China Super League 2017

[JST]

ITTF started to use computerized ranking system from Oct 1991. There should be earlier version of rankings, but not on a regular basis.
Here are WR#1 data in computer ranking era
https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/乒乓球男單世界第一列表
Old article about the first ITTF computer ranking system developed by Canadian TTU (p5)
https://tabletennisengland.co.uk/etta_website/magazine-archive/1991-92/tt_issue400.pdf

Marvelous TT magazine archive! So many memories on the late 80s/early 90s (mainly Bfly) fashion! Nice wikipage as well, unfortunately I'm not fluent outside latin letters and I cannot see any English equivalent of this table (or am I too tired?). Would be great to find the way to legacy rankings before IITF computerized archive... Just saying. Back to fastest TT league in the universe!

 

[Michal_Z]

The earliest time for FZD to become WR#1 is April 2018 if he will attend and get good results in Qatar Open and German Open this March. By then, he will be 21 years 3 months old, the same age at which ML first became WR#1.
Actually it is LGL who keeps the youngest record of becoming WR#1 for the first time, 20 years and 3 months. The average age of first time being WR #1 of all 17 male players who has ever reached WR#1 is 24.

Player	DOB	1st time WR#1	Age of 1st time WR#1
Jörgen Persson	1966/4/22	1991/10/1	25 yr 6 mo
Jean-Philippe Gatien	1968/10/16	1992/7/2	23 yr 9 mo
Jan-Ove Waldner	1965/10/3	1992/8/24	26 yr 10 mo
Jean-Michel Saive	1969/11/17	1994/2/9	24 yr 3 mo
Wang Tao	1967/12/13	1995/9	27 yr 9 mo
Kong Linghui	1975/10/18	1996/1	20 yr 3 mo
Liu Guoliang	1976/1/10	1996/11	20 yr 10 mo
Vladimir Samsonov	1976/4/17	1997/12	21 yr 8 mo
Wang Liqin	1978/6/18	2000/8	22 yr 2 mo
Ma Lin	1980/2/19	2002/10	22 yr 8 mo
Timo Boll	1981/3/8	2003/1	21 yr 10 mo
Werner Schlager	1972/9/28	2003/6	30 yr 9 mo
Wang Hao	1983/12/15	2004/12	21 yr
Ma Long	1998/10/20	2010/1	21 yr 3 mo
Zhang Jike	1998/2/16	2012/6	24 yr 4 mo
Xu Xin	1990/1/8	2013/1	23 yr
Dimitrij Ovtcharov	1988/9/2	2018/1	29 yr 4 mo
Fan Zhendong	1997/1/22	2018/4 (earliest)

According to this it is Kong Lingui, not Liu Guoliang

 

[rainneverever]

According to this it is Kong Lingui, not Liu Guoliang

My bad. Kong Linghui.

 

[rainneverever]

With some calculations, I think FZD will get WR#1 in March if he can go beyond the first round of Hungarian Open this Jan. Sounds like the situation that Dima just needed to win the first round in 2017 Grand Finals to become the new WR#1. lol

Edit: I forgot Team World Cup in Feb 2018. Whether we have a new WR#1 in Mar depends on how many singles matches Dima will play in Team World Cup (300 points per win) and FZD's Hungarian Open result.

 

[table tennis fans]

Ma Long is about to play against Lin Gaoyuan. Check the results and links here.
https://tabletennissbsbb.blogspot.com/2018/01/2017-cttsl-round-10-jan-6-7.html

 

[jyotibaroby]

ITTF started to use computerized ranking system from Oct 1991. There should be earlier version of rankings, but not on a regular basis.
Here are WR#1 data in computer ranking era
https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/乒乓球男單世界第一列表
Old article about the first ITTF computer ranking system developed by Canadian TTU (p5)
https://tabletennisengland.co.uk/etta_website/magazine-archive/1991-92/tt_issue400.pdf

More important to being No1 is duration. so ML in this sense has been 1st in the ranking list for 64 months which is like 5 yrs and 4 months... Which is more than respectable and makes him probably, if not the best, one of the greatest in this sport.

 

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[Michal_Z]

I have to say, LGY was pretty damn lucky on 2 out of 3 matchpoints of Ma Long.
His BH is so dangerous..
Ma Long should rather play into his FH than BH..
I think he will do that next time..

