Tian Pengfei

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Tian.
Tian Pengfei
Born August 16, 1987 (1987-08-16) (age 24)
Dalian, China
Sport country  China
Professional 2006–
Highest ranking 67
Current ranking 74
Highest <dfn style="border-bottom:1px dotted #0645AD; font-style:inherit;">break</dfn> 139
Best ranking finish Last 16 (2009 China Open, 2010 China Open)
Tournament wins
Non-ranking 1
Medal record
Competitor for  China
Men's Snooker
Asian Games
Gold 2006 Doha Doubles
Gold 2006 Doha Team
Gold 2010 Guangzhou Team

Tian Pengfei (Chinese: 田鵬飛 (born 16 August 1987) is a professional snooker player from the People's Republic of China.

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Career

Tian first competed on the main tour in the 2006/2007 season, dropping off the tour in the following season.

As a wild card, Tian defeated Ronnie O'Sullivan 5-3 in the last 32 of the 2010 China Open at the Students University Stadium in Beijing. In an astonishing finish to the match, O'Sullivan missed a simple final black off its spot which would have levelled the score at 4–4. He also recorded some impressive victories in the Wuxi Classic, by beating Mark Selby 5–3 and Joe Perry 5–1, before being whitewashed 6–0 by Ding Junhui. Despite these results, he was not awarded a wild card by World Snooker to compete on the main tour.

The next professional tournament he competed in was the Beijing International Challenge. In the group stages he recorded wins over Stephen Hendry and Stephen Maguire, before beating Liang Wenbo 6–4 and Ryan Day 9–3 to win the title.[1]

Tian qualified for the 2011/2012 main tour as a semi-finalist from the second Q School event. Tian won his first two qualifying matches for the Australian Goldfields Open before being given a bye into the final qualifying round due to the withdrawal of anthony Hamilton [2]. In the final round Tian lost 5-4 to Mark Davis.

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2005/
06		 2006/
07		 2007/
08		 2008/
09		 2009/
10		 2010/
11		 2011/
12
Ranking UR UR[nb 1] 69 67 UR UR UR[nb 2]
Ranking Tournaments
Australian Goldfields Open Not Held LQ
Shanghai Masters Not Held LQ A 1R WR LQ
UK Championship A LQ LQ A A A LQ
German Masters Not Held A LQ
Welsh Open A LQ LQ A A A
World Open[nb 3] A LQ LQ A A A
China Open[nb 4] WR LQ LQ 2R 2R 1R
World Championship A LQ LQ A A A
Non-Ranking Tournaments
Masters A A A A A A A
Masters Qualifying Event A LQ LQ A A Not Held
Premier League Snooker A A A A A A A
Former Ranking Tournaments
Malta Cup[nb 5] A LQ NR Not Held
Northern Ireland Trophy NR LQ LQ A Not Held
Bahrain Championship Not Held A Not Held
Performance Table Legend
LQ lost in qualifying draw #R lost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)
QF advanced to but not past the quarterfinals SF advanced to but not past the semifinals
F advanced to the final, tournament runner-up W won the tournament
DQ disqualified from the tournament A did not participate in the tournament
NH / Not Held Means an event was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Event Means an event is/was no longer a ranking event.
  1. ^ New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.
  2. ^ New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.
  3. ^ The event run under different name as Grand Prix (1984/1985-2000/2001 and 2004/2005-2009/2010)
  4. ^ The event run under different name as China International (1998/1999)
  5. ^ The event run under different names such as European Open (2001/2002-2003/2004) and Irish Open (1998/1999)

Tournament wins

Non-ranking

References

  1. ^ "BTV International: Tian’s The Man". World Snooker. http://www.worldsnooker.com/news(BTV_International%3A_Tian%26rsquo%3Bs_The_Man)-2421.htm. Retrieved 2010-07-31. 
  2. ^ http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/AustralianGoldfieldsOpenQArticle/0,,13165~2385777,00.html

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