Men · CHN
Zhou Qihao
World No. 12
- World ranking
- No. 12, 3,030 points
- Age
- 29 (born 12 January 1997)
- Plays
- Right-handed
Overview
Latest results
| Date | Event | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Nov 2026 | WTT Champions Frankfurt 2026Men's singles, Last 16 | Lin Yun-Ju | L 1-37-11, 9-11, 11-8, 7-11 |
| 3 Nov 2026 | WTT Champions Frankfurt 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Thibault Poret | W 3-011-5, 11-5, 12-10 |
| 31 Oct 2026 | WTT Champions Montpellier 2026Men's singles, Quarter-final | Patrick Franziska | L 3-415-13, 5-11, 11-7, 9-11, 9-11, 12-10, 10-12 |
| 30 Oct 2026 | WTT Champions Montpellier 2026Men's singles, Last 16 | Félix Lebrun | W 3-17-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-7 |
| 28 Oct 2026 | WTT Champions Montpellier 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Oh Junsung | W 3-25-11, 5-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-4 |
Latest news
- Mixed Team World Cup: Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha lead China squad as Chen Yi and Zhou Qihao earn places
- WTT Champions Frankfurt day four review: Verdonschot knocks out Calderano as Winter beats Han Ying
- WTT Champions Frankfurt day four preview: Han Ying meets Sabine Winter as Franziska plays Duda
- WTT Champions Frankfurt day three review: Wen Ruibo knocks out Wang Chuqin as Duda beats Jang Woojin
Honours
8 titles and gold medals on record, including World Team Championships.
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.
- 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 1 review
WTT Champions Frankfurt day one review: Wang Chuqin returns with a win as Miwa Harimoto survives
Wang Chuqin beat Anders Lind in his first match for more than a month, Sofia Polcanova took the women's favourite to a decider and Truls Moregard and Shin Yubin withdrew.
- Day 1 preview
WTT Champions Frankfurt day one preview: Wang Chuqin returns as Miwa Harimoto and Matsushima start
The world's top three men all play on Tuesday, and Miwa Harimoto, now the women's favourite, opens the tournament against Sofia Polcanova at 11am UK time.
- 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 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.
- Day 2 review
WTT Champions Montpellier day two review: Gauzy knocks out Harimoto as Wang Manyu escapes
Alexis Lebrun and Flavien Coton both lost from two games up, and Kuai Man needed extra points in the decider to beat Wales's Anna Hursey.
- Day 2 preview
WTT Champions Montpellier day two preview: Wang Manyu, Alexis Lebrun and five French players in action
Thirteen more first-round matches are played on Wednesday, with the women's top seed facing the new African champion and Alexis Lebrun leading five French players into the arena.
Results
Recent matches
| Date | Event | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Nov 2026 | WTT Champions Frankfurt 2026Men's singles, Last 16 | Lin Yun-Ju | L 1-37-11, 9-11, 11-8, 7-11 |
| 3 Nov 2026 | WTT Champions Frankfurt 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Thibault Poret | W 3-011-5, 11-5, 12-10 |
| 31 Oct 2026 | WTT Champions Montpellier 2026Men's singles, Quarter-final | Patrick Franziska | L 3-415-13, 5-11, 11-7, 9-11, 9-11, 12-10, 10-12 |
| 30 Oct 2026 | WTT Champions Montpellier 2026Men's singles, Last 16 | Félix Lebrun | W 3-17-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-7 |
| 28 Oct 2026 | WTT Champions Montpellier 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Oh Junsung | W 3-25-11, 5-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-4 |
| 11 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Men's singles, Semi-final | Sora Matsushima | L 2-46-11, 9-11, 12-10, 11-7, 7-11, 5-11 |
| 9 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Men's singles, Quarter-final | Jang Woojin | W 4-212-10, 8-11, 4-11, 11-9, 14-12, 11-6 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Men's singles, Last 16 | Tomokazu Harimoto | W 3-011-9, 11-8, 11-9 |
| 7 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Xiang Peng | W 3-27-11, 9-11, 11-4, 11-5, 13-11 |
| 7 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Men's doubles, Last 16 | Manav Thakkar / Manush Shah with Chen Junsong | L 2-35-11, 6-11, 11-2, 11-7, 10-12 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Men's doubles, Last 32 | Tom Jarvis / Connor Green with Chen Junsong | W 3-111-8, 11-6, 12-14, 11-7 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | China Smash 2026Men's singles, Last 64 | Quek Izaac | W 3-28-11, 12-10, 11-3, 7-11, 11-3 |
| 20 Sep 2026 | WTT Star Contender Astana 2026Men's singles, Semi-final | Alexis Lebrun | L 1-311-6, 7-11, 5-11, 8-11 |
| 19 Sep 2026 | WTT Star Contender Astana 2026Men's singles, Quarter-final | Dimitrij Ovtcharov | W 3-211-9, 9-11, 6-11, 13-11, 11-8 |
| 19 Sep 2026 | WTT Star Contender Astana 2026Men's singles, Last 16 | Benedikt Duda | W 3-110-12, 11-6, 11-6, 11-4 |
| 18 Sep 2026 | WTT Star Contender Astana 2026Men's doubles, Semi-final | Eduard Ionescu / Darius Movileanu with Xue Fei | L 1-37-11, 8-11, 11-6, 10-12 |
| 18 Sep 2026 | WTT Star Contender Astana 2026Men's singles, Last 32 | Nikita Artemenko | W 3-111-3, 11-9, 9-11, 11-7 |
| 18 Sep 2026 | WTT Star Contender Astana 2026Men's doubles, Quarter-final | Dang Qiu / Benedikt Duda with Xue Fei | W 3-011-3, 12-10, 11-9 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | WTT Star Contender Astana 2026Men's doubles, Last 16 | Patrick Franziska / Dimitrij Ovtcharov with Xue Fei | W 3-111-5, 11-4, 9-11, 11-6 |
| 12 Sep 2026 | WTT Champions Macao 2026Men's singles, Quarter-final | Tomokazu Harimoto | L 1-45-11, 4-11, 8-11, 11-6, 8-11 |
Official results from World Table Tennis. Times are UK dates.
