as a great talent. He also beat Waldner and Persson after he had retired in an unofficial match.
10. Jorgen Persson: A great player who could have achieved more in Men's Singles. Along with the Swedes, Persson improved the shakehand backhand topspin and did it better than anyone I've seen.
