Zeng Jian

Zeng Jian (Chinese: 曾尖, born 19 November 1996) is a Singaporean table tennis player. She won three Under-21 singles titles at the 2016 ITTF World Tour.^[3] She qualified and took part in the 2024 Summer Olympics at Paris.^[4]

Zeng Jian
Native name	曾尖
Nationality	Singaporean
Born	(1996-11-19) November 19, 1996 (age 28) Loudi, Hunan, China
Height	159 cm (5 ft 3 in)[1]
Table tennis career
Playing style	Right-handed shakehand grip
Highest ranking	17 (July 2017)[2]
Current ranking	51 (October 2024)
Club	Kinoshita Abyell Kanagawa
Medal record Women's Table Tennis Representing  Singapore Commonwealth Games 2022 Birmingham Team 2022 Birmingham Doubles 2022 Birmingham Singles 2022 Birmingham Mixed doubles Southeast Asian Games 2023 Cambodia Singles 2023 Cambodia Mixed doubles 2021 Vietnam Doubles 2021 Vietnam Mixed doubles 2021 Vietnam Team 2021 Vietnam Singles 2023 Cambodia Team

Zeng Jian
Chinese	曾尖
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zēng Jiān

In this Chinese name, the family name is Zeng.

Career

In late 2014, Zeng registered with the Singapore Table Tennis Association with hopes to acquire Singaporean nationality and play for the Singapore national team.^[5][3] She acquired Singaporean nationality in November 2019.^[6]

2022

Zeng took part in the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham. She won two golds in the women's team and doubles events. In the singles event, she was leading 3 sets and eventually losing to compatriot Feng Tianwei 3-4 in all-Singapore final to claim the silver. ^[7] She partnered Feng Tianwei to defeat the Australian duo Jee Minhyung and Jian Fang Lay 3-0 in the finals.^[8]

At the 2022 World Team Table Tennis Championships at Chengdu, she led the team of Zhou Jingyi, Wong Xinru, Goi Rui Xuan and Zhang Wanling to top Group 4 by defeating Iran, Luxembourg & South Korea. ^[9] The team qualifies to the knock-out rounds and won Czech Republic 3-1 in the Round of 16 to progress to the Quarter-Final to face 7th seed, Chinese Taipei. ^[10] Zeng secured two points by defeating world no. 35 Cheng I-ching and world no. 22 Chen Szu-yu but was not enough for the win as the team fell to Chinese Taipei 2-3. Throughout this tournament, she notched an impressive streak of eight wins in seven days. ^[11]

References

1. "ノジマＴリーグ 2019-2020シーズン 選手・スタッフ - ゼン ジャン（曾 尖）". T.League (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-12-11.
2. "Player profile - Zeng Jian". ITTF. Retrieved 2019-12-11.
3. Chen, May (2017-03-07). "Table tennis: STTA seeks Singapore passport for Zeng". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2019-12-11.
4. Lee, David (2024-07-28). "Singapore's Zeng Jian makes Olympic table tennis last 32; Izaac Quek, Zhou Jingyi out". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 2024-07-30.
5. Chua Siang Yee (2016-10-25). "Table tennis: Feng Tianwei cut from national squad in shock move by STTA". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2019-12-11.
6. "ITTF Eligibility Registration". ITTF. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
7. "Feng Tianwei beats Zeng Jian in all-Singapore women's singles final at Commonwealth Games". 2022-08-07.
8. "Singapore's Feng Tianwei and Zeng Jian win table tennis doubles gold at Commonwealth Games". 2022-08-08.
9. "Table tennis: Singapore women reach World Championships' knock-out rounds". 2022-10-04.
10. "Table tennis: Singapore women beat Czechs to make quarter-finals of World C'ships". 2022-10-05.
11. "Table tennis: Singapore knocked out of world team c'ships q-finals by Chinese Taipei". 2022-10-06.