Editing Table tennis (section)

== Notable players ==
{{Main list|List of table tennis players}}
[[File:Ito Mima crying WTTC2016 1.jpeg|thumb|In Japan, table tennis stars like [[Ai Fukuhara]], [[Mima Ito]], and [[Kasumi Ishikawa]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.news-postseven.com/archives/20160820_440178.html/2|title=福原愛、石川佳純ほかメダル取った卓球選手のCM契約料は？|date=20 August 2016|access-date=17 February 2020|language=ja|website=News Post Seven}}</ref> are consistently ranked among the country's most marketable athletes.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://i.imgur.com/SP6b6rB.jpg|title=最新アスリートCMギャラランキング|language=ja|magazine=[[Friday (magazine)|Friday]]|date=13 January 2017|page=63|access-date=17 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://smart-flash.jp/sports/68316/2|title=女性アスリート「CMギャラ」大坂なおみ1億円超の圧勝度|date=27 April 2019|language=ja|magazine=Flash|access-date=17 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Flash|url=https://smart-flash.jp/showbiz/68450/2|date=29 April 2019|access-date=17 February 2020|title=引退アスリート「CMギャラ」元稀勢の里が1200万円で急上昇|language=ja}}</ref>]]

An official [[ITTF Hall of Fame|hall of fame]] exists at the ITTF Museum.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://old.ittf.com/museum/HoF/Hof.pdf |title=ITTF Hall of Fame |work=www.ittf.com |publisher=ITTF |access-date=28 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227062529/http://old.ittf.com/museum/HoF/Hof.pdf |archive-date=27 February 2017}}</ref> A ''Grand Slam'' is earned by a player who wins singles crowns at the [[Table tennis at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]], [[World Table Tennis Championships|World Championships]], and [[Table Tennis World Cup|World Cup]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://old.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story2.asp?ID=5062 |title=Liu Guoliang needs to prove he is good as coach |author=Cao Jianjie |date=13 December 2003 |publisher=ITTF |access-date=27 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818215551/http://old.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story2.asp?ID=5062 |archive-date=18 August 2017}}</ref> [[Jan-Ove Waldner]] of Sweden first completed the grand slam at 1992 Olympic Games. [[Deng Yaping]] of China is the first female recorded at the inaugural Women's World Cup in 1996. The following table presents an exhaustive list of all players to have completed a grand slam.

