Lu Ning

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This is a Chinese name; the family name is Lu.
Lu Ning
Born (1994-01-01) 1 January 1994
Jilin, China[1]
Sport country  China
Highest break 134 (2012 International Championship)[2]
Best ranking finish Last 16 (2012 China Open)

Lu Ning (Chinese: 魯寧) is an amateur snooker player from the People's Republic of China.

Career

Lu's first appearance in a ranking tournament was in the wildcard round of the 2012 World Open, where he defeated 1996 British Open winner Nigel Bond 5–4 in Haikou. He met Mark Selby in the first round and, despite taking the first two frames, Lu lost 3–5.[3] Lu continued to show his talent in the next local ranking tournament, the 2012 China Open. He was awarded a wildcard to compete against Welsh player Jamie Jones, where Lu won 5–3.[4] He produced a tremendous match by knocking out 2005 world snooker champion Shaun Murphy by 5–2, with two centuries.[5] However, in the second round Ali Carter proved to be too tough for the Chinese player, winning 5–1.[6]

In the 2012/2013 season Lu was awarded a place in the wildcard round for five ranking events, losing at this stage in four of them.[7] At the International Championship he beat Barry Pinches 6–5, before losing in the first round 4–6 to Ricky Walden.[7] He played in all three of the new Asian Players Tour Championships, but could not advance beyond the third round in any of them to finish 45th on the Asian Order of Merit.[8]

In July 2013 he became the IBSF Under 21 World Champion, defeating Zhou Yuelong 9-4 in the final.[9]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2011/
12 		2012/
13 		2013/
14
Ranking UR UR UR
Ranking Tournaments
Wuxi Classic NR WR 1R
Shanghai Masters A WR WR
International Championship NH 1R A
World Open 1R WR
Players Tour Championship A DNQ
China Open 2R WR
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 #R 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.

    References

    1. ↑ "Holt Bares Teeth To Escape Zhu". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 29 March 2012. 
    2. ↑ http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries.aspx?t=13178
    3. ↑ "2012 Haikou World Open results". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 4 March 2012. 
    4. ↑ "Lu Ning 2011/2012". Snooker.org. Retrieved 3 June 2013. 
    5. ↑ "Shaun Murphy loses to Lu Ning in China Open first round". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 June 2013. 
    6. ↑ "2012 China Open results". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 24 March 2012. 
    7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Lu Ning 2012/2013". Snooker.org. Retrieved 3 June 2013. 
    8. ↑ "Asian Order of Merit 2012/2013". Snooker.org. Retrieved 3 June 2013. 
    9. ↑ "IBSF Snooker Championships U21 - Beijing China 2013 Knockout draw". IBSF. Retrieved 19 July 2013. 
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