Any serious table tennis player would be interested to know what his or her favorite world class player use while playing. The manufactures of table tennis products sponsor professionals, and they publish the equipment that their sponsored players use. The last few pages of the butterfly magazine has a list of all the players they sponsor in the United States and world wide. They publish this list on their website also.
The data that come from manufactures are sometimes inaccurate. This is not a manufacture’s mistake. The players switch sponsors very often, and they would like to stick with the equipment they have already used.
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Here is a list of equipments that professionals use. If you have any plan to buy equipment, talk to the distributor about the accuracy of this data. You can leave a comment after this blog if you find that any data seems to be inaccurate.
Timo Boll (GER)
Blade: Butterfly Timo Boll Spirit
FH: Butterfly Sriver L (Normal Sriver)
BH: Butterfly Sriver L
Chen Weixing (AUT)
Blade: Joola Chen Weixing
FH: Joola CWX Drum
BH: TSP Curl P1
Cheung Yuk (HK)
Blade: Custom BTY blade with Maze Passion handle
FH: Bryce
BH: Sriver FX
Chuan Chin-Yuan (TPE)
Blade: Butterfly Chuan Chin Yuan -or- Donic
FH: Sriver
BH: Sriver
Chen Qi (CHN)
Blade: Stiga Energy Wood
FH: DHS Hurricane III
BH: Butterfly Bryce
Gao Ning (SIN)
Blade: Stiga Clipper CR
FH: DHS Hurricane III
BH: Yasaka Xtend
Joo Se Hyuk (KOR)
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Blade: Butterfly Diode/ Joo Se Hyuk
FH: Butterfly Tackfire Drive
BH: TSP Curl P1-R
Ko Lai Chak (HK)
Blade: Stiga Clipper CR
FH: DHS Hurricane III
BH: Stiga Mendo Energy
Koji Matsushita (JPN)
Blade: Butterfly Koji Matsushita Special
FH: Butterfly Tackifire Drive
BH: Butterfly Feint Long III
Kong Linghui (CHN)
Blade: Butterfly Kong Linghui Special w/ carbon/arylate on FH only
FH: Globe 999
BH: Butterfly Bryce
Hao Shuai (CHN)
Blade: Avalox P700
FH: DHS Hurricane III
BH: Butterfly Sriver
Hao Yingchao (CHN)
Blade: DHS Hurricane Classic
FH: DHS G666
BH: TSP Spetcol
Peter Karlsson (SWE)
Blade: Stiga
FH: Stiga Mendo MP
BH:Stiga Mendo MP
KENTA Matsudaira (JPN)
Blade: Butterfly Timo Boll
FH: Sriver
BH: Sriver
KENJI Matsudaira (JPN)
Blade: Butterfly Sky 7
FH: Sriver
BH: Bryce
Petr Korbel (CZE)
Blade:Butterfly Peter Korbel
FH: Butterfly Sriver G2
BH Butterfly Sriver G2
Kalinikos Kreanga (GRE)
Blade:Butterfly Primorac Carbon w/Butterfly Legout handle
FH: Butterfly Bryce
BH: Butterfly Bryce
Lee Jung Woo (KOR)
Blade: Butterfly Cypress Max
FH: Sriver
Lee Jung Sam (KOR)
Blade: Yasaka Kan Yo Fiber Special
FH: H3
BH: Sriver EL
Li Ching (HK)
Blade: Stiga Clipper
FH: DHS Hurricane III
BH: Stiga Mendo Energy
Li Ping (CHN)
Blade: Donic Wosik Senso Carbon
FH: Donic Coppa JO Gold
BH: Donic Coppa JO Gold
Ma Lin (CHN)
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Blade: Yasaka Ma Lin Extra Offense
FH: DHS TG2
BH: Butterfly Bryce
Ma Long (CHN)
Blade: Nittaku Acoustic
FH: DHS Hurricane III
BH: Nittaku J.O. Waldner
Michael Maze (DEN)
Blade: Butterfly Michael Maze Straight
FH: Bryce Hard
BH: Sriver
Oh Sang Eun (KOR)
Blade: Butterfly Oh Sang Eun -or- Butterfly Petr Korbel
FH: Butterfly Bryce Hard
BH: Butterfly Bryce Hard
Dimitrij Ovtcharov (GER)
Blade:Donic Waldner Senso Carbon
FH: Donic Coppa
BH: Donic Coppa
Zoran Primorac (CRO)
Blade: Buttery Timo Boll Spirit / Primorac Carbon
FH: Butterfly Sriver
BH: Butterfly Sriver
Jean-Michel Saive (BLG)
Blade: Andro
FH: Andro Revolution C.O.R.
BH: Andro Revolution C.O.R.
Panagiotis Gionis (GRE)
Blade : BTY Korbel
FH : Tackifire Special
BH : Feint Long II 1.1 mm
Ryu Seung Min (KOR)
Blade: Xiom RSM Athena Platinum
FH: Xiom Omega III
Valdimir Samsonov (BLR)
Blade: Tibhar Samsonov Alpha
FH: Tibhar Rapid
BH: Tibhar Rapid
SEIYA Kishikawa (JPN)
Blade: Butterfly Timo Boll
FH: Sriver
BH: Sriver EL
TAKU Takukiwa (JPN)
Blade: Butterfly Timo Boll
FH: Sriver
BH: Sriver EL
Tang Peng (HK)
Blade: Stiga OC CR WRB
FH: Tackfire C
BH: Yasaka Original
Jan-Ove Waldner (SWE)
Blade: Donic Waldner Senso Carbon
FH: Donic Sonex
BH: Donic Sonex
Jörgen Persson (SWE)
Blade: Donic Persson Powercarbon
FH: Donic Coppa
BH: Donic Coppa
JUN Mizutani (JPN)
Blade: Butterfly Jun Mizutani ZL Carbon
FH: Bryce FX
BH: Tackifire C
Yoshida Kaii (JPN)
Blade: Butterfly Yoshida Kaii
FH: Bryce
BH: Bryce
Wang Hao (CHN)
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Blade: DHS Dipper Bladed
FH: DHS TG3 / Skyline 3
BH: Butterfly Sriver
Wang Liqin (CHN)
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Blade: DHS Hurricane King/ Stiga OC CR w/ DHS WLQ Handle
FH: DHS Hurricane II
BH: Nittaku Nodias
Werner Schlager (AUT)
Blade: Butterfly Schlager Carbon
FH: Butterfly Bryce
BH: Butterfly Bryces
{ 2 comments… read them below or add one }
Hey Varghese
Can you please update this list with new players. We are very interested in pips players and their stuff.
Cheers, Martin
Thanks for the feedback.
I will update the list soon. I may visit Europe or Singapore this year, so would be able to receive more information.