 

[Atas Newton]

LGY continues to collect scalps, impressive.

 

[ajtatosmano2]

Ma Long's last 3 CTTSL match ended 3-2. He isn't in a good form lately, probably he doesn't train too much as he is recovering from injury.

 

[Suga D]

Ma Long's last 3 CTTSL match ended 3-2. He isn't in a good form lately, probably he doesn't train too much as he is recovering from injury.

To become a father is a major change in Life with a whole lot of things that need to be reprioritized. So i wouldn't underestimate that. It's not unusual that player's loose rating points at first. I seen it happen to Timo, to .
Dima, heck even Roger Federer.

I guess all he needs is a bit of time. I believe in a while he'll be dominating as usual.

 

[Michal_Z]

When you watch the match, he dominated LGY quite a lot in first 3 games.
He even had 3 matchpoints, just didnt convert them.
Then he got frustrated by some lucky shots of Lin.
And - well, he lost..
Probably he has some thoughts apart from table tennis.
We all know it - we play like sh*t when something is wrong at home..
And now that he is a father, everything can happen..

 

[ajtatosmano2]

We all know it - we play like sh*t when something is wrong at home..

So true (when I came out from a depressed period my play increased with like 2 and a half level), but I hope you are not right on this one: I believe having a child normally should be a positive thing and bring happiness to the family. But it's exhausting as well. So I hope he is just tired and haven't had enough training and there is no problem at home.

 

[Musaab]

I guess this might have been asked before but I can't find an answer. A while ago I saw a match ML vs Ma Te. but the last videos I saw on youtube gave me the impression that they now play for the same team ?, both confronted LGY and were wearing very similar T-shirts ?? whats up with that ?

 

[NextLevel]

I guess this might have been asked before but I can't find an answer. A while ago I saw a match ML vs Ma Te. but the last videos I saw on youtube gave me the impression that they now play for the same team ?, both confronted LGY and were wearing very similar T-shirts ?? whats up with that ?

That was a championship match for the China games not a super league match. They are on the same Super League team.

 

[Musa]

Any new results and videos?

 

[jedimasterplk]

When you watch the match, he dominated LGY quite a lot in first 3 games.
He even had 3 matchpoints, just didnt convert them.
Then he got frustrated by some lucky shots of Lin.
And - well, he lost..
Probably he has some thoughts apart from table tennis.
We all know it - we play like sh*t when something is wrong at home..
And now that he is a father, everything can happen..

We all know it - we play like sh*t when something is wrong at home..
How true.

 

[JesperStef]

Results from Men's Round 9 (Tue 02 January):

[4:4] Bazhou 3:2 Bayi [5:3]
1) Wang Chuqin 1:3 Fan Zhendong (11:13, 8:11, 11:8, 8:11)
2) Liang Jingkun 3:0 Zhou Yu (12:10, 12:10, 11:9)
3) Wang Chuqin/Yu Heyi 2:0 Zhou Yu/Zhou Kai (11:9, 11:5)
4) Liang Jingkun 2:3 Fan Zhendong (6:11, 13:11, 9:11, 11:8, 4:7)
5) Niu Guankai 2:0 Zhou Kai (11:7, 11:8)

[7:1] Shandong Weiqiao 3:0 Sichuan [0:8]
1) Lin Gaoyuan 3:1 Lai Jiaxin (11:3, 9:11, 11:7, 11:7)
2) Yan An 3:1 Xu Ruifeng (11:4, 6:11, 11:5, 11:9)
3) Xue Fei/Xia Yizheng 2:0 Lai Jiaxin/Zhu Linfeng (11:8, 11:5)
4) Lin Gaoyuan vs Xu Ruifeng
5) Xue Fei vs Zhu Linfeng

[2:6] Shanghai 3:2 Anhui [5:3]
1) Xu Xin 3:0 Zhou Qihao (11:8, 11:8, 11:6)
2) Zhao Zihao 1:3 Yu Ziyang (6:11, 11:7, 6:11, 7:11)
3) Cui Qinglei/Zhao Zihao 0:2 Zhou Qihao/Zhu Cheng (9:11, 9:11)
4) Xu Xin 3:1 Yu Ziyang (9:11, 11:4, 11:6, 11:7)
5) Cui Qinglei 2:1 Zhu Cheng (7:11, 11:8, 7:3)

