Elite Player Profiles & World Ranking

As with any sport, the players who reach the top level of the game, as professional players often do, inspire and teach the rest of us new and better techniques. We hope this section will inspire and motivate some of you to reach your full potential.

Women Rank Previous Player 1 4    DING Ning 2 7    LI Xiaoxia 3 3    GUO Yan 4 1    LIU Shiwen 5 2    FENG Tianwei 6 5    GUO Yue 7 N/A    ISHIKAWA Kasumi 8 N/A    WANG Yuegu 8 13    WANG Yue Gu 9 8    FUKUHARA Ai 10 21    TIE Yana 11 N/A    HIRANO Sayaka 12 N/A    WU Yang		Men Rank Previous Player 1 1    MA Long 2 4    ZHANG Jike 3 2    WANG Hao 4 3    BOLL Timo 5 7    XU Xin 6 6    WANG Li Qin 7 4    MA Lin 8 11    MIZUTANI Jun 9 9    HYUK Joo Se 10 12    OVTCHAROV Dimitrij 11 18    CHUAN Chih-Yuan 12 13    OH Sang Eun
Rankings as of December 1, 2011. Source: ITTF

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