Minnie Soo Wai Yam

Minnie Soo Wai Yam
Nation:	Hong Kong
Date of birth:	April 13, 1998
Size:	169 cm
Weight:	66 kg
Playing hand:	right
How to play:	Shakehand (attack)
Current world rankings :	38
Best world ranking :	25 (February 2018)

Minnie Soo Wai Yam (born April 13, 1998 in Hong Kong ) is a table tennis player from Hong Kong. As part of the Hong Kong team, she won the bronze medal with the team at the 2018 World Cup .

Career

Soo made her first international appearances in 2009 at various youth tournaments, in 2011 she took part for the first time in the World and Asian Championships in the youth field, where - as in 2012, 2013 and 2014 - she reached the semi-finals with the team. In the adult category, the Harmony China Open 2013 was her first tournament, and in April of this year she made it into the top 200 of the world rankings for the first time . In 2015 she reached the quarter-finals in the youth world championships in singles and doubles, in mixed with Ho Kwan Kit she won bronze after a 3: 4 semi-final defeat against Wang Chuqin / Chen Xingtong . In October it also made it into the top 100 for the first time. In doubles with Mak Tze Wing , she won gold at the Asian Youth Championship in 2016, where she also reached the singles semi-finals, and took bronze at the World Youth Championship.

In 2017 she was able to take part in the Asian Championships in Wuxi for the first time , with the team she came in third place, but failed in the individual to Mima Itō . She won medals in the U-21s at several World Tour tournaments and bronze in doubles at the Indian and German Open. Together with Ng Wing Nam , they qualified for the Grand Finals , where they were eliminated in the first round against the later winners Chen Meng / Zhu Yuling . In February 2018, she reached a personal best with number 25 in the world rankings and took bronze with the team at the Team World Cup , and she was also nominated for the team world championship . Hong Kong met defending champions China in the semi-finals . Soo surprisingly won her game against world champion Ding Ning (3-0), but the team lost 1: 3 and won bronze. In doubles with Ng Wing Nam, she was also able to take part in the Grand Finals in 2018 and 2019 , but lost in the first round. At the 2019 World Cup , she reached the round of 16 in singles and doubles.

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team	U-21
HKG	Asian Games	2018	Jakarta	INA				Semifinals
HKG	Asian Championships	2019	Yogyakarta	IDN	last 64	Quarter finals		7th place
HKG	Asian Championships	2017	Wuxi	CHN	last 32	last 16		Semifinals
HKG	Asian Championships	2015	Pattaya	THA	last 32	last 16		5th place
HKG	Youth Asian Championships	2016	Bangkok	THA	Semifinals	gold	Quarter finals	Semifinals
HKG	Youth Asian Championships	2015	Kuala Lumpur	MAS	Quarter finals	Quarter finals	Quarter finals	Semifinals
HKG	Youth Asian Championships	2014	Mumbai	IND	last 16	last 16	last 16	Semifinals
HKG	Youth Asian Championships	2013	Doha	QAT	Quarter finals			Semifinals
HKG	Youth Asian Championships	2012			Quarter finals			Semifinals
HKG	Youth Asian Championships	2011	New Delhi	IND	Quarter finals			Semifinals
HKG	World Championship	2019	Budapest	HUN	last 16	last 16
HKG	World Championship	2018	Halmstad	SWE				Semifinals
HKG	World Championship	2017	Dusseldorf	GER	last 32	last 16
HKG	Youth World Championship	2016	Cape Town	ZAF	last 16	Semifinals	last 16	Semifinals
HKG	Youth World Championship	2015	Vendee	FRA	Quarter finals	Quarter finals	Semifinals	6th place
HKG	Youth World Championship	2014	Shanghai	CHN	last 32	Quarter finals	last 64	Semifinals
HKG	Youth World Championship	2013	Rabat	MAR	last 16	Quarter finals	last 64	Semifinals
HKG	Youth World Championship	2012	Hyderabad	IND	last 32	last 32	last 64	Semifinals
HKG	Youth World Championship	2011	Manama	BRN	Agony	last 16	last 64	Semifinals
HKG	World Team Cup	2018	London	CLOSELY				bronze
HKG	Challenge Series	2019	Otočec	SLO	Semifinals	Quarter finals
HKG	Challenge Series	2019	Belgrade	SRB	silver	gold
HKG	Challenge Series	2018	Otočec	SLO	last 64	gold			Quarter finals
HKG	Challenge Series	2018	Guadalajara	ESP	Quarter finals	Semifinals			Semifinals
HKG	World Tour	2020	Budapest	HUN	last 16	Semifinals
HKG	World Tour	2019	Hong Kong	HKG	last 32	Semifinals
HKG	World Tour	2018	Daejeon	COR	last 32	Quarter finals			silver
HKG	World Tour	2018	Bremen	GER	Agony	Semifinals			Semifinals
HKG	World Tour	2018	Budapest	HUN	last 16	Quarter finals			Semifinals
HKG	World Tour	2017	Magdeburg	GER	Agony	Semifinals			Semifinals
HKG	World Tour	2017	Linz	AUT	last 32	Quarter finals			Semifinals
HKG	World Tour	2017	Cheng you	CHN	last 32	last 16			Quarter finals
HKG	World Tour	2017	Tokyo	JPN	last 32	last 16			Semifinals
HKG	World Tour	2017	Doha	QAT	last 32	last 16			silver
HKG	World Tour	2017	New Delhi	IND	last 16	Semifinals			silver
HKG	World Tour Grand Finals	2019	Zhengzhou	CHN		Quarter finals
HKG	World Tour Grand Finals	2018	Incheon	COR		Quarter finals
HKG	World Tour Grand Finals	2017	Astana	KAZ		Quarter finals

Web links

• Minnie Soo Wai Yam biography on the website of the World Table Tennis Association ittf.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} player profile. ittf.com, accessed January 22, 2019 . 
2. ↑ World Cup 2018 in Halmstad. Retrieved November 14, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Minnie Soo Wai Yam beats Ding Ning, well earned bronze for Hong Kong. ittf.com, May 4, 2018, accessed March 21, 2020 . 
4. ↑ Zhengzhou review: Olympic champion falls, Olympic places reserved. ittf.com, December 12, 2019, accessed March 21, 2020 . 

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Soo is the family name here, Wai Yam Minnie is the first name.