Women · CHN
Wang Manyu
World No. 1
- World ranking
- No. 1, 9,265 points
- Age
- 27 (born 9 February 1999)
- Birthplace
- Qiqihar, Heilongjiang, China
- Height
- 176 cm
- Plays
- Right-handed, Shakehand
Overview
Withdrew injured from WTT Champions Frankfurt in November 2026.
Latest results
| Date | Event | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Oct 2026 | WTT Champions Montpellier 2026Women's singles, Last 16 | Chen Yi | L 0-311-13, 8-11, 9-11 |
| 28 Oct 2026 | WTT Champions Montpellier 2026Women's singles, Last 32 | Hana Goda | W 3-011-9, 11-9, 11-9 |
| 11 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Women's singles, Final | Hitomi Sato | W 4-011-2, 11-8, 11-3, 11-9 |
| 10 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Women's singles, Semi-final | Miwa Harimoto | W 4-111-8, 11-7, 7-11, 11-5, 11-8 |
| 10 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Women's doubles, Final | Miwa Harimoto / Hina Hayata with Kuai Man | W 3-113-11, 11-2, 9-11, 11-7 |
Latest news
- Tomokazu Harimoto climbs to world No 2 behind Sora Matsushima as Satsuki Odo breaks into the women's top 10
- Mixed Team World Cup: Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha lead China squad as Chen Yi and Zhou Qihao earn places
- Where table tennis prize money goes, from Bergmann's Wembley to WTT
- Japan take half of the 2026 WTT Champions singles titles as China's men end the series without one
Honours
33 titles and gold medals on record, including Olympic Games, World Championships, World Team Championships.
All honours →News
- International
Tomokazu Harimoto climbs to world No 2 behind Sora Matsushima as Satsuki Odo breaks into the women's top 10
The first ranking after WTT Champions Frankfurt puts two Japanese men at the top, lifts Lin Yun-Ju back to fifth and Patrick Franziska to 11th, and leaves Wang Manyu's lead among the women untouched.
- International
Mixed Team World Cup: Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha lead China squad as Chen Yi and Zhou Qihao earn places
Four players go on singles ranking, two on doubles ranking and two on recent results for the home event in Chengdu, with Wen Ruibo, Wang Yidi and Chen Xingtong left out.
- Analysis
Where table tennis prize money goes, from Bergmann's Wembley to WTT
A first-round loser at a WTT event earns a far larger share of the champion's cheque than at Wimbledon. The catch is in where the money is placed on the calendar.
- International
Japan take half of the 2026 WTT Champions singles titles as China's men end the series without one
Miwa Harimoto beat a Chinese player in all three of her finals, and no Chinese man has reached a semi-final since Wen Ruibo's run in Chongqing in March.
- Analysis
How much do the top players play? Eleven counted every WTT match since June
Five of the 20 players in the two world top 10s are missing from WTT Champions Frankfurt. Eleven counted every WTT match the top 20 have played since June, and the busiest players on the tour are mostly not the ones who have been injured.
- Day 1 preview
WTT Champions Frankfurt day one preview: Wang Chuqin returns as Miwa Harimoto and Matsushima start
The world's top three men all play on Tuesday, and Miwa Harimoto, now the women's favourite, opens the tournament against Sofia Polcanova at 11am UK time.
- Equipment
World No 1 Wang Manyu signs advisory contract with Butterfly
The 2021 world champion, who plays with a Fan Zhendong ALC blade and Dignics 09C, joins the Japanese brand during a fortnight in which she lost early in Montpellier and withdrew from Frankfurt.
- International
Sun Yingsha pulls out of WTT Champions Frankfurt a day after winning in Montpellier
Poland's Natalia Bajor replaces the world No 2, leaving Miwa Harimoto as the highest-ranked woman in the draw after Wang Manyu also withdrew.
- Preview
WTT Champions Frankfurt preview: Wang Chuqin returns as Wang Manyu and Lin Shidong pull out
Jang Woojin and Patrick Franziska, Sunday's finalists in Montpellier, are both in the draw, and 10 German players have a home crowd behind them from Tuesday.
- Day 5 preview
WTT Champions Montpellier day five preview: Miwa Harimoto faces Kuai Man as Moregard meets Lin Shidong
Five Chinese women are in the last eight, and Truls Moregard is the only one of the top four men's seeds still in the draw.
- Day 4 review
WTT Champions Montpellier day four review: Chen Yi beats Wang Manyu as Zhou knocks out Félix Lebrun
Neither top seed is left after the last 16, and France have no one in the quarter-finals after Gauzy also lost from two games up.
- Day 4 preview
WTT Champions Montpellier day four preview: Wang Manyu meets Chen Yi as Félix Lebrun plays Zhou Qihao
Eleven last-16 matches decide the rest of the quarter-final line-up, with the top seed Wang Manyu facing the new Asian champion in the first match of the day.
