Bernadette Szőcs

Bernadette Szőcs
Szőcs at the 2022 European Championships
Personal information
Full nameBernadette Cynthia Szőcs
NicknameBernie
Born (1995-03-05) 5 March 1995
Târgu Mureș, Romania[1]
Height1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)[2]
Weight48 kg (106 lb)[2]
Sport
SportTable tennis
Club
EquipmentTibhar
Highest ranking8 (16 April 2024) [3]
Current ranking27 (2 March 2026)[4]
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  Romania
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2025 DohaDoubles
Bronze medal – third place2026 LondonTeam
European Games
Gold medal – first place2023 Kraków–MałopolskaSingles
Gold medal – first place2023 Kraków–MałopolskaTeam
Silver medal – second place2019 MinskMixed doubles
Silver medal – second place2019 MinskTeam
Bronze medal – third place2023 Kraków–MałopolskaMixed doubles
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 LuxembourgTeam
Gold medal – first place2019 NantesTeam
Gold medal – first place2022 MunichDoubles
Silver medal – second place2011 Gdańsk–SopotTeam
Silver medal – second place2013 SchwechatTeam
Silver medal – second place2015 YekaterinburgTeam
Silver medal – second place2022 MunichMixed doubles
Silver medal – second place2023 MalmöTeam
Silver medal – second place2024 LinzSingles
Silver medal – second place2024 LinzDoubles
Silver medal – second place2025 ZadarTeam
Bronze medal – third place2012 BuzăuMixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place2016 BudapestMixed doubles
Europe Top-16
Gold medal – first place2018 MontreuxSingles
Silver medal – second place2019 MontreuxSingles
Silver medal – second place2026 MontreuxSingles
Bronze medal – third place2021 ThessalonikiSingles
Bronze medal – third place2022 MontreuxSingles
Bronze medal – third place2024 MontreuxSingles
Universiade
Bronze medal – third place2015 GwangjuSingles
Bronze medal – third place2017 TaipeiSingles
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place2011 ManamaDoubles
Bronze medal – third place2012 HyderabadDoubles
Bronze medal – third place2013 RabatTeam
European Youth Championships
Gold medal – first place2011 KazanSingles
Gold medal – first place2011 KazanDoubles
Gold medal – first place2012 SchwechatSingles
Gold medal – first place2012 SchwechatDoubles
Gold medal – first place2012 SchwechatTeam
Gold medal – first place2013 OstravaTeam
Silver medal – second place2011 KazanTeam
Bronze medal – third place2013 OstravaSingles
Bronze medal – third place2013 OstravaDoubles
Gold medal – first place2008 TerniTeam
Gold medal – first place2009 PragueDoubles
Gold medal – first place2010 IstanbulTeam
Gold medal – first place2010 IstanbulSingles
Gold medal – first place2010 IstanbulDoubles
Silver medal – second place2006 SarajevoTeam
Silver medal – second place2007 BratislavaDoubles
Silver medal – second place2008 TerniSingles
Silver medal – second place2008 TerniMixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place2006 SarajevoMixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place2007 BratislavaTeam
Bronze medal – third place2008 TerniDoubles
Bronze medal – third place2009 PragueSingles
Europe Youth Top-10
Gold medal – first place2009 RotterdamCadet singles
Gold medal – first place2010 TopoľčanyCadet singles
Gold medal – first place2012 BuzăuJunior singles
Gold medal – first place2013 TerniJunior singles

Bernadette Cynthia Szőcs (Hungarian: [søːt͡ʃ], born 5 March 1995) is a Romanian professional table tennis player of Hungarian ethnicity.[1][5]

She is the incumbent European games champion in women's singles and a three time Olympian, having participated in 2016, 2020 and 2024 editions of summer Olympics.

In April 2024, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 8 by ITTF/WTT.

Career

In September 2011, she travelled to Argentina for the World Junior Circuit event where she overtook Kasumi Ishikawa to reach the top spot in the competition series.[6]

In July 2012, she was ranked 5th in the ITTF World Junior Circuit.[7]

Szőcs won the singles event in the inaugural season of T2, beating Feng Tianwei in the final. Bernadette started to play Table Tennis at 9 years of age for CS Gloria Bistrița-Năsăud. She was declared the 68th honorary citizen of Bistrița in 2018.[8] She was suspended in 2017 and signed with CSA Steaua București in 2019.[9]

Szőcs played for Dabangg Delhi TTC in Ultimate table tennis, a table tennis league in India.

In August 2019 she was ranked no. 14 in the world in the International Table Tennis Federation rankings and no. 1 in the European Table Tennis Union rankings, and in July in the T2 Diamond event, became the first player to use a coloured rubber – pink.

In Szőcs's first international match in 2021, Szőcs upset second seed and world ranked number 8 Cheng I-Ching in the round of 32 of the WTT Contender event at WTT Doha.[10]

Personal life

Szőcs has an older brother, Hunor, who is also a table tennis player.[11]

Singles titles

Year Tournament Final opponent Score Ref
2017 ITTF Challenge, Brazil Open France Audrey Zarif 4–0 [12]
2018 Europe Top 16 Netherlands Li Jie 4–1 [13]
2023 European Games Monaco Xiaoxin Yang 4–3 [14]

Best results by type of tournament

Singles

Her best ranking in singles was No. 8 in the world, obtained in April 2024.[15]

References

  1. 1 2 "BERNADETTE CYNTHIA SZOCS". cosr.ro (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 26 July 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Bernadette Szőcs". Olympedia. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  3. ↑ "Rank History". results.ittf.link. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  4. ↑ "Week #32 - August 5th". results.ittf.link. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  5. ↑ "Biography". realitatea.net. Archived from the original on 3 February 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
  6. ↑ "Se vrea recompensarea campioanei europene, târgumureșeanca Szőcs Bernadette, cu 15.000 de lei" (in Romanian). Punctul. 16 November 2017.
  7. ↑ "Under 18 World ranking". International Table Tennis Federation. 4 July 2012. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
  8. ↑ "Bernadette Szocs, oficial al 68-lea cetățean de onoare". Timp online. 22 February 2018.
  9. ↑ "Berni, bistrițeanca, spulberă tot la naționale! Gloria- 3 medalii, CSM – praful de pe tobă!" (in Romanian). Sportul bistritean. 27 March 2023.
  10. ↑ "WTT Doha Day 1 Recap and Day 2 Preview". edgesandnets.com. 3 March 2021. Archived from the original on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  11. ↑ "Interviu cu Hunor Szocs: "Obiectivul meu este mai mare decât a fi unul dintre cei mai buni jucători români"" (in Romanian). Ziarul de Sport. 15 April 2012.
  12. ↑ "First for Bernadette Szocs, victory in São Paulo". ittf.com. 7 May 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  13. ↑ "Review Day Two: Timo Boll and Bernadette Szocs claim titles on emotional final day in Montreux". ittf.com. 4 February 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  14. ↑ "Table tennis - 2023 European Games: Bernadette Szocs wins gold medal in women's singles". AGERPRES. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  15. ↑ "Senior Women's Singles". www.ittf.com.
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