2009 World Table Tennis Championships

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2009 World Table Tennis Championships
DateApril 28May 5
Edition50th
Location Yokohama, Japan
Venue Yokohama Arena
Champions
Men's singles
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Hao
Women's singles
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Yining
Men's doubles
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Qi / Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Hao
Women's doubles
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guo Yue / Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Xiaoxia
Mixed doubles
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Ping / Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Cao Zhen
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The 2009 H.I.S. World Table Tennis Championships were held in Yokohama, Japan, from 28 April to 5 May 2009. The Chinese team dominated the competition, following their sweep of the gold medals in table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics. It was the tenth (and third consecutive) world table tennis championships at which China won all five available titles. [1]

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Fourth-ranked Timo Boll of Germany, a challenger for the men's singles title, was forced to withdraw from the tournament due to a back injury. After Boll's withdrawal, players from China held the top four seedings in both the men's and women's singles competitions.

The event took place during the 2009 swine flu pandemic, with the participants being affected by this. When a case of the strain was found in the body of a seventeen-year-old schoolboy in Yokohama, where the championships were taking place, the event's organisers implemented new measures to stop the flu spreading. [2] Thermographic exam cameras were installed at the player entrances of Yokohama Arena, with the intention of sending anyone with unusually high body temperatures for medical assistance. [2] The players were told to scrub their hands well for hygiene reasons and to avail of face masks and hand gels which had previously been used during outbreaks of severe acute respiratory syndrome and avian influenza. [2] Participants from Mexico, the most severely affected country taking part in the championships, were placed in quarantine and given thermometers to check their temperature regularly. [2]

China collected seventeen of the available twenty medals at the championships, to follow their four golds at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. After the championships had ended, the country's deputy sports minister, Cai Zhenhua questioned whether China's dominance in the sport would have a negative effect on its development. [3] He said: "From the point of view of the Chinese association, the coaches and the players, it is a great achievement. But personally I am anxious that it is dangerous for the development of this sport worldwide. The truth is we have failed again. Chinese players grabbing all titles in whatever tournament they participate in is definitely detrimental". [3] He advocated issuing invitations to non-Chinese nationals to train in the country and suggested Chinese coaches could be sent to other countries as "up to 70 percent of Chinese knowledge and tactics could be shared with others". [3]

Medal summary

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)55717
2Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong  (HKG)0011
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)0011
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea  (KOR)0011
Totals (4 entries)551020

Events

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's singles
details
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Hao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Liqin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Long
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Lin
Women's singles
details
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Yining Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guo Yue Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Shiwen
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Xiaoxia
Men's doubles
details
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Qi
 Flag placeholder.svg Wang Hao
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Long
 Flag placeholder.svg Xu Xin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Hao Shuai
 Flag placeholder.svg Zhang Jike
Flag of Japan.svg Seiya Kishikawa
 Flag placeholder.svg Jun Mizutani
Women's doubles
details
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guo Yue
 Flag placeholder.svg Li Xiaoxia
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Ning
 Flag placeholder.svg Guo Yan
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Jiang Huajun
 Flag placeholder.svg Tie Ya Na
Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Kyung-ah
 Flag placeholder.svg Park Mi-young
Mixed doubles
details
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Ping
 Flag placeholder.svg Cao Zhen
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Jike
 Flag placeholder.svg Mu Zi
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Chao
 Flag placeholder.svg Yao Yan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Hao Shuai
 Flag placeholder.svg Chang Chenchen

Venue

WTTC Center courts WTTC 2009 Finals.jpg
WTTC Center courts

Champions

All five finals featured Chinese players only. [4]

Men's singles

Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Hao

World number one Wang Hao beat Wang Liqin in the men's singles final, China's third consecutive men's singles title and fifteenth world championship title in that section. [4]

Women's singles

Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Yining

Olympic gold medallist Zhang Yining beat her fellow countrywoman, Liu Shiwen, to win one of the women's singles semi-finals, whilst Guo Yue, the defending champion, beat Li Xiaoxia in the other semi-final. [1] Zhang went on to beat Guo in the final, securing China's eighteenth women's singles title. [4]

Men's doubles

Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Qi / Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Hao

In the semi-finals of the men's doubles, Ma Long and Xu Xin beat Jun Mizutani and Seiya Kishikawa of Japan to play Chen Qi and men's singles winner, Hao, in the final match. [1] Chen and Hao won the title. [4]

Women's doubles

Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guo Yue / Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Xiaoxia

In the semi-finals of the women's doubles, Guo and Li beat Jiang Huajun and Tie Yana of Hong Kong and Ding Ning and Guo Yan won against South Korea's Kim Kyung-Ah and Park Mi-Young. [1]

Mixed doubles

Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Ping / Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Cao Zhen

The mixed doubles was won by Li Ping and Cao Zhen. [1]

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