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With the conclusion of the 2025 WTT Doha Star Challenge, the world rankings for the third week of 2025 have been released. Following the withdrawal of players such as Ma Long, Fan Zhendong, and Chen Meng from the world rankings, several young players from the national table tennis team have seen significant changes in their rankings.
This week's world rankings include the newly added points from the 2025 Doha Star Challenge, while the points from the 2024 Doha Star Challenge are no longer valid.
In the men's singles rankings, Wang Chuqin has a world ranking score of 7367 points, maintaining his position at the top of the world for 43 consecutive weeks. However, his points have decreased by 308 compared to the previous period, leaving him with a lead of less than 1000 points over the second-place player.
Lin Shidong remains ranked second in the world with 6375 points but faces stiff competition from Japanese player Tomokazu Harimoto, who is closing in on him.
After winning the WTT Doha station championship, Tomokazu Harimoto's points increased by 320, bringing his total to 4725 points. He continues to hold the third position in the world rankings, leading the fourth place by more than 500 points.
F. Lebrun has 4212 points and is ranked fourth in the world, while Liang Jingkun is ranked fifth, but only leads the sixth place by 5 points, making the top five positions precarious.
The players ranked sixth to tenth in the world are Hugo (Brazil), Moregad (Sweden), Franziska (Germany), Lin Gaoyuan (China), and Qiu Dang (Germany).
The players ranked eleventh to fifteenth are Jorgic (Slovenia), Lin Yunsu (Chinese Taipei), Jang Woojin (Korea), A. Lebrun (France), and Duda (Germany).
A total of 12 Chinese table tennis players have entered the top 100 in the world. In addition to the four aforementioned players, there are also Xiang Peng (world No. 23), Zhou Qihao (world No. 37), Wen Ruibo (world No. 52), Xue Fei (world No. 53), Chen Yuanyu (world No. 54), Zeng Beixun (world No. 69), Huang Youzheng (world No. 73), Xu Yingbin (world No. 80).
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In the women's singles rankings, after deducting 250 points, Sun Yingsha's world ranking score is 9650 points, leaving her with an advantage of only 950 points over the second place. This marks the 136th week that Sun Yingsha has been ranked first in the world, nearing the record set by Chen Meng.
Wang Manyu has a world ranking score of 8700 points, leading the third-place Wang Yidi by 2695 points, and continues to rank second in the world.
Wang Yidi and Chen Xingtong are ranked third and fourth in the world, respectively, with the national table tennis team still occupying the top four positions.
The players ranked fifth to tenth in the world are Hina Hayata (Japan), Mima Ito (Japan), Saki Shibata (Japan), Cheng I-Ching (Chinese Taipei), Shin Yubin (Korea), and Mima Ito (Japan).
The players ranked eleventh to sixteenth in the world are Qian Tianyi (China), Miyu Hirano (Japan), Szocs (Romania), Polcanova (Austria), Díaz (Puerto Rico), and Ji Na Jeon (Korea).
Among the top 100 players in the world, a total of 17 Chinese players have been selected. In addition to the aforementioned five players, there are also Kuai Man (world No. 18), Chen Yi (world No. 29), He Zhuojia (world No. 31), Shi Xunyao (world No. 37), Fan Siki (world No. 39), Wang Xiaotong (world No. 55), Tan Yuxuan (world No. 65), Ding Yijie (world No. 69), Zhong Geman (world No. 78), Yang Yiyun (world No. 82), Han Feier (world No. 93), Liu Weishan (world No. 98).
This issue is particularly noteworthy for the national table tennis team, as young player Kuai Man won the women's singles championship at the WTT Star Challenge in Doha, re-entering the top 20 in the world. Young player Chen Yi also rose by 10 places, reaching the top 30 in the world.
The specific ranking situation has been organized into pictures by the editor, which you can directly collect along with this article and the following pictures:
In the new season of 2025, we look forward to the young players of the national table tennis team taking up the mantle and filling the ranking gaps left by the retirements of Ma Long, Fan Zhendong, and Chen Meng. Go for it!
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