Bernadette Szőcs

Bernadette Cynthia Szőcs (born 5 March 1995) is a professional table tennis player from Romania.^[1][5]

Bernadette Szőcs

Szőcs at the 2022 European Championships
Personal information
Full name	Bernadette Cynthia Szőcs
Nickname	Bernie
Born	(1995-03-05) 5 March 1995 (age 30) Târgu Mureș, Romania[1]
Height	1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)[2]
Weight	48 kg (106 lb)[2]
Sport
Sport	Table tennis
Club	Ahmedabad SG Pipers (2024–present) Dabang Delhi TTC (2019) Falcons TTC (2018)
Equipment	Tibhar
Highest ranking	8 (16 April 2024) [3]
Current ranking	16 (5 August 2025)[4]
Medal record Women's table tennis Representing  Romania World Championships 2025 Doha Doubles European Games 2023 Kraków–Małopolska Singles 2023 Kraków–Małopolska Team 2019 Minsk Mixed doubles 2019 Minsk Team 2023 Kraków–Małopolska Mixed doubles European Championships 2017 Luxembourg Team 2019 Nantes Team 2022 Munich Doubles 2011 Gdańsk–Sopot Team 2013 Schwechat Team 2015 Yekaterinburg Team 2022 Munich Mixed doubles 2023 Malmö Team 2024 Linz Singles 2024 Linz Doubles 2025 Zadar Team 2012 Buzău Mixed doubles 2016 Budapest Mixed doubles Europe Top-16 2018 Montreux Singles 2019 Montreux Singles 2021 Thessaloniki Singles 2022 Montreux Singles 2024 Montreux Singles Universiade 2015 Gwangju Singles 2017 Taipei Singles World Junior Championships 2011 Manama Doubles 2012 Hyderabad Doubles 2013 Rabat Team European Youth Championships 2011 Kazan Singles 2011 Kazan Doubles 2012 Schwechat Singles 2012 Schwechat Doubles 2012 Schwechat Team 2013 Ostrava Team 2011 Kazan Team 2013 Ostrava Singles 2013 Ostrava Doubles 2008 Terni Team 2009 Prague Doubles 2010 Istanbul Team 2010 Istanbul Singles 2010 Istanbul Doubles 2006 Sarajevo Team 2007 Bratislava Doubles 2008 Terni Singles 2008 Terni Mixed doubles 2006 Sarajevo Mixed doubles 2007 Bratislava Team 2008 Terni Doubles 2009 Prague Singles Europe Youth Top-10 2009 Rotterdam Cadet singles 2010 Topoľčany Cadet singles 2012 Buzău Junior singles 2013 Terni Junior singles

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.

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	Audrey Zarif	4–0	[12]
2018	Europe Top 16	Li Jie	4–1	[13]
2023	European Games	Xiaoxin Yang	4–3	[14]

Best results by type of tournament

Singles

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

• 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)