Zhang Jike is a Chinese

People's Republic of China

China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

 table tennis

Table tennis

Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...

 player.

Zhang Jike is the reigning World Champion and World Cup winner in singles. Should he win the Olympic gold medal in singles, he will be the fourth male player in the history of table tennis to achieve a career grand slam.

Equipment

Zhang Jike currently uses a Butterfly Viscaria FL blade with a black DHS Neo Hurricane III National Version (Blue Sponge) for his forehand and a red Butterfly Tenergy 64 for his backhand.

Butterfly introduced a new blade for Zhang, named Zhang Jike FL/CS (about 100 €) which is shown on a Chinese table tennis magazine. Though the blade is designed for Zhang, he has not used the blade so far.

Career records

Singles (as of November 13, 2011)

• World Championships
  World Table Tennis Championships
  The World Table Tennis Championships are held since 1926, biennially since 1957. Seven events were included in the Championships. The World Team Table Tennis Championships, which include men's team and women's team events, were first their own competition in 2000. The Team Championships are held in...
  
  : winner (2011)
• Men's World Cup
  Table Tennis World Cup
  The Table Tennis World Cup has been held annually since 1980. There had been only men's singles until the inauguration of women's singles in 1996 and team competitions in 1990. The team competitions, the World Team Cup, were canceled until the relaunch in 2007, and now held in odd-numbered years...
  
  : winner (2011); runner-up (2010).
• Pro Tour
  ITTF Pro Tour
  The ITTF Pro Tour is a series of table tennis tournaments introduced by International Table Tennis Federation in 1996, in order to improve the quality of the sport. It includes 6 events: Men's and Women's Singles, Men's and Women's Doubles, and Men's and Women's Singles Under 21...
  
   winner (2): China Open 2010; German Open 2011. Runner-up (3): Qatar Open 2010; China (Suzhou), Austrian Open 2011.
• Pro Tour Grand Finals
  ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals
  The ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals is an annual table tennis tournament sanctioned by International Table Tennis Federation at the end of the year. The tournament includes six events: men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles, U21 men's and women's singles...
  
   appearances: 1. Record: SF (2009).
• Asian Championships
  Asian Table Tennis Championships
  The Asian Table Tennis Championships is a biennial table tennis tournament regarded as continental championships by International Table Tennis Federation . From 1952 to 1972, the tournament was organized by the Table Tennis Federation of Asia...
  
  : runner-up (2009).
• Asian Cup
  Asian Cup Table Tennis Tournament
  The Asian Cup Table Tennis Tournament is an annual table tennis tournament held by Asian Table Tennis Union . The 1st edition of the Asian Cup was held in 1983, including singles events of both Men's and Women's.-Results:...
  
  : winner (2010).

Men's Doubles

• World Championships
  World Table Tennis Championships
  The World Table Tennis Championships are held since 1926, biennially since 1957. Seven events were included in the Championships. The World Team Table Tennis Championships, which include men's team and women's team events, were first their own competition in 2000. The Team Championships are held in...
  
  : semi-final (2009, 11).
• Pro Tour winner (6): Kuwait Open 2010; Slovenian, English, UAE, German, China (Suzhou) Open 2011.
  Runner-up (7): Kuwait, Qatar Open 2008; China (Suzhou) Open 2009; German Open 2010; Qatar, China (Shenzen), Austrian Open 2011.
• Asian Games
  Table tennis at the Asian Games
  Table tennis has been contested at the Asian Games since 1958 except the sports was excluded from the program in 1970, with singles and doubles events for both men and women.-Events:-Medal table:-Men's Singles:-Men's Doubles:-Men's Team:...
  
  : winner (2010).

Mixed Doubles

• World Championships: runner-up (2009).
• Asian Games: QF (2010).
• Asian Championships: runner-up (2009).

Team

• World Championships: winner (2010).
• World Team Cup
  Table Tennis World Cup
  The Table Tennis World Cup has been held annually since 1980. There had been only men's singles until the inauguration of women's singles in 1996 and team competitions in 1990. The team competitions, the World Team Cup, were canceled until the relaunch in 2007, and now held in odd-numbered years...
  
  : winner (2009, 10).
• Asian Games: winner (2010).
• Asian Championships: winner (2009).