For table tennis players, the established rule is to "judge status by Grand Slam achievements." If you want to have a higher ranking in the history of table tennis, Grand Slam achievements are the entry-level requirement (significant contributions to tactical innovation and the globalization of table tennis should also count).
Currently, 11 Grand Slam players have been born. They are: Waldner, Deng Yaping, Liu Guoliang, Wang Nan, Kong Linghui, Zhang Yining, Zhang Jike, Li Xiaoxia, Ding Ning, Ma Long, Fan Zhendong.
From the current situation, the closest active national table tennis players to the Grand Slam are: Chen Meng, who is missing a World Championship singles title; Sun Yingsha, who is missing an Olympic singles title; and Wang Manyu, who is missing an Olympic singles title and a World Cup singles title. So, as of now, what is Sun Yingsha's real-time record in the three major competitions? Let's take a look together.
Olympic Games: 3 gold + 2 silver
Two-time Olympic women's team gold medalist: 2021 Tokyo / 2024 Paris
One-time Olympic mixed doubles gold medalist: 2024 Paris (with Wang Chuqin)
Two-time Olympic women's singles silver medalist: 2021 Tokyo / 2024 Paris
Sun Yingsha participated in the Olympics for the first time in her career at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, where she won both team and singles qualifications. In the singles competition, she lost to Chen Meng and won a silver medal; in the team competition, she teamed up with Chen Meng and Wang Manyu (replacing Liu Shiwen) to win the gold medal, which was Sun Yingsha's first Olympic gold medal.
At the Paris Olympics, Sun Yingsha won team and singles qualifications, adding a mixed doubles qualification. In the mixed doubles competition, she teamed up with Wang Chuqin to win the gold medal; in the women's singles event, she lost to Chen Meng again and won a silver medal; in the women's team event, she continued to team up with Chen Meng and Wang Manyu to win the gold medal.
Therefore, as of now, Sun Yingsha's record at the Olympic Games is: 3 gold medals + 2 silver medals, lacking the most important singles gold medal, which is also the focus of her preparations for the Los Angeles Olympic cycle.
World Table Tennis Championships: 7 championships + 1 runner-up + 1 third place
Two-time World Table Tennis Championships women's team champion: 2024 Busan, 2022 Chengdu
Two-time World Table Tennis Championships mixed doubles champion: 2023 Durban, 2021 Houston
Two-time World Table Tennis Championships women's doubles champion: 2019 Budapest, 2021 Houston
One-time World Table Tennis Championships women's doubles third place: 2023 Durban
One-time World Table Tennis Championships women's singles champion: 2023 Durban
One-time World Table Tennis Championships women's singles runner-up: 2021 Houston
In the 2019 World Table Tennis Championships individual event, Sun Yingsha teamed up with Wang Manyu to win the women's doubles championship.
In the 2021 Houston World Table Tennis Championships, Sun Yingsha lost to Wang Manyu in the women's singles final and won a runner-up; she teamed up with Wang Manyu to win the women's doubles championship, and teamed up with Wang Chuqin to win the mixed doubles championship.
In the 2022 Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships team event, Sun Yingsha and her teammates swept Japan 3-0 to win the championship.
In the 2023 Durban World Table Tennis Championships individual event, Sun Yingsha defeated Chen Meng in the singles arena to win the women's singles championship; she teamed up with Wang Chuqin to win the championship in the mixed doubles arena; in the women's doubles event, she lost in the semifinals and won the bronze medal with Wang Manyu.
In the 2024 Busan World Table Tennis Championships team event, the national table tennis women's team艰难地以3-2击败了日本队，孙颖莎和队友们一起夺冠。
World Cup: 4 championships 1 runner-up
One World Cup women's singles champion: 2024 Macau
One World Cup women's singles runner-up: 2020 Weihai
One World Cup women's team champion: 2019 Tokyo
Two World Cup mixed team champions: 2023/2024 Chengdu
In 2019, the Tokyo World Cup women's team, Sun Yingsha performed very well, working with her teammates to win the championship.
In the 2020 Weihai World Cup, Sun Yingsha lost to Chen Meng in the women's singles final and won a runner-up.
In 2024, after several years of silence, the World Cup finally resumed, and Sun Yingsha made a comeback from a 0-3 deficit to defeat Wang Manyu and win her first singles world championship in her career.
In addition, Sun Yingsha is also a two-time World Cup mixed team champion, but this competition is too mediocre. I don't know if it is the same as the traditional World Cup. Anyway, it feels a bit like a hybrid.
The above is Sun Yingsha's real-time record in the three major competitions of her career. Currently, she only lacks one Olympic singles gold medal to unlock the Grand Slam achievement!