Ma Long

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ma Long
Occupation	Table Tennis Player
Date Of Birth	Oct 20, 1988(1988-10-20)
Age	36
Birthplace	Liaoning
Country	China
Horoscope	Libra

Ma Long Biography

Ma Long is one of the most popular and richest Table Tennis Player who was born on October 20, 1988 in Liaoning, China. Famous as the winner of numerous Asian Table Tennis Championships and International Table Tennis Federation World Tours, this Chinese professional ping pong player was ranked second in the world in his sport at the end of 2014.

He and Deng Yaping are both world-renowned Chinese table tennis players.

After winning both the Asian and World Junior Championships, Ma became the youngest world champion at 17 years old after he participated in the 2006 Bremen World Team Championship. Ma developed his foundations under the tutelage of Wang Hao and former Chinese National Team coach Ma Kai Xuan before studying under Qin Zhi Jian. Before turning 22, he had great success in singles, reaching the finals of 11 ITTF World Tour tournaments (winning 8). He won the Asian Cup and World Tour Grand Finals twice, and also made it to the final round of the Asian Championships two times (losing to Wang Hao in 2007 and winning in 2009). In addition, he played in the finals of the China National Games and All China Championships, losing both matches to Wang. Despite being the No. 1 player in the world for much of 2010–2012 stretch he was not chosen to represent China at the 2012 Olympics due to his temporary dip in ratings that happened after a 560-day win streak on the ITTF World Tour. In the first place, he suffered career setback by Japan’s Koki Niwa in six games at the Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament and then subsequently lost to Lee Sang-su at the 2012 Korea Open, 4–1. Players were selected based on the ITTF World Rankings. As a result, he was not given an opportunity to win an Olympic medal in singles at the time when he was widely accepted as the best table tennis player in the world.

Chinese National Team coach Liu Guoliang remarked that Ma had all the tools necessary to be the best, yet at major tournaments, he had so far lacked sufficient mental toughness to play to his full ability when under pressure. This was evident in his losses to Timo Boll and Vladimir Samsonov in the 2008 and 2009 World Cup semi-finals as well as his defeats to Wang Hao (4–1, 4–2, 4–2) in the semi-finals of three consecutive World Championships (2009, 2011, and 2013). Although he performed well on the ITTF World Tour and in domestic competitions, Ma never made it to the final of the World Championships in his first four attempts. This led to many believing he was inferior to compatriot Zhang Jike, who completed his Grand Slam in just over a year.

He was born and raised in Anshan City in China’s Liaoning Province.

Ma Long Net Worth

Ma Long is one of the richest Table Tennis Player from China. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ma Long 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In early 2007, he defeated number one ranked table tennis player Ma Lin at Kuwait’s Salwa Cup Open.

Although he was frequently rated the number one ping pong player in the world during the years 2010, 2011, and 2012, Long lost his chance to compete in the 2012 Olympics as a result of upsets in the International Table Tennis Federation professional tour.

Ma Long (Chinese: 马龙 ; simplified Chinese: 马龙 ; traditional Chinese: 馬龍 ; pinyin: Mǎ Lóng ; born 20 October 1988) is a Chinese table tennis player. The current Olympic and World Champion, he is ranked number 3 in the world (as of March 2020) by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). He has held the ranking of number 1 for a total of 64 months (and 34 consecutive months from March 2015), the most by any male player in the history of table tennis. Ma was born in Anshan, Liaoning, China. He won a record 5 straight ITTF World Tour tournaments in a row, including a streak of 35 sets, and a record total of 28 ITTF World Tour titles. Since 2014, he has been the captain of the Chinese National Table Tennis Men’s Team.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Ma Long height 5′ 9″ Ma weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Ma Long Dating?

According to our records, Ma Long married to Xia Lu (m. 2017). As of December 1, 2023, Ma Long’s is not dating anyone.

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As the current World Champion, he was slated to participate in the 2016 World Cup in Saarbrücken, Germany, but withdrew a month before the competition, citing exhaustion in addition to waist and knee pain. He did, however, play in the China Open in Chengdu, where his reasons for withdrawing from the World Cup were brought to light: he barely survived a seven-game semifinal with Zhang Jike and was crushed in a sweep by Fan Zhendong in the finals. This marked the first time since the 2008 China Open that Ma lost in four games on the ITTF World Tour, excluding a withdraw from the 2014 Qatar Open due to injury. In December, Ma participated in the ITTF World Tour Grand Finals in Doha, Qatar, his last international event of the year. Although he entered as the first seed, he received a scare in the round of 16 from host nation’s Li Ping, a former Chinese National Team member, going down 1–2. However, he won the next three games to take the match in six games, and beat both Wong Chun Ting and Jung Youngsik 4–0 to face Fan in the final for the second straight year. Just like the previous year, Ma clearly started better, winning the first three, before Fan won the next two, including three championship points, to stay in the match. But despite displaying wonderful resilience and brilliance under pressure, the 19-year-old could not extend the match to seven games. The Dragon closed the year by winning the 2016 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals, his record 5th title in the event, more than any other player. This accomplishment also marked his fifth consecutive major title won. However, that success did not carry over to domestic competitions. Despite his team, Shandong Weiqiao, being ranked No. 1 for much of the 2016 Chinese Super League, they were defeated 3–1 in the semi-finals by Bazhou and rising star Liang Jingkun, who beat Ma 3–1 to decide the match. For his accomplishments in 2016, Ma was named male athlete of the year at the China Central Television (CCTV) Sports Awards Gala in Beijing.

Facts & Trivia

Ma Ranked on the list of most popular Table Tennis Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in China. Ma Long celebrates birthday on October 20 of every year.

After a clean sweep victory in the Men’s Singles at the 2016 Rio Olympics, Ma Long became the fifth player to complete a career Grand Slam (winning the Olympics, World Championships, and World Cup), joining Jan-Ove Waldner and Liu Guoliang, Kong Linghui, and Zhang Jike. Additionally, he became the first male player (and second overall) in the world to have won every singles title in table tennis. These records have led many to consider him to be the greatest player of all time.

Is Ma Long the goat?

Ma Long has consolidated his dominance in table tennis by winning the men’s singles event at the last four major championships: Rio 2016 and the World Championships in 2015, 2017, and 2019. He is now considered the “G.O.A.T”, the greatest of all time.

What does Ma Long use?

Well, Ma Long uses national hurricane 3 blue sponge rubber , 40.5 to 41 DHS hardness scale, 2.15 mm thickness, used with the booster. Ma Long personal rubber is not available to the public.

What is Ma Long rating?

DateEventInitial Rating
2017-10-20| Men’s World Cup, Liege| 3211​ ±80
2017-06-20| World Tour, China Open, Chengdu (Men)| 3209​±66
2017-06-14| World Tour, Japan Open, Tokyo (Men)| 3183​±67
2017-05-29| World Table Tennis Championships, Dusseldorf (Men)| 3145​±70

Who is better Ma Long or Fan Zhendong?

Variation is the key I’d say these two are the top two strongest players: Fan Zhendong is technically superior to Ma Long because his forehand and backhand are perfectly balanced and powerful, and he has a 99 percent ideal posture, yet Ma Long is stronger on the forehand than the backhand.

Who is Ma Long wife?

Xia Lu