Zhang Jike

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Zhang.

Zhang Jike (simplified Chinese: 张继科; traditional Chinese: 張繼科; born 16 February 1988 in Qingdao) is a Chinese table tennis player. He became the world champion in 2011 and 2013. In 2012 he won the Olympic Games. Zhang is the fourth man in history to win the Grand Slam.

Zhang Jike
Personal information
Nickname(s)	Dao Zhendong= Black Dragon
Highest ranking	world champion (2011, 2013), Team champion (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016) olympic champion (2012), vice-champion (2016), team-champion (2012, 2016)

Career

In 2006 Zhang Jike came into the National Team. After two years he become the Chinese Master in the Singles. His first World Championship that he played, was 2011 in Rotterdam. Zhang came into the final and beat Wang Hao with which he became World Champion in singles. In the same year he won the World Cup, where his opponent was Wang Hao again. He is the third player in history after Jan-Ove Waldner and Jorgen Persson, who won these important titles in one year. In 2012 Zhang Jike was nominated for the Olympic Games in London. He competed in singles as well as team competitions, where he won gold in both. From June to December 2012 he was the number 1 in the world, because he won the Olympic Games in the singles.

In the final at the World Championships 2013 Zhang played against Wang Hao and defended his title after defeating him. In 2014 he won the World Cup for second time. His final-opponent was Ma Long. At the WTTC 2015 he won bronze in the singles and gold in the doubles with Xu Xin. In the semifinals in the singles category he lost to Fang Bo. During this year he lost unusually often against non-Chinese players. Nevertheless, he was nominated for the Olympic Games 2016. Here he won the silver medal in singles and with the team the gold medal. At the Asian Cup in the same year he lost to Xu Xin the final at the singles category. In the Chinese Superleague 2016 he didn't play. In 2017 he had to stop because of a fever in the second round. At the World Championships he came to Round 32 only.

At the Asian Championships in the same year he came into the semifinals and won with the team the gold medal. At the China Open he lost at the Round of 32. And didn't play the year anymore. That's why in 2018 he was only ranked 78th, the lowest since 2008.

Results from the ITTF-database

Association	Year	Competition	Country	City	Singles	Doubles	Team	Mixed
CHN	2011	World Championships	Netherlands	Rotterdam	Gold
CHN	2011	World Cup	France	Paris	Gold
CHN	2012	Olympic Games	England	London	Gold		Gold
CHN	2013	World Championships	France	Paris	Gold
CHN	2010	World Championships	Russia	Moskau			Gold
CHN	2012	World Championships	Germany	Dortmund			Gold
CHN	2007	World Championships	Croatia	Zagreb				R 64
CHN	2010	World Cup	Germany	Magdeburg	Silver
CHN	2014	World Championships	Japan	Tokio			Gold
CHN	2014	World Cup	Germany	Düsseldorf	Gold
CHN	2015	World Championships	China	Suzhou	Bronze	Gold
CHN	2015	World Team Cup	Arabia	Dubai			Gold
CHN	2015	World Tour Grand Finals	Portugal	Lissabon	Bronze
CHN	2016	World Championships	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur			Gold
CHN	2016	Olympic Games	Brasilia	Rio de Janeiro	Silver		Gold
CHN	2017	World Championships	Germany	Düsseldorf	R 32
CHN	2017	Asian Championships	China	Wuxi	Bronze		Gold
CHN	2015	Asian Championships	Thailand	Pattaya	R 16		Gold
CHN	2011	Asian Championships	Macau	Macau	Silver		Gold
CHN	2013	Pro Tour Qatar Open	Qatar	Doha	Gold	Gold	Gold	Gold

Awards

World Championships

• 2011, 2013 Winner Singles
• 2015 Bronze Singles
• 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016 Winner Team
• 2015 Winner Doubles

Olympic Games

• 2012, 2016 Winner Team
• 2012 Winner Singles
• 2016 Silver Singles

World Cup

• 2010 Silver Singles
• 2011, 2014 Gold Singles
• 2015, 2018 Winner Team

Asian Championships

• 2009, 2011 Silver Singles
• 2017 Bronze Singles
• 2017 Gold Team