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Sun Yingsha

Sun Yingsha (Chinese: 孙颖莎; pinyin: Sūn Yǐngshā; born 4 November 2000) is a Chinese professional table tennis player.[1] She is the current world No. 1 in women's singles.[3][4]

Sun Yingsha
Sun in 2024
Personal information
Native name孙颖莎
Nickname(s)莎莎，嘟嘟，妹宝， 小豆包，莎局，小魔王，小鲨鱼，美肚莎，暴力莎
Born (2000-11-04) 4 November 2000 (age 24)
Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China[1]
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)[2]
Table tennis career
Playing styleRight-handed, shakehand grip
Highest ranking1 (1 February 2022)[3]
Current ranking1 (17 September 2024)[4]
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  China
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 3 2 0
World Championships 7 1 1
World Cup / Cup Finals 6 1 0
Asian Games 5 0 0
Asian Championships 3 4 0
Total 24 8 1
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Team
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Team
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Singles
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris Singles
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Budapest Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2021 Houston Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2021 Houston Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2022 Chengdu Team
Gold medal – first place 2023 Durban Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2023 Durban Singles
Gold medal – first place 2024 Busan Team
Silver medal – second place 2021 Houston Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Durban Doubles
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2019 Tokyo Team
Gold medal – first place 2023 Chengdu Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2024 Macau Singles
Silver medal – second place 2020 Weihai Singles
WTT Cup Finals
Gold medal – first place 2021 Singapore Singles
Gold medal – first place 2022 Xinxiang Singles
Gold medal – first place 2023 Nagoya Singles
Gold medal – first place 2023 Nagoya Doubles
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Incheon Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2018 Incheon Team
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou Singles
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou Team
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Yogyakarta Singles
Gold medal – first place 2019 Yogyakarta Team
Gold medal – first place 2023 Pyeongchang Team
Silver medal – second place 2019 Yogyakarta Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2023 Pyeongchang Singles
Silver medal – second place 2023 Pyeongchang Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2024 Astana Team
Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Buenos Aires Singles
Gold medal – first place 2018 Buenos Aires Mixed team
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Riva del Garda Singles
Gold medal – first place 2012 Riva del Garda Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2012 Riva del Garda Team
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Riva del Garda Mixed doubles
In this Chinese name, the family name is Sun.

In September 2015, Sun entered the second national table tennis team of China. She entered the national first team in January 2017.

Career

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2019

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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.[5]

2021

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Sun started out 2021 as number two in the world rankings.[6] However, after China's decision to withdraw from all international events until the Tokyo Olympics,[7] Mima Ito passed Sun for the number two position in the world rankings.[8] In April, ITTF amended the seeding system for the Olympics such that she would be seeded above Mima Ito.[9]

2023

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On October 1, in the women's singles final of the Hangzhou Asian Games, Sun defeated Japan's Hina Hayata 4-1 to win gold. This was also Sun's third gold medal after winning both team and mixed doubles. This marked China's seventh consecutive championship in the women's singles competition at the Asian Games.[10]


The 2024 Paris Olympics won mixed doubles gold, women's team gold and women's singles silver, with the mixed doubles gold also being the first mixed doubles gold medal for the Chinese table tennis team.[11]

Singles titles

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Year Tournament Final opponent Score Ref
2017 ITTF World Tour Platinum, Japan Open   Chen Meng 4–3 [12]
2019 ITTF World Tour Platinum, Japan Open   Liu Shiwen 4–3 [13]
ITTF World Tour Platinum, Australian Open   Ding Ning 4–0 [14]
Asian Championships   Liu Shiwen 3–0 [15]
ITTF World Tour Platinum, German Open   Mima Ito 4–1 [16]
T2 Diamond Singapore   Mima Ito 4–3 [17]
2021 WTT Cup Finals   Wang Yidi 4–2 [18]
2022 WTT Champions Macao   Chen Xingtong 4–1 [19]
WTT Cup Finals   Chen Meng 4–3 [20]
2023 WTT Singapore Smash   Qian Tianyi 4–1 [21]
WTT Champions Xinxiang   Wang Yidi 4–1 [22]
World Championships   Chen Meng 4–2 [23]
WTT Star Contender Ljubljana   Chen Meng 4–3 [24]
Asian Games   Hina Hayata 4–1 [25]
WTT Star Contender Lanzhou   Chen Meng 4–0 [26]
WTT Finals   Wang Yidi 4–2 [27]
2024 WTT Star Contender Doha   Chen Meng 4–1 [28]
WTT Champions Incheon   Wang Manyu 4–0
World Cup   Wang Manyu 4–3
WTT Champions Chongqing   Wang Manyu 4–3
WTT Champions Macao   Wang Yidi 4–2
WTT China Smash   Wang Manyu 4–2

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Table Tennis: SUN Yingsha". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  2. ^ "SUN Yingsha". hangzhou2022.cn. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  3. ^ a b "ITTF Table Tennis World Ranking Women's Singles 2022 Week #5". ittf.com. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  4. ^ a b "ITTF Table Tennis World Ranking". ittf.com. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Sun Yingsha WTT Interview On Olympic Preparations and More". edgesandnets.com. 17 July 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  6. ^ "ITTF Table Tennis World Ranking Women's Singles 2021 Week #1" (PDF). Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  7. ^ "Winners and Losers of China's Withdrawal From WTT Doha". edgesandnets.com. 25 February 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  8. ^ "Feng Tianwei Was The Biggest Winner at WTT Doha – Edges and Nets". edgesandnets.com. 17 March 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  9. ^ "World Table Tennis News Roundup – 04/19/21 – Edges and Nets". edgesandnets.com. 19 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  10. ^ 郝洪萱. "孙颖莎4-1战胜早田希娜 国乒亚运女单七连冠". sports.cctv.com. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  11. ^ https://www.ctta.cn/xwzx/ppxw/2024/0730/612362.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. ^ "Players matches". ittf.com. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  13. ^ "Sun Yingsha keeps her cool to earn second title". ittf.com. 16 June 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  14. ^ "Final Day: Seamaster 2019 ITTF World Tour Platinum Australian Open". ittf.com. 14 July 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  15. ^ "Breathtaking, Sun Yingsha wins on debut". ittf.com. 21 September 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  16. ^ "Fan Zhendong and Sun Yingsha win in Bremen". ittf.com. 15 October 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  17. ^ "T2 Diamond Singapore". t2diamond.com. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  18. ^ "WTT Cup Finals Singapore". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  19. ^ "WTT Champions Macao 2022". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  20. ^ "WTT Cup Finals Xinxiang 2022". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  21. ^ "Singapore Smash 2023". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  22. ^ "WTT Champions Xinxiang 2023". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  23. ^ "2023 ITTF World Table Tennis Championships Finals". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  24. ^ "WTT Star Contender Ljubljana 2023". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  25. ^ "Women's Singles Draw" (PDF). hangzhou2022.cn. 1 October 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  26. ^ "WTT Star Contender Lanzhou 2023". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  27. ^ "WTT Finals Women Nagoya 2023". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  28. ^ "WTT Star Contender Doha 2024". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
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