1985 Waldner (SWE) Vs Chen Xinhua (CHN) Table Tennis

Bottom line; they were all world-class players who were capable of beating each other at any point in time regardless of titles won. We should appreciate each player's unique talents, i.e. Walder's touch and feel, the footwork of Xinhua etc. They must all have profound respect for each other.

If one is to determine the greatest player by counting the number of major titles won, Waldner turns out to be the greatest ever.

I second that.

Waldner bet Timo Boll 4-1 in 2004.

In YouTube there are many videos from the past were you could watch J.O. Waldner. His career has been remarkable from more than 20 years!!!
Timo Boll and the top chinese playes from today have a long way to go to be compared whith the greatest J.O.

Guo Yuehua and Waldner are probably equal. Waldner says he regrets not playing Guo at his peak-What a loop that was . . Waldner is smooth and cunning. Equal for sure.

Wang Liqin have yet to win the olympic or/and world cup, and as of Kong Linghui, Waldner have MORE prestige titles than him....including getting the tt grand slam in a shorter amount of time. How about Guo Yehua then? Hehe Waldner has as many world champ finals as him so they equal eachothers. Waldner IS the greatest ever.

What we need is a time machine to transport all these guys when they were at their peaks to the same point in time and then have a round-robin tournament!

Not a chanse. Guo Yuehua certainly is greater, and even Wang Liqin and Kong Linghui are more worthy of that title than Waldner. Waldner is the greatest European player of the sponge era, though.

LOL You're so right dude!

no problem.... i'm 16 and surely i couldnt see a lot of table tennis like you but it is only my opinion...there is who say that pele is the best and who say that maradona is the best ;)

TABLE TENNIS 4EVER^^

Timo Boll, Waldner, and chen xinhua are my favorite of all time.

I would say waldner was better than timo boll. (but who knows who would win at both players prime)

Giek3, you probably haven't seen much table tennis in your lifetime - no offense though. Waldner is the best player of all time.

Timo Boll? Compared to Waldner? It's fine to say you prefer Timo... we all have favorites (I loved watching Gatien, Appelgren, etc...,) but as far as "the best", it's pretty hard to argue with Waldner's results and abilities over such a prolonged period of time, isn't it?

yes yes.....but i prefer timo boll.....he is the best