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Adriana Díaz (table tennis)

Adriana Yamila Díaz 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.

Díaz has a sister, Melanie and a cousin, Brian, who also play table tennis at professional level.

International competition

On April 1, 2016, Díaz 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 4–2 in the preliminary round before losing to Li Xue 0–4 in the second round.

Professional career

Díaz made her professional debut for Dabang Smashers of the Ultimate Table Tennis league on June 16, 2018, with a 3–0 victory over Pooja Sahasrabudhe. On her second outing, she defeated the winner of the 2018 ITTF Europe Top 16 Cup, Bernadette Szocs (2–1).

On January 30, 2022, Díaz, along with her sister Melanie, ranked #5 in Women's Doubles Pairs by the International Table Tennis Federation

Clubs

  • Águilas de la Montaña
  • Zhengding Table Tennis (2017–2018)
  • Dabang Smashers T.T.C. (2018)

Best results by type of tournament

Singles

Her best ranking in singles was No. 9 in the world, obtained in March 2022.

Achievements

Sponsorships and endorsements

Díaz is sponsored by Butterfly and Adidas.

Awards

References

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