Hugo Calderano

About Hugo Calderano

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 February 2026, he achieved the highest-ranking for a player from the Americas to date, world No. 2 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. 2 Wang Chuqin in the semifinal and the world No. 1 Lin Shidong in the final.

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