Adriana Yamila DÃÂaz González (born October 31, 2000) is a Puerto Rican professional table tennis player. In March 2022, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 9 by ITTF/WTT and became the all-time best ranked player from Latin America on women's side. Currently ranked No. 19, she is the third non-Asian player in the singles world ranking, and the first from the Americas.
DÃÂaz has a sister, Melanie and a cousin, Brian, who also play table tennis at professional level.
On April 1, 2016, DÃÂaz made history becoming the first Puerto Rican female table tennis player to qualify for the Olympics. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics where she defeated Olufunke Oshonaike 4âÂÂ2 in the preliminary round before losing to Li Xue 0âÂÂ4 in the second round.
DÃÂaz made her professional debut for Dabang Smashers of the Ultimate Table Tennis league on June 16, 2018, with a 3âÂÂ0 victory over Pooja Sahasrabudhe. On her second outing, she defeated the winner of the 2018 ITTF Europe Top 16 Cup, Bernadette Szocs (2âÂÂ1).
On January 30, 2022, DÃÂaz, along with her sister Melanie, ranked #5 in Women's Doubles Pairs by the International Table Tennis Federation
Her best ranking in singles was No. 9 in the world, obtained in March 2022.
DÃÂaz is sponsored by Butterfly and Adidas.