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 reigning 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 the Tokyo Olympics, Mima Ito passed Sun for the number two position in the world rankings. In April, ITTF amended the seeding system for the Olympics such that she would be seeded above Mima Ito.

2023

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.

2024 At the 2024 Paris Olympics, Sun won the first gold in mixed doubles for the Chinese table tennis team, as well as women's team gold and women's singles silver. At the closing ceremony of Paris 2024 Olympic games, Sun was selected to extinguish the Olympic flame as the representative of the continent of Asia, the first female to be selected for the role.

Singles titles Year Tournament Final opponent ScoreRef2017ITTF World Tour Platinum, Japan Open Chen Meng4–12018Youth Olympic Games Miu Hirano4–12019ITTF World Tour Platinum, Japan Open Liu Shiwen4–3ITTF World Tour Platinum, Australian Open Ding Ning4–0Asian Championships Liu Shiwen3–0ITTF World Tour Platinum, German Open Mima Ito4–1T2 Diamond Singapore Mima Ito4–32021WTT Cup Finals Wang Yidi4–22022WTT Champions Macao Chen Xingtong4–1WTT Cup Finals Chen Meng4–32023WTT Singapore Smash Qian Tianyi4–1WTT Champions Xinxiang Wang Yidi4–1World Championships Chen Meng4–2WTT Star Contender Ljubljana Chen Meng4–3Asian Games Hina Hayata4–1WTT Star Contender Lanzhou Chen Meng4–0WTT Finals Wang Yidi4–22024WTT Star Contender Doha Chen Meng4–1WTT Champions Incheon Wang Manyu4–0World Cup Wang Manyu4–3WTT Champions Chongqing Wang Manyu4–3WTT Champions Macao Wang Yidi4–2WTT China Smash Wang Manyu4–22025WTT Singapore Smash Kuai Man4–1WTT Champions Chongqing Chen Xingtong4–0World Cup Kuai Man4–0World Championships Wang Manyu4–3WTT Europe Smash - Sweden Wang Manyu4–2WTT Champions Macao Wang Manyu4–32026Asian Cup Wang Manyu4–3WTT Singapore Smash Wang Manyu4–2World Cup Wang Manyu4–1WTT United States Smash Kuai Man4–3

Performance timeline

W F SF QF R# RR Q# A G S B NH N/A DNQ

(W) won; (F) finalist; (SF) semi-finalist; (QF) quarter-finalist; (R#) rounds 16, 32, 64, 128; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze medal; (NH) not held; (N/A) not applicable; (DNQ) did not qualify.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

National team Women's team Team events 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Olympic Games NH NH NH G NH NH G NH NH World Championships A NH NH NH G NH G NH G World Cup A G NH NH NH NH NH NH NH Asian Games G NH NH NH NH G NH NH Asian Championships NH G NH A NH G S G

Girls' team Team events 2014 2015 2016 2017 World Youth Championships A A A G Asian Youth Championships S G G G China Jr & Cadet Open A W W A Hong Kong Jr & Cadet Open A A W A

Mixed team Team events 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 World Cup NH NH NH NH NH G G G Youth Olympic Games G NH NH NH NH NH NH NH

Individual competitions Senior level Women's singles

Tournaments 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Olympic Games NH NH S NH NH S NH NH World Championships QF NH S NH G NH G NH World Cup A S NH NH NH G G G Asian Games NH NH NH NH G NH NH Asian Championships G NH A NH S wd NH Asian Cup A NH NH A NH NH S G

Tournaments 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Year-end Finals A A QF SF W W W R16 SF WTT Smash China World Tour NH NH NH W F Euro World Tour NH NH NH NH W Saudi World Tour NH NH NH F NH NH Singapore World Tour NH SF W QF W W United States World Tour NH NH NH NH R16 WTT Champions Budapest World Tour NH SF NH NH NH NH Chongqing World Tour NH NH NH W W QF Frankfurt World Tour NH NH SF A A Incheon World Tour NH NH NH W A NH Macau World Tour NH W SF W W Xinxiang World Tour NH NH W NH NH NH Yokohama World Tour NH NH NH NH F WTT StarContender Budapest World Tour NH F NH NH NH NH Doha World Tour A A NH W A A Lanzhou World Tour NH NH W NH NH NH Ljubljana World Tour NH NH W A A A WTT Contender Zagreb World Tour NH A F A A ITTF World Tour Australian Open A A W NH WTT Series Austrian Open SF R16 A NH WTT Series China Open A R32 R32 NH WTT Series German Open A QF W QF WTT Series Hong Kong Open NH R16 A NH WTT Series Hungarian Open A F QF A WTT Series Japan Open W A W NH WTT Series Korea Open A R16 SF NH WTT Series Qatar Open A QF SF R16 WTT Series Swedish Open A Q64 SF NH WTT Series T2 Diamond Malaysia NH NH QF NH WTT Series Singapore NH NH W NH WTT Series

Women's doubles

Tournaments 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 World Championships G NH G NH B Asian Games NH NH NH NH QF Asian Championships A NH A NH S

Tournaments 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Year-end Finals A F SF A NH NH W QF NH WTT Smash China World Tour NH NH NH F A Euro World Tour NH NH NH NH W Singapore World Tour NH W W A F United States World Tour NH NH NH NH F WTT Star Contender Budapest World Tour NH W NH NH NH ITTF World Tour Austrian Open W F NH NH WTT Series China Open F QF A NH WTT Series German Open A A QF SF WTT Series Hong Kong Open NH W A NH WTT Series Hungarian Open A NH F A WTT Series Japan Open W A F NH WTT Series Qatar Open A F W A WTT Series Swedish Open A W QF NH WTT Series

Mixed doubles

Tournaments 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Olympic Games NH NH NH A NH NH G NH NH World Championships NH A NH G NH G NH G NH Asian Games G NH NH NH NH G NH NH Asian Championships NH S NH A NH A A NH

Tournaments 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Year-end Finals A A A NH NH NH NH F WTT Smash China World Tour NH NH NH A W Saudi World Tour NH NH NH W NH NH Singapore World Tour NH W W W A A United States World Tour NH NH NH NH A WTT StarContender Doha World Tour A A NH W A A Lanzhou World Tour NH NH SF NH NH NH Ljubljana World Tour NH NH W A A A WTT Contender Doha World Tour A A A W NH NH Taiyuan World Tour NH NH F QF A A Zagreb World Tour NH A W A A A ITTF World Tour German Open A W R16 WTT Series Korea Open F A NH WTT Series Qatar Open A A F WTT Series

Junior level Girls' singles

Tournaments 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Youth Olympics A NH NH NH G World Junior Championships A A A G A Asian Junior Championships A A A G A Asian Cadet Championships G S A A A China Junior Open A SF F A A China Cadet Open A W A A A Hong Kong Junior Open A A SF A A

Girls' doubles

Tournaments 2016 2017 World Junior Championships A G Asian Junior Championships A G Hong Kong Junior Open W A

Junior mixed doubles

Tournaments 2017 World Junior Championships B Asian Junior Championships G

See also List of Youth Olympic Games gold medalists who won Olympic gold medals

References

External links

Sun Yingsha at Table Tennis Media

Sun Yingsha at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, alternate link)