No player in either the women’s or men’s singles competition has achieved that feat, as Chen prepares to launch her defence in Zhengzhou in China.

The Chinese player is also aiming to clinch her second title in less than two weeks following a gold-medal showing at the ITTF Women’s World Cup in Weihai.

She defeated compatriot Sun Yingsha in the final and has been drawn in the same half as the third seed in this week’s event.

Japan’s Miyu Kato is up first for Chen, with Singapore’s Feng Tianwei or Germany’s Petrissa Solja lying in wait in the quarter-finals.

Second seed Mima Ito of Japan could meet fourth seed Wang Manyu of China in the semi-finals, but she will need to overcome Hong Kong's Doo Hoi Kem in the first round.

Ito enters the tie as the favourite, but they have each won four times across eight past meetings.

In the men’s event, Fan Zhendong and Ma Long could lock horns in another title decider after meeting in the Men’s World Cup final last weekend.

Fresh off the back of clinching his third consecutive Men’s World Cup, Fan is looking to defend his men’s singles crown at the ITTF Finals, having triumphed last year in Zhengzhou.

Reigning world and Olympic champion Ma has his sights set on what would be a sixth men’s singles title at the ITTF Finals

Ma begins his campaign against Germany’s Patrick Franziska before potentially facing either France’s Simon Gauzy or Sweden’s Mattias Falck in the last eight.

In the other half of the draw, Fan starts his title defence against South Korea's Jeoung Young-sik.

Lying in wait in the next round is the winner between Brazil’s Hugo Calderano and England’s Liam Pitchford.

Fourth seed Tomokazu Harimoto of Japan crosses paths with South Korean Jang Woo-jin in what is a repeat of their third-place playoff at last week’s Men’s World Cup.

Harimoto, 17, claimed bronze with a 7-11, 7-11, 11-9, 11-6, 14-12, 6-11, 11-5 victory over Jang.

The ITTF Finals is a one-off replacement for the ITTF World Tour Grand Finals, which were cancelled in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, and features only men's singles and women's singles.

It sees 32 of the world’s best players battle it out for glory and is the third and final stop of the organisation's China-based "#RESTART" series.

The event begins tomorrow and is scheduled to finish on November 22.