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Which are the Grand Slam players in men's table tennis?

The Grand Slam players in men's table tennis are: Sweden's Waldner, China's Liu Guoliang, China's Kong Linghui and China's Ma Long.

First: Sweden's Waldner

The world's most recognized genius in table tennis history, Waldner created the "Watt-Style Serve" to increase the threat of the cross-court serve, so that the front three boards of the straight-racket style of play were no longer exclusively beautiful. This was an epoch-making development in modern table tennis.

He won the men's singles title at the 1989 World Championships and the 1990 World Cup, and then won the gold medal in the men's singles at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, completing the "Grand Slam". In the 2004 Athens Olympics, the 39-year-old old tile again into the men's singles quarterfinals, see the "evergreen" title is true.

Second: China's Liu Guoliang

Let the world's fans see what is a straight-armed horizontal Chinese players, small ball era straight-armed positive rubber push block combined with the cross-court play of the advanced type of representative of a hand of tricky "Liu's serve" is to make Europe's big powerhouse screamed bitterly. He made the straight-racket foreglue fast-attack style of play shine again in the 1990s with his own strength.

Liu won the Olympic gold medal at the 1996 Atlanta Games and the World Cup men's singles title in the same year. He became the only straight-racket player ever to win a Grand Slam when he beat teammate Ma Lin in five sets to win the singles title at the 45th World Series in 1999.

Third: China's famous Kong Linghui

In the 43rd World Series held in Tianjin, Kong Linghui, who was less than 20 years old, made a splash and won the men's singles title, and was crowned the king of the men's World Cup held in the same year, which has opened the era of the "Twin Stars" of Liu Guoliang and himself. Since then, he and Liu Guoliang started the "twin star" era. However, after a few years, Kong Linghui because of the technical comprehensive but not outstanding specialties of the problem, the results of the ups and downs, did not get the title of the competition.

After his good brother Liu Guoliang realized the "Grand Slam" in 1999, Kong Linghui opened up a new mode of play combining fierce and stable and exploded in full force in 2000, finally defeating "evergreen" Waldnell in the final of the men's singles in Sydney, making the men's singles final in the Sydney Olympics. Waldner, so that the men's "Grand Slam" members became three.

Fourth: China's Ma Long

The highest stability of the current national men's team players, the men's team captainship and fans jokingly referred to as the "Dragon Team". 2012 got the men's World Cup title, and then through the several years of training to make their own He has matured in his skills over the years.

After winning the men's singles final at the 2015 World Cup against his teammates, he awakened completely. It wasn't until after he won the men's singles title at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 that Malong became the only double-ring Grand Slam winner (winning each of the three major tournaments twice) in the history of world table tennis, and he's still active on the front lines of professional ping pong.

Women's Table Tennis Grand Slam Players:

1, Deng Yaping (China)

"Table Tennis Queen" Deng Yaping's career***won***2 Olympic Games Championships (1992, 1996), 3 World Championships Champion (1991, 1995, 1997) and 1 World Cup Champion (1996), becoming the first woman Grand Slam in table tennis history.

2. Wang Nan (China)

Wang Nan has won 8 titles in the "Triple Grand Slam": 1 Olympic Games (2000), 3 World Championships (1999, 2001, 2003), 4 World Cups (1997, 1998, 2003, 2007). 2007).

3, Zhang Yining (China)

Zhang Yining is the only "Double Slam" in the world's women's ping-pong world, and she defended her Olympic women's singles title in 2004 and 2008. "Zhang Yining also won two World Championships in 2005 and 2009, and four World Cup titles in 2001, 2002, 2004 and 2005.

4, Li Xiaoxia (China)

In 2008, Li Xiaoxia won her first World Cup title. 2012 London, Li Xiaoxia will be the Olympic champion in the bag. 2013 World Championships, Li Xiaoxia stood on the highest podium of the World Championships, becoming the fourth women's Grand Slam of the Chinese Table Tennis Team after Deng Yaping, Wang Nan, Zhang Yining.

Two Grand Slams have been added to the international table tennis scene. With the help of the Rio Olympics stage, Ding Ning and Ma Long have ascended to the throne of singles champion, and they have become the 9th and 10th members of the "Grand Slam Club" in the world of ping-pong, respectively.

5, Ding Ning (China)

May 15, 2011, Ding Ning in the 51st Rotterdam World Table Tennis Championships to win the world champion. 2016 August 11, Rio Olympics table tennis women's singles final, after 7 games of hard fighting, Ding Ning 4:3 beat Li Xiaoxia, the first Olympic women's singles champion, but also became the history of table tennis and a Grand Slam players.