Yesterday Tim asked me which is better, table-tennis' shake-hand grip or pen-hold grip. I said, I'd look at the facts. Here's the Men's World Table-tennis Top 10, with preferred paddle grip:

World Ranking updated on: 12/1/2006 (M)
Rank	Prev	Points	Name	Assoc.	Grip
1	↔	2568	WANG Liqin	CHN	Shake-hand
2	↔	2531	MA Lin	CHN	Pen-hold
3	↔	2525	BOLL Timo	GER	Shake-hand
4	↔	2434	WANG Hao	CHN	Pen-hold
5	↔	2325	SAMSONOV Vladimir	BLR	Shake-hand
6	↔	2287	CHEN Qi	CHN	Shake-hand
7	↔	2205	OH Sang Eun	KOR	Shake-hand
8	↔	2120	RYU Seung Min	KOR	Pen-hold
9	(11)	2116	SCHLAGER Werner	AUT	Shake-hand
10	(9)	2111	CHEN Weixing	AUT	Shake-hand