- Analysis
Japan's choppers keep an old art alive as defence disappears from the men's game
Honoka Hashimoto won both her matches against China in this month's Asian team final by chopping. The style once produced world champions, and it has all but gone from the men's ranking.
- Day 2 review
WTT Champions Montpellier day two review: Gauzy knocks out Harimoto as Wang Manyu escapes
Alexis Lebrun and Flavien Coton both lost from two games up, and Kuai Man needed extra points in the decider to beat Wales's Anna Hursey.
- Day 2 preview
WTT Champions Montpellier day two preview: Wang Manyu, Alexis Lebrun and five French players in action
Thirteen more first-round matches are played on Wednesday, with the women's top seed facing the new African champion and Alexis Lebrun leading five French players into the arena.
Results
Recent matches
| Date | Event | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Oct 2026 | WTT Champions Montpellier 2026Women's singles, Last 16 | Chen Yi | L 0-311-13, 8-11, 9-11 |
| 28 Oct 2026 | WTT Champions Montpellier 2026Women's singles, Last 32 | Hana Goda | W 3-011-9, 11-9, 11-9 |
| 11 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Women's singles, Final | Hitomi Sato | W 4-011-2, 11-8, 11-3, 11-9 |
| 10 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Women's singles, Semi-final | Miwa Harimoto | W 4-111-8, 11-7, 7-11, 11-5, 11-8 |
| 10 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Women's doubles, Final | Miwa Harimoto / Hina Hayata with Kuai Man | W 3-113-11, 11-2, 9-11, 11-7 |
| 9 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Women's singles, Quarter-final | Shin Yubin | W 4-011-8, 11-7, 11-3, 11-9 |
| 9 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Women's doubles, Semi-final | Chen Yi / Li Yihui with Kuai Man | W 3-111-4, 11-9, 7-11, 11-8 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Women's doubles, Quarter-final | Gao Yuxin / Xiang Junlin with Kuai Man | W 3-011-4, 11-8, 15-13 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Women's singles, Last 16 | Shi Xunyao | W 3-28-11, 11-7, 11-8, 14-16, 11-7 |
| 7 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Women's doubles, Last 16 | Yangzi Liu / Yuan Wan with Kuai Man | W 3-011-5, 12-10, 14-12 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Women's singles, Last 32 | Manika Batra | W 3-111-5, 9-11, 11-6, 11-5 |
| 4 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Women's singles, Last 64 | Amy Wang | W 3-011-3, 11-4, 11-8 |
| 16 Aug 2026 | Europe Smash - Sweden 2026Women's singles, Final | Wang Yidi | W 4-212-10, 11-3, 9-11, 12-10, 10-12, 11-5 |
| 16 Aug 2026 | Europe Smash - Sweden 2026Women's singles, Semi-final | Kuai Man | W 4-011-7, 11-4, 11-7, 11-8 |
| 15 Aug 2026 | Europe Smash - Sweden 2026Women's singles, Quarter-final | Peng Yu-han | W 4-112-14, 11-4, 11-6, 15-13, 11-6 |
| 14 Aug 2026 | Europe Smash - Sweden 2026Women's singles, Last 16 | Qin Yuxuan | W 3-011-7, 14-12, 11-9 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | Europe Smash - Sweden 2026Women's doubles, Quarter-final | Doo Hoi Kem / Ng Wing Lam with Kuai Man | L 2-34-11, 9-11, 11-4, 12-10, 5-11 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | Europe Smash - Sweden 2026Women's singles, Last 32 | Chien Tung-Chuan | W 3-011-5, 11-3, 11-8 |
| 12 Aug 2026 | Europe Smash - Sweden 2026Women's doubles, Last 16 | Tatiana Kukulkova / Syndrela Das with Kuai Man | W 3-011-7, 11-7, 11-6 |
| 11 Aug 2026 | Europe Smash - Sweden 2026Women's singles, Last 64 | Dina Meshref | W 3-011-4, 11-4, 11-4 |
Official results from World Table Tennis. Times are UK dates.
Season by season
| Year | Singles | Won-lost | Win % | Titles | Finals | Doubles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 36 | 29-7 | 81% | 3 | 6 | 9-1 |
| 2025 | 41 | 33-8 | 80% | 2 | 5 | 21-1 |
| 2024 | 45 | 38-7 | 84% | 3 | 7 | 18-5 |
| 2023 | 26 | 21-5 | 81% | 1 | 2 | 11-3 |
| 2022 | 22 | 19-3 | 86% | 2 | 3 | 13-1 |
| 2021 | 7 | 6-1 | 86% | 1 | 1 | 7-1 |
WTT and ITTF events from 2021, main draw and qualifying, walkovers left out. Team-event matches are listed under recent matches but not counted here.
Head to head
Singles against the players met most often.
