Adriana Díaz

Adriana Yamila Díaz González (born October 31, 2000) is a Puerto Rican professional table tennis player. In March 2022, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 9 by ITTF/WTT and became the all-time best ranked player from Latin America on women's side. Currently ranked No. 19, she is the third non-Asian player in the singles world ranking, and the first from the Americas.

Díaz has a sister, Melanie and a cousin, Brian, who also play table tennis at professional level.

International competition On April 1, 2016, Díaz made history becoming the first Puerto Rican female table tennis player to qualify for the Olympics. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics where she defeated Olufunke Oshonaike 4–2 in the preliminary round before losing to Li Xue 0–4 in the second round.

Professional career Díaz made her professional debut for Dabang Smashers of the Ultimate Table Tennis league on June 16, 2018, with a 3–0 victory over Pooja Sahasrabudhe. On her second outing, she defeated the winner of the 2018 ITTF Europe Top 16 Cup, Bernadette Szocs (2–1).

On January 30, 2022, Díaz, along with her sister Melanie, ranked #5 in Women's Doubles Pairs by the International Table Tennis Federation

Clubs Águilas de la Montaña Zhengding Table Tennis (2017–2018) Dabang Smashers T.T.C. (2018)

Best results by type of tournament

Singles Her best ranking in singles was No. 9 in the world, obtained in March 2022.

Pan American Table Tennis Championships: Champion (2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025) Pan American Games: Champion (2019, 2023) WTT Contender: Silver medal (Muscat 2023) WTT Star Contender: Bronze medal (Bangkok 2023) WTT Champions: Quarterfinals (Macau 2025) Grand Smash: Round of 16 (Singapore 2025) WTT Cup Finals: Quarterfinals (Xinxiang 2022) Table Tennis World Cup: Quarterfinals (Macau 2024) World Table Tennis Championships: Round of 16 (Houston 2021, Durban 2023) Olympic Games: Round of 16 (Paris 2024)

Achievements 2020 Pan America Cup - Gold Medal 2019 Pan American Games - Gold Medal 2016 US Open - Gold Medal 2015 Pan American Games - Bronze Medal 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games - Gold Medal 2014 Pan American Sport Festival – Women's Singles Champion 2014 Latin American Youth Championships – Cadet Girls Singles Champion, Cadet Girls Doubles Champion, Cadet Mixed Doubles Champion 2013 Peru Junior & Cadet Open – Cadet Girls Singles Champion

Sponsorships and endorsements Díaz is sponsored by Butterfly and Adidas.

Awards YearAwardCategoryResultRef.2016Premios JuventudLa Nueva Promesa