Career
In December 2013, Chen Qi announced his retirement and became the head coach of the Jiangsu provincial table tennis team A native of China, Chen Qi began to receive training in Nantong Spare-time Sports School in 1990. Joined the Number. 2 national team in 1999 and then the Number.
1 national team in October 2002.
He is a fast attacking player and had been placed eight in the ITTF World Men's Table Tennis ranking. From March 2006 till January 2007, he was in the sixth place.
From January 2004, he had been within the top ten ranks. He had been the runner-up at the Pro Tour events in Velenje, Slovenia, in Zagreb, Qatar, and in Kuwait City, Kuwait, all in 2006.
In the Pro Tour Grand Finals, he reached the quarterfinals in 2003 in Guangzhou, China, in 2004 in Beijing, China, and in 2006 in Hong Kong.
At the 2004 Volkswagen Open in Kobe, Japan, Chen Qi obtained his first ever ITTF Pro Tour Men's Singles title. He is also a successful singles player, having been consistently ranked in the world"s top 10 since 2004. Chen Qi is known as one of the few top-ranked Chinese players to play left-handed.
Chen Qi has been sponsored by Killerspin www.killerspin.com since 2007.
Chen Qi"s playing style is fast and aggressive normally dominating with his forehand. Similarly, like Ma Long he takes every opportunity to finish off rallies with his devastating forehand loop.
Although sponsored by Killerspin, Chen Qi does not use Killerspin equipment. He uses Stiga Rosewood NCT V blade Master Flared handle with DHS Skyline 3 on forehand and Tenergy 05-Forex on backhand.
1998 National Junior Championships - 10th singles.