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European Championships 2015
Women's Singles
The 2015 European Championships were held in Ekaterinburg, Russia from 25 September-4 October. Get all the details and results for the Women's Singles here...
By Martin Hughes
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Russia hosted the 2015 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 September/October.
European Championships 2015
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 2015 European Championships were played at the International Exhibition Center - Ekaterinburg-Expo.
The equipment used was...
- Tables: Tibhar (blue)
- Balls: Nittaku 40+ (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 (Russia) 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 took 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 Women's Singles were held in 2013 in Schwechat, Austria and the women's singles winner was Fen Li representing Sweden. The runner-up was Xiaona Shan representing Germany.
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So let's take a look at the...
List of competitors for the women's singles
| Player Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austria | LIU | Jia | 26 |
| 2 | Austria | SOLJA | Amelie | 96 |
| 3 | Austria | LI | Qiangbing | 143 |
| 4 | Austria | POLCANOVA | Sofia | 66 |
| Player Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 5 | Azerbaijan | IMANOVA | Maryam | 705 |
| 6 | Azerbaijan | SHIRINOVA | Sharmin | |
| 7 | Azerbaijan | GARAYEVA | Nazakat | |
| Player Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 8 | Belgium | LUNG | Lisa | 277 |
| 9 | Belgium | LOYEN | Eline | 352 |
| 10 | Belgium | DEGRAEF | Margo | 511 |
| 11 | Belgium | MARCHETTI | Nathalie | 338 |
| Player Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 12 | Belarus | NIKITCHANKA | Alina | 226 |
| 13 | Belarus | ARLOUSKAYA | Alina | 252 |
| 14 | Belarus | PRIVALOVA | Alexandra | 151 |
| 15 | Belarus | TRIGOLOS | Daria | 260 |
| 16 | Belarus | BARAVOK | Katsiaryna | 324 |
| Player Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 17 | Bulgaria | YOVKOVA | Maria | 543 |
| 18 | Bulgaria | KAROVA | Anelia | 317 |
| 19 | Bulgaria | YOVKOVA | Krasimira | 510 |
| 20 | Bulgaria | ZAMFIROVA | Elitsa | 480 |
| Player Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 21 | Croatia | RAKOVAC | Lea | 136 |
| 22 | Croatia | PETEK | Petra | 306 |
| 23 | Croatia | TUBIKANEC | Ivana | 303 |
| 24 | Croatia | JEGER | Mateja | 245 |
| Player Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 25 | Czech Republic | CECHOVA | Dana | 163 |
| 26 | Czech Republic | MATELOVA | Hana | 101 |
| 27 | Czech Republic | VACENOVSKA | Iveta | 61 |
| 28 | Czech Republic | STRBIKOVA | Renata | 92 |
| Player Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 29 | England | TSAPTSINOS | Maria | 515 |
| 30 | England | SIBLEY | Kelly | |
| 31 | England | LE FEVRE | Karina | |
| 32 | England | PEAKE | Lois | 626 |
| Player Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 33 | Spain | DVORAK | Galia | 118 |
| 34 | Spain | RAMIREZ | Sara | 121 |
| 35 | Spain | ZHANG | Xuan | 257 |
| 36 | Spain | XIAO | Maria | 134 |
| 37 | Spain | SHEN | Yanfei | 42 |
| Player Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 38 | Estonia | KETSKO | Olesja | |
| 39 | Estonia | LATT | Katlin | 429 |
| 40 | Estonia | AVAMERI | Airi | 478 |
| Player Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 41 | Finland | ERIKSSON | Pihla | 889 |
| 42 | Finland | KIRICHENKO | Anna | 555 |
| 43 | Finland | ERIKSSON | Sofie | 890 |
| 44 | Finland | LUNDSTROM | Annika | 536 |
| Player Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 45 | France | CHASSELIN | Pauline | 177 |
| 46 | France | XIAN | Yifang | 105 |
| 47 | France | ZARIF | Audrey | 190 |
| 48 | France | LI | Xue | 67 |
| 49 | France | GRUNDISCH | Carole | 79 |
| Player Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 50 | Germany | SOLJA | Petrissa | 36 |
| 51 | Germany | HAN | Ying | 11 |
| 52 | Germany | SHAN | Xiaona | 14 |
| 53 | Germany | IVANCAN | Irene | 43 |
| 54 | Germany | WINTER | Sabine | 54 |
| Player Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 55 | Greece | TOLIOU | Aikaterini | 277 |
| 56 | Greece | CHRISTOFORAKI | Maria | 350 |
| 57 | Greece | PAPADAKI | Angeliki | 333 |
| Player Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 58 | Hungary | MADARASZ | Dora | 95 |
