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European Championships 2013
Women's Singles
The 2013 European Championships were held in Schwechat, Austria from 4-13 October.
Get all the details and results for the Women's Singles here...
By Martin Hughes
Owner and Editor
Austria hosted the 2013 European Table Tennis Championships and there were six events - women's singles, women's doubles, women's team event, men's singles, men's doubles and a men's team event.
More information about each event, together with the results, can be found by following the links below.
But the European Championships were first held in 1958 in Hungary and you can read all about the history of the championships, and get previous results, here.
Initially the Championships were a biennial event, taking place in even numbered years, but now it's held every year during October.
European Championships 2013
For more information about each event, click on these links...
| Men's Team | Women's Team | |
| Men's Singles | Women's Singles | |
| Men's Doubles | Women's Doubles |
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So where was it held?
Venue and Equipment
The 2013 European Championships was played at the Multiversum-Arena and the Werner Schlager Academy which are under the same roof.
The equipment used was...
- Tables: Donic (blue)
- Balls: Nittaku (white)
- Flooring: Gerflor (red)
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So let's now take a look at the...
Format for the Women's Singles
The organising Association (Austria) could enter up to 10 women and any other Association could enter up to 7 women for the women's singles.
There were a maximum of 64 places in the first round proper.
Qualification matches were in groups of not less than 4 players and played on a round-robin basis.
The main event was played as a knock-out competition.
Matches in the qualification stage were determined by the best of 5 games, and in the main competition by the best of 7 games.
Seeding were done on the basis of the last World Ranking List published before the championships.
The draw tiik place the day before the women's singles started.
Trophies, medals and plaques were presented to the winner, runner-up and losing semi-finalists.
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Who was the...
Defending champion
The previous European Championships were held in in 2012 in Denmark and the women's singles winner was Viktoria Pavlovich from Belarus. The runner-up was Yi Fang Xian representing France.
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So let's take a look at the...
List of competitors for the women's singles
| Player Number |
Association | Given Name | Family Name | European Ranking |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 401 | Austria | LIU | Jia | 5 |
| 402 | Austria | MISCHEK | Karoline | 260 |
| 403 | Austria | POLCANOVA | Sofia | 48 |
| 404 | Austria | SOLJA | Amelie | 18 |
| Player Number |
Association | Given Name | Family Name | European Ranking |
| 411 | Azerbaijan | AHMADOVA | Sabina | 333 |
| 412 | Azerbaijan | GULIYEVA | Rufat | 437 |
| 413 | Azerbaijan | IMANOVA | Maryam | 533 |
| Player Number |
Association | Given Name | Family Name | European Ranking |
| 421 | Belarus | ARLOUSKAYA | Alina | 92 |
| 422 | Belarus | BARAVOK | Katsiaryna | 103 |
| 423 | Belarus | DUBKOVA | Alena | 90 |
| 424 | Belarus | KUCHUK | Maryia | 167 |
| 425 | Belarus | PAVLOVICH | Viktoria | 1 |
| 426 | Belarus | PRIVALOVA | Alexandra | 50 |
| Player Number |
Association | Given Name | Family Name | European Ranking |
| 431 | Bulgaria | ANGELOVA | Ivanka | 300 |
| 432 | Bulgaria | KAROVA | Anelia | 212 |
| 433 | Bulgaria | REMZI | Sibel | 195 |
| Player Number |
Association | Given Name | Family Name | European Ranking |
| 441 | Croatia | JEGER | Mateja | 99 |
| 442 | Croatia | PETEK | Petra | 167 |
| 443 | Croatia | RAKOVAC | Lea | 61 |
| 444 | Croatia | TIAN | Yuan | 55 |
| Player Number |
