BTW, Yang Xiaoxin is back
with a new status. First tournament since China Smash 2024.
Looks like she applied for a WR freeze between 2024 WK35 and WK42 when she was WR15 w/ 1310 pts.
https://www.ittf.com/wp-content/upl...Tennis-World-Ranking-Regulations-20250422.pdf
5. RANKING PROTECTION
5.1 Ranking protection is the right of players to keep, for a limited period,
the ranking points that they had at
the moment they requested it, which shall be used for entry and seeding at sanctioned events.
5.2 Ranking protection shall be applied to the Singles, Doubles Individuals and Mixed Doubles Individuals
competitions based on the corresponding ranking lists.
5.3 Ranking protection may be requested by the Member Association of a player if the player is injured, sick,
pregnant or under any other circumstances that prevent him/her from competing in table tennis events,
including sanctioned and non-sanctioned events, leagues or exhibitions, for a time between 6 and 18
months.
5.4 The ranking protection must be requested within six (6) months after the last sanctioned event where the
player competed, by filling out and sending the form at
https://ittf.com/rankings to
[email protected].
5.5 The ranking protection duration, that is, the number of events or period when the entry and seeding using
the protected ranking is applied, is determined by the duration of the player’s absence as:
• Between 6 and 12 months: 3 events or up to 6 months after the start date of the first sanctioned
event where the player competes after the absence, whichever occurs first.
• Between 12 and 18 months: 5 events or up to 9 months after the start date of the first sanctioned
event where the player competes after the absence, whichever occurs first.
5.6 In the case of a player who returns to competition after an absence and gets injured again having a
protected ranking status, a freeze of the status at that moment may be requested up to two times during
the protection. The player’s absence must be of at least 3 months, after which the player would continue
with the original protection and remaining months and events.