| 59 | Hungary | PERGEL | Szandra | 159 |
| 60 | Hungary | AMBRUS | Krisztina | 216 |
| 61 | Hungary | POTA | Georgina | 27 |
| 62 | Hungary | NAGYVARADI | Mercedes | 295 |
| Player Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 63 | Israel | TROSMAN | Nicole | 283 |
| Player Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 64 | Italy | VIVARELLI | Debora | 262 |
| 65 | Italy | ZANCANER | Denisa | 336 |
| 66 | Italy | COLANTONI | Chiara | |
| 67 | Italy | PICCOLIN | Giorgia | 348 |
| Player Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 68 | Kosovo | MALOKU | Vlona | 639 |
| 69 | Kosovo | ZEQIRI | Linda | |
| 70 | Kosovo | HALITI | Ilirjana | 910 |
| 71 | Kosovo | DOMANIKU | Besire | |
| Player Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 72 | Lithuania | BASKUTYTE | Ugne | |
| 73 | Lithuania | PASKAUSKIENE | Ruta | 93 |
| 74 | Lithuania | STUCKYTE | Egle | 294 |
| Player Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 75 | Luxembourg | GONDERINGER | Tessy | 321 |
| 76 | Luxembourg | DE NUTTE | Sarah | 169 |
| 77 | Luxembourg | KONSBRUCK | Danielle | 393 |
| 78 | Luxembourg | TAMASAUSKAITE | Egle | 348 |
| 79 | Luxembourg | NI | Xialian | 68 |
| Player Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 80 | Netherlands | LI | Jie | 22 |
| 81 | Netherlands | LI | Jiao | 23 |
| 82 | Netherlands | VERMAAS | Kim | |
| 83 | Netherlands | VAN DUIN | Rianne | 507 |
| Player Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 84 | Poland | LI | Qian | 40 |
| 85 | Poland | BAJOR | Natalia | 213 |
| 86 | Poland | GRZYBOWSKA | Katarzyna | 79 |
| 87 | Poland | PARTYKA | Natalia | 85 |
| Player Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 88 | Portugal | YU | Fu | 39 |
| 89 | Portugal | SHAO | Jieni | 78 |
| 90 | Portugal | FINS | Rita | 395 |
| 91 | Portugal | OLIVEIRA | Leila | 330 |
| Player Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 92 | Romania | SZOCS | Bernadette | 63 |
| 93 | Romania | DIACONU | Adina | 157 |
| 94 | Romania | MONTEIRO-DODEAN | Daniela | |
| 95 | Romania | HIRICI | Cristina | 225 |
| 96 | Romania | POSTOACA | Camelia | 96 |
| 97 | Romania | SAMARA | Elizabeta | 21 |
| Player Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 98 | Russia | NOSKOVA | Yana | 99 |
| 99 | Russia | BARANOVA | Olga | 193 |
| 100 | Russia | PROKHOROVA | Yulia | 130 |
| 101 | Russia | DOLGIKH | Maria | 82 |
| 102 | Russia | BLAZHKO | Anna | 164 |
| 103 | Russia | GUSEVA | Ekaterina | 201 |
| 104 | Russia | TIKHOMIROVA | Anna | 82 |
| 105 | Russia | MIKHAILOVA | Polina | 53 |
| Player Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 106 | Slovenia | PAVCNIK | Tamara | 416 |
| 107 | Slovenia | FAJMUT | Manca | 252 |
| 108 | Slovenia | GALIC | Alex | 206 |
| Player Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 109 | Serbia | ERDELJI | Anamaria | 130 |
| 110 | Serbia | TODOROVIC | Andrea | 184 |
| 111 | Serbia | FEHER | Gabriela | 140 |
| 112 | Serbia | MOLNAR | Monika | 242 |
| Player Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 113 | Switzerland | LINKE | Camille-Chloe | 617 |
| 114 | Switzerland | ASCHWANDEN | Rahel | 270 |
| 115 | Switzerland | REUST | Celine | 468 |
| 116 | Switzerland | MORET | Rachel | 256 |
| Player Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 117 | Slovak Republic | JURKOVA | Eva | 359 |
| 118 | Slovak Republic | TRUKSOVA | Lucia | |
| 119 | Slovak Republic | ODOROVA | Eva | 112 |
| 120 | Slovak Republic | BALAZOVA | Barbora | 88 |
| Player Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 121 | Sweden | EKHOLM | Matilda | 68 |
| 122 | Sweden | BERGSTROM | Linda | 208 |
| 123 | Sweden | JONSSON | Jennifer | 411 |
| 124 | Sweden | KALLBERG | Christina | 327 |
| 125 | Sweden | LI | Fen | 45 |
| Player Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 126 | Turkey | UZEL | Damla | 499 |
| 127 | Turkey | MENGE | Merve | |
| 128 | Turkey | HU | Melek | 25 |
| 129 | Turkey | TAN | Kubra | 591 |
| 130 | Turkey | KULAKCEKEN | Simay | 394 |
| Player Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 131 | Ukraine | BILENKO | Tetyana | 47 |
| 132 | Ukraine | PESOTSKA | Margaryta | 55 |
| 133 | Ukraine | GAPONOVA | Ganna | 106 |
| Player Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 134 | Wales | CAREY | Charlotte | 316 |
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Here are the results for the 2015 matches...
