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2019 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's Singles
The women's singles competition of the 2019 World Table Tennis Championships was held from 23 to 27 April 2019. Ding Ning was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals. Liu Shiwen won the title after defeating Chen Meng 9–11, 11–7, 11–7, 7–11, 11–0, 11–9. Later in a sit down interview with CCTV, Liu stated that she expected Chen to take an early lead since she had a technical advantage, but Liu felt she had a psychological advantage due to her two finals experiences and extreme desire to win. Seeds # Ding Ning ''(semifinals)'' # Chen Meng ''(final)'' # Wang Manyu ''(semifinals)'' # Liu Shiwen (world champion) # Kasumi Ishikawa ''(fourth round)'' # Mima Ito ''(third round)'' # Cheng I-ching ''(third round)'' # Miu Hirano ''(quarterfinals)'' # Feng Tianwei ''(fourth round)'' # Suh Hyowon ''(fourth round)'' # Doo Hoi Kem ''(quarterfinals)'' # Hitomi Sato ''(fourth round)'' # Kim Song-i ''(fourth round)'' # Bernadette Szőcs ''(third round)' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Budapest
Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the List of cities and towns on the river Danube, second-largest city on the river Danube. The estimated population of the city in 2025 is 1,782,240. This includes the city's population and surrounding suburban areas, over a land area of about . Budapest, which is both a List of cities and towns of Hungary, city and Counties of Hungary, municipality, forms the centre of the Budapest metropolitan area, which has an area of and a population of 3,019,479. It is a primate city, constituting 33% of the population of Hungary. The history of Budapest began when an early Celts, Celtic settlement transformed into the Ancient Rome, Roman town of Aquincum, the capital of Pannonia Inferior, Lower Pannonia. The Hungarian p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Song-i
Kim Song-i (; born 10 August 1994) is a North Korean table tennis player. As of November 2017, she is ranked 23rd in the world based on ITTF rankings. Kim plays a highly defensive style with plenty of slice, occasionally injecting pace with top spin strokes from the forehand. She represents the Amrokkang Sports Club. She won the bronze medal for North Korea at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Early life Kim was born on 10 August 1994 to a working-class family in Phyongchon District, Pyongyang. She went to the Ponghak Primary School and later the Sosong District Juvenile Sports School. Career In 2012 in Helsingborg she won the Women's Singles title at the Swedish Open. 2016 Rio Olympics In the third round, she surprisingly beat Japan's Kasumi Ishikawa, ranked number six in the world., In the quarter-finals, she went on to beat Singaporean Yu Mengyu, ranked 13th, with a score of 4-2 before losing to second-ranked Ding Ning in the semifinals with a score of 4–1. However, Kim w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adriana Díaz (table Tennis)
Adriana Yamila Díaz González (born October 31, 2000) is a Puerto Rican table tennis player. , she was ranked 3 (under age 21) and 11 in the Table Tennis World Ranking according to the International Table Tennis Federation. Díaz is sponsored by Butterfly and Adidas. Adriana is the sister of the table tennis player, Melanie Díaz, and cousin of Brian Afanador. International competition On April 1, 2016, Díaz made history becoming the first Puerto Rican female table tennis player to qualify for the Olympics. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics where she defeated Olufunke Oshonaike 4–2 in the preliminary round before losing to Li Xue 0–4 in the second round. Professional career Díaz made her professional debut for Dabang Smashers of the Ultimate Table Tennis league on June 16, 2018, with a 3–0 victory over Pooja Sahasrabudhe. On her second outing, she defeated the winner of the 2018 ITTF Europe Top 16 Cup, Bernadette Szocs (2–1). On January 30, 2022, Día ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matilda Ekholm
Matilda Ekholm (; born 15 June 1982 in Linköping) is a Swedish table tennis player. She has won four medals in European Table Tennis Championships. She won a bronze medal in women's doubles in 2013 paired with the Spanish player Galia Dvorak. She won another bronze medal in women's team in 2014 with the Swedish national team. She won her third medal, a silver, paired with Mattias Karlsson in mixed doubles in 2016. 4th medal was 2018 in doubles with Pota Georgina. She has also participated in women's singles at the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ..., finishing 17th. Ekholm lives in Sweden and plays for TTC Berlin Eastside in Germany. BEST RESULTS: *Olympics 2016 (17th place in singles) *World Championships 2015 (9th in singles) 2013 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sun Yingsha
Sun Yingsha (; born 4 November 2000) is a Chinese professional table tennis player, Olympic champion, and World Champion. She is the current world No. 1 in women's singles. Sun is the reigning Olympic gold medallist in mixed doubles with Wang Chuqin, and in the team event in both Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024. She is also the reining World Champion and World Cup Champion. Career In January 2017, Sun entered the national table tennis team of China, only sixteen months after being selected for the B team. Sun won gold in the women's singles and mixed team with Wang Chuqin at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2019 In the 2019 World Team Cup, Sun came back from down 10–7 in the deciding fifth game to defeat Mima Ito in the finals against Japan. In an interview in 2021, Sun referred to this match as her precious match. 2021 Sun started out 2021 as number two in the world rankings. However, after China's decision to withdraw from all international events until ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suthasini Sawettabut
Suthasini Sawettabut (, born 9 December 1994) is a Thai table tennis player. Suthasini started playing table tennis at the age of 6. Suthasini got fourth place for the Women's singles in the 2010 Youth Olympics. She has qualified to represent Thailand at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She has made new history for Thailand as she reached round of 16 in 2020 Summer Olympics, the first ever Thai player who can reached this round after defeated by Mima Ito is a Japanese table tennis player. She won a bronze medal in the Women's Team event at the 2016 Summer Olympics at age 15. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, she won the gold medal with her partner Jun Mizutani in the inaugural mixed doubles event, br ... 0-4 games. Achievements ITTF Tours ''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles'' Notes References External links *http://www.siamsport.co.th/seagames2015/?page=news&view=view&id=150605070003 *https://web.archive.org/web/20160304103306/http://www.thaitabletennis.com/wizCon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Li Jie (table Tennis)