Association | Given Name | Family Name | European Ranking |
| 451 | Czech Republic | CECHOVA | Dana | 42 |
| 452 | Czech Republic | MATELOVA | Hana | 70 |
| 453 | Czech Republic | PENKAVOVA | Katerina | 63 |
| 454 | Czech Republic | STRBIKOVA | Renata | 29 |
| 455 | Czech Republic | VACENOVSKA | Iveta | 6 |
| Player Number |
Association | Given Name | Family Name | European Ranking |
| 461 | Denmark | AGERHOLM | Pernille | 198 |
| 462 | Denmark | CHRISTENSEN | Stefanie | 310 |
| 463 | Denmark | JACOBSEN | Mie | 226 |
| Player Number |
Association | Given Name | Family Name | European Ranking |
| 471 | England | HICKS | Hannah | 246 |
| 472 | England | HO | Tin Tin | 184 |
| 473 | England | PARKER | Joanna | 59 |
| 474 | England | SIBLEY | Kelly | 77 |
| Player Number |
Association | Given Name | Family Name | European Ranking |
| 481 | Spain | DVORAK | Galia | 53 |
| 482 | Spain | RAMIREZ | Sara | 30 |
| 483 | Spain | SHEN | Yanfei | 2 |
| Player Number |
Association | Given Name | Family Name | European Ranking |
| 491 | Estonia | LATT | Katlin | 249 |
| 492 | Estonia | PETROVA | Valeria | 324 |
| 493 | Estonia | TSISTJAKOVA | Tatjana | 167 |
| Player Number |
Association | Given Name | Family Name | European Ranking |
| 501 | Finland | KIRICHENKO | Anna | 428 |
| 502 | Finland | OKSANEN | Jannika | 443 |
| 503 | Finland | RISSANEN | Elli | 525 |
| Player Number |
Association | Given Name | Family Name | European Ranking |
| 511 | France | GASNIER | Laura | 81 |
| 512 | France | GRUNDISCH | Carole | 47 |
| 513 | France | LI | Xue | 18 |
| 514 | France | XIAN | Yi Fang | 23 |
| Player Number |
Association | Given Name | Family Name | European Ranking |
| 521 | Germany | BARTHEL | Zhenqi | 20 |
| 522 | Germany | HAN | Ying | 8 |
| 523 | Germany | SHAN | Xiaona | 10 |
| 524 | Germany | SILBEREISEN | Kristin | 7 |
| 525 | Germany | SOLJA | Petrissa | 21 |
| 526 | Germany | WINTER | Sabine | 38 |
| 527 | Germany | WU | Jiaduo | 8 |
| Player Number |
Association | Given Name | Family Name | European Ranking |
| 531 | Greece | CHRISTOFORAKI | Maria | 159 |
| 532 | Greece | EXARCHOU | Filareti | 208 |
| 533 | Greece | PAPADAKI | Angeliki | 181 |
| 534 | Greece | TOLIOU | Aikaterini | 125 |
| Player Number |
Association | Given Name | Family Name | European Ranking |
| 541 | Hungary | AMBRUS | Krisztina | 72 |
| 542 | Hungary | LOVAS | Petra | 25 |
| 543 | Hungary | MADARASZ | Dora Csilla | 55 |
| 544 | Hungary | NAGYVARADI | Mercedes | 118 |
| 545 | Hungary | PERGEL | Szandra | 35 |
| 546 | Hungary | POTA | Georgina | 16 |
| Player Number |
Association | Given Name | Family Name | European Ranking |
| 551 | Italy | PICCOLIN | Giorgia | 208 |
| 552 | Italy | RIDOLFI | Lisa | 138 |
| 553 | Italy | STEFANOVA | Nikoleta | 41 |
| 554 | Italy | VIVARELLI | Debora | 113 |
| Player Number |
Association | Given Name | Family Name | European Ranking |
| 561 | Kosovo | JANJEVA | Arbana | |
| 562 | Kosovo | JANJEVA | Nehare | 553 |
| 563 | Kosovo | MALOKU | Vlona | |
| Player Number |
Association | Given Name | Family Name | European Ranking |
| 571 | Lithuania | MACAITE | Aiste | |
| 572 | Lithuania | PASKAUSKIENE | Ruta | 48 |
| 573 | Lithuania | PREIDZIUTE | Ingrida | 221 |
| 574 | Lithuania | STUCKYTE | Egle | 157 |
| Player Number |
Association | Given Name | Family Name | European Ranking |
| 581 | Luxembourg | DE NUTTE | Sarah | 123 |
| 582 | Luxembourg | GONDERINGER | Tessy | 153 |
| 583 | Luxembourg | NI | Xia Lian | 26 |
| 584 | Luxembourg | SADIKOVIC | Egle | 183 |
| Player Number |
Association | Given Name | Family Name | European Ranking |
| 591 | Netherlands | CREEMERS | Linda | 67 |
| 592 | Netherlands | DIEKER | Suzanne | 291 |
| 593 | Netherlands | EERLAND | Britt | 62 |
| 594 | Netherlands | LI | Jiao | 3 |
| Player Number |
Association | Given Name | Family Name | European Ranking |
| 601 | Norway | AASEBØ | Anna Grutle | 360 |
| 602 | Norway | AASEBØ | Marte Grutle | 327 |
| 603 | Norway | DAHLEN | Aida | |
