Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's individual – Class 9

The Women's individual table tennis – Class 9 tournament at the 2020 Summer Paralympics[1] in Tokyo took place between 25 and 30 August 2021 at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium. Classes 6–10 were for athletes with a physical impairment in their upper body, and who competed in a standing position. The lower the number, the greater the impact the impairment was on an athlete's ability to compete.

Table tennis
at the XVI Paralympic Games
VenueTokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium
Dates25–30 August 2021
Competitors8 from 7 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lei Lina  Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Xiong Guiyan  China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Karolina Pęk  Poland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Alexa Szvitacs  Hungary
2016
2024

In the preliminary stage, athletes competed in 2 groups of four. Winners and runners-up of each group qualified for the semifinals. In this edition of the Games, no bronze medal match was held. Losers of each semifinal were automatically awarded a bronze medal.

Qualification

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Adapted from list released by the International Table Tennis Federation on 12 July 2021.[2]

Qualification Pathway Slot(s) Qualified Athlete(s)
Regional Para Championships American 1   Danielle Rauen (BRA)
Asian 1   Xiong Guiyan (CHN)
European 1   Alexa Szvitacs (HUN)
Oceania 1   Lei Lina (AUS)
World Ranking Allocation 2   Karolina Pęk (POL)
  Neslihan Kavas (TUR)
World Qualification Tournament 1   Jennyfer Marques Parinos (BRA)
Bipartite Commission Invitation 1   Kim Kun-hea (KOR)
Total 8

Schedule

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Legend
P Preliminary round ¼ Quarter-finals ½ Semi-finals F Final
Wed 25 Thu 26 Fri 27 Sat 28 Sun 29 Mon 30
P ½ F

Seeding

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The total 8 players were seeded by world ranking as of August 2021.[3]

01.     Xiong Guiyan (CHN)
02.     Karolina Pęk (POL)
03.     Alexa Szvitacs (HUN)
04.     Lei Lina (AUS)
05.     Neslihan Kavas (TUR)
06.     Kim Kun-hea (KOR)
07.     Danielle Rauen (BRA)
08.     Jennyfer Marques Parinos (BRA)

Results

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All times are local time in UTC+9.

Main bracket

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Final rounds

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Semifinals Gold medal match
A1   Xiong Guiyan (CHN) 11 8 11 11
B2   Karolina Pęk (POL)   8 11 7 7 A1   Xiong Guiyan (CHN)   11 5 5 11 5
A2   Alexa Szvitacs (HUN)   14 13 5 8 6 B1   Lei Lina (AUS)   6 11 11 9 11
B1   Lei Lina (AUS) 12 11 11 11 11

Preliminary round

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Qualified for the knock-out stage

Group A

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Seed Athlete Won Lost Points
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Rank
1   Xiong Guiyan (CHN) 3 0 +50 1
3   Alexa Szvitacs (HUN) 2 1 +5 2
7   Danielle Rauen (BRA) 1 2 –17 3
5   Neslihan Kavas (TUR) 0 3 –38 4
Date Time Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Ref.
25 Aug 9:00 Neslihan Kavas   1–3   Xiong Guiyan 11–9 4–11 6–11 5–11 Report Archived 25 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine
25 Aug 9:00 Alexa Szvitacs   3–1   Danielle Rauen 9–11 11–6 11–9 11–6 Report Archived 25 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine
25 Aug 20:00 Danielle Rauen   3–0   Neslihan Kavas 11–3 11–8 11–9 Report Archived 25 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine
25 Aug 20:00 Alexa Szvitacs   0–3   Xiong Guiyan 5–11 6–11 8–11 Report Archived 25 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine
26 Aug 21:20 Alexa Szvitacs   3–0   Neslihan Kavas 11–9 11–6 14–12 Report Archived 25 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine
27 Aug 9:00 Xiong Guiyan   3–0   Danielle Rauen 11–5 11–4 11–4 Report Archived 25 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine

Group B

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Seed Athlete Won Lost Points
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Rank
4   Lei Lina (AUS) 3 0 +37 1
2   Karolina Pęk (POL) 2 1 +16 2
6   Kim Kun-hea (KOR) 1 2 –11 3
8   Jennyfer Marques Parinos (BRA) 0 3 –42 4
Date Time Player 1 Score Player 2 Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Ref.
25 Aug 9:00 Kim Kun-hea   1–3   Karolina Pęk 4–11 6–11 11–8 6–11 Report Archived 25 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine
25 Aug 9:00 Lei Lina   3–0   Jennyfer Marques Parinos 11–4 11–8 11–4 Report Archived 25 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine
25 Aug 20:00 Jennyfer Marques Parinos   1–3   Kim Kun-hea 10–12 4–11 11–9 6–11 Report Archived 25 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine
25 Aug 20:00 Lei Lina   3–1   Karolina Pęk 11–6 9–11 11–5 12–10 Report Archived 25 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine
26 Aug 21:20 Karolina Pęk   3–1   Jennyfer Marques Parinos 11–9 11–4 9–11 11–5 Report Archived 25 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine
26 Aug 21:20 Lei Lina   3–1   Kim Kun-hea 7–11 11–9 11–4 11–7 Report Archived 25 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine

References

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  1. ^ "Table Tennis - Women's Singles - Class 9 Schedule". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 25 August 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Tokyo 2020 final list of athletes and teams" (PDF). ITTF.com. International Table Tennis Federation. 12 July 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Table Tennis Women's Singles Class 9 Pre-draw List" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 22 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.