Sun Yingsha

Sun Yingsha (simplified Chinese: 孙颖莎; born 4 November 2000) is a Chinese table tennis player.[1] She is the current world No. 1 in women's singles.[2][3]

Sun Yingsha
Medal ceremony at the 2018 Youth Olympics
Personal information
NationalityChinese
Born (2000-11-04) 4 November 2000
Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China[1]
Playing styleRight-handed, shakehand grip
Highest ranking1 (1 February 2022)[2]
Current ranking1 (11 April 2023)[3]
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  China
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 1 0
World Championships 4 1 0
World Cup 1 1 0
Total 6 3 0
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2020 TokyoTeam
Silver medal – second place2020 TokyoSingles
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2019 BudapestDoubles
Gold medal – first place2021 HoustonMixed doubles
Gold medal – first place2021 HoustonDoubles
Gold medal – first place2022 ChengduTeam
Silver medal – second place2021 HoustonSingles
World Cup
Gold medal – first place2019 TokyoTeam
Silver medal – second place2020 WeihaiSingles
WTT Cup Finals
Gold medal – first place2021 SingaporeSingles
Gold medal – first place2022 XinxiangSingles
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2018 IncheonMixed doubles
Gold medal – first place2018 IncheonTeam
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place2019 YogyakartaSingles
Gold medal – first place2019 YogyakartaTeam
Silver medal – second place2019 YogyakartaMixed doubles
Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2018 Buenos AiresSingles
Gold medal – first place2018 Buenos AiresMixed team
In this Chinese name, the family name is Sun.

Career

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.[4]

2021

Sun started out 2021 as number two in the world rankings.[5] However, after China's decision to withdraw from all international events until the Tokyo Olympics,[6] Mima Ito passed Sun for the number two position in the world rankings.[7] In April, ITTF amended the seeding system for the Olympics such that she would be seeded above Mima Ito.[8]

In May, Sun was selected to represent China in the women's singles and team event at the Tokyo Olympics.[9] In China's Olympic Scrimmage, Sun lost to Chen Meng in the finals of the first leg and to Wang Manyu in the semi-finals of the second leg.[10][11] In June, Sun lost to Zhang Rui and again lost to Wang Manyu in a closed-door scrimmage.[12]

Sun reached the finals of the women's singles in 2020 Tokyo Olympics, crushing Mima Ito, who was widely viewed as the biggest threat to China, handily 4–0 in the semi-finals.[13] However, Sun lost to Chen Meng in the finals to take silver. After the match, Sun remarked that she was satisfied with how she has played, but Chen was simply the stronger player that day.[14] Sun later teamed up with Chen Meng and Wang Manyu, to play in the women's teams event and made it to the final match on 5 August 2021. They scored a 3–0 victory over Japan to win the gold medal and continuing China's undefeated winning streak in the event.[15][16]

In September, Sun reached the finals of the China National Games, but lost 4–0 to Wang Manyu.[17]

Singles titles
Year Tournament Final opponent Score Ref
2017 ITTF World Tour Platinum, Japan Open China Chen Meng 4–3 [18]
2019 ITTF World Tour Platinum, Japan Open China Liu Shiwen 4–3 [19]
ITTF World Tour Platinum, Australian Open China Ding Ning 4–0 [20]
Asian Championships China Liu Shiwen 3–0 [21]
ITTF World Tour Platinum, German Open Japan Mima Ito 4–1 [22]
T2 Diamond Singapore Japan Mima Ito 4–3 [23]
2021 WTT Cup Finals China Wang Yidi 4–2 [24]
2022 WTT Champions Macao China Chen Xingtong 4–1 [25]
WTT Cup Finals China Chen Meng 4–3 [26]
2023 Singapore Smash China Qian Tianyi 4–1 [27]
WTT Champions Xinxiang China Wang Yidi 4–1 [28]

See also

References
  1. "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. "ITTF Table Tennis World Ranking Women's Singles 2022 Week #5". ittf.com. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  3. "ITTF Table Tennis World Ranking". ittf.com. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  4. "Sun Yingsha WTT Interview On Olympic Preparations and More". edgesandnets.com. 17 July 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  5. "ITTF Table Tennis World Ranking Women's Singles 2021 Week #1" (PDF). Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  6. "Winners and Losers of China's Withdrawal From WTT Doha". edgesandnets.com. 25 February 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  7. "Feng Tianwei Was The Biggest Winner at WTT Doha – Edges and Nets". edgesandnets.com. 17 March 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  8. "World Table Tennis News Roundup – 04/19/21 – Edges and Nets". edgesandnets.com. 19 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  9. "World champion overlooked for singles at Tokyo 2020 as China names table tennis squad". insidethegames.biz. 17 May 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  10. "陈梦4-2击败孙颖莎，国乒东京奥运模拟赛女单夺冠". sina.com.cn (in Chinese). 7 May 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  11. "Fan Zhendong and Wang Manyu Win Second Leg of China Olympic Scrimmage". edgesandnets.com. 31 May 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  12. "Liu Guoliang Downplays Expectations and Reiterates Need For Mental Strength Heading into Tokyo". edgesandnets.com. 24 June 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  13. "Sun Yingsha Crushes Mima Ito 4–0 In Olympic Semi-finals". edgesandnets.com. 29 July 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  14. "Chen Meng Defeats Sun Yingsha 4–2 to Clinch Olympic Gold". edgesandnets.com. 29 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  15. hermesauto (5 August 2021). "Olympics: China beat Japan to win table tennis women's team gold". The Straits Times. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  16. "Japan comes up short in women's table tennis team final as China's dominance continues". The Japan Times. 5 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  17. "Injured Wang Manyu Sweeps Chen Meng and Sun Yingsha to Win China National Games – Edges and Nets". edgesandnets.com. 25 September 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  18. "Players matches". ittf.com. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  19. "Sun Yingsha keeps her cool to earn second title". ittf.com. 16 June 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  20. "Final Day: Seamaster 2019 ITTF World Tour Platinum Australian Open". ittf.com. 14 July 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  21. "Breathtaking, Sun Yingsha wins on debut". ittf.com. 21 September 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  22. "Fan Zhendong and Sun Yingsha win in Bremen". ittf.com. 15 October 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  23. "T2 Diamond Singapore". t2diamond.com. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  24. "WTT Cup Finals Singapore". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  25. "WTT Champions Macao 2022". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  26. "WTT Cup Finals Xinxiang 2022". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  27. "Singapore Smash 2023". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  28. "WTT Champions Xinxiang 2023". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
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