The latest standings for the men have just been released. It has 6 Chinese men in the top 10.
The world number 1 is Wang Hao. He is 24 and has won silver in the last 2 Olympic games. In the Athens 2004 Olympics he was beaten by South Korean, Ryu Seung Min. In the 2008 Olympic final, he was beaten by fellow Chinese player, Ma Lin. The Bronze was won by Wang Liqin, completing a clean sweep of the medals for China.
 
 
 
  Rank     Name Assoc.
  1 (<<) 12951.00 WANG Hao CHN
  2 (<<) 12913.25 MA Lin CHN
  3 (<<) 12751.75 MA Long CHN
  4 (<<) 12589.25 WANG Liqin CHN
  5 (<<) 12526.50 SAMSONOV Vladimir BLR
  6 (7) 12483.00 BOLL Timo GER
  7 (6) 12462.00 CHEN Qi CHN
  8 (<<) 12255.50 RYU Seung Min KOR
  9 (<<) 12223.50 JOO Se Hyuk KOR
  10 (20) 12210.00 HAO Shuai CHN

 

The highest ranked British player is Englishman Paul Drinkhall. The 18 year old is currently ranked 160th. He is the current European youth junior champion.

 

The latest standings have also been released for the women. Again the Chinese dominate holding the first 5 slots in the top 10.

The Chinese women dominated the medals at the Olympics winning all 3 medals in the Singles. Gold went to Zhang Yining, Silver to veteran Wang Nan and Bronze was won by Guo Yue.

Zhang has held the world number 1 position, almost entirely since January 2003. Only in January of this year did she slip to number 2 but, regained the top slot the following month.

  Rank     Name Assoc.
  1 (<<) 12894.50 ZHANG Yining CHN
  2 (3) 12866.75 LI Xiaoxia CHN
  3 (2) 12806.75 GUO Yue CHN
  4 (<<) 12666.25 WANG Nan CHN
  5 (<<) 12661.25 GUO Yan CHN
  6 (<<) 12486.75 LI Jia Wei SIN
  7 (9) 12397.50 FENG Tianwei SIN
  8 (7) 12381.25 WANG Yue Gu SIN
  9 (10) 12347.75 TIE Yana HKG
  10 (8) 12313.00 JIANG Huajun HKG

 

The leading British player in women’s table tennis is Joanna Parker and she is ranked at 171 having climbed over 100 places this year alone.