- Ma Lin
Ma Lin (馬琳) (February 19, 1980)is a table tennis player born in the Shenyang, Liaoning Province of China. He is currently the world's number two (as of 2007) ranked player. He learned to play table tennis at the age of six and became a member of the provincial team in 1990. In 1994, he joined the Chinese national team. He is considered to have some of the best serves in the world.
- Wang Liqin
Wang Liqin (born June 18, 1978, Jiangsu, China) is a Chinese table tennis player. He is best known for his tournament play and is thought to have the best forehand drive in the world. He is currently ranked by the ITTF as number one in the world. He began playing at the age of 6 and was picked for the Chinese men's national squad in 1993 when he was only 15 years old.
- Wang Hao
Wang Hao (born December 15, 1983 in Changchun) is a Chinese table tennis player. He won the silver medal in men's singles at the 2004 Summer Olympics Games. He lost to Korean penhold player Ryu Seung Min. He is now the world's third highest ranked player.
- Timo Boll
Timo Boll is a German table tennis player. He started playing in Cangallo, where he won his first amateur tournament. In 2003, he was ranked number 1 in the world; as of January 1 2006, he is ranked number 2 and as of January 1 2007 he is ranked number 3. He is a left handed player whose best weapon is his forehand topspin drive but is also noted for his extremely quick backhand loop. He won the Champions' League with his club TTV Rebau Gönnern in the season of 2005/06.
- Wang Nan
Wang Nan is a world-class table tennis player from Liaoning, China. Wang remained as world #1 on the ITTF ranking system from 1999 to 2001. She is left-handed, and began playing table tennis when she was seven years old. Her particular skills are changing the placement of the ball during rallies and her loop drive, as well as her notable speed. Wang has been the leader of the Chinese women's table-tennis team of China after Deng Yaping's retirement.
- Zhang Yining
Zhang Yining ] is a Chinese table tennis player.
- Speed Glue
In table tennis speed glue is glue that is used to re-fix the rubber surfaces to the racket or paddle. Speed glue is usually applied around 30 minutes before a match starts. The use of speed glue has been found to increase the elasticity of the racket, which adds speed and spin to the ball. Speed glue works by its solvent vapours which make the porous cells of soft rubber expand.
- Guo Yue
Guo Yue is a Chinese table tennis player and the current women's world champion. She is left-handed/shakehand/attack player and comes from Anshan, Liaoning, China, the province where Wang Nan, Chang Chenchen and Li Jia (all left-handed players) come from. She is, although young in age, very brilliant. Her skills are very thorough and she is always consistent in games.She is the potential leading player in Chinese woman team.
- Ryu Seung-Min
Ryu Seung-Min (born August 5, 1982) is a Korean table tennis player who won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the men's singles competition. His opponent was Wang Hao, a top-seeded player from Chinese national team. Along the way, he defeated 1992 Olympic champion Jan-Ove Waldner. Ryu is currently ranked seventh in the world.
- Jan-Ove Waldner
Jan-Ove (JO) Waldner (nicknamed Lao Wa in China) is a Swedish table tennis player, born October 3, 1965. He is known as the Mozart of table tennis and is a legend in both his native Sweden as well as in China. Waldner's potential was recognized at an early age and was displayed in 1982 as a 17 year old when he reached the final of the European Championship, losing to teammate Mikael Appelgren.
- Chen Qi
Chen Qi (陈杞) (born April 15, 1984 in Nantong, Jiangsu) is a Chinese table tennis player. He won the gold medal in men's doubles at the 2004 Summer Olympics with Ma Lin. He also won the 2007 World Table Tennis Championship in men's doubles with Ma Lin. He is also a successful singles player, having been consistently ranked in the world's top 10 since 2004. Chen Qi is known as one of the few top-ranked Chinese players to play left-handed.
- Joo Se Hyuk
Joo Se Hyuk is a Korean table tennis player who has revolutionized the way players think about the defensive style. He is a member of the Korean National Team.
- Werner Schlager
Werner Schlager (born September 28 1972) is a successful and former world champion table tennis player from Austria. Schlager began playing table tennis when he was 6 years old, learning from his father and brother who were also top Austrian players, making them ideal training partners. After placing top in numerous singles and doubles tournaments, he won the 2003 Singles World Champonship held in Paris beating Korean Joo Se Hyuk in the finals to clinch the top spot.