[6:2] Shandong Luneng 1:3 Tianjin [5:3]
1) Shang Kun 2:3 Ma Long (5:11, 3:11, 11:5, 11:6, 0:7)
2) Fang Bo 3:0 Ma Te (11:7, 11:7, 11:3)
3) Shang Kun/Zhang Chao 0:2 Liu Dingshuo/Cheng Jingqi (8:11, 7:11)
4) Fang Bo 0:3 Ma Long (8:11, 9:11, 2:11)
5) Zhang Chao vs Liu Dingshuo

[4:4] Shenzhen 3:1 Jiangsu [2:6]
1) Hao Shuai 3:1 Zhang Yudong (11:9, 11:8, 10:12, 11:3)
2) Zheng Peifeng 0:3 Sun Wen (10:12, 4:11, 10:12)
3) Hao Shuai/Xu Chenhao 2:0 Kong Lingxuan/Cai Wei (11:6, 11:8)
4) Zheng Peifeng 3:0 Zhang Yudong (11:8, 14:12, 11:9)
5) Xu Chenhao vs Yang Shuo


Results from Men's Round 10 (Sat 06 January):

[0:9] Sichuan 0:3 Bayi [5:4] (Sun 07 January)
1) Yan Sheng 1:3 Fan Zhendong (6:11, 11:9, 9:11, 2:11)
2) Zhu Linfeng 2:3 Zhou Yu (11:4, 5:11, 9:11, 11:4, 3:7)
3) Xu Ruifeng/Lai Jiaxin 1:2 Zhou Kai/Zhou Yu (7:11, 14:12, 2:7)
4) Zhu Linfeng vs Fan Zhendong
5) Lai Jiaxin vs Zhou Kai

[5:4] Bazhou 3:1 Anhui [5:4]
1) Wang Chuqin 3:2 Yu Ziyang (11:8, 5:11, 11:8, 8:11, 7:1)
2) Liang Jingkun 3:0 Zhu Cheng (11:5, 11:5, 11:6)
3) Wang Chuqin/Yu Heyi 1:2 Zhu Cheng/Zhou Qihao (11:13, 11:3, 5:7)
4) Liang Jingkun 3:0 Yu Ziyang (11:5, 11:6, 11:9)
5) Niu Guankai vs Zhou Qihao

[6:3] Tianjin 1:3 Shandong Weiqiao [8:1]
1) Ma Te 1:3 Lin Gaoyuan (12:10, 10:12, 9:11, 3:11)
2) Ma Long 3:0 Xue Fei (11:8, 11:8, 16:14)
3) Liu Dingshuo/Cheng Jingqi 1:2 Xue Fei/Xia Yizheng (11:6, 9:11, 6:8)
4) Ma Long 2:3 Lin Gaoyuan (11:5, 11:8, 12:14, 6:11, 3:7)
5) Liu Dingshuo vs Yan An

[2:7] Jiangsu 1:3 Shanghai [3:6]
1) Sun Wen 0:3 Zhao Zihao (8:11, 8:11, 8:11)
2) Yang Shuo 0:3 Xu Xin (5:11, 4:11, 4:11)
3) Kong Lingxuan/Cai Wei 2:1 Zhao Zihao/Cui Qinglei (11:7, 7:11, 7:5)
4) Sun Wen 1:3 Xu Xin (11:9, 3:11, 9:11, 7:11)
5) Kong Lingxuan vs Cui Qinglei

[6:3] Shandong Luneng 1:3 Shenzhen [5:4]
1) Fang Bo 1:3 Zheng Peifeng (9:11, 10:12, 11:9, 7:11)
2) Shang Kun 0:3 Xu Chenhao (7:11, 10:12, 10:12)
3) Shang Kun/Zhang Chao 2:0 Zheng Peifeng/Ren Hao (11:4, 11:2)
4) Fang Bo 2:3 Xu Chenhao (11:7, 11:8, 6:11, 8:11, 9:11)
5) Zhang Chao vs Reng Hao


Results from Men's Round 11 (Tue 09 January):

