Chen Zhe

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Chen Zhe

Chen Zhe at the 2012 Paul Hunter Classic
Born (1993-02-28) 28 February 1993
Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
Sport country  China
Nickname Sleepy
Professional 2012–
Highest ranking 66 (July 2012)[1]
Current ranking 80 (as of 10 February 2014)
Career winnings UK£ 18,838[2]
Highest break 140 (2013 China Open Qualifying)
Century breaks 11[3]
Best ranking finish Last 48 (2013 World Open, 2013 China Open)

Chen Zhe (Chinese: 陳喆; born 28 February 1993[4]) is a professional snooker player from Shanxi, China who won 5 matches at Q School 2012 to get him a 2 year card to play on the World Snooker Tour starting in the 2012/13 season.[5] He is based in Romford, England during the season and practices with Ronnie O'Sullivan.[6]

Career

Debut season

Chen won his first professional match on the Main Tour beating Pankaj Advani 5–4 in the 2012 Wuxi Classic first qualifying round.[7] He was whitewashed 0–5 by Simon Bedford in the next round.[8] He won three matches to reach the final qualifying round of both the World Open and China Open, losing to Michael Holt (3–5) and Jamie Cope (4–5) respectively.[8] Chen won through to the semi-finals of the minor ranking Asian Players Tour Championship Event 1 by defeating the likes of Tom Ford and Ben Woollaston, but lost 2–4 to Stephen Lee.[9] His season ended when he was beaten 7–10 by Sam Baird in the first round of World Championship Qualifying, which saw him finish his first season on tour ranked world number 78.[10][11]

2013/2014 season

In his opening match, Chen defeated Matthew Selt 5-3 to qualify for the 2013 Wuxi Classic in China where he lost 2–5 to Ben Woollaston in the first round.

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2010/
11 		2011/
12 		2012/
13 		2013/
14
Ranking[12][nb 1] UR UR UR[nb 2] 78
Ranking Tournaments
Wuxi Classic Non-Ranking LQ 1R
Australian Goldfields Open A A LQ LQ
Shanghai Masters A A LQ LQ
Indian Open Not Held 1R
International Championship Not Held LQ LQ
UK Championship A A LQ 1R
German Masters A A LQ LQ
Welsh Open A A LQ
World Open A A LQ LQ
Players Tour Championship Finals DNQ DNQ DNQ
China Open A A LQ
World Championship A A LQ
Performance Table Legend
LQ lost in the qualifying draw #R lost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)		 QF lost in the quarter-finals
SF lost in the semi–finals F lost in the final W won the tournament
DNQ did not qualify for the tournament A did not participate in the tournament WD withdrew from 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.
R / Ranking Event means an event is/was a ranking event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Event means an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
  1. ↑ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
  2. ↑ New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.

References

  1. ↑ "Rankings after 2012 Wuxi Classic" (PDF). World Snooker. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 2 July 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013. 
  2. ↑ "Chen Zhe Player Profile". Snooker Database. Retrieved 15 July 2013. 
  3. ↑ "Chen Zhe - Season 2013/2014". CueTracker - Snooker Database. Retrieved 15 July 2013. 
  4. ↑ "Chen Zhe". grovesnooker.co.uk. Grove Leisure. Retrieved 22 June 2012. 
  5. ↑ "Tour Players 2012/2013" (DOC). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 5 June 2012. 
  6. ↑ "Chen Zhe". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 21 June 2012. 
  7. ↑ "Brecel blasts two tons". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 5 June 2012. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Chen Zhe 2012/2013". Snooker.org. Retrieved 9 April 2013. 
  9. ↑ "Guotai Liquor Asian Players Tour Championship Event One". Snooker.org. Retrieved 9 April 2013. 
  10. ↑ "Betfair World Championship Qualifiers". Snooker.org. Retrieved 9 April 2013. 
  11. ↑ "Official World Snooker Ranking List For The 2013/2014 Season". World Snooker. Retrieved 24 May 2013. 
  12. ↑ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011. 

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