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:12 (04 July 2023)[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 nation's flag bearer at the Opening Ceremony[6], and 2024, where she lost in the first round of the women's singles.

Finals

ResultYearTournamentOpponentScoreRef
Winner2013Swiss Open Georgina Póta4–1[7]
Winner2014ITTF World Tour, Croatia Open Misako Wakamiya4–1[8]
Winner2015Games of the Small States of Europe Sarah De Nutte3–0[9]
Winner2016Swiss Open Georgina Póta4–1[10]
Winner2016ITTF World Tour, Czech Open Maki Shiomi4–0[11]
Runner-up2018Mediterranean Games Dina Meshref1–4[12]
Winner2018Luxembourg Open Anna Blazhko4–0[13]
Winner2019Games of the Small States of Europe Louiza Kourea3–0[14]
Runner-up2020ITTF Challenge, Spanish Open Honoka Hashimoto1–4[15]
Winner2021WTT Contender Budapest Elizabet Abraamian4–0[16]
Winner2021ITTF Czech International Open Mariia Tailakova4–0[17]
Runner-up2021WTT Contender Tunis Hana Matelová3–4[18]
Winner2022Mediterranean Games Shao Jieni4–0[19]
Runner-up2022WTT Contender Nova Gorica Shin Yu-bin3–4[20]
Winner2023Games of the Small States of Europe Camella Iacob3–0[21]
Runner-up2023European Games Bernadette Szőcs3–4[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.