TABLE TENNIS PLAYER

Hugo Calderano

1996 - Today

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Hugo Marinho Borges Calderano (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈuɡu maˈɾĩɲu ˈbɔʁʒis kawdeˈɾɐ̃nu]; born 22 June 1996) is a Brazilian professional table tennis player and considered the greatest player from the American continent in the history of the sport. In January 2022, he achieved the highest-ranking for a player from the Americas to date, world No. 3 in singles by ITTF/WTT. Calderano won the 2025 World Cup, his biggest accomplishment, where he defeated the three best ranked players at that time; the world No. 3 Tomokazu Harimoto in the quarterfinal, the world No. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Hugo Calderano is the 52nd most popular table tennis player (down from 50th in 2024), the 1,111th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 1,093rd in 2019) and the most popular Brazilian Table Tennis Player.

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Among TABLE TENNIS PLAYERS

Among table tennis players, Hugo Calderano ranks 52 out of 107. Before him are Jörg Roßkopf, Wang Nan, Fan Zhendong, Wang Tao, Jiao Zhimin, and Xu Xin. After him are Wei Qingguang, Lee Chul-seung, Ahn Jae-hyung, Kim Ki-taik, Ding Ning, and Ma Wenge.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1996, Hugo Calderano ranks 155. Before him are Karolína Muchová, Princess Iman bint Abdullah, Tanguy Ndombele, Karsten Warholm, Abdulrashid Sadulaev, and Kim Min-jae. After him are Shinji Yamaguchi, Jakub Jankto, Kaitlyn Dever, Borna Ćorić, Mahmoud Dahoud, and Maria Bakalova.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Hugo Calderano ranks 1,111 out of 2,236. Before him are Camila Pitanga (1977), Sergio Moro (1972), Gabriela Duarte (1974), Hélio Castroneves (1975), Júlia Lemmertz (1963), and Paulo Henrique (1972). After him are Breno Borges (1989), Ronaldo Guiaro (1974), Marlos (1988), Anderson Luis da Silva (1972), Marcinho (1981), and Marcos Leonardo (2003).

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Among TABLE TENNIS PLAYERS In Brazil

Among table tennis players born in Brazil, Hugo Calderano ranks 1. After him are Gustavo Tsuboi (1985), and Bruna Takahashi (2000).

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