| 604 | Norway | DOVAL | Ilka | 510 |
| Player Number |
Association | Given Name | Family Name | European Ranking |
| 611 | Poland | BAJOR | Natalia | 112 |
| 612 | Poland | GRZYBOWSKA | Katarzyna | 58 |
| 613 | Poland | PARTYKA | Natalia | 28 |
| 614 | Poland | PIETKIEWICZ | Monika | 104 |
| 615 | Poland | STEFANSKA | Kinga | 65 |
| 616 | Poland | SZYMANSKA | Antonina | 87 |
| Player Number |
Association | Given Name | Family Name | European Ranking |
| 621 | Portugal | FINS | Rita | 227 |
| 622 | Portugal | HUANG | Lei | 64 |
| 623 | Portugal | MARTINS | Catia | 229 |
| 624 | Portugal | NEVES | Ana | 141 |
| Player Number |
Association | Given Name | Family Name | European Ranking |
| 631 | Romania | DODEAN | Daniela | 13 |
| 632 | Romania | HIRICI | Cristina | 110 |
| 633 | Romania | NECULA | Iulia | 83 |
| 634 | Romania | POSTOACA | Camelia | 71 |
| 635 | Romania | SAMARA | Elizabeta | 4 |
| 636 | Romania | SZOCS | Bernadette Cynthia | 39 |
| Player Number |
Association | Given Name | Family Name | European Ranking |
| 641 | Russia | BARANOVA | Olga | 85 |
| 642 | Russia | DOLGIKH | Maria | 73 |
| 643 | Russia | MIKHAYLOVA | Polina | 37 |
| 644 | Russia | NOSKOVA | Yana | 32 |
| 645 | Russia | TIKHOMIROVA | Anna | 27 |
| 646 | Russia | TROSHNEVA | Elena | 52 |
| Player Number |
Association | Given Name | Family Name | European Ranking |
| 651 | Scotland | EDWARDS | Gillian | 367 |
| 652 | Scotland | FLAWS | Lynda | 480 |
| 653 | Scotland | WHITAKER | Corinna | 444 |
| Player Number |
Association | Given Name | Family Name | European Ranking |
| 661 | Slovenia | FAJMUT | Manca | 175 |
| 662 | Slovenia | GALIC | Alex | 170 |
| 663 | Slovenia | TOMAZINI | Jana | 128 |
| 664 | Slovenia | ZUPANCIC | Nina | 207 |
| Player Number |
Association | Given Name | Family Name | European Ranking |
| 671 | San Marino | BOFFA | Chiara | |
| 672 | San Marino | GIARDI | Letizia | 454 |
| Player Number |
Association | Given Name | Family Name | European Ranking |
| 681 | Serbia | ERDELJI | Ana Maria | 43 |
| 682 | Serbia | FEHER | Gabriela | 54 |
| 683 | Serbia | MAKSUTI | Aneta | 104 |
| 684 | Serbia | MOLNAR | Monika | 74 |
| 685 | Serbia | TODOROVIC | Andrea | 95 |
| Player Number |
Association | Given Name | Family Name | European Ranking |
| 691 | Switzerland | ASCHWANDEN | Rahel | 216 |
| 692 | Switzerland | FAUVEL | Amanda | 337 |
| 693 | Switzerland | MORET | Rachel | 162 |
| 694 | Switzerland | REUST | Celine | 378 |
| Player Number |
Association | Given Name | Family Name | European Ranking |
| 701 | Slovak Republic | BALAZOVA | Barbora | 45 |
| 702 | Slovak Republic | DAUBNEROVA | Andrea | |
| 703 | Slovak Republic | HUDECOVA | Sona | 202 |
| 704 | Slovak Republic | JURKOVA | Eva | 155 |
| 705 | Slovak Republic | TRUKSOVA | Lucia | 193 |
| Player Number |
Association | Given Name | Family Name | European Ranking |
| 711 | Sweden | BERGSTRÖM | Linda | 170 |
| 712 | Sweden | EKHOLM | Matilda | 11 |
| 713 | Sweden | JONSSON | Jennifer | 211 |
| 714 | Sweden | LI | Fen | 31 |
| 715 | Sweden | WERSALL | Caroline | 205 |
| Player Number |
Association | Given Name | Family Name | European Ranking |
| 721 | Turkey | HU | Melek | 12 |
| 722 | Turkey | KARAHAN | Ipek | 266 |
| 723 | Turkey | KULAKCEKEN | Simay | 379 |
| 724 | Turkey | SAHIN | Sanem Ezgi | 253 |
| Player Number |
Association | Given Name | Family Name | European Ranking |
| 731 | Ukraine | BILENKO | Tetyana | 22 |
| 732 | Ukraine | GAPONOVA | Ganna | 46 |
| 733 | Ukraine | PESOTSKA | Margaryta | 14 |
| 734 | Ukraine | TRIFONOVA | Polina | 120 |
| 735 | Ukraine | VASYLIEVA | Ievgeniia | 109 |
| Player Number |
Association | Given Name | Family Name | European Ranking |
| 741 | Wales | CAREY | Charlotte | 191 |
| 742 | Wales | OWEN | Naomi | 144 |
| 743 | Wales | PHILLIPS | Angharad | 343 |
| 744 | Wales | PHILLIPS | Megan | 266 |
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Here are the results for the 2013 matches...
