Personal information about Zhou Qihao 周启豪

Zhou Qihao (周启豪) is a Chinese table tennis player. He played in the Chinese table tennis national team. He also plays in the Guangdong team composed of Zhou Qihao, Lin Gaoyuan, and Zhang Chao.

Personal information

Here is the basic information of Zhou Qihao

Chinese name

周启豪

Alias (lucky number)

Number 7

Country of Citizenship

China

date of birth

1997

Height

178 cm

Major awards

2011 ITTF Youth Tour Hong Kong Open Men’s Singles Championship

Equipments

• Blade: Butterfly Lin Gaoyuan ALC (source)
• Forehand rubber: Hurricane 3 National Blue Sponge 2.15 mm
• Backhand rubber: Butterfly Dignics 05 2.1 mm

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Main achievements

year 2011

• 2011 ITTF Youth Tour Hong Kong Open Men’s Singles Championship
• 2011 ITTF Tour India Open Men’s Singles Championship
• 2011 ITTF Youth Tour Taicang Open Men’s Singles Championship

year 2013

• 2013 ITTF Youth Tour Chengdu Open Men’s Singles Top 8

Year 2014

• 2014 ITTF Tour German Open Men’s Singles Top 16
• 2014 ITTF Tour Korea Open Men’s Singles Top 16
• The top 32 men’s singles and the top 4 men’s doubles in the 2014 ITTF Tour Japan Open
• 2014 ITTF Youth Tour Hong Kong Open Men’s Singles and runner-up

• Men’s team champion of the 2020 National Table Tennis Championships

• On May 7, 2021, in the men’s singles final of the 2021 “WTT Grand Slam World Table Tennis Championship”, which is also the Olympic simulation tournament, Zhou Qihao defeated Fan Zhendong and won the championship. Zhou Qihao also won Ma Long 4-3  in the semi-final match.

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World Ranking

 

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Table Tennis Career

On March 4, 2017, in the Düsseldorf World Championships team trial, Zhou Qihao defeated Ma Long 2-1.

On November 22, 2017, Zhou Qihao defeated Fan Zhendong 3-1 in the away match of Bayi Dashang in the Table Tennis Super League against Anhui Longkun.

On November 3, 2018, in the men’s singles quarter-finals of the Swedish Open, Zhou Qihao defeated the German star Ovtcharov 4-1. 

On October 4, 2020, in the men’s team final of the National Table Tennis Championships, the Guangdong team composed of Zhou Qihao, Lin Gaoyuan, and Zhang Chao defeated the Beijing team 3-2 to win the championship. 

On May 7, 2021, in the 2021 “Direct WTT Grand Slam World Table Tennis Championships” which is also the Olympic simulation men’s singles final, Zhou Qihao defeated Fan Zhendong 4-2 and won the championship.

Zhou Qihao vs Zhang Jike. Yes, this is a very interesting match. During this match, you will learn 2 things:

Number 1. Zhang Jike is very famous in China. He is no doubt the most famous table tennis player in China. He has the largest fan base.

Number 2. This was a closed match. It is an intense match until the end. That means that Zhou Qihao played already very well. He is less well-known because he didn’t participate much in the international competition. And in China, there are many stars like Ma Long, Zhang Jike, Xu Xin. But it doesn’t mean his level is not good. He is always the tough opponent for the top Chinese player.

 

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Zhou Qihao vs Timo Boll

Some player asked me, “Why Zhou Qihao is not selected to play in the Tokyo Olympics ?”

He has played very well in the Chinese Trial 2021 last week.

He is not selected by the Chinese coaching staff. One of the main reasons is that his winning score versus the foreign players is not good.

He played well in the internal competition, but the international competition is more important.

This is an amazing match between Timo Boll and Zhou Qihao.

 

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