Jang Woo-jin explained

Jang Woo-jin
Birth Date:1995 9, df=yes
Birth Place:Sokcho, South Korea[1]
Height:172 cm
Playingstyle:Right-handed, shakehand attacking
Highest Rank:8 (4 July 2023)[2]
Current Rank:13 (12 August 2024)
Club:Korea Armed Forces Athletic Corps (KTTL)

Jang Woo-jin (born 10 September 1995) is a South Korean table tennis player.[3]

Career

Junior

Jang started playing international matches from the South Korean cadet boys' team in 2009 – Bahrain Junior Open held in Manama, Bahrain.[4] He won boys' singles title at the 2013 World Junior Table Tennis Championships.

2018

He won the gold medal in 2018 Korea Open held at Daejeon, South Korea without even having been a seeded player at the start of the tournament.[5] He became the first-ever ITTF World Tour triple crown winner in this event as well by also winning gold medals in men's doubles and mixed doubles.[5]

2020

In 2020 ITTF Men's World Cup, he was seeded at 12 and managed to reach up to semi-finals.[6] Within a week from this world cup, in 2020 ITTF Finals, he was seeded at 14 and managed to reach semi-finals again.[7]

2021

Jang Woojin represented South Korea at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after qualifying by virtue of being the highest ranked Korean player.[8] In March, Jang played in the WTT Star Contender event at WTT Doha, but he suffered a disappointing round of 32 exit to Ruwen Filus.[9]

Jang lost 4–3 to Hugo Calderano in the round of 16 in the men's singles event in the Tokyo Olympics.[10]

Singles titles

YearTournamentFinal opponentScoreRef
2016ITTF World Tour, Belarus Open Grigory Vlasov4–3[11]
2018ITTF World Tour Platinum, Korea Open Liang Jingkun4–0[12]
2022WTT Feeder Otocec Xiang Peng4–3[13]
WTT Contender Muscat Liang Yanning4–3[14]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: JANG WO JIN. ko. KTTL. 3 March 2023.
  2. Web site: https://results.ittf.link/index.php?option=com_fabrik&view=list&listid=45&Itemid=276&resetfilters=1&vw_rank_seniors___PID[value[]=114936&abc=114936 Ranking History]. results.ittf.link. 11 July 2023.
  3. Web site: JANG WOO Jin | Victas Advisory Staff. 22 November 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201122113103/https://www.victas.com/en_gb/about/advisory/jangwoojin. 22 November 2020.
  4. Web site: https://results.ittf.link/index.php?option=com_fabrik&view=list&listid=47&Itemid=158&fab_matches___player_a_id[value=114936&fab_matches___player_a_id[join]=OR&fab_matches___player_b_id[value]=114936&fab_matches___player_b_id[join]=OR&fab_matches___player_x_id[value]=114936&fab_matches___player_x_id[join]=OR&fab_matches___player_y_id[value]=114936&fab_matches___player_y_id[join]=OR&resetfilters=1 Player matches]. 22 November 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201122112634/https://results.ittf.link/index.php?option=com_fabrik&view=list&listid=47&Itemid=158&fab_matches___player_a_id%5Bvalue%5D=114936&fab_matches___player_a_id%5Bjoin%5D=OR&fab_matches___player_b_id%5Bvalue%5D=114936&fab_matches___player_b_id%5Bjoin%5D=OR&fab_matches___player_x_id%5Bvalue%5D=114936&fab_matches___player_x_id%5Bjoin%5D=OR&fab_matches___player_y_id%5Bvalue%5D=114936&fab_matches___player_y_id%5Bjoin%5D=OR&resetfilters=1. 22 November 2020.
  5. Web site: Another fairy tale on the horizon for Jang Woojin?. 26 June 2019. 22 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20190627140013/https://www.ittf.com/2019/06/26/another-fairy-tale-horizon-jang-woojin/. 27 June 2019.
  6. Web site: Dishang 2020 ITTF Men's World Cup: Final Day. 15 November 2020. 22 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201121144052/https://www.ittf.com/2020/11/15/dishang-2020-ittf-mens-world-cup-final-day/. 21 November 2020.
  7. Web site: Bank of Communications 2020 ITTF Finals: Day Three. ittf.com. 21 November 2020. 20 September 2022.
  8. Web site: 4 February 2021. Korean Olympic Trials Day 4: Lee Sangsu Qualifies for 2021 Tokyo Olympics – Edges and Nets. 21 February 2021. edgesandnets.com. en-US. 2 March 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210302092028/https://edgesandnets.com/2021/02/04/korean-olympic-trials-day-4-lee-sangsu-qualifies-for-2020-tokyo-olympics/. dead.
  9. Web site: 10 March 2021. Top 6 Storylines Following Round of 32 At WTT Star Contender. 10 March 2021. edgesandnets.com. en-US. 10 March 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210310113936/https://edgesandnets.com/2021/03/09/top-6-storylines-following-round-of-32-at-wtt-star-contender/. dead.
  10. Web site: 27 July 2021. Hugo Calderano Defeats Jang Woojin 4–3 – Edges and Nets. 28 July 2021. edgesandnets.com. en-US.
  11. Web site: Players matches. ittf.com. 20 September 2022.
  12. Web site: Review Final Day: Jang Woojin makes World Tour history in Daejeon as tournament closes in style. ittf.com. 22 July 2018. 20 September 2022.
  13. Web site: WTT Feeder Otocec 2022. worldtabletennis.com. 22 October 2022.
  14. Web site: WTT Contender Muscat 2022. worldtabletennis.com. 20 September 2022.

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