Jin Long

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Jin Long
Born (1981-05-23) 23 May 1981[1]
Jinzhou, Liaoning, China
Sport country  China
Nickname Golden Dragon
Professional 2001–2006, 2008–2010, 2013–[1]
Highest ranking 60 (2009/10)
Current ranking 126 (as of 10 February 2014)
Career winnings UK£ 51,000[2]
Highest break 125 (2008 Masters Qualifying Event, 2013 Yixing Open)
Century breaks 15[3]
Best ranking finish Last 16 (2012 World Open)
Jin Long
Medal record
Men's Snooker
Asian Indoor Games
Silver 2007 Macau Team
Gold 2009 Ho Chi Minh City Singles
Asian Games
Silver 2002 Busan Team

Jin Long(simplified Chinese: 金龙; traditional Chinese: 金龍) is a Chinese professional snooker player. He became professional in 2001 following his strong runs to the finals of the Asian and Chinese Championships. His first Main Tour stints were rather unsuccessful, with the best result a last 48 appearance at the 2004 Grand Prix. Jin has managed to regain a Main Tour place by winning the 2008 Asian Championship, beating Aditya Mehta 7–3 in the final, having had spells on the tour on three previous occasions. He has been a regular wild card in the China Open and he also competed in the 2008 Jiangsu Classic finishing above top players such as Shaun Murphy and Neil Robertson in his group, eventually finishing third.[4]

Jin recorded the best ranking event finish of his career to date at the 2012 World Open, where he reached the last 16. He was selected to play in the wildcard round, where he beat Sam Baird 5–3 to qualify for the last 32 and a match up with compatriot Ding Junhui. Jin capatilised on his opponent's mistakes and won the match 5–1, but couldn't continue his run in the tournament in the next round as he lost 2–5 to Robert Milkins.[5][6]


He is nicknamed "Golden Dragon", which is a transliteration of his given name.


Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2001/
02		 2002/
03		 2003/
04		 2004/
05		 2005/
06		 2006/
07		 2007/
08		 2008/
09		 2009/
10		 2010/
11		 2011/
12		 2012/
13		 2013/
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Ranking[7][nb 1] UR[nb 2][nb 3] UR UR[nb 3] UR 93 UR[nb 4] UR[nb 4] UR[nb 2] 60 UR[nb 4] UR[nb 4] UR[nb 4] UR[nb 2]
Ranking tournaments
Wuxi Classic[nb 5] Not Held Non-Ranking WR A
Shanghai Masters Not Held WR LQ LQ 1R WR 1R QR
International Championship Not Held A
UK Championship A LQ A LQ LQ A A LQ LQ A A A
German Masters Non Held A A A
Welsh Open A LQ A LQ QR A A LQ LQ A A A
World Open[nb 6] A LQ A 1R LQ A A LQ LQ A 2R A
Players Tour Championship Final Non Held A A DNQ
China Open A Not Held WR QR WR WR LQ LQ WR WR A
World Championship A LQ A LQ LQ A A LQ LQ A A A
Non-ranking tournaments
The Masters LQ LQ LQ A A A A LQ A A A A
Former Ranking tournaments
Scottish Open[nb 7] A LQ A Not Held MR NH
British Open A LQ A LQ Not Held
Irish Masters A LQ A LQ NH NR Not Held
Malta Cup[nb 8] A LQ A LQ LQ A NR Not Held
Northern Ireland Trophy Not Held NR A A LQ Not Held
Bahrain Championship Not Held LQ Not Held
Former non-ranking tournaments
Wuxi Classic[nb 5] Not Held RR RR A A Ranking
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.
MR / Minor-ranking event means an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
NR / Non-ranking event means an event is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking event means an event is/was now a ranking event
  1. ↑ From the 2010/2011 season it shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 New players don't have a ranking.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 He was not on the Main Tour.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 He was an amateur.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 The event ran under the name Jiangsu Classic (2008/2009–2009/2010)
  6. ↑ The event was called the LG Cup (2001/2002–2003/2004) and the Grand Prix (2004/2005–2009/2010)
  7. ↑ The event was called the Players Championship (2003/2004)
  8. ↑ The event was called the European Open (2001/2002–2003/2004)

Tournament wins

Amateur

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Jin Long Official WPBSA player profile.". WorldSnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 2007–2010 [copyright date]. "Player List" section. Archived from the original on 12 May 2010. 
  2. ↑ "Jin Long Player Profile". Snooker Database. Retrieved 15 July 2013. 
  3. ↑ "Jin Long - Season 2013/2014". CueTracker - Snooker Database. Retrieved 16 June 2013. 
  4. ↑ "Top Snooker: 2008 Jiangsu Classic Information & Draw". Archived from the original on 28 May 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2009. 
  5. ↑ "Qualifier Jin crushes sluggish Ding in Haikou". China.org.cn. 28 February 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2012. 
  6. ↑ "Higgins whitewashes Cope". Eurosport. 1 March 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2012. 
  7. ↑ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011. 
  8. ↑ "Roll of Honour: Asian Snooker Championship". Asian Confederation of Billiards Sports. Retrieved 3 March 2010. 

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