Bernadette Szőcs

Bernadette Szőcs
Szőcs at the 2022 European Championships
Personal information
Full nameBernadette Cynthia Szőcs
Nickname
Bernie
Born (1995-03-05) 5 March 1995
Târgu Mureș, Romania[3]
Height1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)[4]
Weight48 kg (106 lb)[4]
Sport
SportTable tennis
Club
  • Ahmedabad SG Pipers
  • (2024–present)
  • Dabang Delhi TTC
  • (2019)
  • Falcons TTC
  • (2018)
EquipmentTibhar
Highest ranking8 (16 April 2024) [1]
Current ranking27 (2 March 2026)[2]
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  Romania
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2025 Doha Doubles
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Kraków–Małopolska Singles
Gold medal – first place 2023 Kraków–Małopolska Team
Silver medal – second place 2019 Minsk Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2019 Minsk Team
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Kraków–Małopolska Mixed doubles
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Luxembourg Team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Nantes Team
Gold medal – first place 2022 Munich Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2011 Gdańsk–Sopot Team
Silver medal – second place 2013 Schwechat Team
Silver medal – second place 2015 Yekaterinburg Team
Silver medal – second place 2022 Munich Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2023 Malmö Team
Silver medal – second place 2024 Linz Singles
Silver medal – second place 2024 Linz Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2025 Zadar Team
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Buzău Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Budapest Mixed doubles
Europe Top-16
Gold medal – first place 2018 Montreux Singles
Silver medal – second place 2019 Montreux Singles
Silver medal – second place 2026 Montreux Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Thessaloniki Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Montreux Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Montreux Singles
Universiade
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Gwangju Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Taipei Singles
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Manama Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Hyderabad Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Rabat Team
European Youth Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Kazan Singles
Gold medal – first place 2011 Kazan Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2012 Schwechat Singles
Gold medal – first place 2012 Schwechat Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2012 Schwechat Team
Gold medal – first place 2013 Ostrava Team
Silver medal – second place 2011 Kazan Team
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Ostrava Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Ostrava Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2008 Terni Team
Gold medal – first place 2009 Prague Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2010 Istanbul Team
Gold medal – first place 2010 Istanbul Singles
Gold medal – first place 2010 Istanbul Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2006 Sarajevo Team
Silver medal – second place 2007 Bratislava Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2008 Terni Singles
Silver medal – second place 2008 Terni Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Sarajevo Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Bratislava Team
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Terni Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Prague Singles
Europe Youth Top-10
Gold medal – first place 2009 Rotterdam Cadet singles
Gold medal – first place 2010 Topoľčany Cadet singles
Gold medal – first place 2012 Buzău Junior singles
Gold medal – first place 2013 Terni Junior singles

Bernadette Cynthia Szőcs (Hungarian: [søːt͡ʃ], born 5 March 1995) is an ethnic Hungarian[5] professional table tennis player from Romania.[3][6]

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.[7]

In July 2012, she was ranked 5th in the ITTF World Junior Circuit.[8]

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.[9] She was suspended in 2017 and signed with CSA Steaua București in 2019.[10]

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.[11]

Personal life

Szőcs has an older brother, Hunor, who is also a table tennis player.[12]

Singles titles

Year Tournament Final opponent Score Ref
2017 ITTF Challenge, Brazil Open France Audrey Zarif 4–0 [13]
2018 Europe Top 16 Netherlands Li Jie 4–1 [14]
2023 European Games Monaco Xiaoxin Yang 4–3 [15]

Best results by type of tournament

Singles

Her best ranking in singles was No. 8 in the world, obtained in April 2024.[16]

  • European Table Tennis Championships: Silver medal (2024)
  • European Games: Champion (2023)
  • WTT Contender: Silver medal (Lima 2023)
  • WTT Star Contender: Quarterfinals (Ljubljana 2023, Bangkok 2024)
  • WTT Champions: Quarterfinals (Macau 2022, Frankfurt 2023, Macao 2023, Incheon 2024)
  • Grand Smash: Round of 16 (Singapore 2025)
  • WTT Cup Finals: Bronze medal (Fukuoka 2024)
  • Table Tennis World Cup: Round of 16 (Chengdu 2018, Chengdu 2019, Weihai 2020, Macau 2024)
  • World Table Tennis Championships: Round of 16 (Houston 2021, Doha 2025)
  • Olympic Games: Round of 16 (Paris 2024)

References

  1. ^ "Rank History". results.ittf.link. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Week #32 - August 5th". results.ittf.link. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  3. ^ a b "BERNADETTE CYNTHIA SZOCS". cosr.ro (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 26 July 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Bernadette Szőcs". Olympedia. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  5. ^ Goh, ZK. "Bernadette Szocs: How being positive is helping Romanian paddler climb the rankings". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
  6. ^ "Biography". realitatea.net. Archived from the original on 3 February 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
  7. ^ "Se vrea recompensarea campioanei europene, târgumureșeanca Szőcs Bernadette, cu 15.000 de lei" (in Romanian). Punctul. 16 November 2017.
  8. ^ "Under 18 World ranking". International Table Tennis Federation. 4 July 2012. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
  9. ^ "Bernadette Szocs, oficial al 68-lea cetățean de onoare". Timp online. 22 February 2018.
  10. ^ "Berni, bistrițeanca, spulberă tot la naționale! Gloria- 3 medalii, CSM – praful de pe tobă!" (in Romanian). Sportul bistritean. 27 March 2023.
  11. ^ "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.
  12. ^ "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.
  13. ^ "First for Bernadette Szocs, victory in São Paulo". ittf.com. 7 May 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  14. ^ "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.
  15. ^ "Table tennis - 2023 European Games: Bernadette Szocs wins gold medal in women's singles". AGERPRES. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  16. ^ "Senior Women's Singles". www.ittf.com.
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