| Bernadette Szőcs | |
| Fullname: | Bernadette Cynthia Szőcs |
| Nickname: | Bernie |
| Residence: | Bremen, Germany |
| Birth Date: | 5 March 1995 |
| Birth Place: | Târgu Mureș, Romania |
| Equipment: | Tibhar |
| Hrank: | 8 (16 April 2024) [1] |
| Crank: | 8 (16 April 2024)[2] |
| Height: | 1.59 m[3] |
| Weight: | 48 kg |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Bernadette Cynthia Szőcs (Hungarian: Szőcs Bernadette Cynthia; born 5 March 1995) is a professional table tennis player from Romania.[4] [5]
In September 2011, she travelled to Argentina for the World Junior Circuit event where she overtook Kasumi Ishikawa to reach the top spot in the competition series.[6]
In July 2012, she was ranked 5th in the ITTF World Junior Circuit.[7]
Szőcs won the singles event in the inaugural season of T2, beating Feng Tianwei in the final. Bernadette started to play Table Tennis at 9 years of age for CS Gloria Bistrița-Năsăud. She was declared the 68th honorary citizen of Bistrița in 2018.[8] She was suspended in 2017 and signed with CSA Steaua București in 2019.[9]
Szőcs played for Dabangg Delhi TTC in Ultimate table tennis, a table tennis league in India.
In August 2019 she was ranked no. 14 in the world in the International Table Tennis Federation rankings and no. 1 in the European Table Tennis Union rankings, and in July in the T2 Diamond event, became the first player to use a coloured rubber – pink.
In Szőcs's first international match in 2021, Szőcs upset second seed and world ranked number 8 Cheng I-Ching in the round of 32 of the WTT Contender event at WTT Doha.[10]
Szőcs is of Hungarian descent. She has an older brother, Hunor, who is also a table tennis player.[11]
| Year | Tournament | Final opponent | Score | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | ITTF Challenge, Brazil Open |  Audrey Zarif | 4–0 | [12] | |
| 2018 | Europe Top 16 | Li Jie | 4–1 | [13] | |
| 2023 | European Games | Xiaoxin Yang | 4–3 | [14] |