2015 Women's Singles Results
Round One
Thursday 1 October 2015
| (Seeding) Name (Association) | Result | (Seeding) Name (Association) |
|---|---|---|
| (1) HAN, Ying (Germany) | 4-0 | GALIC, Alex (Slovenia) |
| (24) SHAO, Jieni (Portugal) | 4-1 | BARANOVA, Olga (Russia) |
| (20) POLCANOVA, Sofia (Austria) | 4-3 | FEHER, Gabriela (Serbia) |
| (11) SHEN, Yanfei (Spain) | 4-1 | DIACONU, Adina (Romania) |
| (15) MIKHAILOVA, Polina (Russia) | 4-0 | ZARIF, Audrey (France) |
| (26) GRZYBOWSKA, Katarzyna (Poland) | 4-3 | MADARASZ, Dora (Hungary) |
| (30) BALAZOVA, Barbora (Slovak Republic) | 4-3 | GAPONOVA, Ganna (Ukraine) |
| (5) HU, Melek (Turkey) | 4-0 | STUCKYTE, Egle (Lithuania) |
| (7) POTA, Georgina (Hungary) | 4-0 | BAJOR, Natalia (Poland) |
| (21) LI, Xue (France) | 4-0 | SOLJA, Amelie (Austria) |
| (23) EKHOLM, Matilda (Sweden) | 4-1 | POSTOACA, Camelia (Romania) |
| (12) IVANCAN, Irene (Germany) | 4-1 | CECHOVA, Dana (Czech Republic) |
| (14) BILENKO, Tetyana (Ukraine) | 4-0 | DE NUTTE, Sarah (Luxembourg) |
| XIAO, Maria (Spain) | 4-3 | (31) STRBIKOVA, Renata (Czech Republic) |
| ODOROVA, Eva (Slovak Republic) | 4-2 | (27) TIKHOMIROVA, Anna (Russia) |
| (3) SAMARA, Elizabeta (Romania) | 4-1 | PRIVALOVA, Alexandra (Belarus) |
| (4) LI, Jie (Netherlands) | 4-0 | NIKITCHANKA, Alina (Belarus) |
| (32) PASKAUSKIENE, Ruta (Lithuania) | 4-0 | AMBRUS, Krisztina (Hungary) |
| (25) GRUNDISCH, Carole (France) | 4-3 | PROKHOROVA, Yulia (Russia) |
| (16) WINTER, Sabine (Germany) | 4-0 | JURKOVA, Eva (Slovak Republic) |
| (10) LI, Qian (Poland) | 4-0 | KONSBRUCK, Danielle (Luxembourg) |
| (17) PESOTSKA, Margaryta (Ukraine) | 4-2 | RAMIREZ, Sara (Spain) |
| (28) DOLGIKH, Maria (Russia) | 4-2 | MATELOVA, Hana (Czech Republic) |
| (8) SOLJA, Petrissa (Germany) | 4-1 | HIRICI, Cristina (Romania) |
| (6) LIU, Jia (Austria) | 4-3 | MENGE, Merve (Turkey) |
| (19) SZOCS, Bernadette (Romania) | 4-1 | NOSKOVA, Yana (Russia) |
| ERDELJI, Anamaria (Serbia) | 4-3 | (18) VACENOVSKA, Iveta (Czech Republic) |
| (9) YU, Fu (Portugal) | 4-1 | PERGEL, Szandra (Hungary) |
| (13) LI, Fen (Sweden) | 4-0 | BLAZHKO, Anna (Russia) |
| (29) PARTYKA, Natalia (Poland) | 4-1 | RAKOVAC, Lea (Croatia) |
| (22) NI, Xialian (Luxembourg) | 4-1 | XIAN, Yifang (France) |
| (2) SHAN, Xiaona (Germany) | 4-0 | DVORAK, Galia (Spain) |
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Round Two
Friday 2 October 2015
| (Seeding) Name (Association) | Result | (Seeding) Name (Association) |
|---|---|---|
| (1) HAN, Ying (Germany) | 4-1 | (24) SHAO, Jieni (Portugal) |
| (11) SHEN, Yanfei (Spain) | 4-0 | (20) POLCANOVA, Sofia (Austria) |
| (15) MIKHAILOVA, Polina (Russia) | 4-3 | (26) GRZYBOWSKA, Katarzyna (Poland) |
| (30) BALAZOVA, Barbora (Slovak Republic) | 4-3 | (5) HU, Melek (Turkey) |
| (7) POTA, Georgina (Hungary) | 4-1 | (21) LI, Xue (France) |
| (12) IVANCAN, Irene (Germany) | 4-2 | (23) EKHOLM, Matilda (Sweden) |
| (14) BILENKO, Tetyana (Ukraine) | 4-2 | XIAO, Maria (Spain) |
