Chen Meng (; born 15 January 1994) is a Chinese

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player and the current World No. 2 in Women's Singles. She joined the provincial team when she was 9 and joined the national team when she was only 13 in 2007. She is the women's singles champion of the ITTF Women's World Cup in 2020, the ITTF World Tour Grand Finals in

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and

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and also at the inaugural WTT Singapore Smash. She is also the silver medalist of women's singles in the 2019 World Championships and a double gold medalist in the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Career

2011

Won 4 golds at the World Junior Table Tennis Championships in girls' singles, girls' doubles, mixed doubles and teams.

2020

After competitive table tennis resumed following the pandemic, Chen swept the world cup, ITTF pro tour finals, and 2020 All China National Championships.

2021

In May, Chen was selected to represent China in the women's singles and team event at the Tokyo Olympics. Chen won the first leg of the Chinese Olympic Scrimmage but lost to Wang Manyu in the finals of the second leg. Chen again lost to Wang in a closed-door scrimmage in June. In an interview in July, Chen revealed that she had been in close contact with Ma Lin and Li Xiaoxia regarding mental preparations for the Tokyo Olympics. Chen competed in the

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for the women's singles. Chen won her semi-final match against Yu Mengyu of Singapore 4–0 and her quarter-match against Doo Hoi Kem of Hong Kong 4–2 after trailing 2–0. She then won gold in the finals match against her compatriot

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, defeating her 4–2. After the match, Chen noted that both she and Sun were both very nervous but played okay, and that Chen's extra experience helped push her over the top. Chen along with

and Wang Manyu, competed in the women's teams final match on 5 August 2021 and scored a 3–0 victory over Japan to win the gold medal, continuing China's undefeated streak in the event. In August, Chen remarked that the level of play at the China National Games was harder than the Olympics. Chen won fourth place at the China National Games in September, but her bronze-medal-match opponent Liu Shiwen remarked that Chen was injured and playing far below her normal level.

Titles (senior level)

Singles

* ITTF World Tour Grand Finals –

* ITTF World Tour (15) – China open 2012, 2013, 2019,

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open 2012, 2017, 2020,

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2013, 2019, Japan open 2015, Australian open 2017,

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open 2017, 2020, Austrian open 2018,

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open 2019, Hungarian open 2019 *

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– singles gold medal *WTT Grand Smash – Singapore 2022

Doubles

*ITTF World Tour Grand Finals –

(with

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) *ITTF World Tour (13) – **with Zhu: Kuwait 2012, China 2012, 2013, 2016, Australian 2017 **with

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: China 2015, Japan 2019 **with

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2015 **with Wang Manyu:

2017, Australian 2019,

2019 **with Ding Ning: Korea 2018,

2019

Personal life

Chen Meng and actor

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are second cousins. Their paternal grandmothers are sisters.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chen, Meng Living people 1994 births Chinese female table tennis players Asian Games medalists in table tennis Table tennis players at the 2014 Asian Games Table tennis players at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for China Asian Games silver medalists for China Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Table tennis players from Qingdao World Table Tennis Championships medalists Olympic gold medalists for China Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in table tennis Table tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic table tennis players of China 21st-century Chinese women