[6:4] Bayi 3:0 Anhui [5:5]
1) Zhou Yu 3:1 Zhou Qihao (11:8, 11:13, 11:3, 12:10)
2) Fan Zhendong 3:1 Xi Sheng (11:3, 9:11, 11:1, 12:10)
3) Zhou Kai/Zhou Yu 2:0 Xi Sheng/Yu Ziyang (11:9, 11:7)
4) Fan Zhendong vs Zhou Qihao
5) Zhou Kai vs Yu Ziyang

[0:10] Sichuan 3:2 Tianjin [6:4]
1) Lai Jiaxin 0:3 Ma Long (7:11, 6:11, 8:11)
2) Zhu Linfeng 3:2 Ma Te (3:11, 13:11, 5:11, 11:2, 7:3)
3) Yan Sheng/Xu Ruifeng 2:0 Liu Dingshuo/Cheng Jingqi (11:8, 12:10)
4) Zhu Linfeng 1:3 Ma Long (7:11, 5:11, 12:10, 5:11)
5) Yan Sheng 2:0 Liu Dingshuo (12:10, 11:9)

[6:4] Bazhou 3:0 Jiangsu [2:8]
1) Wang Chuqin 3:1 Zhang Yudong (11:7, 11:7, 6:11, 11:7)
2) Liang Jingkun 3:2 Sun Wen (4:11, 11:1, 11:6, 10:12, 7:2)
3) Wang Chuqin/Yu Heyi 2:1 Cai Wei/Kong Lingxuan (6:11, 11:6, 7:1)
4) Liang Jingkun vs Zhang Yudong
5) Niu Guankai vs Kong Lingxuan

[9:1] Shandong Weiqiao 3:0 Shenzhen [6:4]
1) Lin Gaoyuan 3:1 Zheng Peifeng (11:8, 11:7, 7:11, 11:4)
2) Xue Fei 3:2 Xu Chenhao (11:2, 12:10, 4:11, 7:11, 7:4)
3) Yan An/Xia Yizheng 2:1 Zheng Peifeng/Ren Hao (15:13, 9:11, 7:5)
4) Lin Gaoyuan vs Xu Chenhao
5) Yan An vs Ren Hao

[4:6] Shanghai 1:3 Shendong Luneng [6:4]
1) Xu Xin 3:1 Shang Kun (11:7, 7:11, 13:11, 11:8)
2) Zhao Zihao 0:3 Fang Bo (8:11, 7:11, 9:11)
3) Cui Qinglei/Zhao Zihao 0:2 Shang Kun/Zhang Chao (4:11, 10:12)
4) Xu Xin 2:3 Fang Bo (14:12, 5:11, 13:15, 11:5, 6:8)
5) Cui Qinglei vs Zhang Chao


Standings (after Round 11):
01) Shandong Weiqiao (10:1)
02) Bazhou, Shandong Luneng, Bayi (7:4)
05) Shenzhen, Tianjin (6:5)
07) Anhui (5:6)
08) Shanghai (4:7)
09) Jiangsu (2:9)
10) Sichuan (1:10)

Source: http://cttsl.sports.cn/schedule/

Next round: Sat 13 January (Round 12)

 

[NextLevel]

[0:10] Sichuan 3:2 Tianjin [6:4]
1) Lai Jiaxin 0:3 Ma Long (7:11, 6:11, 8:11)
2) Zhu Linfeng 3:2 Ma Te (3:11, 13:11, 5:11, 11:2, 7:3)
3) Yan Sheng/Xu Ruifeng 2:0 Liu Dingshuo/Cheng Jingqi (11:8, 12:10)
4) Zhu Linfeng 1:3 Ma Long (7:11, 5:11, 12:10, 5:11)
5) Yan Sheng 2:0 Liu Dingshuo (12:10, 11:9)


Standings (after Round 11):
01) Shandong Weiqiao (10:1)
02) Bazhou, Shandong Luneng, Bayi (7:4)
05) Shenzhen, Tianjin (6:5)
07) Anhui (5:6)
08) Shanghai (4:7)
09) Jiangsu (2:9)
10) Sichuan (1:10)

Source: http://cttsl.sports.cn/schedule/

Next round: Sat 13 January (Round 12)

Was that really necessary?

 

[Der_Echte]

This is great extract, I was looking for similar data few weeks back! What is your source? Are you saying that ITTF world ranking started on October 1st 1991? I'm pretty sure there used to be at least annual table tennis world rankings since WW2, maybe even before.

Someone ought to check on Stellan Bengston's age when he became WR1...