Adriana Díaz (table tennis)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Díaz and the second or maternal family name is González.
Adriana Díaz
Personal information
Full nameAdriana Yamila Díaz González
Nationality Puerto Rico
Born (2000-10-31) October 31, 2000
Arecibo, Puerto Rico
Height5 ft 4 in (163 cm)
Weight141 lb (64 kg)
Sport
SportTable tennis
Playing styleAll-around attacker
Equipments
  • Viscaria Super ALC
  • Tenergy 64
  • Tenergy 05
Highest rankingSenior: 9 (March 2022)[1]
U21: 2 (August 2019)[2]
U18: 4 (December 2018)[3]
U15: 4 (December 2015)[4]
Current ranking19 (9 February 2026)[5]
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  Puerto Rico
Pan American Games
2019 Lima Singles
2019 Lima Doubles
2019 Lima Team
2023 Santiago Singles
2015 Toronto Team
2019 Lima Mixed doubles
2023 Santiago Doubles
Pan American Championship
2017 Cartagena de Indias Singles
2018 Santiago Singles
2018 Santiago Mixed doubles
2019 Asunción Singles
2019 Asunción Doubles
2021 Lima Singles
2021 Lima Doubles
2022 Santiago Singles
2024 San Salvador Singles
2025 Rock Hill Singles
2025 Rock Hill Team
2017 Cartagena de Indias Doubles
2022 Santiago Doubles
2022 Santiago Team
2025 Rock Hill Doubles
Pan American Cup
2020 Guaynabo Singles
2019 Guaynabo Singles
Central American and Caribbean Games
2014 Veracruz Team
2014 Veracruz Mixed doubles
2018 Barranquilla Singles
2018 Barranquilla Doubles
2018 Barranquilla Mixed doubles
2018 Barranquilla Team
2023 San Salvador Singles
2014 Veracruz Doubles
2014 Veracruz Singles
2023 San Salvador Doubles
2023 San Salvador Team
2023 San Salvador Mixed doubles
Latin American Championship
2016 San Juan Team
2016 San Juan Mixed doubles

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.[6][7] 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.[8] 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.[9]

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.[10] On her second outing, she defeated the winner of the 2018 ITTF Europe Top 16 Cup, Bernadette Szocs (2–1).[11]

On January 30, 2022, Díaz, along with her sister Melanie, ranked #5 in Women's Doubles Pairs by the International Table Tennis Federation[12]

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.[13]

Achievements

Sponsorships and endorsements

Díaz is sponsored by Butterfly[17] and Adidas.[18]

Awards

Year Award Category Result Ref.
2016 Premios Juventud La Nueva Promesa Won [19]

References

  1. ^ "Women's Singles 2022 Week #12". ITTF Ranking. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  2. ^ "Adriana Diaz - Under 21 - Women Singles". ITTF Ranking. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
  3. ^ "Adriana Diaz - Juniors - Women Singles". ITTF Ranking. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
  4. ^ "Adriana Diaz - Cadets - Women Singles". ITTF Ranking. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
  5. ^ "Women's Singles 2025 Week #37 - September 9th". ittf.com. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
  6. ^ "Diaz Adriana: ranking history (ITTF)". Table Tennis Guide. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  7. ^ "World Top 20 Table Tennis Ranking". Butterfly Online. Archived from the original on 2016-01-01. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
  8. ^ "Adriana Díaz consigue su boleto para los Juegos Olímpicos". El Nuevo Día. April 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-04-04. Retrieved April 1, 2016. (in Spanish)
  9. ^ "Women's Singles Schedule & Results – Olympic Table Tennis". Archived from the original on 2016-08-07. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
  10. ^ "Adriana Díaz debuta como profesional con una victoria 3-0". 16 June 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-06-19. Retrieved 2018-06-19.
  11. ^ VOCERO, José Bartolomei, EL (18 June 2018). "Adriana Díaz derrota a campeona europea en India". Archived from the original on 2018-06-19. Retrieved 2018-06-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ "Women's Doubles Pairs 2022 Week #5". ITTF Ranking. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  13. ^ "Senior Women's Singles". www.ittf.com.
  14. ^ Concha, Romina (July 21, 2014). "Marcos Madrid And Adriana Diaz Won The 2014 Pan American Sport Festival!". Table Tennista. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved January 7, 2016.
  15. ^ Concha, Romina (June 29, 2014). "Argentina, Puerto Rico And Venezuela Won The 2014 Latin American Youth Championships' Singles Events". Table Tennista. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved January 7, 2016.
  16. ^ Marshall, Ian (June 26, 2013). "Upsets, Testing Duels with One Exception, the Puerto Rican Gem". International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). Retrieved January 7, 2016.
  17. ^ "Adriana Diaz - Table Tennis Team Member". Archived from the original on 2018-02-27. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
  18. ^ "Adriana Díaz auspiciada por Adidas - ULTM". ultm.org. Archived from the original on 2018-02-04. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
  19. ^ "Premios Juventud 2016: Lista completa de ganadores". Archived from the original on 2017-05-07. Retrieved 2017-03-18.


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