2013 Women's Singles Results
Round One
Friday 11 October 2013
| (Seeding) Name (Association) Winner |
Result | (Seeding) Name (Association) Loser |
|---|---|---|
| (1) Yanfei Shen (Spain) | 4-0 | Maryia KUCHUK (Belarus) |
| (=17) Szandra Pergel (Hungary) | 4-0 | Dana CECHOVA (Czech Republic) |
| (=17) Bernadette Cynthia Szocs (Romania) | 4-1 | Ganna GAPONOVA (Ukraine) |
| (=9) Jiaduo Wu (Germany) | 4-2 | Britt EERLAND (Netherlands) |
| (=9) Xue Li (France) | 4-2 | Antonina SZYMANSKA (Poland) |
| (=17) Polina Mikhaylova (Russia) | 4-1 | Debora VIVARELLI (Italy) |
| (=17) Fen Li (Sweden) | 4-1 | Joanna PARKER (England) |
| (=5) Jia Liu (Austria) | 4-0 | Eva JURKOVA (Slovak Republic) |
| (=5) Kristin Silbereisen (Germany) | 4-1 | Laura GASNIER (France) |
| (=17) Renata Strbikova (Czech Republic) | 4-1 | Sofia POLCANOVA (Austria) |
| (=17) Yana Noskova (Russia) | 4-2 | Galia DVORAK (Spain) |
| Yu FU (Portugal) | 4-3 | (=9) Georgina Pota (Hungary) |
| (=9) Daniela Dodean (Romania) | 4-2 | Olga BARANOVA (Russia) |
| (=17) Zhenqi Barthel (Germany) | 4-2 | Alexandra PRIVALOVA (Belarus) |
| (=17) Tetyana Bilenko (Ukraine) | 4-0 | Katarzyna GRZYBOWSKA (Poland) |
| (=3) Jiao Li (Netherlands) | 4-1 | Gabriela FEHER (Serbia) |
| (=3) Elizabeta Samara (Romania) | 4-1 | Aneta MAKSUTI (Serbia) |
| Carole GRUNDISCH (France) | 4-2 | (=17) Nikoleta Stefanova (Italy) |
| (=17) Petra Lovas (Hungary) | 4-0 | Yuan TIAN (Croatia) |
| (=9) Xiaona Shan (Germany) | 4-1 | Kinga STEFANSKA (Poland) |
| (=9) Melek Hu (Turkey) | 4-0 | Alena DUBKOVA (Belarus) |
| (=17) Petrissa Solja (Germany) | 4-1 | Elena TROSHNEVA (Russia) |
| Ruta PASKAUSKIENE (Lithuania) | 4-3 | (=17) Xia Lian Ni (Luxembourg) |
| (=5) Iveta Vacenovska (Czech Republic) | 4-2 | Monika PIETKIEWICZ (Poland) |
| (=5) Ying Han (Germany) | 4-0 | Charlotte CAREY (Wales) |
| Barbora BALAZOVA (Slovak Republic) | 4-2 | (=17) Anna Tikhomirova (Russia) |
| (=17) Natalia Partyka (Poland) | 4-1 | Ana Maria ERDELJI (Serbia) |
| (=9) Margaryta Pesotska (Ukraine) | 4-0 | Iulia NECULA (Romania) |
| (=9) Matilda Ekholm (Sweden) | 4-2 | Hana MATELOVA (Czech Republic) |
| (=17) Amelie Solja (Austria) | 4-2 | Dora Csilla MADARASZ (Hungary) |
| (=17) Sara Ramirez (Spain) | 4-1 | Linda CREEMERS (Netherlands) |
| (2) Viktoria Pavlovich (Belarus) | 4-0 | Camelia POSTOACA (Romania) |
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Round Two
Friday 11 October 2013
| (Seeding) Name (Association) Winner |
Result | (Seeding) Name (Association) Loser |
|---|---|---|
| (1) Yanfei Shen (Spain) | 4-2 | (=17) Szandra Pergel (Hungary) |
| (=17) Bernadette Cynthia Szocs (Romania) | 4-1 | (=9) Jiaduo Wu (Germany) |
| (=9) Xue Li (France) | 4-3 | (=17) Polina Mikhaylova (Russia) |
| (=17) Fen Li (Sweden) | 4-1 | (=5) Jia Liu (Austria) |
| (=5) Kristin Silbereisen (Germany) | 4-1 | (=17) Renata Strbikova (Czech Republic) |
| Yu FU (Portugal) | 4-2 | (=17) Yana Noskova (Russia) |
