TTNZ is pleased to introduce the 2026 Athletes who have been invited based on performance, rankings, and eligibility criteria.
Open Women’s Singles
Grip Style: Pen-hold
(RH Chinese)
Playing Style: Offensive (Attacker)
Substyle: All-round
Top Achievements:
- 2002 Commonwealth Games, Women's Singles Gold Medallist, Women's Doubles Silver Medallist, Mixed Doubles Bronze Medallist, Women's Team Bronze Medallist
- 1997 ITTF World Cup, Bronze Medallist
- 5-Time ITTF-Oceania Championships Women's Singles Champion
- 10-Time NZ Open Championships Women's Singles Champion
- 2-Time China National Championships Mixed Doubles Champion
Grip Style: Shakehand (LH)
Playing Style: Offensive (Attacker)
Substyle: Close-to-table blocker
Top Achievements:
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2026 ITTF-Oceania Cup, Open Women's Singles Bronze Medallist
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2026 WTT Youth Contender San Francisco, U19 Mixed Doubles Bronze Medallist
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2025 ITTF-Oceania Championships, Open Women's Singles Bronze Medallist
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2025 Tahiti International Tournament, Open Women's Singles Gold Medallist
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2025 NZ Open Championships, U19 Girls' Singles Silver Medallist
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2024, 2025 & 2026 ITTF World Cup, NZ Representative
Grip Style: Shakehand (RH)
Playing Style: Offensive (Attacker)
Substyle: All-round
Top Achievements:
- 2026 North Island Teams Championships, Open Women's A Grade Gold Medallist
- 2025 NZ Open Championships, Open Women's Singles Silver Medallist
- 2026 & 2025 Counties Manukau Open Championships, Open Women's Singles Gold Medallist
- 2026 & 2025 NZ Veteran Open Championships, O40 Women's Singles Gold Medallist
Grip Style: Shakehand (RH)
Playing Style: Defensive
Substyle: Chopper
Top Achievements:
- 2026 NZ South Island Individual Championships, Under 19 Girls' Singles Gold Medallist
- 2025 ITTF-Oceania Youth Championships, Under 19 Girls' Teams Silver Medallist
- 2025 NZ Open Championships, Under 19 Girls' Singles Bronze Medallist
- 2024 NZ Open Championships, Under 19 Girls' Singles Silver Medallist
- 2023 NZ Open Championships, Under 13 Girls' Singles Gold Medallist
Angel Han (North Shore)
Grip Style: Shakehand (LH)
Playing Style: Offensive (Attacker)
Substyle: Counter-Attacking
Top Achievements:
- 2026 South Island individuals Open womens, Silver Medallist
- 2026 WTT Youth Contender Canada, Under 15 Girls' Singles Bronze Medallist
- 2025 South Island individuals B grade Gold Medallist
- 2025 NZ Open Teams Gold Medallist
- 2025 ITTF-Oceania Youth Championships, Under 15 Girls' Singles Silver Medallist
- 2025 ITTF World Youth Championships, NZ Representative
- 2024 ITTF World Hopes Week & Challenge, Fifth Place
- 2023 WTT Youth Contender Darwin, Under 11 Girls' Singles Silver Medallist
Yelena Yi (North Shore)
Grip Style: Shakehand (RH)
Playing Style: Offensive (Attacker)
Substyle: All-round
Top Achievements:
- 2026 WTT Youth Contender San Francisco, U15 Girls' Singles Bronze Medallist and U15 Mixed Doubles Silver Medallist
- 2025 NZ Open Championships, Open Women's Teams and Under 15 Girls' Singles Gold Medallist
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2025 ITTF-Oceania Senior Championships, Open Women Team Silver Medallist
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2025 ITTF-Oceania Senior Championships, Open Women Doubles Bronze Medallist
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2025 ITTF-Oceania Senior championships, Quarter Finalsit
- 2023 ITTF-Oceania Youth Championships, Under 15 Girls' Teams Gold Medallist
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Monica Kusaleswaran (Canterbury) Grip Style: Shakehand (RH) Playing Style: Offensive (Attacker) Substyle: Top Achievements:
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Grip Style: Shakehand (RH)
