After beating Intanon in the final, she won her 6th World tour title by winning the Hong Kong open.
Going into the 2019 BWF World Tour Finals as the best title winning contender, in the group stage, she downed all her opponents Sindhu (2–1), Yamaguchi (2–0) and He Bingjiao (2–0) to reach the semifinal. She was drawn with Yamaguchi yet again and she displayed a very dominant performance to reach the final.
In the final, she showed a great fighting spirit to beat Tai Tzu-ying after being a game down, and won the title 12–21, 21–12, 21–17. With her emphatic 7 titles in the year, she became another player from China to become World no. 1 player, as the last time China had the World’s top player in Women’s singles was in 2015 (Li Xuerui).
Reaching the final yet again, this time at the 2020 Malaysia Masters, she maintained her unbeaten record at the finals since 2018 Fuzhou China Open, and outgunned Tai Tzu-ying for the title in straight games. She reached her second consecutive 2020 All England Open final and faced opposition from the same rival of last year, Tai Tzuying. This time she suffered defeat, and was dethroned from the World No. 1 position.
Chen competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics as the number one seed in the women’s singles In the final, she beat Tai Tzu-ying in an extremely intense match 21–18, 19– 21, 21–18 to win the gold medal. In October, she helped the Chinese national team to retain the Sudirman Cup.
Chen won the Indonesia Masters in June, defeating Ratchanok Intanon in the final in three games. However, she lost seven finals during this season, including a World Championship loss to Yamaguchi during her career’s first final in that event, and three losses to her compatriot He Bingjiao. Due to her seven final appearances in the World Tour, she qualified for the World Tour Finals as the first seed.
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Although she suffered a surprise loss against Gregoria Mariska Tunjung, she beat Yamaguchi after 5 straight losses and An Se-young to top the group. However, she could not replicate her group stage performance in the semi-finals, as she lost to Yamaguchi in straight games.
Chen reached the final of the All England Open but lost to An Seyoung in a tight three-game battle. (rp)