- Sun Yingsha3-12
- Chen Xingtong9-3
- Miwa Harimoto8-1
- Wang Yidi6-2
- Chen Meng6-2
- Shin Yubin6-0
- Mima Ito6-0
- Adriana Diaz6-0
- Hina Hayata5-0
- Bernadette Szőcs5-0
Where the ranking points come from
9,265 points from 8 counted results (ITTF world ranking, week 46, 9 November 2026). A player's best results over 12 months count; each drops off a year after the event.
| Event | Result | Points | Drops off | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| China Smash 2026 | Winner | 2000 | Counts | 18 October 2027 |
| Europe Smash - Sweden 2026 | Winner | 2000 | Counts | 23 August 2027 |
| WTT Finals Hong Kong 2025 | Winner | 1500 | Counts | 14 December 2026 |
| Singapore Smash 2026 | Runner-up | 1400 | Counts | 8 March 2027 |
| ITTF Men’s & Women’s World Cup Macao 2026 | Runner-up | 1050 | Counts | 12 April 2027 |
| Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 | Winner | 500 | Counts | 11 October 2027 |
| World Team Championships London 2026 | Winner (team) | 417 | Counts | 17 May 2027 |
| ITTF Mixed Team World Cup Chengdu 2025 | Winner (team) | 398 | Counts | 7 December 2026 |
| ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup Haikou 2026 | Runner-up | 350 | Not counted | 15 February 2027 |
| WTT Champions Doha 2026 | Quarter-final | 300 | Not counted | 18 January 2027 |
| WTT Champions Montpellier 2026 | Last 16 | 140 | Not counted | 8 November 2027 |
| United States Smash 2026 | Last 32 | 100 | Not counted | 12 July 2027 |
| WTT Champions Chongqing 2026 | Last 32 | 15 | Not counted | 22 March 2027 |
From World Table Tennis's ranking records.
Honours
Honours
At the majors and Grand Smashes
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Titles | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Championships | W | Not held | QF | Not held | F | Not held | 1 |
| World Team Championships | Not held | W | Not held | W | Not held | W | 3 |
| World Cup | Not held | Not held | Not held | – | QF | F | 0 |
| WTT Finals | R16 | SF | – | W | W | – | 2 |
| Singapore Smash | Not held | F | SF | W | R16 | F | 1 |
| Saudi Smash | Not held | Not held | Not held | R32 | Not held | Not held | 0 |
| China Smash | Not held | Not held | Not held | F | W | W | 2 |
| United States Smash | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | R16 | R32 | 0 |
| Europe Smash | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | F | W | 1 |
W won, F final, SF semi-final, QF quarter-final, R16 last 16 and so on; Grp group stage, Q qualifying, – did not play or no record, Not held: no event that year. Singles, except the World Team Championships, which show the team's finish in years the player played or won a medal. Full results from 2021 from World Table Tennis's records; earlier years show medals only.
Olympic Games 2
- Gold 2024 Team
- Gold 2021 Team
World Championships 5
- Gold 2025 Doubles
- Silver 2025 Singles
- Gold 2021 Singles
- Gold 2021 Doubles
- Gold 2019 Doubles
World Team Championships 3
- Gold 2026 Team
- Gold 2024 Team
- Gold 2022 Team
World Cup 1
- Silver 2026 Singles
WTT Finals 2
- Winner 2025 Singles
- Winner 2024 Singles WTT Finals Fukuoka 2024
Grand Smash 13
- Winner 2026 China Smash singles China Smash 2026
- Winner 2026 China Smash doubles China Smash 2026
- Winner 2026 Europe Smash singles Europe Smash - Sweden 2026
- Winner 2026 United States Smash doubles United States Smash 2026
- Winner 2025 China Smash singles China Smash 2025
- Winner 2025 China Smash doubles China Smash 2025
- Winner 2025 Europe Smash doubles Europe Smash - Sweden 2025
- Winner 2025 Singapore Smash doubles Singapore Smash 2025
- Winner 2024 Saudi Smash doubles Saudi Smash 2024
- Winner 2024 Singapore Smash singles Singapore Smash 2024
- Winner 2024 Singapore Smash doubles Singapore Smash 2024
- Winner 2023 Singapore Smash doubles Singapore Smash 2023
- Winner 2022 Singapore Smash doubles Singapore Smash 2022
Continental and multi-sport 6
- Gold 2026 Asian Games singles
- Gold 2026 Asian Games doubles
- Gold 2026 Asian Games team
- Gold 2022 Singles WTT Champions European Summer Series 2022
- Gold 2022 Doubles WTT Star Contender European Summer Series 2022
- Gold 2018 Asian Games singles
WTT tour 3
- Winner 2024 WTT Champions Frankfurt singles WTT Champions Frankfurt 2024
- Winner 2023 WTT Champions Macao singles WTT Champions Macao 2023
- Winner 2022 WTT Macao singles WTT Macao
Results, rankings and playing details from World Table Tennis. Biography, clubs, equipment and championship medals from en.wikipedia.org, allabouttabletennis.com, en.wikipedia.org, checked 6 November 2026.