- Jean-Michel Saive
Jean-Michel Saive (born November 17, 1969 in Liège, Belgium) is a Belgian professional table tennis player. Born in a table tennis playing family, Saive was predestined to become a very good table tennis player and began playing as a small boy. His father was the tenth ranking Belgian player and his mother won the Belgian ladies' doubles championships when she was pregnant with him.
- Li Ching
Li Ching (born 7 March 1975) is a table tennis player from Hong Kong, China. He is best known for the joint silver medal he won for Hong Kong at the Athens Olympic in 2004.
- Ai Fukuhara
is a Japanese table tennis player, born November 1, 1988 in the town of Sendai (Miyagi Prefecture). She uses short pimples on the backhand and reversed rubber on the forehand.
- Michael Maze
Michael Maze (born September 1,1981) is a male table tennis player from Fakse, Denmark. He normally plays both in the men's singles and in men's doubles. As of 2005, he is one of the top five left-handed players in the world. His strength is in his strong forehand loop and lobbing. He is considered to be one of the best if not the best defensive lobbers in the world right now. His strong forehand loop, his forehand pendulum serve, …
- Sharath Kamal
Achanta Sharath Kamal (born 12 July, 1982) is a professional table tennis player hailing from Tamilnadu, India. He won the men's singles gold in the 16th Commonwealth table tennis championship held at Kuala Lumpur in 2004. He also captained the Indian men's team that won the team title at the same championship by defeating favourites and nine-time champions England. He is a recipient of the Arjuna award for the year 2004.
- Ko Lai Chak
Ko Lai Chak (born 10 May 1976) is a table tennis player from Hong Kong, China. He won a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the men's doubles alongside Li Ching. At the 2006 Asian Games he won two medals, a gold in the men's doubles again alongside Li Ching; and a bronze in the men's singles tournament and the men's team competition.
- Yang Zi
Yang Zi (born 19 June 1985 in PR China) is a table tennis player representing Singapore. Yang Zi begin his table tennis in 2004 when he first participated in the ITTF Pro Tour. He has represented Singapore in many major events such as 15th Asian Games, 18th Commonwealth Games and 23rd SEA Games. As Singapore's second male table tennis player, this young paddler has won many awards in major events and has won Pro Tour titles.
- Tommy Haas
Thomas Mario Haas (born April 3, 1978) is a German tennis player. He is 187 cm tall and plays right-handed. He is currently ranked #10 in the world. He reached a career-high ranking of World No. 2 in May 2002. Haas is particularly well-known for his strong forehand.
- Zoran Primorac
Zoran Primorac is an accomplished male table tennis player from Croatia. Primorac was born in Zadar and started playing table tennis in the club STK "Bagat" in his home town. As a junior he won seven medals in European championships. In 1985 he moved to the Zagreb club "Vjesnik". At the 1987 World Championship in New Delhi he won the silver medal together with Ilija Lupulesku, and repeated the success by winning the silver at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.
- Zhang Rui
Zhang Rui (born 25 January 1979) is a table tennis player from Hong Kong, China who won a silver medals at the 2006 Asian Games in the doubles competition.
- Peter Karlsson
Peter Karlsson, is a table tennis player. He was 1991 World Champion in men's doubles (with Thomas von Scheele), and 2000 European Champion in men's singles.
- Andrzej Grubba
Andrzej Grubba (May 14, 1958 in Brzezno Wielkie - July 21, 2005 in Sopot) was a Polish table tennis player. Grubba was born in Brzezno Wielkie near Starogard Gdanski. He was the recipient of numerous medals for the world competition in table tennis as well as for the European competition. He was the best player in this field of sport in Polish history. Three times he was awarded bronze medals during the World Competition - in 1989 for single play, …
- David Zhuang
David Zhuang (born September 1, 1963) is a Chinese-born American table tennis player. David was born Sept. 1, 1963. He began playing table tennis competitively at age 11, and was a professional player at age 12. One of his schoolmates was Jiang Jialiang, the 1985 and 1987 World Table Tennis Champion. David moved to the United States in 1990, and became one of the top players in the country. Championships won by David Zhuang: *U.S. Men's Singles, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2000, …
- Jörgen Persson
Jörgen Persson is a Swedish table tennis player. In two memorable World Table Tennis Championship finals he faced fellow swede Jan-Ove Waldner in 1989 and 1991, losing the former and winning the latter.