Season by season
| Year | Singles | Won-lost | Win % | Titles | Finals | Doubles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 35 | 23-12 | 66% | 1 | 1 | 3-2 |
| 2025 | 18 | 11-7 | 61% | 0 | 1 | 5-3 |
| 2024 | 24 | 18-6 | 75% | 1 | 1 | 11-5 |
| 2023 | 26 | 19-7 | 73% | 1 | 1 | 3-4 |
| 2022 | 31 | 23-8 | 74% | 1 | 1 | 2-4 |
| 2021 | 9 | 6-3 | 67% | 0 | 0 | 10-1 |
WTT and ITTF events from 2021, 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.
Where the ranking points come from
3,030 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| China Smash 2026 | Semi-final | 900 | Counts | 18 October 2027 |
| WTT Star Contender Doha 2026 | Winner | 600 | Counts | 25 January 2027 |
| Europe Smash - Sweden 2026 | Last 16 | 380 | Counts | 23 August 2027 |
| WTT Champions Montpellier 2026 | Quarter-final | 300 | Counts | 8 November 2027 |
| WTT Champions Macao 2026 | Quarter-final | 300 | Counts | 20 September 2027 |
| WTT Star Contender Astana 2026 - President’s Cup | Semi-final | 270 | Counts | 27 September 2027 |
| WTT Champions Frankfurt 2026 | Last 16 | 140 | Counts | 15 November 2027 |
| WTT Champions Chongqing 2026 | Last 16 | 140 | Counts | 22 March 2027 |
| WTT Champions Doha 2026 | Last 16 | 140 | Not counted | 18 January 2027 |
| Singapore Smash 2026 | Last 32 | 100 | Not counted | 8 March 2027 |
| ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup Haikou 2026 | Quarter-final | 90 | Not counted | 15 February 2027 |
| ITTF-ATTU Asian Team Championships Tashkent 2026 | Winner (team) | 83 | Not counted | 1 November 2027 |
| ITTF Men’s & Women’s World Cup Macao 2026 | Group stage | 40 | Not counted | 12 April 2027 |
| United States Smash 2026 | Last 64 | 20 | Not counted | 12 July 2027 |
| WTT Champions Yokohama 2026 | Last 32 | 15 | Not counted | 16 August 2027 |
| ITTF-ATTU Asian Championships Tashkent 2026 | Last 32 | 0 | Not counted | 1 November 2027 |
From World Table Tennis's ranking records.
Honours
Honours
At the majors and Grand Smashes
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Titles | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Championships | R64 | Not held | – | Not held | – | Not held | 0 |
| World Team Championships | Not held | – | Not held | – | Not held | W | 1 |
| Singapore Smash | Not held | – | – | – | R64 | R32 | 0 |
| China Smash | Not held | Not held | Not held | R16 | R16 | SF | 0 |
| United States Smash | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | R64 | R64 | 0 |
| Europe Smash | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | – | R16 | 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 2021 from World Table Tennis's records; earlier years show medals only.
World Team Championships 1
- Gold 2026 Team
WTT tour 7
- Winner 2026 WTT Star Contender Doha singles WTT Star Contender Doha 2026
- Winner 2024 WTT Feeder Vila Nova de Gaia singles WTT Feeder Vila Nova de Gaia 2024
- Winner 2024 WTT Feeder Vila Nova de Gaia doubles WTT Feeder Vila Nova de Gaia 2024
- Winner 2023 WTT Contender Lagos singles WTT Contender Lagos 2023
- Winner 2022 WTT Feeder Panagyurishte singles WTT Feeder Panagyurishte
- Winner 2021 WTT Contender Novo Mesto doubles WTT Contender Novo Mesto 2021
- Winner 2021 WTT Contender Laško doubles WTT Contender Laško 2021
Results, rankings and playing details from World Table Tennis. Biography, clubs, equipment and championship medals from worldtabletennis.com, en.wikipedia.org, checked 6 November 2026.