Hina Hayata

Hina Hayata (早田 ひな, Hayata Hina, born 7 July 2000) is a Japanese international table tennis player.[5] She is the most successful player on the ITTF Challenge Series since its inception in 2017.[6] Owing to her stature, she is able to generate powerful spins on both wings more so than most female players.

Hina Hayata
Hayata at ITTF World Tour 2017 German Open
Personal information
NationalityJapanese
Born (2000-07-07) 7 July 2000
Kitakyushu, Fukuoka[1]
Playing styleDual winged left-handed attacker
Highest ranking5 (3 May 2022)[2]
Current ranking6 (6 March 2023)[3]
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[4]
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  Japan
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Championships 0 5 1
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2018 HalmstadTeam
Silver medal – second place2019 BudapestDoubles
Silver medal – second place2021 HoustonMixed doubles
Silver medal – second place2021 HoustonDoubles
Silver medal – second place2022 ChengduTeam
Bronze medal – third place2017 DüsseldorfDoubles
WTT Cup Finals
Bronze medal – third place2021 SingaporeSingles

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, including the Grand Finals 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 4–3. She went on to beat another Chinese player Hu Limei before winning the tournament by defeating her compatriot Honoka Hashimoto in the finals.[7]

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 in the finals.[8]

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[9] and advanced to the finals to once again face Mima Ito.[10] Hayata lost to Ito 4–2 in the finals.[11][12]

Singles titles
Year Tournament Final opponent Score Ref
2016 ITTF World Tour, Australia Open Japan Yuka Ishigaki 4–1 [13]
2017 ITTF Challenge, Spanish Open South Korea Jeon Ji-hee 4–3 [14]
2019 ITTF Challenge Plus, Portugal Open Japan Honoka Hashimoto 4–3 [15]
2019 ITTF Challenge Plus, Oman Open Chinese Taipei Cheng I-ching 4–1 [16]
2019 ITTF Challenge, Serbia Open Hong Kong Minnie Soo 4–1 [17]
2019 ITTF Challenge Plus, Paraguay Open Japan Honoka Hashimoto 4–2 [18]
2019 ITTF Challenge, Belarus Open China Fan Siqi 4–2 [19]
2021 WTT Star Contender Doha Hong Kong Doo Hoi Kem 4–1 [20]
2021 Asian Championships South Korea Shin Yu-bin 3–1 [21]
2022 WTT Contender Almaty Portugal Fu Yu 4–1 [22]

References
  1. "早田 ひなHAYATA Hina". www.jtta.or.jp (in Japanese). 7 March 2018. Archived from the original on 25 April 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  2. "ITTF Table Tennis World Ranking Women's Singles 2022 Week #18". ittf.com. 3 May 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  3. "ITTF Table Tennis World Ranking". ittf.com. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  4. "早田 ひな Hina Hayata". tleague.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  5. "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  6. "Review 2019: Hina Hayata responding to challenges - International Table Tennis Federation". 18 December 2019.
  7. "Seamaster 2019 ITTF Challenge Plus, Portugal Open - Results". results.ittf.com. Archived from the original on 11 August 2020.
  8. "All-Japan National Championships: A Complete Review - International Table Tennis Federation". 29 January 2020.
  9. "WTT Doha Day 2 Recap and Day 3 Preview – Edges and Nets". edgesandnets.com. 4 March 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  10. "Mima Ito vs Hina Hayata Finals Preview: A Statistical Approach". edgesandnets.com. 6 March 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  11. "Mima Ito Wins WTT Doha Event with 4-2 Finals Win over Hina Hayata". 7 March 2021.
  12. "How Mima Ito Defeated Hina Hayata at WTT Doha: A Statistical Analysis Revisited". edgesandnets.com. 8 March 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  13. "Players matches". ittf.com. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  14. "Dramatic final, Hina Hayata beats Jeon Jihee to win Spanish title". ittf.com. 26 November 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  15. "Highlights Final Day: Titles for Liang Jingkun and Hina Hayata, new names announce arrival". ittf.com. 17 February 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  16. "Oman Highlights Final Day: talent shines through". ittf.com. 24 March 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  17. "Highlights: titles for Paul Drinkhall and Hina Hayata". ittf.com. 5 May 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  18. "Japan supreme in Asuncion, Masataka Morizono and Hina Hayata strike gold". ittf.com. 15 September 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  19. "Breakthrough for Emmanuel Lebesson, seventh heaven for Hina Hayata". ittf.com. 3 November 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  20. "WTT Star Contender Doha 2021". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  21. "2021 ITTF-ATTU Asian Championships". ittf.com. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  22. "WTT Contender Almaty 2022". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 19 September 2022.


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