Playing Style: Offensive (Attacker)
Substyle: All-round
Top Achievements:
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2026 South Island Individuals Champioships, Women Singles Bronze Medallist
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2025 ITTF-Oceania Youth Championships, U15 Mixed Doubles Gold Medallist
- 2025 TTNZ Top 8 Tournament, U19 Girls' Singles Silver Medallist
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2024 ITTF-Oceania Championships, U21 Bronze Medallist
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2024 ITTF-Oceania Champiosnships, U21 teams Silver Medallist
- 2024 & 2023 ITTF-Oceania Youth Championships, U15 Girls' Teams Gold Medallist
- 2024 NZ Open Championships, U15 Girls' Singles Gold Medallist
- 2022 ITTF-Oceania Hopes Week & Challenge, Girls' Singles Silver Medallist
Open Men’s Singles
Dean Shu (Overseas)
Grip Style: Shakehand (RH)
Playing Style: Offensive (Attacker)
Substyle: Close to table counter
Top Achievements:
- 2025 and 2026 ITTF-Oceania Cup, Men's Singles Bronze Medallist
- 2024 NZ Open Championships, Men's Singles Silver Medallist
- 2023 NZ Open Championships, Men's Singles Gold Medallist
- 2022 and 2019 NZ Open Championships, Men's Singles Bronze Medallist
- 2018 ITTF-Oceania Cup, Men's Singles Silver Medallist
Timothy Choi (North Shore)
Grip Style: Shakehand (RH)
Playing Style: Offensive (Attacker)
Substyle: Counter-Attacking
Top Achievements:
- 2025 WTT Youth Contender Perth, U19 Boys' Singles Gold Medallist
- 2025 NZ Open Championships, U19 Boys' Singles Gold Medallist
- 2024, 2026 and 2025 ITTF World Team Championships Finals, Competitor
- 2024 ITTF-Oceania Championships, U21 Men's Singles Gold Medallist
- World Ranking: ITTF U19 Boys' Singles Career High #64 and 2026 ITTF Men's Singles Career High #115.
Eli Ho (Auckland)
Grip Style: Tiger-Wing (RH)
Playing Style: Offensive (Attacker)
Substyle: Counter-Attacking
Top Achievements:
- 2026 WTT Youth Contender San Francisco, U17 & U15 Boys' Singles Gold Medallist
- 2025 ITTF-Oceania Youth Championships, U15 Boys' Teams and U15 Boys' Doubles Gold Medallist; U15 Boys' Singles Silver Medallist; U15 Mixed Doubles Bronze Medallist
- 2025 NZ Open Championships, Men's Singles Gold Medallist
- 2024 ITTF World Hopes Week & Challenge, Boys' Singles Gold Medallist
- 2024 ITTF World Youth Championships, Boys' Singles, Competitor
Matthew Ball (Manawatu)
Grip Style: Shakehand (RH)
Playing Style: Offensive (Attacker)
Substyle: Counter-Attacking
Top Achievements:
- 2024, 2023 & 2019 NZ Open Championships, O30 Men's Doubles Gold Medallist
- 2023 & 2019 NZ Open Championships, O30 Men's Singles Gold Medallist
- 2018 ITTF Oceania Cup, defeated the defending Men's Singles Champion David Powell
- 2017 South Island Championships, Men's Singles and Men's Doubles Gold Medallist
Alfred Dela-Peña (Waitemata)
Grip Style: Shakehand (LH)
Playing Style: Offensive (Attacker)
Substyle: Close-to-table counter
Top Achievements:
- 2025 ITTF World Ranking, Career High #95
- 2024 ITTF-Oceania Olympic Qualification Tournament, Men's Singles Gold Medallist
- 2018 and 2024 ITTF World Team Championships, NZ Representative
- 2015 and 2016 ITTF World Junior Championships, NZ Representative
John Wu (Auckland)
Grip Style: Shakehand (RH)
Playing Style: Offensive (Attacker)
Substyle: Power Looper
Top Achievements:
- 2026 WTT Youth Contender Cappadocia, NZ Representative
- 2026 South Island Individual Championships, U19 Boys' Singles Gold Medallist
- 2025 Northland Open Championships, U19 Boys' Singles Gold Medallist
- 2024 NZ Open Championships, Open Men's Doubles Gold Medallist
Payas Jajal (Auckland)
Grip Style: Shakehand (LH)
Playing Style: Offensive (Attacker)
Substyle: All-round
Top Achievements
- 2026 North Island Teams Championships, Open Men's Teams and U19 Teams Gold Medallist
- 2025 NZ Open Championships, Senior Teams Champion and Open Men's Singles Bronze Medallist
- 2025 NZ Secondary School Championships, Teams Champion and U19 Singles Bronze Medallist
