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.
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| Venue | Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium | ||||||||||||||||
| Dates | 25–30 August 2021 | ||||||||||||||||
| Competitors | 8 from 7 nations | ||||||||||||||||
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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
editAdapted from list released by the International Table Tennis Federation on 12 July 2021.[2]
| Qualification Pathway | Slot(s) | Qualified Athlete(s) | |
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| Regional Para Championships | American | 1 |  Danielle Rauen (BRA)
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| Asian | 1 |  Xiong Guiyan (CHN)
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| European | 1 |  Alexa Szvitacs (HUN)
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| Oceania | 1 |  Lei Lina (AUS)
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| World Ranking Allocation | 2 |  Karolina Pęk (POL) Neslihan Kavas (TUR)
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| World Qualification Tournament | 1 | Jennyfer Marques Parinos (BRA)
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| Bipartite Commission Invitation | 1 |  Kim Kun-hea (KOR)
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| Total | 8 | ||
Schedule
edit| P | Preliminary round | ¼ | Quarter-finals | ½ | Semi-finals | F | Final |
| Wed 25 | Thu 26 | Fri 27 | Sat 28 | Sun 29 | Mon 30 |
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| P | ½ | F | |||
Seeding
editThe total 8 players were seeded by world ranking as of August 2021.[3]
- 1.
Xiong Guiyan (CHN) - 2.
Karolina Pęk (POL) - 3.
Alexa Szvitacs (HUN) - 4.
Lei Lina (AUS) - 5.
Neslihan Kavas (TUR) - 6.
Kim Kun-hea (KOR) - 7.
Danielle Rauen (BRA) - 8. Jennyfer Marques Parinos (BRA)
Results
editAll times are local time in UTC+9.
Main bracket
editFinal rounds
edit| 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
edit| Qualified for the knock-out stage |
Group A
edit| Seed | Athlete | Won | Lost | Points diff |
Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Xiong Guiyan (CHN)
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3 | 0 | +50 | 1 |
| 3 | Alexa Szvitacs (HUN)
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2 | 1 | +5 | 2 |
| 7 | Danielle Rauen (BRA)
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1 | 2 | –17 | 3 |
| 5 | Neslihan Kavas (TUR)
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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 
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1–3 |  Xiong Guiyan
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11–9 | 4–11 | 6–11 | 5–11 | Report Archived 25 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine | |
| 25 Aug | 9:00 | Alexa Szvitacs 
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3–1 | Danielle Rauen
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9–11 | 11–6 | 11–9 | 11–6 | Report Archived 25 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine | |
| 25 Aug | 20:00 | Danielle Rauen
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3–0 | Neslihan Kavas
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11–3 | 11–8 | 11–9 | Report Archived 25 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine | ||
| 25 Aug | 20:00 | Alexa Szvitacs
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0–3 | Xiong Guiyan
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5–11 | 6–11 | 8–11 | Report Archived 25 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine | ||
| 26 Aug | 21:20 | Alexa Szvitacs
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3–0 | Neslihan Kavas
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11–9 | 11–6 | 14–12 | Report Archived 25 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine | ||
| 27 Aug | 9:00 | Xiong Guiyan
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3–0 | Danielle Rauen
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11–5 | 11–4 | 11–4 | Report Archived 25 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine |
Group B
edit| Seed | Athlete | Won | Lost | Points diff |
Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Lei Lina (AUS)
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3 | 0 | +37 | 1 |
| 2 | Karolina Pęk (POL)
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2 | 1 | +16 | 2 |
| 6 | Kim Kun-hea (KOR)
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1 | 2 | –11 | 3 |
| 8 | Jennyfer Marques Parinos (BRA)
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0 | 3 | –42 | 4 |
| Date | Time | Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Ref. |
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| 25 Aug | 9:00 | Kim Kun-hea 
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1–3 |  Karolina Pęk
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4–11 | 6–11 | 11–8 | 6–11 | Report Archived 25 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine | |
| 25 Aug | 9:00 | Lei Lina 
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3–0 | Jennyfer Marques Parinos
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11–4 | 11–8 | 11–4 | Report Archived 25 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine | ||
| 25 Aug | 20:00 | Jennyfer Marques Parinos
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1–3 | Kim Kun-hea
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10–12 | 4–11 | 11–9 | 6–11 | Report Archived 25 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine | |
| 25 Aug | 20:00 | Lei Lina
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3–1 | Karolina Pęk
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11–6 | 9–11 | 11–5 | 12–10 | Report Archived 25 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine | |
| 26 Aug | 21:20 | Karolina Pęk
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3–1 | Jennyfer Marques Parinos
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11–9 | 11–4 | 9–11 | 11–5 | Report Archived 25 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine | |
| 26 Aug | 21:20 | Lei Lina
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3–1 | Kim Kun-hea
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7–11 | 11–9 | 11–4 | 11–7 | Report Archived 25 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine |
References
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ "Tokyo 2020 final list of athletes and teams" (PDF). ITTF.com. International Table Tennis Federation. 12 July 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
- ^ "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.