Women · CHN
Chen Yi
World No. 8
- World ranking
- No. 8, 4,335 points
- Age
- 22 (born 24 August 2004)
- Plays
- Right-handed
Overview
Latest results
| Date | Event | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Nov 2026 | WTT Champions Frankfurt 2026Women's singles, Quarter-final | Sabine Winter | L 0-43-11, 10-12, 7-11, 8-11 |
| 6 Nov 2026 | WTT Champions Frankfurt 2026Women's singles, Last 16 | Margaryta Pesotska | W 3-23-11, 11-4, 11-6, 6-11, 11-2 |
| 5 Nov 2026 | WTT Champions Frankfurt 2026Women's singles, Last 32 | Josephina Neumann | W 3-011-7, 11-3, 11-5 |
| 1 Nov 2026 | WTT Champions Montpellier 2026Women's singles, Semi-final | Kuai Man | L 2-411-13, 5-11, 11-8, 6-11, 11-6, 9-11 |
| 31 Oct 2026 | WTT Champions Montpellier 2026Women's singles, Quarter-final | Hitomi Sato | W 4-012-10, 11-5, 11-6, 11-4 |
Latest news
- Mixed Team World Cup: Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha lead China squad as Chen Yi and Zhou Qihao earn places
- Japan take half of the 2026 WTT Champions singles titles as China's men end the series without one
- WTT Champions Frankfurt finals day preview: Hayata meets Miwa Harimoto as Franziska chases a German first
- WTT Champions Frankfurt day five review: Franziska knocks out Matsushima as Winter beats Chen Yi
Honours
12 titles and gold medals on record.
All honours →News
- International
Mixed Team World Cup: Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha lead China squad as Chen Yi and Zhou Qihao earn places
Four players go on singles ranking, two on doubles ranking and two on recent results for the home event in Chengdu, with Wen Ruibo, Wang Yidi and Chen Xingtong left out.
- International
Japan take half of the 2026 WTT Champions singles titles as China's men end the series without one
Miwa Harimoto beat a Chinese player in all three of her finals, and no Chinese man has reached a semi-final since Wen Ruibo's run in Chongqing in March.
- Day 6 preview
WTT Champions Frankfurt finals day preview: Hayata meets Miwa Harimoto as Franziska chases a German first
Japan have five of the eight semi-finalists, while Patrick Franziska and Sabine Winter carry German hopes into the last day.
- Day 5 review
WTT Champions Frankfurt day five review: Franziska knocks out Matsushima as Winter beats Chen Yi
Two Germans are in the semi-finals after Franziska beat the world No 1 12-10 in the sixth game, while Japan have five of the last eight and China none.
- Day 5 preview
WTT Champions Frankfurt day five preview: Winter meets Chen Yi as Matsushima plays Franziska
Four Germans play in the quarter-finals, Miwa Harimoto and Chen Xingtong meet again after the Yokohama final, and Wen Ruibo carries China's hopes against Lin Yun-Ju.
- Day 4 review
WTT Champions Frankfurt day four review: Verdonschot knocks out Calderano as Winter beats Han Ying
The 21-year-old wildcard beat the sixth seed on a service fault at 12-11 in the fourth, Franziska came from two games down against Duda and four Germans are in the quarter-finals.
- Day 4 preview
WTT Champions Frankfurt day four preview: Han Ying meets Sabine Winter as Franziska plays Duda
The last 16 finishes with two all-German matches, the two Harimotos in the afternoon and Kaufmann, Mittelham and Verdonschot all trying to reach the quarter-finals.
- Day 3 review
WTT Champions Frankfurt day three review: Wen Ruibo knocks out Wang Chuqin as Duda beats Jang Woojin
The 19-year-old beat the fourth seed in under 24 minutes, Hana Goda and Satsuki Odo set up a quarter-final, and Sora Matsushima and Dang Qiu are through.