- Li Jiawei
Li Jiawei (born 9 August 1981 in Beijing) is a Singaporean table tennis player who finished in fourth-place in the women's singles at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. In October 2005 she was ranked third in the ITTF world rankings, her highest individual ranking achieved, up from 8th position at the beginning of the year. Li also used to pair with Jing Jun Hong for doubles and they were once placed 8th in the world.
- Richard Bergmann
Richard Bergmann was an Austrian and British table tennis player. Winner of seven World Championships, including four Singles crowns, Bergmann was regarded as the greatest defensive player in table tennis history. In 1936 he won his first World title as a member of the Austrian Swaythling Cup (Men’s World Championship) Team. He won his first World Singles Championship one year later. and in doing so became the youngest player ever to win the title.
- Yoo Nam-Kyu
Yoo Nam-Kyu (born June 4, 1968) is a former male table tennis player from South Korea who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics, in the 1992 Summer Olympics, and in the 1996 Summer Olympics. In 1988 he won the gold medal in the men's singles and the bronze medal in the men's doubles together with Ahn Jae-Hyung. Four years later he won the bronze medal in the men's doubles together with Kim Taek-Soo.
- Ilija Lupulesku
Ilija Lupulesku (born October 30, 1967 in Uzdin) is a former Yugoslav and now American table tennis player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics, in the 1992 Summer Olympics, in the 1996 Summer Olympics, in the 2000 Summer Olympics, and in the 2004 Summer Olympics. In 1988 he won the silver medal in the men's doubles together with Zoran Primorac.
- Ronald Susilo
Ronald Susilo (born June 6, 1979 in Kediri, East Java, Indonesia) is a Singaporean badminton player. He started playing badminton at the age of 8 at the Perlita Jaya Club in Jakarta. He studied in Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) for his Secondary education under a scholarship. He speaks English, Indonesian, and Malay and he understands spoken Chinese. He joined the Singapore Badminton Association at the age of 19.
- Zhang Xueling
Zhang Xueling (born 7 May 1983, Beijing, People's Republic of China) is a Singaporean table tennis player. Zhang started playing table tennis at the age of 6 and made her first international appearance in 1999. She won four gold medals at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games, helping Singapore to sweep the women events as well as the mixed doubles. Zhang has defeated her higher-ranked fellow Singaporean, Li Jiawei, …
- Nicole Struse
Nicole Struse (born May 31, 1971 in Haan, North Rhine Westphalia) is a table tennis player from Germany, who won several national contests and reached round three with Elke Wosik in the Women's Doubles Competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She represented her native country at four consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992.
- He Zhi Wen
He Zhi Wen (b. May 31, 1962) is a Spanish male table tennis player. He is ranked 39 in the Stiga world rankings. Born in China, he now lives in Spain and plays for Caja Granada TT club.
- Stellan Bengtsson
Stellan Bengtsson (born July 26 1952) is a former Swedish table tennis player. He won, as first Swede, the singles at the World Championships 1971. He has won numerous medals at international level. Because of his world championship, Bengtsson earned the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal.
- Marty Reisman
Marty Reisman is an American champion table tennis player and author. He was the 1958 and 1960 U.S. Men’s Singles Champion and the 1997 U.S. Hardbat Champion. Reisman developed his table tennis skills as a hustler in New York in the 1940s, playing for bets and prizes. Notably at Lawrence's Table tennis emporium on Broadway and 54th Street.
- Zhuang Zedong
Zhuang Zedong. Chinese table tennis player, three-time world men's singles champion and champion at numerous other table tennis events, a well-known political personality during the tumult of the Cultural Revolution. His chance meeting with the US table tennis player, Glenn Cowan, during the 31st World Table Tennis Championship, later referred to as Ping Pong Diplomacy, was considered in China to have triggered the thawing of the ice in Sino-American relations since 1949.
- Yang Ying
Yang Ying (杨影) is a Chinese table tennis player, born 13 July 1977 in Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province. She played right-handed Chinese penhold style. Her main techniques used were forehand and backhand speed drives.
- Jing Jun Hong
Jing Jun Hong is a professional table tennis player for the Singapore national team. Born in Shanghai, she has represented Singapore in sporting events since the 1980s.