| (=9) Daniela Dodean (Romania) | 4-2 | (=17) Zhenqi Barthel (Germany) |
| (=3) Jiao Li (Netherlands) | 4-0 | (=17) Tetyana Bilenko (Ukraine) |
| (=3) Elizabeta Samara (Romania) | 4-1 | Carole GRUNDISCH (France) |
| (=9) Xiaona Shan (Germany) | 4-1 | (=17) Petra Lovas (Hungary) |
| (=9) Melek Hu (Turkey) | 4-2 | (=17) Petrissa Solja (Germany) |
| (=5) Iveta Vacenovska (Czech Republic) | 4-3 | Ruta PASKAUSKIENE (Lithuania) |
| (=5) Ying Han (Germany) | 4-0 | Barbora BALAZOVA (Slovak Republic) |
| (=9) Margaryta Pesotska (Ukraine) | 4-3 | (=17) Natalia Partyka (Poland) |
| (=9) Matilda Ekholm (Sweden) | 4-1 | (=17) Amelie Solja (Austria) |
| (2) Viktoria Pavlovich (Belarus) | 4-1 | (=17) Sara Ramirez (Spain) |
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Round Three
Saturday 12 October 2013
| (Seeding) Name (Association) Winner |
Result | (Seeding) Name (Association) Loser |
|---|---|---|
| (1) Yanfei Shen (Spain) | 4-2 | (=17) Bernadette Cynthia Szocs (Romania) |
| (=17) Fen Li (Sweden) | 4-3 | (=9) Xue Li (France) |
| Yu FU (Portugal) | 4-3 | (=5) Kristin Silbereisen (Germany) |
| (=3) Jiao Li (Netherlands) | 4-2 | (=9) Daniela Dodean (Romania) |
| (=9) Xiaona Shan (Germany) | 4-2 | (=3) Elizabeta Samara (Romania) |
| (=9) Melek Hu (Turkey) | 4-3 | (=5) Iveta Vacenovska (Czech Republic) |
| (=5) Ying Han (Germany) | 4-1 | (=9) Margaryta Pesotska (Ukraine) |
| (2) Viktoria Pavlovich (Belarus) | 4-1 | (=9) Matilda Ekholm (Sweden) |
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Quarter Finals
Saturday 12 October 2013
| (Seeding) Name (Association) Winner |
Result | (Seeding) Name (Association) Loser |
|---|---|---|
| (=17) Fen Li (Sweden) | 4-0 | (1) Yanfei Shen (Spain) |
| 11-8, 11-7, 11-6, 11-6 | ||
| Yu FU (Portugal) | 4-1 | (=3) Jiao Li (Netherlands) |
| 13-11, 11-6, 9-11, 11-6, 11-9 | ||
| (=9) Xiaona Shan (Germany) | 4-2 | (=9) Melek Hu (Turkey) |
| 11-6, 7-11, 14-12, 3-11, 11-7, 11-8 | ||
| (=5) Ying Han (Germany) | 4-3 | (2) Viktoria Pavlovich (Belarus) |
| 14-12, 11-5, 8-11, 1-11, 12-10, 9-11, 13-11 |
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Semi-Final
Sunday 13 October 2013
| (Seeding) Name (Association) Winner |
Result | (Seeding) Name (Association) Loser |
|---|---|---|
| (=17) Fen Li (Sweden) | 4-2 | Yu FU (Portugal) |
| 11-9, 11-8, 11-8, 9-11, 7-11, 11-5 | ||
| (=9) Xiaona Shan (Germany) | 4-1 | (=5) Ying Han (Germany) |
| 12-10, 11-5, 11-8, 7-11, 11-6 |
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Final
Sunday 13 October 2013
| (Seeding) Name (Association) Winner |
Result | (Seeding) Name (Association) Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| (=17) Fen Li (Sweden) | 4-2 | (=9) Xiaona Shan (Germany) |
| 9-11, 11-4, 11-5, 10-12, 11-9, 11-6 |
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2013 European Championships
Women's Singles
GOLD MEDAL WINNER
Fen Li (Sweden)
SILVER MEDAL WINNER
Xiaona Shan (Germany)
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