- 2025 ITTF-Oceania Youth Championships, U19 Teams Silver Medallist
Lucas Alexandre (Auckland)
Grip Style: Shakehand (RH)
Playing Style: Offensive (Attacker)
Substyle: All-round
Top Achievements:
- 2026 WTT Youth Contender Mississauga, U13 Boys' Singles Gold Medallist
- 2026 WTT Youth Contender San Francisco, U13 Boys' Singles Gold Medallist
- 2025 ITTF World Hopes Week & Challenge, Bronze Medallist
- 2025 ITTF-Oceania Hopes Challenge, Boys' Singles Gold Medallist
- 2025 NZ Open Championships, U13 Boys' Singles, Boys' Doubles, Mixed Doubles and Teams Gold Medallist
- 2025 NZ Open Championships, Top 8 Mens Singles
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2025 NZ Open Championships, Mens Teams Silver Medallist
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2025 Southland Open, Mens Gold Medallist
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2025 Hawkes Bay- Open, Mens Gold Medallist
Under 19 Girls Singles
Kiki Su (North Shore)
Grip Style: Shakehand (RH)
Playing Style: Offensive (Attacker)
Substyle: All-round
Top Achievements:
- 2026 Waitemata Junior Open Championships, U19 Girls' Singles Silver Medallist
- 2025 ITTF-Oceania Youth Championships, U19 Girls' Singles Quarter-Finalist
- 2025 Auckland Secondary School Championships, U19 Girls' Singles Silver Medallist
Grace Looi (Auckland)
Grip Style: Shakehand (RH)
Playing Style: Offensive (Attacker)
Substyle: All-round
Top Achievements:
- 2025 Hawke's Bay Open Championships, Open Women's Singles and U19 Singles Gold Medallist
- 2025 Whanganui Open Championships, U19 Singles Gold Medallist and Open Women's Singles Silver Medallist
- 2024 WTT Youth Contender Darwin, NZ Representative
- 2023 ITTF Hopes Week & Challenge, NZ Representative
Karen Looi (Auckland)
Grip Style: Shakehand (RH)
Playing Style: Offensive (Attacker)
Substyle: All-round
Top Achievements:
- 2026 WTT Youth Contender Buenos Aires, U13 Singles Gold Medallist
- 2026 WTT Youth Contender Asunción, U13 Singles Bronze Medallist
- 2025 ITTF-Oceania Hopes Challenge, U12 Bronze Medallist
- 2025 ITTF World Hopes Week & Challenge, NZ Representative
- 2024 WTT Youth Contender Darwin, U11 Singles Bronze Medallist
- 2024 Bay of Plenty Open Championships, Open Women's Singles Gold Medallist
Flanny Xue (North Shore)
Grip Style: Shakehand (RH)
Playing Style: Offensive (Attacker)
Substyle: Close-to-table blocker
Top Achievements:
- 2025 Wellington Open Championships, B Grade Women's Singles Gold Medallist
- 2025 Northland Open Championships, Under 19 Combined Doubles Gold Medallist
- 2024 NZ Open Championships, B Grade Women's Doubles Gold Medallist
- 2024 and 2023 North Island Open Championships, Under 15 Girls' Doubles Gold Medallist
Shuhan Cao (Manawatu)
Grip Style: Shakehand (RH)
Playing Style: Offensive (Attacker)
Substyle: All-round
Top Achievements:
- 2025 North Island Open Championships, Open Women's Doubles Bronze Medallist
- 2024 Manawatu Secondary School Table Tennis Competition, Premier Division Girls' Team Gold Medallist
- 2024 Manawatu Open, U15 Girls' Singles Bronze Medallist
- 2022 Wellington Autumn Open, U14 Girls' Singles Silver Medallist
Josephine Chong (Auckland)
Grip Style: Shakehand (RH)
Playing Style: Offensive (Attacker)
Substyle: All-round
Top Achievements:
- 2025 & 2024 NZ Open Championships, Open Women's Singles Bronze Medallist
- 2025 Auckland Open Championships, U15 Girls' Singles Gold Medallist
- 2024 ITTF-Oceania Youth Championships, U15 Girls' Teams Gold Medallist and U15 Girls' Singles Silver Medallist
- 2024 ITTF World Youth Championships, NZ Zealand Representative
Krystelle Hui (Waikato)
Grip Style: Shakehand (RH)
Playing Style: Offensive (Attacker)
Substyle: Power Looper
Top Achievements:
- 2025 TTNZ Top 8, U19 Girls' Singles Seventh Place
- 2025 NZ Secondary School Championships, U19 Girls' Singles Fifth Place
- 2025 Bay of Plenty Open Championships, U19 Girls' Singles Gold Medallist
- 2025 Waikato Closed Championships, Women's Singles Silver Medallist
