is a Japanese international
table tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...
player. She is the most successful player on the
ITTF Challenge Series since its inception in 2017. Owing to her stature, she is able to generate powerful spins on both wings more so than most female players.
Career
Junior
Hayata was a member of Japanese girls' team winning gold at the
2016 World Junior Table Tennis Championships. She also won silver in girls' doubles and mixed doubles.
She won the bronze medal in women's doubles at the
2017 World Table Tennis Championships with
Mima Ito. She won several doubles titles in the
ITTF World Tour
The ITTF World Tour, known as the ITTF Pro Tour until 2011, is an annual series of table tennis tournaments introduced by International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) in 1996. The tour includes events in seven categories: Men's and Women's Single ...
, including the
Grand Finals
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in 2016 and 2018.
2019–2020
In the ITTF Portugal Open 2019, she caused a major upset by beating 4-time Women's World Cup Champion
Liu Shiwen
Liu Shiwen (; born 12 April 1991) is a Chinese table tennis player. She is a five-time World Cup champion, one-time World Champion, three-time ITTF World Tour Grand Finals champion and four-time Asian Cup champion. She is known to be one of the ...
4–3. She went on to beat another Chinese player Hu Limei before winning the tournament by defeating her compatriot
Honoka Hashimoto
is a Japanese table tennis player.
She won a medal at the 2019 World Table Tennis Championships.
Achievements ITTF Tours
''Women's singles''
''Women's doubles''
Career records
;Doubles
*World Championships: 3rd (2019).
* World Tour winner ...
in the finals.
In January 2020, she won the All Japan Table Tennis Championships for the first time, shocking reigning champion
Mima Ito in the semi-finals and then defeating
Kasumi Ishikawa
(born 23 February 1993) is a Japanese table tennis player. A regular member of the Japanese national team, she won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, a bronze at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and a silver medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics ...
in the finals.
2021
Hayata lost to Mima Ito 4–3 in the 2021 All Japan Table Tennis Championships. Hayata played in WTT Doha in March 2021. In the WTT Contender event, she upset Kasumi Ishikawa and advanced to the finals to once again face Mima Ito. Hayata lost to Ito 4–2 in the finals.
Singles titles
References
External links
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Japanese female table tennis players
Living people
2000 births
World Table Tennis Championships medalists
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