- Day 3 preview
WTT Champions Frankfurt day three preview: Wang Chuqin meets Wen Ruibo as Calderano plays Liang Jingkun
The first round ends and the last 16 begins, with Dang Qiu and Dimitrij Ovtcharov in an all-German match and Kuai Man and Chen Yi starting in the women's draw.
- Day 2 preview
WTT Champions Frankfurt day two preview: Wang Yidi and Hayata start as six Germans play
Kaufmann, Winter, Mittelham and Ovtcharov are among the home players in action, and Wang Chuqin finds out on Wednesday whether he plays Wen Ruibo or An Jaehyun.
- Preview
WTT Champions Frankfurt preview: Wang Chuqin returns as Wang Manyu and Lin Shidong pull out
Jang Woojin and Patrick Franziska, Sunday's finalists in Montpellier, are both in the draw, and 10 German players have a home crowd behind them from Tuesday.
- Day 6 review
WTT Champions Montpellier finals: Sun Yingsha beats Kuai Man as Jang Woojin comes from 3-1 down
Sun dropped the opening game before winning the next four, while Franziska was one game from the title before Jang won the last three.
- Day 6 preview
WTT Champions Montpellier finals day preview: Sun Yingsha meets Wang Yidi, Moregard plays Franziska
China are certain of the women's title, and Moregard is the last of the top four men's seeds left, with both finals in the late afternoon.
- Day 5 review
WTT Champions Montpellier day five review: Kuai Man ends Miwa Harimoto's run as Moregard survives
Four of the eight quarter-finals went the full seven games, and all four women's semi-finalists are Chinese.
- Day 5 preview
WTT Champions Montpellier day five preview: Miwa Harimoto faces Kuai Man as Moregard meets Lin Shidong
Five Chinese women are in the last eight, and Truls Moregard is the only one of the top four men's seeds still in the draw.
- Day 4 review
WTT Champions Montpellier day four review: Chen Yi beats Wang Manyu as Zhou knocks out Félix Lebrun
Neither top seed is left after the last 16, and France have no one in the quarter-finals after Gauzy also lost from two games up.
- Day 4 preview
WTT Champions Montpellier day four preview: Wang Manyu meets Chen Yi as Félix Lebrun plays Zhou Qihao
Eleven last-16 matches decide the rest of the quarter-final line-up, with the top seed Wang Manyu facing the new Asian champion in the first match of the day.
- Analysis
Japan's choppers keep an old art alive as defence disappears from the men's game
Honoka Hashimoto won both her matches against China in this month's Asian team final by chopping. The style once produced world champions, and it has all but gone from the men's ranking.
- Day 1 review
WTT Champions Montpellier day one review: Sun Yingsha returns as Matsushima survives a scare
Sun Yingsha dropped 14 points in her first match for about three weeks, Félix Lebrun won in 15 minutes and the world No 1 let slip a two-game lead before recovering.
- International
Asian Championships 2026: Harimoto and Chen Yi win singles titles as China and Japan share the honours
Harimoto came from two games down to beat Li Tianyang, Chen Yi swept Miwa Harimoto, and Japan's women came from 2-1 down to beat China in the team final.