Li Jie (born 6 March 1984 in Chengdu, Sichuan) is a Chinese-born Dutch women table tennis player who now represents the Netherlands. She was born in Chengdu, and resides in Den Helder. She currently plays for Spanish team Club Cartagena. Career highlights ;Olympic Games: :2008, Beijing, team competition, 9th :2012, London, team competition, 5th :2008, Beijing and 2012, London, women's singles, round of sixteen ;World Championships: :2015, Suzhou, women's doubles, semi-final :2008, Guangzhou, team competition, 7th :2014, Tokyo, team competition, 5th :2011, Rotterdam and 2015, Suzhou, women's singles, round of sixteen ;European Championships: :2008, St. Petersburg, team competition, winner :2009, Stuttgart, team competition, winner :2011, Gdansk-Sopot, team competition, winner ;European Games: :2015, Baku, women's singles, runner-up :2015, Baku, team competition, runner-up ;Pro Tour Meetings: :2007, Velenje, women's doubles, semi final :2007, Stockholm, women's doubles, q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhang Mo (table Tennis)
Mo Zhang ( zh, 張墨; born 17 January 1989) is a female Chinese-born table tennis player who now represents Canada. She was born in Shijiazhuang, and currently resides in Vancouver. Career She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, reaching the third round of the singles competition. With her win at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, she qualified for the London 2012 Olympic Games. She won a bronze medal in the women's doubles with Anqi Luo at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. In June 2016, she was officially named to Canada's 2016 Olympic team. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she lost in the second round to Hungary's Georgina Póta. She represented Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Zhang qualified for her fifth Olympics in 2024. Career results North American Table Tennis Championships *2013 Vancouver: Runner-up Women's Singles *2011 Mississauga: Winner Women's Singles *2010 Grand Rapids: Winner Women's Singles *2009 Laval: Winner Women's Single ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chen Szu-yu (table Tennis)
Chen Szu-yu (; born 1 August 1993) is a Taiwanese table tennis player. She competed for Chinese Taipei at the 2012, 2016, and 2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo .... Chen is a two-time medalist at the World Team Championships as a member of the Chinese Taipei women's team. References External links * * * * 1993 births Living people Taiwanese female table tennis players Olympic table tennis players for Taiwan Table tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Asian Games table tennis players for Chinese Taipei Table tennis players at the 2014 Asian Games Table tennis players at the 2018 Asian Games Table tennis players at the 2022 Asian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petrissa Solja
Petrissa Solja (born 11 March 1994) is a retired German table tennis player. Solja won silver in the team event in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. She reached her highest world ranking of thirteenth in March 2016. Personal life Solja was born in Kandel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, into a table tennis-playing family; her mother, Dagmar Solja-Andruszko, played table tennis for ATSV Saarbrücken. Petrissa's two older sisters also play table tennis; her sister Amelie competed for Austria in the 2012 Summer Olympics (qualifying for citizenship due to grandmother). Before the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Solja posed together with swimmer Isabelle Härle, rower Julia Lier, cyclist Nadja Pries and injured pole vaulter Katharina Bauer for the German edition of Playboy. Table tennis career Solja is coached by her father, Pavel, and plays left-handed with a shakehand grip. As a junior player, Solja had considerable success. She won the Cadet singles events at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miyu Kato (table Tennis)
is a Japanese table tennis player. Achievements ITTF Tours ''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles'' Career records ;Singles * World Junior Championships: 3rd (2016, 2017). ;Doubles * World Junior Championships: 2nd (2016), 3rd (2017). * Asian Junior and Cadet Championships: 2nd (2013). ;Team * World Junior Championships: 1st (2016), 2nd (2017). *Asian Championships An Asian Championship is a top level international sports competition between Asian athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs. List of championships (Summer Olympic Sports) ;Aquatics and wate ...: 2nd (2017, 2019). * Asian Junior and Cadet Championships: 2nd (2013, 2014, 2015). References External links Miyu Kato's ITTF rankingList of articles about Miyu Katoprovided by the ITTF website 1999 births Living people Japanese female table tennis players Table tennis players at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Table tennis players at the 2018 Asian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeta Samara
Elizabeta Samara (born 15 April 1989 in Constanța) is a professional Romanian table tennis player. She won European titles in singles, doubles and team events at the European Championships and has represented Romania four times at the Summer Olympics. Samara had represented different teams in club competitions, including Turkish club Fenerbahçe SK and Romanian CSA Steaua București Clubul Sportiv al Armatei Steaua București, commonly known as CSA Steaua București () or simply Steaua, is a major Sports club, multi-sports club based in Bucharest and run by the Ministry of National Defence of Romania, Ministry of National D .... On 26 July 2022, she agreed on terms with Greek club Panathinaikos. Personal life Samara is an ethnic Aromanian, and was born in a family of Aromanians. Singles titles References External links * Tibhar Profile 1989 births Living people Sportspeople from Constanța Aromanian sportspeople Romanian people of Aromanian descent Roman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
