Fan Siqi
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+5 Fan Siqi is a Chinese table tennis player born on 28 February 1998. She is an attacker with a dominant right hand and a shakehand grip playing style. She is a member of the Shandong Provincial team alongside the current world number two, Chen Meng, and Liu Gaoyang who won gold in the Girls' Singles and in the mixed team event with Fan Zhendong at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games.
Siqi also represents China in international competitions. In August 2011, she was ranked 373rd player in the world with 1627 points and she has steadily been climbing the ITTF world ranking chart.
We will review Fan Siqi equipment, playing technique and the achievements she has attained in her table tennis career.
Quick Facts
Biography
Fan Siqi plays for TTC Shandong Luneng. At the 2019 Universiade, she won a gold medal in the women’s doubles and team events, a bronze medal in the singles and a silver medal in the mixed doubles.
Siqi won a gold medal in the Cadet Girls’ team alongside Liu Gaoyang and Zhu Chaohui
Liu Gaoyang at the 2011 Asian Junior and Cadet Table Tennis Championships and another gold medal with Li Yiran and Huang Fanzhen at the 2013 Asian Junior and Cadet Table Tennis Championships.
By the year 2023, Siqi was a 3-time silver medalist and a 3-time winner of the Chinese Super League as a member of TTC Shandong Luneng club. She also represented Sichuan Province and won in all her single matches at the 2017 Chinese National Games.
Fan Siqi joined the first Chinese table tennis team in 2019.
Career
Her first international competition was at the 2011 Asian Youth Championships held in New Delhi. Siqi won gold in the team event and was defeated by Kim Seoyeon in the quarterfinal of the women’s singles.
She competed in the Junior Girls Singles at the 2011 Taicang Junior and Cadet Open but was defeated 3-4 by Che Xiaoxi who also beat her 4-1 at the Adidas 2011 Chengdu Junior & Cadet Open. By the way, Adidas is not the only reliable footwear brand for professional players, there are also plenty of options in our review article of the best table tennis shoes.
Siqi, Huang Fanzhen and Li Yiran were the winners of the Cadet girls’ team at the 2013 Asian Youth Championships after defeating Mima Ito, Yui Hamamoto and Miu Hirano of Japan in the final.
At the 2014 Chengdu Junior and Cadet Open, Fan Siqi defeated Kang Dayeon of the Republic of Korea 4-0 in the quarterfinal of the Junior Girls Singles. She then beat compatriots Zhang Rui 4-3 in the semifinal and Mu Jingyu 4-2 in the final to win the title.
Siqi was the champion of the Junior Girls Singles at the 2014 China Junior and Cadet Open after overcoming Khetkhuan Tamolwan 4-0 in the quarterfinal, Mu Jingyu 4-1 in the semifinal and Kim Nam Hae 4-0 in the final.
The same year, Fan Siqi competed internationally in ITTF tournaments among seniors for the first time. She was eliminated in the women’s singles and the quarterfinal of the under-21 women’s singles after losing to Zhu Chaohui at the 2014 ITTF World Tour Brazil Open. At the 2014 ITTF World Tour Argentina Open, she reached the final in the women’s singles and under-21 women’s singles but lost 2-4 to He Zhuojia and 3-4 to Zhu Chaohui respectively.
Fan Siqi won a bronze medal in the women’s singles at the 2016 ITTF World Tour Pyongyang Open after losing 3-4 to Kim Song I in the semifinal. She and teammate Qian Tianyi also reached the semifinal of the women’s doubles but were defeated 2-3 by Kim Hye Songa and Ri Mi Gyong.
Siqi first won the Chinese Super League in 2014 with the TTC Shandong Luneng team and finished second in 2016 with the same team. Successful players like Siqi train regularly to upgrade their skills and remain fit, and we have reviewed the best ping pong robots you can use for solo practice.
Fan Siqi won all her games at the National Women's Table Tennis Games in 2017 and became the champion of the women’s doubles at the 2019 ITTF Portugal Challenge.
In 2021, Fan Siqi and her team were the winners of the China Table Tennis Club Super League Championship.
She won a silver medal in the women’s singles at the 2022 WTT Contender Muscat.
Playing Style
Fan Siqi is a right-handed attacker who is known for her shakehand grip style. She has used the technique to defeat formidable opponents such as Honoka Hashimoto of Japan who is a defensive player.
Achievements
Fan Siqi has won six medals in the Chinese Super League by the age of 25. She was the champion of the Cadet Girls’ team at the 2011 and 2013 Asian Junior and Cadet Championships.
Siqi was the winner of the Junior Girls Singles title at the 2014 China Junior and Cadet Open.
At the 2019 Summer Universiade, Zhao Zihao and Fan Siqi finished second in the mixed doubles after a 1-4 defeat by Yu Ziyang and Wang Yidi. Siqi won gold in the women’s team and doubles events and bronze in the women’s singles.
Fan Siqi Equipment
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Final Thoughts
Besides Hashimoto Honoka, Fan Siqi has also defeated other superior rivals such as Samara Elizabeta of Romania, Sato Hitomi of Japan and Mikhailova Polina of Russia.
Siqi employs her favored forehand as Sun Chen does and both players are excellent at counterattacks. However, Siqi uses the shakehand grip and her racket feature smooth reversed rubber whereas Chen adopts the penhold grip preferred by Asian table tennis players and the short pimpled forehand rubber that is ideal for an aggressive playing style.
Fan Siqi has competed in numerous leagues such as the WTT Contender Muscat, Qatar Open, WTT Star Contender Doha, Polish Open, Bulgaria Open, Belarus Open, Summer Universiade, and the Asian Junior and Cadet Championships.