- 2024 Chunli's Tournament, U16 Girls' Singles Gold Medallist
Gisele Chen (Canterbury)
Grip Style: Shakehand (RH)
Playing Style: Offensive (Attacker)
Substyle: All-round
Top Achievements:
- 2026 Selected into TTNZ Top 8, U19 Girls Top 8 representative
- 2025 Marlborough Open Championships, U19 Girls' Singles Gold Medallist
- 2025 NZ Open Championships, U15 Girls' Singles Top 8
- 2025–2026 Canterbury Representative Team, U15 Representative
- 2026 South Island Individual Championships, C Grade Women’s Single Silver Medallist
Under 19 Boys Singles
August Xiao (Overseas)
Grip Style: Shakehand (LH)
Playing Style: Offensive (Attacker)
Substyle: All-round
Top Achievements:
- 2026 WTT Youth Contender Bangkok, U15 Boys' Singles Silver Medallist
- 2026 WTT Singapore Youth Smash, U15 Boys' Singles Top 16
- 2026 Southland Individual Championships, Open Men's Singles and U19 Singles Gold Medallist
- 2025 ITTF-Oceania Youth Championships, U15 Boys' Teams, Boys' Singles, Boys' Doubles and Mixed Doubles Gold Medallist
- 2024 ITTF-Oceania Youth Championships, U15 Boys' Singles Gold Medallist
Joshua Lu (Auckland)
Grip Style: Shakehand (RH)
Playing Style: Offensive (Attacker)
Substyle: Counter-attacking
Top Achievements:
- 2025 TTNZ Top 8, U19 Singles Gold Medallist
- 2025 NZ Open Championships, U19 Teams Gold Medallist
- 2025 Auckland Open Championships, U19 Singles Silver Medallist
- 2024 NZ Open Championships, Men's Doubles Bronze Medallist
Oscar Jiang (Auckland)
Grip Style: Shakehand (RH)
Playing Style: Offensive (Attacker)
Substyle: Power Looper
Top Achievements:
- 2026 Auckland Open Championships, Open Men's Doubles Gold Medallist
- 2024 NZ Secondary School Cup, U15 Singles Gold Medallist
- 2025 ITTF-Oceania Youth Championships, U19 Boys' Teams Silver Medallist and U19 Boys' Doubles Bronze Medallist
- 2025 NZ Open Championships, Open Teams Gold Medallist
- 2024 NZ Open Championships, U15 Singles Silver Medallist
Akshay Aneesh (Manawatu)
Grip Style: Shakehand (RH)
Playing Style: Offensive (Attacker)
Substyle: All-round
Top Achievements:
- 2026 Selected into NZ National Squad
- 2026 Manawatu Closed Championships, Men's Singles Gold Medallist
- 2025 WTT Youth Contender France, Competitor
- 2022 NZ Open Championships, Under 15 Doubles Silver Medallist
- 2019 ITTF-Oceania Hopes Week & Challenge, Fourth Place
Ethan Yin (Auckland)
Grip Style: Shakehand (RH)
Playing Style: Defensive
Substyle: Chopper
Top Achievements:
- 2026 South Island Individual Championships, Open Men's Doubles & B Grade Singles Gold Medallist
- 2025 North Island Individual Championships, U19 Singles Runner-Up and B Grade Singles Gold Medallist
- 2025 NZ Open Championships, B Grade Singles Gold Medallist
Tushan Engineer (Auckland)
Grip Style: Shakehand (RH)
Playing Style: Offensive (Attacker)
Substyle: All-round
Top Achievements:
- 2026 South Island Individual Championships, U19 Boys' Singles Bronze Medallist
- 2025 Auckland Open Championships, Men's Singles Silver Medallist and Men's Doubles Gold Medallist
- 2024 NZ Open Championships, U19 Boys' Doubles Gold Medallist and U15 Boys' Singles Bronze Medallist
Toby Xu (Auckland)
Grip Style: Shakehand (RH)
Playing Style: Offensive (Attacker)
Substyle: Power Looper
Top Achievements:
- 2025 Auckland Open Championships, Under 21 Men's Singles Bronze Medallist and Open Men's Singles Top 8
- 2025 Northland Open Championships, U19 Boys' Singles and Doubles Silver Silver Medallist
- 2024 NZ Secondary School Championships, U19 Boys' Singles Silver Medallist
Oscar Du (Auckland)
Grip Style: Shakehand (RH)
Playing Style: Offensive (Attacker)
Substyle: Counter-Attacking
Top Achievements:
- 2025 TTNZ Top 8, U15 Boys' Singles Gold Medallist
- 2025 NZ Secondary School Championships, U15 Boys' Singles Gold Medallist
- 2025 ITTF World Youth Championships, U15 Boys' Team NZ Representative
- 2025 ITTF-Oceania Youth Championships, U15 Boys' Team NZ Representative
- 2024 ITTF-Oceania Youth Championships, U15 Boys' Team NZ Representative