| Table tennis – Men's doubles at the 2009 SEA Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Convention Hall, National University | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 8 – 15 December 2009 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 36 from 9 nations | ||||||||||||
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| Singles | men | women | |
| Doubles | men | women | mixed |
| Team | men | women | |
The men's doubles competition of the table tennis event at the 2009 SEA Games will be held from 8 to 15 December at the Convention Hall, National University of Laos in Vientiane, Laos. [1] [2]
A total of 36 athletes from nine nations competed in mixed doubles table tennis at the 2009 Southeast Asian Games:
Li Jiawei is a retired Chinese-born former Singaporean table tennis player, four-time Olympian and twice Olympic medalist. She trained in Beijing's famous Shichahai Sports School with Olympic medalist Zhang Yining. In 1995, she moved to Singapore and in the following year, she commenced her international career as a competitive table tennis player. She became a Singapore citizen at the age of 18 years under the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme.
Wang Hao is a retired Chinese table tennis player. He became the world champion in men's singles in Yokohama, Japan, in May 2009, defeating three-time World Champion Wang Liqin 4–0. His other notable accomplishments include being a three-time World Cup Champion in 2007, 2008 and 2010, a singles silver medalist at the 2004 Summer Olympics, 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics. In January 2010, he was replaced by Ma Long as the #1 rank on the official ITTF world rankings. He was previously ranked #1 on the official ITTF world rankings for 27 consecutive months, from October 2007 to December 2009. In April 2011, he was again the top ranked male player in the world. He is known to execute the Reverse Penhold Backhand (RPB) with exceptional skill.
Mouma Das is an Indian table tennis player. Born and brought up in Kolkata, West Bengal, she has represented India in international events since the early 2000s. Das has won multiple medals at the Commonwealth Games including a gold in the Women's Team Competition in 2018. She was awarded the Arjuna Award, India's second highest sporting honour in 2013 for her contributions to the sport.
Paul Andrew Drinkhall is a British table tennis player. He won the English Championship in 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2016 and 2017.
Feng Tianwei is a retired Singaporean table tennis player. Born in Harbin, China, she permanently moved to Singapore at the age of 20 under the former Foreign Sports Talent Scheme in March 2007 and commenced her international career in competitive table tennis the following month.
Wang Yuegu is a retired Chinese-born Singaporean table tennis player who was ranked among the top ten players in the world. Wang made her inaugural appearance as a Singaporean table tennis player on the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Pro Tour in June 2005 at the Volkswagen Korean Open in Suncheon, South Korea, where she and Sun Beibei took the silver medal in the women's doubles. On 24 September 2006, Wang achieved her first gold medal on the Pro Tour at the Japan Open in Yokohama. She repeated the feat against her compatriot Li Jiawei on 12 November at the ITTF Pro Tour German Open in Bayreuth. In June 2007, Wang helped Singapore sweep the women's team, women's doubles and mixed doubles gold trophies at the 17th Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships in Jaipur.
The New Laos National Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Vientiane, Laos that was built in 2009. It is used mostly for football matches. It hosted the opening and closing ceremonies for the 2009 Southeast Asian Games.
Jun Mizutani is a retired Japanese table tennis player. He became the youngest Japanese national champion at the age of 17. His consecutive singles titles at the national championships from 2007 to 2011 made him the first man to win the event five times in a row.
Table tennis events at the 2009 SEA Games took place in the Convention Hall, National University, Vientiane, Laos from 8 to 15 December 2009.
Daniela "Danni" Di Toro is an Australian wheelchair tennis and table tennis player. Di Toro was the 2010 French Open doubles champion and has also been the Masters double champion. In singles, Di Toro is the former world number one and two time masters finalist. In 2015, she moved to para-table tennis and represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics, where she was team captain with Kurt Fearnley. At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, her sixth Paralympics, she was the team captain and Opening Ceremony flag bearer with Ryley Batt.
Melissa Tapper is an Australian table tennis player. After competing at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, she represented Australia at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in elite non-Paralympic competition. In March 2016, she became the first Australian athlete to qualify for both the Summer Olympics and Summer Paralympics.
The mixed doubles competition of the table tennis event at the 2007 SEA Games was held from 7 to 8 December at the Klang Plaza in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand.
The women's doubles competition of the table tennis event at the 2007 SEA Games was held from 8 to 9 December at the Klang Plaza in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand.
The men's doubles competition of the table tennis event at the 2007 SEA Games was held from 8 to 9 December at the Klang Plaza in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand.
The women's team competition of the table tennis event at the 2009 SEA Games will be held from 8 to 10 December at the Convention Hall, National University of Laos in Vientiane, Laos.
The men's team competition of the table tennis event at the 2009 SEA Games will be held from 8 to 10 December at the Convention Hall, National University of Laos in Vientiane, Laos.
The mixed doubles competition of the table tennis event at the 2009 SEA Games will be held from 8 to 15 December at the Convention Hall, National University of Laos in Vientiane, Laos.
The women's doubles competition of the table tennis event at the 2009 SEA Games will be held from 8 to 15 December at the Convention Hall, National University of Laos in Vientiane, Laos.
The women's singles competition of the table tennis event at the 2009 SEA Games will be held from 8 to 15 December at the Convention Hall, National University of Laos in Vientiane, Laos.
The men's singles competition of the table tennis event at the 2009 SEA Games will be held from 8 to 15 December at the Convention Hall, National University of Laos in Vientiane, Laos.
