Tie Ya Na

Tie Ya Na or Tie Yana (Chinese: 帖雅娜; pinyin: Tiē Yǎnà; Sidney Lau: tip³ nga⁵ noh⁵; born 13 May 1979) is a table tennis player from Hong Kong, China who won two silver medals at the 2006 Asian Games in the singles and doubles competitions.^[1][3]

Tie Ya Na
Tie in 2016
Personal information
Nationality	China→  Hong Kong
Born	(1979-05-13) 13 May 1979 (age 43)^[1] Zhengzhou, Henan, China
Playing style	Right-handed, shakehand grip
Highest ranking	3 (July 2006)^[2]
Current ranking	16 (December 2016)
Height	1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	51.3 kg (113 lb; 8.08 st)
Medal record Women's table tennis Representing  Hong Kong World Championships 2004 Doha Team 2006 Bremen Team 2005 Shanghai Doubles 2007 Zagreb Mixed Doubles 2008 Guangzhou Team 2009 Yokohama Doubles 2011 Rotterdam Doubles 2012 Dortmund Team 2014 Tokyo Team World Cup 2008 Kuala Lumpur Singles 2002 Singapore Singles 2004 Hangzhou Singles 2011 Singapore Singles

In this Chinese name, the family name is Tie (Chinese: 帖).

Tie played for China in the Universiade before emigrating to Hong Kong in 2002.

She is married to Tang Peng, another table tennis player representing Hong Kong. ^[4]

Career records

Singles (as of 9 November 2014)^[3]

• Olympics: QF (2004, 08).^[5]
• World Championships: round of 16 (2003, 05, 11).
• World Cup appearances: 11. Record: runner-up (2008); 3rd (2002, 04, 11).
• Pro Tour winner (8): Korea Open 2002; Brazil Open 2003; Russian Open 2004; Croatian Open 2004; Korea, Chinese Taipei Open 2006; Brazil Open 2007; Hungarian Open 2010. Runner-up (2): USA, Swedish Open 2005.
• Pro Tour Grand Finals appearances: 9. Record: SF (2005).
• Asian Games: runner-up (2006).
• Asian Championships: SF (2003).
• Asian Cup: 1st (2004); 3rd (2003, 05).

Women's doubles

• Olympics: QF (2004).
• World Championships: SF (2005, 09, 11)
• Pro Tour winner (14): Russian, Slovenian, Croatian, Chile, USA, German, Swedish Open 2005; Korea, Japan Open 2006; Brazil, Chile Open 2007; Chile, China (Shanghai) Open 2008, Spain 2011. Runner-up (8): Italian Open 2002; Danish Open 2003; Qatar, Singapore Open 2006; Qatar, Austrian Open 2007; Kuwait, Korea Open 2009.
• Pro Tour Grand Finals appearances: 9. Record: runner-up (2009, 2010); SF (2004, 07, 08).
• Asian Games: runner-up (2006)
• Asian Championships: SF (2003, 05, 07)

Mixed doubles

• World Championships: SF (2007)
• Asian Games: winner (2002)
• Asian Championships: runner-up (2007); SF (2003)

Team

• Olympics: 5th (2008, 2012)
• World Championships: 2nd (2004, 06); 3rd (2008, 2012)
• World Team Cup: 3rd (2007, 09, 2013)
• Asian Championships: 1st (2005); 2nd (2003)

References

1. "ITTF players' profiles". International Table Tennis Federation. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
2. . International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 14 March 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
3. . International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 3 October 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
4. Tan, Patrick (8 April 2014). "Tie Yana Hopes To Play In The Rio Olympics". Retrieved 11 December 2016.
5. . Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2010.