Cho Dae-seong

Cho Dae-seong
Personal information
Born (2002-10-13) 13 October 2002 (age 23)
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)[3]
Sport
SportTable tennis
Playing styleLeft-handed shakehand grip
Highest ranking19 (7 January 2025)[1]
Current ranking62 (15 July 2025)[2]
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  South Korea
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2022 ChengduTeam
Bronze medal – third place2023 DurbanDoubles
World Cup
Silver medal – second place2024 ChengduMixed team
Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place2024 AstanaTeam
World University Games
Bronze medal – third place2025 Rhine-RuhrDoubles

Cho Dae-seong (Korean: 조대성, born 13 October 2002) is a South Korean table tennis player.[3][4]

As a left-handed player, Cho has won several doubles titles on ITTF and WTT tournaments since 2019. In 2023, Cho defeated Mattias Falck and Fan Zhendong in the first and second round of the WTT Star Contender Goa before he lost to the eventual runner-up Lin Shidong in the round of 16.[5][6]

Cho won his first two singles titles at the WTT Feeder series in 2024.[7][8] He further made it onto the Korean national team roster for the 2024 Paris Olympics as the second highest Korean in the top 30 on the ITTF world rankings.[9]

Titles

Singles

YearTournamentFinal opponentScoreRef
2024WTT Feeder ManchesterSweden Elias Ranefur3–0[7]
WTT Feeder OtocecFinland Benedek Oláh3–1[8]

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerFinal opponentScoreRef
2019ITTF World Tour, Czech OpenLee Sang-suChinese Taipei Liao Cheng-ting / Lin Yun-ju3–1[10]
2020ITTF World Tour Platinum, German OpenJang Woo-jinChina Lin Gaoyuan / Ma Long3–2[11]
2021WTT Contender DohaLee Sang-suArgentina Horacio Cifuentes / Gastón Alto3–2[12]
2022WTT Contender ZagrebJang Woo-jinJapan Yukiya Uda / Shunsuke Togami3–0[13]
WTT Feeder OtocecJang Woo-jinChina Xiang Peng / Lin Shidong3–2[14]
WTT Star Contender European Summer SeriesLee Sang-suChina Liang Jingkun / Lin Gaoyuan3–2[15]

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerFinal opponentScoreRef
2019ITTF World Tour, Czech OpenShin Yu-binJapan Jun Mizutani / Mima Ito3–2[10]
2022WTT Feeder Düsseldorf IIILee Zi-onHong Kong Ho Kwan Kit / Lee Ho Ching3–1[16]
2023WTT Contender AlmatyJoo Cheon-huiChinese Taipei Lin Yun-ju / Chen Szu-yu3–1[17]
  • Cho Dae-seong at Table Tennis Media
  • Cho Dae-seong at Table Tennis Guide

References

  1. ^ "Ranking History". results.ittf.link. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Rankings Week #29 - July 15th". ittf.com. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  3. ^ a b "조대성 CHO DAE SEOUG". kttl.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  4. ^ "チョ デソン Cho Daeseong". tleague.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  5. ^ "WTT Star Contender: Ranked 193, Korean qualifier Cho Daeseon stuns World No. 1 Fan Zhendong". Times of India. 2 March 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  6. ^ "WTT Star Contender Goa 2023". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  7. ^ a b "WTT Feeder Manchester 2024". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  8. ^ a b "WTT Feeder Otocec 2024". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  9. ^ "Table tennis prodigy Shin Yu-bin leads six-strong Korean contingent to Paris". Korea JoongAng Daily. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  10. ^ a b "Double-dip victory for Cho Daeseong!". ittf.com. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  11. ^ "Dimitrij Ovtcharov raises the roof, Cho Daeseong and Jang Woojin send shock waves". ittf.com. 1 February 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  12. ^ "WTT Contender Doha 2021". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  13. ^ "WTT Contender Zagreb 2022". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  14. ^ "WTT Feeder Otocec 2022". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  15. ^ "WTT Star Contender European Summer Series 2022". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  16. ^ "WTT Feeder Düsseldorf III 2022". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  17. ^ "WTT Contender Almaty 2023". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
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