| (3) SAMARA, Elizabeta (Romania) | 4-0 | ODOROVA, Eva (Slovak Republic) |
| (4) LI, Jie (Netherlands) | 4-1 | (32) PASKAUSKIENE, Ruta (Lithuania) |
| (25) GRUNDISCH, Carole (France) | 4-1 | (16) WINTER, Sabine (Germany) |
| (10) LI, Qian (Poland) | 4-0 | (17) PESOTSKA, Margaryta (Ukraine) |
| (8) SOLJA, Petrissa (Germany) | 4-0 | (28) DOLGIKH, Maria (Russia) |
| (6) LIU, Jia (Austria) | 4-3 | (19) SZOCS, Bernadette (Romania) |
| (9) YU, Fu (Portugal) | 4-0 | ERDELJI, Anamaria (Serbia) |
| (13) LI, Fen (Sweden) | 4-2 | (29) PARTYKA, Natalia (Poland) |
| (2) SHAN, Xiaona (Germany) | 4-3 | (22) NI, Xialian (Luxembourg) |
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Round Three
Friday 2 October 2015
| (Seeding) Name (Association) | Result | (Seeding) Name (Association) |
|---|---|---|
| (1) HAN, Ying (Germany) | 4-0 | (11) SHEN, Yanfei (Spain) |
| (15) MIKHAILOVA, Polina (Russia) | 4-1 | (30) BALAZOVA, Barbora (Slovak Republic) |
| (7) POTA, Georgina (Hungary) | 4-0 | (12) IVANCAN, Irene (Germany) |
| (3) SAMARA, Elizabeta (Romania) | 4-0 | (14) BILENKO, Tetyana (Ukraine) |
| (4) LI, Jie (Netherlands) | 4-0 | (25) GRUNDISCH, Carole (France) |
| (8) SOLJA, Petrissa (Germany) | 4-2 | (10) LI, Qian (Poland) |
| (9) YU, Fu (Portugal) | 4-1 | (6) LIU, Jia (Austria) |
| (13) LI, Fen (Sweden) | 4-2 | (2) SHAN, Xiaona (Germany) |
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Quarter Finals
Saturday 3 October 2015
| (Seeding) Name (Association) | Result | (Seeding) Name (Association) |
|---|---|---|
| (15) MIKHAILOVA, Polina (Russia) | 4-2 | (1) HAN, Ying (Germany) |
| (3) SAMARA, Elizabeta (Romania) | 4-1 | (7) POTA, Georgina (Hungary) |
| (4) LI, Jie (Netherlands) | 4-1 | (8) SOLJA, Petrissa (Germany) |
| (9) YU, Fu (Portugal) | 4-1 | (13) LI, Fen (Sweden) |
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Semi-Final
Sunday 4 October 2015
| (Seeding) Name (Association) | Result | (Seeding) Name (Association) |
|---|---|---|
| (3) SAMARA, Elizabeta (Romania) | 4-1 | (15) MIKHAILOVA, Polina (Russia) |
| 12-10, 6-11, 14-12, 11-6, 11-4 | ||
| (4) LI, Jie (Netherlands) | 4-1 | (9) YU, Fu (Portugal) |
| 11-9, 6-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-6 |
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Final
Sunday 4 October 2015
| (Seeding) Name (Association) | Result | (Seeding) Name (Association) |
|---|---|---|
| (3) SAMARA, Elizabeta (Romania) | 4-3 | (4) LI, Jie (Netherlands) |
| 11-6, 9-11, 3-11, 11-7, 12-14, 11-4, 11-4 |
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2015 European Championships
Women's Singles
GOLD MEDAL WINNER
Elizabeta SAMARA (Romania)
SILVER MEDAL WINNER
LI Jie (Netherlands)
Women's Singles gold medal winner Elizabeta SAMARA (Romania)
Women's Singles silver medallist - LI Jie (Netherlands)
Women's Singles bronze medallistsPolina MIKHAILOVA (Russia) and YU Fu (Portugal)
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