Tian Pengfei

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Tian Pengfei

Born (1987-08-16) August 16, 1987
Dalian, China
Sport country  China
Professional 2004/05, 2006–2008, 2011–
Highest ranking 62
Current ranking 58 (as of 10 February 2014)
Career winnings UK£ 51,889[1]
Highest break 139 (2007 World Snooker Championship Qualifying, 2007 UK Championship Qualifying, 2013 Wuxi Classic Qualifying)
Century breaks 41[2]
Best ranking finish Last 16 (2009 China Open, 2010 China Open, 2014 German Masters)
Tournament wins
Non-ranking 1
Tian Pengfei
Medal record
Competitor for  China
Men's Snooker
Asian Games
Gold 2006 Doha Doubles
Gold 2006 Doha Team
Gold 2010 Guangzhou Team
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
Gold 2013 Incheon Team

Tian Pengfei (Chinese: 田鵬飛 (born 16 August 1987) is a professional snooker player from the People's Republic of China. He began his professional career by playing Challenge Tour in 2004, at the time the second-level professional tour.[3] Tian played on Main Tour in 2006 and competed on the World Snooker Tour for two seasons until he dropped off in 2008. During this period he also served a one-year ban for sexual harassment. In 2010 he won his first professional title, the Beijing International Challenge, and returned to Main Tour the following year.

Career

Tian first competed on the Main Tour in the 2006/2007 season, dropping off the tour in the following season. During the season, Tian also received a one-year ban from China's cue sports administration,[4][5] following an investigation into allegations that he had sexually abused and beaten his fellow team-mate, Zhou Mengmeng, at the Doha Asian Games in 2006.[6]

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.[7]

2011/2012 season

Tian qualified for the 2011/2012 main tour as a semi-finalist from the second Q School event.[8] As an unranked player, Tian would need to win four matches to qualify for the main draw of the ranking event tournaments. He failed to do this throughout the season, coming closest in his first event, the Australian Goldfields Open.[9] He won his first two matches against Aditya Mehta and Anthony McGill (making three centuries in a 5–1 win) before being given a bye into the final qualifying round due to the withdrawal of Anthony Hamilton.[10] In the final round Tian lost 4–5 to Mark Davis.[11] Tian finished the year ranked world number 78, out of the top 64 who guarantee their places for the 2012/2013 season.[12] However, he was awarded the first nomination from the Chinese national governing body for a spot on the tour, guaranteeing him entry into all the ranking event qualifiers in the upcoming season.[13]

2012/2013 season

Tian could not qualify for the main draw of any of the ranking events during the season.[14] However, he had a very good season in the minor-ranking Players Tour Championship Events. At the second European Tour Event he won four matches which included a last 16 triumph over top 16 player Stuart Bingham to reach the quarter-finals, where he was whitewashed 0–4 by Neil Robertson.[14] Tian went one better at the sixth European Tour Event with wins over the likes of Jamie Burnett, Mark Davis and Martin Gould in the quarter-finals to advance to the semis. There he lost 2–4 to Mark Selby, but finished a lofty 30th on the PTC Order of Merit, just outside the top 26 who qualified for the Finals.[15][16] Tian's season ended when he was beaten 7–10 by Jimmy White in the second round of World Championship Qualifying, to finish the campaign ranked world number 70.[17][18]

2013/2014 season

In his opening match, Tian defeated Luca Brecel 5-3 to qualify for the 2013 Wuxi Classic in China where he will face Jack Lisowski in the first round.

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2004/
05		 2005/
06		 2006/
07		 2007/
08		 2008/
09		 2009/
10		 2010/
11		 2011/
12		 2012/
13		 2013/
14
Ranking[19][nb 1] UR[nb 2][nb 3] UR[nb 4] UR[nb 2] 69 67[nb 4] UR[nb 4] UR[nb 4] UR[nb 2] 78 70
Ranking tournaments
Wuxi Classic[nb 5] Not Held Non-ranking LQ 1R
Australian Goldfields Open Not Held LQ LQ LQ
Shanghai Masters Not Held QR A 1R WR LQ LQ LQ
Indian Open Not Held LQ
International Championship Not Held LQ 1R
UK Championship A A LQ LQ A A A LQ LQ 2R
German Masters Not Held A LQ LQ 3R
Welsh Open A A LQ 2R A A A LQ LQ
World Open[nb 6] A A LQ RR A A A LQ LQ
Players Tour Championship Not Held DNQ DNQ DNQ
China Open A WR LQ LQ 2R 2R 1R LQ LQ
World Championship LQ A LQ LQ A A A LQ LQ
Non-ranking tournaments
Masters A A LQ LQ A A A A A A
Variant format tournaments
Shoot-Out Not Held A A 1R 1R
Former ranking tournaments
Malta Cup A A LQ NR Not Held
Northern Ireland Trophy Not Held NR 2R LQ A Not Held
Former non-ranking tournaments
Wuxi Classic[nb 5] Not Held A A SF 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.
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. ↑ 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. ↑ He was not on the Main Tour.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 He was an amateur.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 The event ran under the name Jiangsu Classic (2008/2009–2009/2010)
  6. ↑ The event run under different name as Grand Prix (1984/1985-2000/2001 and 2004/2005-2009/2010)

Tournament wins

Non-ranking

References

  1. ↑ "Tian Pengfei Player Profile". Snooker Database. Retrieved 15 July 2013. 
  2. ↑ "Tian Pengfei - Season 2013/2014". CueTracker - Snooker Database. Retrieved 15 July 2013. 
  3. ↑ "Tian Pengfei - Season 2004/2005". Retrieved 5 January 2013. 
  4. ↑ "Chinese pool player drops defamation charges against officials". People's Daily. 6 March 2007. Retrieved 6 April 2012. 
  5. ↑ China Daily (2 February 2007). "Taking Potshots". China Internet Information Center. Retrieved 6 April 2012. 
  6. ↑ Yu Nan (7 March 2007). "Snooker girl Zhou in sex scandal apologies". China Daily. Retrieved 6 April 2012. 
  7. ↑ "BTV International: Tian’s The Man". World Snooker. Retrieved 2010-07-31. 
  8. ↑ "Chinese Duo Join Main Tour". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 9 May 2012. 
  9. ↑ "Tian Pengfei". Snooker.org. Retrieved 9 May 2012. 
  10. ↑ "Tian Pengfei 2011/2012". Snooker.org. Retrieved 12 May 2012. 
  11. ↑ "2011 Australian Open Results". Snooker Database. Retrieved 9 May 2012. 
  12. ↑ "Official World Ranking List for the 2012/2013 Season". Retrieved 9 May 2012. 
  13. ↑ "Tour Players 2012/2013". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 2 June 2012. 
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Tian Pengfei". Snooker.org. Retrieved 13 April 2013. 
  15. ↑ "Betfair European Tour Event Six". Snooker.org. Retrieved 13 April 2013. 
  16. ↑ "Order of Merit 2012/2013". Snooker.org. Retrieved 13 April 2013. 
  17. ↑ "Betfair World Championship Qualifiers". Snooker.org. Retrieved 13 April 2013. 
  18. ↑ "Official World Snooker Ranking List For The 2013/2014 Season". World Snooker. Retrieved 24 May 2013. 
  19. ↑ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011. 

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