Results
Recent matches
| Date | Event | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Nov 2026 | WTT Champions Frankfurt 2026Women's singles, Quarter-final | Sabine Winter | L 0-43-11, 10-12, 7-11, 8-11 |
| 6 Nov 2026 | WTT Champions Frankfurt 2026Women's singles, Last 16 | Margaryta Pesotska | W 3-23-11, 11-4, 11-6, 6-11, 11-2 |
| 5 Nov 2026 | WTT Champions Frankfurt 2026Women's singles, Last 32 | Josephina Neumann | W 3-011-7, 11-3, 11-5 |
| 1 Nov 2026 | WTT Champions Montpellier 2026Women's singles, Semi-final | Kuai Man | L 2-411-13, 5-11, 11-8, 6-11, 11-6, 9-11 |
| 31 Oct 2026 | WTT Champions Montpellier 2026Women's singles, Quarter-final | Hitomi Sato | W 4-012-10, 11-5, 11-6, 11-4 |
| 30 Oct 2026 | WTT Champions Montpellier 2026Women's singles, Last 16 | Wang Manyu | W 3-013-11, 11-8, 11-9 |
| 27 Oct 2026 | WTT Champions Montpellier 2026Women's singles, Last 32 | Peng Yu-han | W 3-110-12, 11-4, 11-3, 11-5 |
| 9 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Women's doubles, Semi-final | Wang Manyu / Kuai Man with Li Yihui | L 1-34-11, 9-11, 11-7, 8-11 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Women's singles, Last 16 | Wang Yidi | L 1-310-12, 13-11, 8-11, 4-11 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Women's doubles, Quarter-final | Miyu Nagasaki / Kim Nayeong with Li Yihui | W 3-211-5, 4-11, 11-8, 6-11, 11-8 |
| 7 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Mixed doubles, Quarter-final | Sora Matsushima / Miwa Harimoto with Huang Youzheng | L 2-311-5, 9-11, 11-9, 5-11, 5-11 |
| 7 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Women's doubles, Last 16 | Anna Hursey / Shi Xunyao with Li Yihui | W 3-012-10, 11-5, 11-9 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Women's singles, Last 32 | Jia Nan Yuan | W 3-011-8, 11-7, 11-3 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Mixed doubles, Last 16 | Yuan Licen / Wang Yidi with Huang Youzheng | W 3-011-8, 11-6, 11-7 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Women's doubles, Last 32 | Wang Xiaotong / Xu Yi with Li Yihui | W 3-011-9, 11-9, 11-4 |
| 4 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Women's singles, Last 64 | Peng Yu-han | W 3-111-5, 10-12, 11-3, 11-4 |
| 13 Sep 2026 | WTT Champions Macao 2026Women's singles, Final | Miwa Harimoto | L 3-47-11, 7-11, 11-9, 11-8, 13-11, 9-11, 10-12 |
| 13 Sep 2026 | WTT Champions Macao 2026Women's singles, Semi-final | Hina Hayata | W 4-311-4, 11-6, 8-11, 11-8, 8-11, 16-18, 11-4 |
| 12 Sep 2026 | WTT Champions Macao 2026Women's singles, Quarter-final | Han Ying | W 4-011-8, 11-9, 11-6, 11-8 |
| 11 Sep 2026 | WTT Champions Macao 2026Women's singles, Last 16 | Elizabet Abraamian | W 3-111-9, 8-11, 13-11, 12-10 |
Official results from World Table Tennis. Times are UK dates.
Season by season
| Year | Singles | Won-lost | Win % | Titles | Finals | Doubles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 39 | 26-13 | 67% | 0 | 1 | 19-12 |
| 2025 | 51 | 40-11 | 78% | 2 | 3 | 24-11 |
| 2024 | 21 | 16-5 | 76% | 1 | 2 | 20-5 |
| 2023 | 24 | 18-6 | 75% | 1 | 1 | 12-2 |
| 2022 | 22 | 15-7 | 68% | 0 | 0 | 7-6 |
WTT and ITTF events from 2022, main draw and qualifying, walkovers left out. Team-event matches are listed under recent matches but not counted here.
Head to head
Singles against the players met most often.
