Liu Shiwen – 刘诗雯 – women table tennis- Chinese table tennis player
Liu Shiwen (simplified Chinese: 刘诗雯; traditional Chinese: 劉詩雯; pinyin: Liú Shīwén; born 12 April 1991) is a Chinese table tennis player. She was the winner of 2009, 2012 and 2013 World Cup, 8 times winner of Pro Tour, winner of 2011, 2012 and 2013 Pro Tour Grand Final and the winner of Asian cup in 2010, 2012 and 2013. She held the ITTF No. 1 rank for 9 consecutive months from January to September 2010.
She has been consistently ranked #1 or #2 in ITTF Women’s World ranking from early 2012 to late 2015 (with no lower rank than 3rd)
Equipment:
Liu Shiwen currently uses a Butterfly Liu Shiwen FL blade with a black DHS Hurricane 3 Blue Sponge for her forehand and a red Butterfly SpinArt for her backhand.
Career records
Singles (as of November 9, 2010)
World Championships: SF (2009, 2011). Runner-up (2013, 2015).
World Cup appearances: 4. Record: Winner (2009, 2012, 2013, 2015).
Pro Tour Winner (12): Danish Open, China (Suzhou) Open, China (Tianjin) Open 2009; Kuwait Open 2010; Qatar Open 2011; Hungary Open, Korea Open 2012; Kuwait Open, Dubai Open 2013; Polish Open 2015; Qatar Open, Japan Open 2016.
Runner-up (14): English Open 2009; Qatar Open 2010; Sweden Open, Austra Open 2011, Slovenia Open, China (Shanghai) Open, China (Suzhou) Open 2012; Qatar Open, China (Suzhou) Open, Russian Open 2013; China (Chengdu) Open, Sweden Open 2014; Korea Open, China (Chengdu) Open 2016.
Pro Tour Grand Finals: Winner (3) London, England (2011), Hangzhou, China (2012), Dubai, UAE (2013).
Asian Games: Winner (2014).
Asian Championships: SF (2009, 2012). Winner (2013).
Asian Cup: 1st (2010, 2012, 2013, 2016); 2nd (2009, 2015).
World Junior Championships: Runner-up (2004).
Asian Junior Championships: SF (2004).
Women’s Doubles
World Championships: QF (2007, 2009). Runner-up (2013). Winner (2015).
Pro Tour Winner (16): Korea Open 2008; Danish Open, China (Tianjin) Open 2009; Qatar Open 2010; China (Shenzhen) Open 2011; Hungary Open, Korea Open 2012; China (Changchun) Open, Russian Open 2013; Kuwait Open, China (Chengdu) Open, Sweden Open 2014; China (Chengdu) Open 2015; Kuwait Open, Qatar Open, Korea Open 2016.
Runner-up (7): China (Nanjing) Open 2007; Qatar Open, China (Suzhou) Open 2009; Kuwait Open, China (Suzhou) Open 2010; Japan Open, China (Chengdu) Open 2016.
Pro Tour Grand Finals appearances: 1. Record: Winner (2009).
Asian Games: Runner-up (2010, 2014).
Asian Championships: Winner (2005).
World Junior Championships: Winner (2004).
Asian Junior Championships: Winner (2004).
Mixed Doubles
Asian Championships: SF (2009).
World Junior Championships: Winner (2004).
Team
Olympics: 1st (2016).
World Championships: 1st (2012, 2014, 2016); 2nd (2010).
World Team Cup: 1st (2009, 2010, 2013, 2015).
Asian Games: 1st (2010, 2014).
Asian Championships: 1st (2009, 2012, 2013, 2015); 3rd (2005).
World Junior Championships: 1st (2004).
Asian Junior Championships: 1st (2004).
source
English