# Sun Yingsha

Sun Yingsha (Chinese: 孙颖莎; pinyin: Sūn Yǐngshā; 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 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 | Score |
| 2017 | ITTF World Tour Platinum, Japan Open | Chen Meng | 4–3 |
| 2019 | ITTF World Tour Platinum, Japan Open | Liu Shiwen | 4–3 |
| 2019 | ITTF World Tour Platinum, Australian Open | Ding Ning | 4–0 |
| 2019 | Asian Championships | Liu Shiwen | 3–0 |
| 2019 | ITTF World Tour Platinum, German Open | Mima Ito | 4–1 |
| 2019 | T2 Diamond Singapore | Mima Ito | 4–3 |
| 2021 | WTT Cup Finals | Wang Yidi | 4–2 |
| 2022 | WTT Champions Macao | Chen Xingtong | 4–1 |
| 2022 | WTT Cup Finals | Chen Meng | 4–3 |
| 2023 | WTT Singapore Smash | Qian Tianyi | 4–1 |
| 2023 | WTT Champions Xinxiang | Wang Yidi | 4–1 |
| 2023 | World Championships | Chen Meng | 4–2 |
| 2023 | WTT Star Contender Ljubljana | Chen Meng | 4–3 |
| 2023 | Asian Games | Hina Hayata | 4–1 |
| 2023 | WTT Star Contender Lanzhou | Chen Meng | 4–0 |
| 2023 | WTT Finals | Wang Yidi | 4–2 |
| 2024 | WTT Star Contender Doha | Chen Meng | 4–1 |
| 2024 | WTT Champions Incheon | Wang Manyu | 4–0 |
| 2024 | World Cup | Wang Manyu | 4–3 |
| 2024 | WTT Champions Chongqing | Wang Manyu | 4–3 |
| 2024 | WTT Champions Macao | Wang Yidi | 4–2 |
| 2024 | WTT China Smash | Wang Manyu | 4–2 |
| 2025 | WTT Singapore Smash | Kuai Man | 4–1 |