What Is KaiQiuWang? China's Table Tennis Rating App Explained

If you have ever heard a Chinese club player say something like "I'm about 1800," there is a good chance that number comes from KaiQiuWang, the platform behind the ChinaTT rating system. It started as a simple tool for looking up ratings and has grown into one of the most referenced amateur ranking systems in Chinese table tennis. Here is what it is, what it actually does, and an honest look at what is and is not publicly known about its reach and its business.

What Is KaiQiuWang?

KaiQiuWang (开球网), whose name translates loosely to "Open Ball Net," is a Chinese table tennis platform built around a rating system officially known as ChinaTT. The ChinaTT rating was introduced in 2009 and is the only rating system formally recognized by the Chinese Table Tennis Association, which gives it a level of authority similar to how USATT ratings function for competitive players in the United States.

KaiQiuWang itself launched in 2014 as a straightforward web tool for checking your ChinaTT rating. Over time it expanded into a fuller platform covering tournament organization, player profiles, coaching articles, and a social layer for the amateur table tennis community, available both as a website and as a WeChat mini program so players can check scores and ratings without installing a separate app.

Core Features and Functions

Based on how the platform describes itself, KaiQiuWang's main functions fall into a few buckets:

• Rating lookup and tracking: Search any registered player's current ChinaTT rating and rating history, similar to checking a USATT or ITTF profile.
• Tournament and match results: Local and regional amateur tournaments feed match results into the system, which then recalculates player ratings using an ELO style formula.
• Club directory: A section for browsing table tennis clubs, useful for players looking for a place to train or compete in a new city.
• Coaching and news content: Articles on technique, equipment, and coverage of professional events, positioning the site as a media destination as well as a ratings tool.
• Brand and sponsorship section: A dedicated area for equipment brand partnerships, which points to how the platform likely funds itself.

How the Rating System Works

The ChinaTT scale generally runs from around 800 to 3000 points. New, unrated players are assigned a starting estimate based on a skill checklist rather than a blank slate, which keeps early matches reasonably competitive. Roughly speaking, the checklist works like this:

• 400 to 800: Just getting the ball onto the table and starting to hold short rallies.
• 1000 to 1400: Comfortable receiving spin, mixing push, block, and early attacking shots, and starting to loop.
• 1600 to 1800: Combining serves with attacks, adding power loops, and moving well enough to trade shots against different rubber types.
• 2000 and above: Recognized as a strong player at the local club level, with 2200 and up associated with players who have real tournament results behind their rating.

From that starting point, a player's rating moves up or down after each recorded match based on the result and the opponent's rating, the same basic logic used by chess ELO systems and by rating bodies like USATT.

How Many People Use It

This is where it is worth being direct: KaiQiuWang does not publish a public breakdown of registered users, monthly active users, or downloads. What is documented is that the ChinaTT rating system is used across roughly two dozen provinces in China and in a handful of countries outside China, which suggests a genuinely large recreational player base built up over more than a decade. But any specific "X million users" figure you might see repeated online is not something the platform has confirmed itself, so it is best treated as an estimate rather than a fact.

Popularity Among North American Clubs

KaiQiuWang and the ChinaTT rating are primarily a Chinese domestic system, and there is no independently confirmed data showing it has become a standard tool inside North American clubs the way USATT ratings or, more recently, apps like PingPoint have. What does happen in practice is that many Chinese-born players who move to Canada or the United States already know their ChinaTT number and will reference it informally, for example to give a rough sense of their level when comparing it to a USATT or Canadian rating. That is a real and common pattern in diaspora table tennis communities, but it is different from claiming that North American clubs have adopted KaiQiuWang as an official tool, which is not something the available evidence supports.

How KaiQiuWang Likely Makes Money

The platform has not published a detailed revenue breakdown, so any answer here is an informed read of what is publicly visible rather than a confirmed fact. Based on the sections the site itself maintains, a few likely revenue streams stand out:

• Brand sponsorships: KaiQiuWang runs a dedicated brand partnership section, the clearest public signal of a sponsorship driven revenue stream, likely involving equipment manufacturers reaching its amateur player base.
• Tournament and event fees: Platforms that organize or list amateur tournaments commonly charge organizers or players a listing or registration fee, though KaiQiuWang has not detailed its own pricing publicly.
• Content and advertising: A media section covering coaching and professional event news is a natural place to run advertising alongside sponsored content.

Curious how rating systems compare across countries, or want to see what equipment top rated players use? The Gear Index is a good place to start browsing.

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