{| class="wikitable"
|+Overview of grand slam table tennis players
|-
!scope="col" rowspan=2| Name
!scope="col" rowspan=2| Gender
!scope="col" rowspan=2| Nationality
!scope="colgroup" colspan=3| Times won
|-
!scope="col"| [[Table tennis at the Summer Olympics|Olympics]]
!scope="col"| [[World Table Tennis Championships|World Championships]]
!scope="col"| [[Table Tennis World Cup|World Cup]]
|-
|scope="row"| [[Jan-Ove Waldner]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://old.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=7593 |title=Jan-Ove Waldner's results of tournaments |publisher=ITTF |access-date=27 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170111084118/http://www.old.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=7593 |archive-date=11 January 2017}}</ref>
| Male
| {{flagicon|SWE}}   [[Sweden]]
| 1 ([[Table tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992]])
| 2 ([[1989 World Table Tennis Championships|1989]], [[1997 World Table Tennis Championships|1997]])
| 1 (1990)
|-
|scope="row"| [[Deng Yaping]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://old.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=1610 |title=Deng Yaping's results of tournaments |publisher=ITTF |access-date=27 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161126002630/http://www.old.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=1610 |archive-date=26 November 2016}}</ref>
| Female
| {{flagicon|CHN}}   [[China]]
| 2 ([[Table tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992]], [[Table tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996]])
| 3 ([[1991 World Table Tennis Championships|1991]], [[1995 World Table Tennis Championships|1995]], [[1997 World Table Tennis Championships|1997]])
| 1 (1996)
|-
|scope="row"| [[Liu Guoliang]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://old.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=4282 |title=Liu Guoliang's results of tournaments |publisher=ITTF |access-date=27 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161126002728/http://www.old.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=4282 |archive-date=26 November 2016}}</ref>
| Male
| {{flagicon|CHN}}   [[China]]
| 1 ([[Table tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996]])
| 1 ([[1999 World Table Tennis Championships|1999]])
| 1 (1996)
|-
|scope="row"| [[Wang Nan (table tennis)|Wang Nan]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://old.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=7639 |title=Wang Nan's results of tournaments |publisher=ITTF |access-date=27 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161126003254/http://www.old.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=7639 |archive-date=26 November 2016}}</ref>
| Female
| {{flagicon|CHN}}   [[China]]
| 1 ([[Table tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000]])
| 3 ([[1999 World Table Tennis Championships|1999]], [[2001 World Table Tennis Championships|2001]], [[2003 World Table Tennis Championships|2003]])
| 4 (1997, 1998, 2003, 2007)
|-
|scope="row"| [[Kong Linghui]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://old.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=3751 |title=Kong Linghui's results of tournaments |publisher=ITTF |access-date=27 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161126002944/http://www.old.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=3751 |archive-date=26 November 2016}}</ref>
| Male
| {{flagicon|CHN}}   [[China]]
| 1 ([[Table tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000]])
| 1 ([[1995 World Table Tennis Championships|1995]])
| 1 (1995)
|-
|scope="row"| [[Zhang Yining]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://old.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=8057 |title=Zhang Yining's results of tournaments |publisher=ITTF |access-date=27 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161126003537/http://www.old.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=8057 |archive-date=26 November 2016}}</ref>
| Female
| {{flagicon|CHN}}   [[China]]
| 2 ([[Table tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004]], [[Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008]])
| 2 ([[2005 World Table Tennis Championships|2005]], [[2009 World Table Tennis Championships|2009]])
| 4 (2001, 2002, 2004, 2005)
|-
|scope="row"| [[Zhang Jike]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://old.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=8537 |title=Zhang Jike's results of tournaments |publisher=ITTF |access-date=27 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161126003222/http://www.old.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=8537 |archive-date=26 November 2016}}</ref>
| Male
| {{flagicon|CHN}}   [[China]]
| 1 ([[Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012]])
| 2 ([[2011 World Table Tennis Championships|2011]], [[2013 World Table Tennis Championships|2013]])
| 2 (2011, 2014)
|-
|scope="row"| [[Li Xiaoxia]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://old.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=4190 |title=Li Xiaoxia's results of tournaments |publisher=ITTF |access-date=27 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161126003350/http://www.old.ittf.com/ittf_stats/All_events3.asp?ID=4190 |archive-date=26 November 2016}}</ref>
| Female
| {{flagicon|CHN}}   [[China]]
| 1 ([[Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012]])
| 1 ([[2013 World Table Tennis Championships|2013]])
| 1 (2008)
|-
|scope="row"| [[Ding Ning]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://old.ittf.com/competitions/matches_per_player_all.asp?P_ID=102265 |title=Ding Ning's results of tournaments |publisher=ITTF |access-date=11 August 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161126002628/http://www.old.ittf.com/competitions/matches_per_player_all.asp?P_ID=102265 |archive-date=26 November 2016}}</ref>
| Female
| {{flagicon|CHN}}   [[China]]
| 1 ([[Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics|2016]])
| 3 ([[2011 World Table Tennis Championships|2011]], [[2015 World Table Tennis Championships|2015]], [[2017 World Table Tennis Championships|2017]])
| 2 (2011, 2014)
|-
|scope="row"| [[Ma Long]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ittf.com/2016/08/12/press-release-ma-long-completes-golden-grand-slam-rio-2016-gold/ |title=Press Release: Ma Long Completes Golden Grand Slam with Rio 2016 Gold |date=21 March 2017|publisher=ITTF |access-date=24 August 2024 }}</ref>
| Male
| {{flagicon|CHN}}   [[China]]
| 2 ([[Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics|2016]], [[Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics|2020]])
| 3 ([[2015 World Table Tennis Championships|2015]], [[2017 World Table Tennis Championships|2017]], [[2019 World Table Tennis Championships|2019]])
| 3 (2012, 2015, 2024)
|-
|scope="row"| [[Fan Zhendong]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3271014/fan-zhendong-chinas-table-tennis-star-looking-complete-grand-slam-olympic-gold |title=Fan Zhendong: China's persistent table tennis sensation completes grand slam in Paris |last1=Chan |first1=Mike |last2=Gorawara |first2=Ira |date=27 July 2024|publisher=[[South China Morning Post]] |access-date=24 August 2024 }}</ref>
| Male
| {{flagicon|CHN}}   [[China]]
| 1 ([[Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics|2024]])
| 2 ([[2021 World Table Tennis Championships|2021]], [[2023 World Table Tennis Championships|2023]])
| 4 (2016, 2018, 2019, 2020)
|}

[[Jean-Philippe Gatien]], [[Wang Hao (table tennis, born 1983)|Wang Hao]] and [[Sun Yingsha]] won both the World Championships and the World Cup, but lost in the gold medal matches at the Olympics. [[Ma Lin (table tennis)|Ma Lin]] and [[Chen Meng]] won both the Olympic gold and the World Cup, but lost in the finals of the World Championships. [[Jörgen Persson]] and [[Liu Shiwen]] also won the titles except the Olympic Games. Persson is one of the five table tennis players to have [[List of athletes with the most appearances at Olympic Games|competed at seven Olympic Games]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/statistics/participation|title=Participations by athlete|website=Olympedia|access-date=7 December 2021}}</ref> [[Zhang Yining]] and [[Ma Long]] are the only players to have completed the grand slam twice.