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Zhang Jike

Chinese table tennis player who was the 4th player to achieve a grand slam title
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Zhang.

Zhang Jike (simplified Chinese: 张继科; traditional Chinese: 張繼科; born 16 February 1988 in Qingdao) is a Chinese table tennis player.[1] He became the world champion in 2011 and 2013. In 2012 he won the Olympic Games.[2] Zhang is the fourth man in history to win the Grand Slam.

Zhang Jike
Personal information
Nickname(s)Dao Zhendong= Black Dragon
Highest ranking
  • world champion (2011, 2013), Team champion (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
  • olympic champion (2012), vice-champion (2016), team-champion (2012, 2016)

Career

In 2006 Zhang Jike came into the National Team. After two years he become the Chinese Master in the Singles. His first World Championship that he played, was 2011 in Rotterdam. Zhang came into the final and beat Wang Hao with which he became World Champion in singles.[3] In the same year he won the World Cup, where his opponent was Wang Hao again. He is the third player in history after Jan-Ove Waldner and Jorgen Persson, who won these important titles in one year. In 2012 Zhang Jike was nominated for the Olympic Games in London. He competed in singles as well as team competitions, where he won gold in both. From June to December 2012 he was the number 1 in the world, because he won the Olympic Games in the singles.

In the final at the World Championships 2013 Zhang played against Wang Hao and defended his title after defeating him.[4] In 2014 he won the World Cup for second time. His final-opponent was Ma Long. At the WTTC 2015 he won bronze in the singles and gold in the doubles with Xu Xin. In the semifinals in the singles category he lost to Fang Bo. During this year he lost unusually often against non-Chinese players. Nevertheless, he was nominated for the Olympic Games 2016. Here he won the silver medal in singles and with the team the gold medal. At the Asian Cup in the same year he lost to Xu Xin the final at the singles category. In the Chinese Superleague 2016 he didn't play. In 2017 he had to stop because of a fever in the second round. At the World Championships he came to Round 32[5] only.

At the Asian Championships in the same year he came into the semifinals and won with the team the gold medal. At the China Open he lost at the Round of 32. And didn't play the year anymore. That's why in 2018 he was only ranked 78th, the lowest since 2008.

Results from the ITTF-database

AssociationYearCompetitionCountryCitySinglesDoublesTeamMixed
CHN2011World ChampionshipsNetherlandsRotterdamGold
CHN2011World CupFranceParisGold
CHN2012Olympic GamesEnglandLondonGoldGold
CHN2013World ChampionshipsFranceParisGold
CHN2010World ChampionshipsRussiaMoskauGold
CHN2012World ChampionshipsGermanyDortmundGold
CHN2007World ChampionshipsCroatiaZagrebR 64
CHN2010World CupGermanyMagdeburgSilver
CHN2014World ChampionshipsJapanTokioGold
CHN2014World CupGermanyDüsseldorfGold
CHN2015World ChampionshipsChinaSuzhouBronzeGold
CHN2015World Team CupArabiaDubaiGold
CHN2015World Tour Grand FinalsPortugalLissabonBronze
CHN2016World ChampionshipsMalaysiaKuala LumpurGold
CHN2016Olympic GamesBrasiliaRio de JaneiroSilverGold
CHN2017World ChampionshipsGermanyDüsseldorfR 32
CHN2017Asian ChampionshipsChinaWuxiBronzeGold
CHN2015Asian ChampionshipsThailandPattayaR 16Gold
CHN2011Asian ChampionshipsMacauMacauSilverGold
CHN2013Pro Tour Qatar OpenQatarDohaGoldGoldGoldGold

Awards

World Championships

  • 2011, 2013 Winner Singles
  • 2015 Bronze Singles
  • 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016 Winner Team
  • 2015 Winner Doubles

Olympic Games

  • 2012, 2016 Winner Team
  • 2012 Winner Singles
  • 2016 Silver Singles

World Cup

  • 2010 Silver Singles
  • 2011, 2014 Gold Singles
  • 2015, 2018 Winner Team

Asian Championships

  • 2009, 2011 Silver Singles
  • 2017 Bronze Singles
  • 2017 Gold Team

References

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