- Han Ying2-3
- Miwa Harimoto1-4
- Prithika Pavade4-0
- Miyu Nagasaki3-1
- Miyuu Kihara1-3
- Zhu Yuling1-3
- Hina Hayata3-0
- Yeh Yi-Tian3-0
- Kim Nayeong3-0
- Sofia Polcanova3-0
Where the ranking points come from
4,335 points from 8 counted results (ITTF world ranking, week 46, 9 November 2026). A player's best results over 12 months count; each drops off a year after the event.
| Event | Result | Points | Drops off | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singapore Smash 2026 | Semi-final | 900 | Counts | 8 March 2027 |
| WTT Champions Macao 2026 | Runner-up | 700 | Counts | 20 September 2027 |
| Europe Smash - Sweden 2026 | Quarter-final | 580 | Counts | 23 August 2027 |
| WTT Finals Hong Kong 2025 | Semi-final | 525 | Counts | 14 December 2026 |
| ITTF-ATTU Asian Championships Tashkent 2026 | Winner | 500 | Counts | 1 November 2027 |
| WTT Champions Montpellier 2026 | Semi-final | 450 | Counts | 8 November 2027 |
| China Smash 2026 | Last 16 | 380 | Counts | 18 October 2027 |
| WTT Champions Frankfurt 2026 | Quarter-final | 300 | Counts | 15 November 2027 |
| WTT Champions Chongqing 2026 | Quarter-final | 300 | Not counted | 22 March 2027 |
| WTT Star Contender Doha 2026 | Quarter-final | 175 | Not counted | 25 January 2027 |
| WTT Champions Yokohama 2026 | Last 16 | 140 | Not counted | 16 August 2027 |
| WTT Champions Doha 2026 | Last 16 | 140 | Not counted | 18 January 2027 |
| WTT Contender Zagreb 2026 | Quarter-final | 120 | Not counted | 21 June 2027 |
| ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup Haikou 2026 | Quarter-final | 90 | Not counted | 15 February 2027 |
| ITTF-ATTU Asian Team Championships Tashkent 2026 | Runner-up (team) | 44 | Not counted | 1 November 2027 |
| United States Smash 2026 | Last 64 | 20 | Not counted | 12 July 2027 |
| WTT Star Contender Ljubljana 2026 | Last 64 | 5 | Not counted | 28 June 2027 |
From World Table Tennis's ranking records.
Honours
Honours
At the majors and Grand Smashes
| 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Titles | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WTT Finals | – | SF | – | 0 |
| Singapore Smash | – | – | SF | 0 |
| China Smash | R16 | R16 | R16 | 0 |
| United States Smash | Not held | F | R64 | 0 |
| Europe Smash | Not held | SF | QF | 0 |
W won, F final, SF semi-final, QF quarter-final, R16 last 16 and so on; Grp group stage, Q qualifying, – did not play or no record, Not held: no event that year. Singles, except the World Team Championships, which show the team's finish in years the player played or won a medal. Full results from 2024 from World Table Tennis's records; earlier years show medals only.
Continental and multi-sport 1
- Gold 2026 Asian Championships singles
WTT tour 11
- Winner 2025 WTT Feeder Düsseldorf singles WTT Feeder Düsseldorf 2025
- Winner 2025 WTT Feeder Düsseldorf doubles WTT Feeder Düsseldorf 2025
- Winner 2025 WTT Feeder Doha singles WTT Feeder Doha 2025
- Winner 2025 WTT Feeder Doha doubles WTT Feeder Doha 2025
- Winner 2024 WTT Feeder Vila Nova de Gaia doubles WTT Feeder Vila Nova de Gaia 2024
- Winner 2024 WTT Feeder Düsseldorf II singles WTT Feeder Düsseldorf II 2024
- Winner 2024 WTT Feeder Düsseldorf II doubles WTT Feeder Düsseldorf II 2024
- Winner 2024 WTT Contender Taiyuan doubles WTT Contender Taiyuan 2024
- Winner 2023 WTT Contender Almaty doubles WTT Contender Almaty 2023
- Winner 2023 WTT Feeder Olomouc singles WTT Feeder Olomouc 2023
- Winner 2023 WTT Feeder Olomouc doubles WTT Feeder Olomouc 2023
Results, rankings and playing details from World Table Tennis. Biography, clubs, equipment and championship medals from published sources, checked 6 November 2026.