Xiaoxin Yang Explained

Xiaoxin Yang
Native Name:	杨晓欣
Native Name Lang:	zh
Nationality:	Chinese (before 2017) Monégasque (after 2017)
Birth Name:	Yang Xiaoxin
Birth Date:	8 January 1988^[1]
Birth Place:	Beijing, China
Playingstyle:	Right-handed shakehand grip
Highest Rank:	10 (5 July 2022)^[2]
Current Rank:	23 (5 November 2024)^[3]
Club:	CP Lys-lez-Lannoy Lille Métropole (France)
Height:	155 cm^[4]
Weight:	48 kg

Xiaoxin Yang (; born 8 January 1988) is a table tennis player. Born in China, she has represented Monaco internationally since 2013 and became a Monegasque citizen in 2017.^[5] She has represented Monaco at the Olympics twice - in 2021, where she reached finished T17 in the women's singles and served as the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony,^[6] and 2024, where she lost in the first round of the women's singles.

Finals

Result	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Ref
Winner	2013	Swiss Open	Georgina Póta	4–1	^[7]
Winner	2014	ITTF World Tour, Croatia Open	Misako Wakamiya	4–1	^[8]
Winner	2015	Games of the Small States of Europe	Sarah De Nutte	3–0	^[9]
Winner	2016	Swiss Open	Georgina Póta	4–1	^[10]
Winner	2016	ITTF World Tour, Czech Open	Maki Shiomi	4–0	^[11]
Runner-up	2018	Mediterranean Games	Dina Meshref	1–4	^[12]
Winner	2018	Luxembourg Open	Anna Blazhko	4–0	^[13]
Winner	2019	Games of the Small States of Europe	Louiza Kourea	3–0	^[14]
Runner-up	2020	ITTF Challenge, Spanish Open	Honoka Hashimoto	1–4	^[15]
Winner	2021	WTT Contender Budapest	Elizabet Abraamian	4–0	^[16]
Winner	2021	ITTF Czech International Open	Mariia Tailakova	4–0	^[17]
Runner-up	2021	WTT Contender Tunis	Hana Matelová	3–4	^[18]
Winner	2022	Mediterranean Games	Shao Jieni	4–0	^[19]
Runner-up	2022	WTT Contender Nova Gorica	Shin Yu-bin	3–4	^[20]
Winner	2023	Games of the Small States of Europe	Camella Iacob	3–0	^[21]
Runner-up	2023	European Games	Bernadette Szőcs	3–4	^[22]

Notes and References

1. Web site: YANG Xiaoxin.
2. Web site: Women's Singles 2022 Week #27. ittf.com. 5 July 2022.
3. Web site: ITTF Table Tennis World Ranking. ittf.com. 4 July 2023.
4. Web site: Xiaoxin Yang. olympedia.org. 28 June 2023.
5. Web site: Monaco Olympic athletes in the spotlight. Interview with Xiaoxin Yang. hellomonaco.com. 3 October 2021. 28 June 2023.
6. Web site: Xiaoxin Yang: "Sport is Never Easy, Especially During Key Moments". monacolife.net. 26 July 2022. 28 June 2023.
7. Web site: SAMSONOV and YANG new Swiss Open winners. 12 February 2013. European Table Tennis Union. Neuenschwander. Thomas. 16 February 2020.
8. Web site: Walther, Xiaoxin triumph in ITTF Croatia Open. 24 May 2014. All Sports Ghana. 16 February 2020.
9. Web site: Players matches. ittf.com. 8 November 2022.
10. Web site: Dimitrij Ovtcharov wins 2016 DHS Swiss Open. 19 February 2016. 16 February 2020. SD Sport.
11. Web site: Monaco claims second World Tour title: Yang Xiaoxin with the honours. 5 September 2016. 16 February 2020. Daish. Simon. ITTF.
12. Web site: Hard fought success and an air of revenge, gold for Dina Meshref. ittf.com. 29 June 2018. 8 November 2022.
13. Web site: Milestone wins, Brian Afanador and Yang Xiaoxin strike gold in Luxembourg. 8 September 2018. Marshall. Ian. ITTF.
14. Web site: Players matches. ittf.com. 8 November 2022.
15. Web site: Kirill Gerassimenko and Honoka Hashimoto win in Granada. 9 February 2020. 11 February 2020. Marshall. Ian. ITTF.
16. Web site: WTT Contender Budapest 2021. worldtabletennis.com. 8 November 2022.
17. Web site: Sathiyan Gnanasekaran and Yang Xiaoxin win in Czech Republic. ittf.com. 25 August 2021. 8 November 2022.
18. Web site: WTT Contender Tunis 2021. worldtabletennis.com. 8 November 2022.
19. Web site: Mediterranean Games 2022. ittf.com. 8 November 2022.
20. Web site: WTT Contender Nova Gorica 2022. worldtabletennis.com. 8 November 2022.
21. Web site: Event Overview - Women's Singles. european-games.org. 29 June 2023.
22. Web site: Bernadette SZOCS newly-crowned champion in Krakow. ettu.org. 27 June 2023. 28 June 2023.