Hina Hayata

Hina Hayata (早田 ひな, Hayata Hina, born 7 July 2000) is a Japanese international table tennis player.[1] She is the most successful player on the ITTF Challenge Series since its inception in 2017.[2] Owing to her stature, she is able to generate powerful spins on both wings more so than most female players.

Hina Hayata
Hayata at ITTF World Tour 2017 German Open
Personal information
NationalityJapanese
Born (2000-07-07) 7 July 2000
Fukuoka
Playing styleDual Winged Left Hand Attacker
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in) (5'7)
Medal record
Representing  Japan
Women's table tennis
World Championships
2018 HalmstadTeam
2019 BudapestDoubles
2017 DüsseldorfDoubles

She won the bronze medal in Women's Doubles at the 2017 World Table Tennis Championships with Mima Ito.

In the ITTF Portugal Open 2019, she caused a major upset by beating 4-time Women's World Cup Champion Liu Shiwen 4-3. She went on to beat another Chinese player Hu Limei before winning the tournament by defeating her compatriot Honoka Hashimoto in the finals.[3]

In January 2020, she won the All Japan Table Tennis Championships for the first time, shocking reigning champion Mima Ito in the semifinals and then defeating Kasumi Ishikawa in the finals.[4]

Career records
Singles

ITTF Challenge series wins [6]: Spain Open 2017, Portugal Open 2019, Oman Open 2019, Serbia Open 2019, Paraguay Open 2019, Belarus Open 2019

Doubles
Mixed doubles
Team

References
  1. "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  2. https://www.ittf.com/2019/12/18/review-2019-hina-hayata-responding-challenges/
  3. https://results.ittf.com/ittf-web-results/html/TTE5014/results.html#/knock-outs
  4. https://www.ittf.com/2020/01/29/japan-national-championships-complete-review/
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.