Zhang Anda

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Zhang Anda

Zhang Anda at the 2012 Paul Hunter Classic
Born (1991-12-25) December 25, 1991
Sport country  China
Nickname Mighty Mouse[1]
Professional 2009–11, 2012–
Highest ranking 70 (May–July 2010)[2]
Current ranking 74 (as of 10 February 2014)
Career winnings UK£ 41,771[3]
Highest break 139 (2012 APTC3)
Century breaks 15[4]
Best ranking finish Last 16 (2013 Australian Goldfields Open)

Zhang Anda (born December 25, 1991) is a Chinese professional snooker player, who made his debut on the Main Tour for the 2009/2010 season. He qualified by winning the ACBS Asian Under-21 Championship.

Standing at 5 ft 3ins tall, he is nicknamed "Mighty Mouse". Zhang lives in Romford, England during the snooker season and is managed by Grove Leisure, practising at their Academy facility which is also based in Romford.

Career

2009/2010 season

The 2009/2010 season was Zhang's first professional season on the tour. His first match was a 2–5 defeat to Craig Steadman in the first qualifying round of the Shanghai Masters.[5] His first wins came over Ben Woollaston (5–3) and Jin Long (5–2) during qualifying for the Grand Prix. He was then eliminated by Welshman Dominic Dale 0–5.[5] He also reached the same stage in Welsh Open qualifying having beaten Matthew Couch 5–2 and Mark Joyce 5–4 before losing 2–5 to Marcus Campbell.[5]

Zhang comfortably beat Craig Steadman 10–4 in his first match of World Championship qualifying, scoring his first century of the season in the penultimate frame. He then beat veteran John Parrott 10–6 in the next round. He made a second century, a 113, as he won the last five frames to progress. In the penultimate qualifying round, he beat Andrew Higginson 10–8 in a topsy turvy match. Zhang led 7–3 scoring a 114 in the process before Higginson went ahead 8–7. Zhang took the last three to go through to the final qualifying round. Ricky Walden, provisionally in the top 16 before the tournament, was Zhang's last obstacle to overcome. The first 16 frames were shared before a 134 break in frame 17 and a 103 break in frame 18 for Zhang resulted in a 10–8 victory.[6] This meant that he would be only the fourth Chinese player to play at The Crucible and the lowest ranked player (number 71) to qualify for tournament. He is also one of only a few players to make it to The Crucible in their debut season. This result denied Walden a top 16 place for the following season. Zhang was drawn against seven-time World Snooker champion Stephen Hendry in the first round of the event. Zhang was 0–4 down in the match but rallied to trail only 4–5 after the first session. Hendry increased his lead to 7–5 before Zhang won four frames in a row to be on the cusp of a famous win. He wasted a chance to take the match in the next frame and went on to lose 9–10.[7] Zhang ended the season ranked world number 71.[8]

2010/2011 season

Zhang began the 2010/2011 season well by defeating Jak Jones 5–4, Paul Davies 5–1 and Stuart Pettman 5–3 to reach the final qualifying round of the Shanghai Masters. He faced Matthew Stevens and was beaten 2–5.[9] However, he could only win more match in qualifying for the remaining six ranking events, concluding with a 6–10 loss to Andrew Pagett in the first round of World Championship qualifying.[9] He finished the season ranked world number 84, well outside of the top 64 who retain their places on the snooker tour.[10] He therefore entered Q School in an attempt to win back his place and was one match away from doing so in the first event, but lost 1–4 to David Grace. He couldn't qualify from the remaining two events and did not have a place on tour next season.[9]

2011/2012 season

After being relegated off the tour the previous year, Zhang was confined to entering minor-ranking Players Tour Championship during the 2011/2012 season. He played in all 12 of them, but had to wait until the final event, the FFB Snooker Open, for his first win which was a 4–1 triumph over Jamie Burnett.[11] Zhang was beaten by the same scoreline by Stephen Maguire in the next round to finish a lowly 115th on the Order of Merit.[12] Zhang lost in the final of the ACBS Asian Snooker Championship 2–5 to Hossein Vafaei, but as Vafaei had already qualified for the main snooker tour, Zhang received a place for the 2012/2013 and 2013/2014 seasons.[13]

2012/2013 season

Zhang lost in the first round of qualifying for the opening three ranking events of the season.[14] He played in all three of the new minor-ranking Asian Players Tour Championship events, reaching two quarter-finals where he lost to Michael White 3–4 and Li Hang 2–4 respectively.[14] He finished 10th on the Asian Order of Merit, just outside the top eight who qualified for the Finals.[15] His first win in a ranking event match this season was a 6–5 success against Li Yan in International Championship qualifying, but he lost 3–6 to Alfie Burden in the next round.[14] The most matches he could win in qualifying was for the World Open by seeing off Michael Wild 5–3, Luca Brecel 5–4 and Rory McLeod 5–2. He was edged out in the final qualifying round 4–5 by Jamie Cope.[14] Zhang's season came to an end when he lost 5–10 to Michael White in the third round of World Championship qualifying.[16] He finished the year ranked world number 77.[17]

2013/2014 season

Zhang won three consecutive matches 5–4 to qualify for the second ranking event of the season, the Australian Goldfields Open.[18] He beat world number 20 Andrew Higginson 5–1 in the first round to reach the last 16 of a ranking event for the first time in his career, where he was defeated 1–5 by world number two Mark Selby.[19][20]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournaments 2007/
08		 2008/
09		 2009/
10		 2010/
11		 2011/
12		 2012/
13		 2013/
14
Rankings[21][nb 1] UR UR UR[nb 2] 70 84[22][nb 3] UR[nb 2] 77
Ranking tournaments
Wuxi Classic NH Non-Ranking LQ LQ
Australian Goldfields Open Tournament Not Held A LQ 2R
Shanghai Masters A WR LQ LQ A LQ LQ
Indian Open Tournament Not Held 2R
International Championship Tournament Not Held LQ 1R
UK Championship A A LQ LQ A LQ 2R
German Masters Not Held LQ A LQ LQ
Welsh Open A A LQ LQ A LQ
World Open[nb 4] A A LQ LQ A LQ LQ
Players Tour Championship Not Held DNQ DNQ DNQ
China Open WR A LQ LQ A LQ
World Championship A A 1R LQ A LQ
Non-Ranking Tournaments
The Masters A A LQ A A A A
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 New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.
  3. ↑ He was an amateur.
  4. ↑ The event was called the LG Cup in 2003/2004 and the Grand Prix from 2004/2005 to 2009/2010)

References

  1. ↑ World Snooker: Giant Anda
  2. ↑ "World rankings after 2010 PTC1" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from [http://www.worldsnooker.com/site_files/latest world rankings.pdf the original] on 4 July 2010. Retrieved 2 April 2013. 
  3. ↑ "Zhang Anda Player Profile". Snooker Database. Retrieved 15 July 2013. 
  4. ↑ "Zhang Anda - Season 2013/2014". CueTracker - Snooker Database. Retrieved 15 July 2013. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Zhang Anda 2009/2010". Snooker.org. Retrieved 20 May 2013. 
  6. ↑ "Betfred.com World Championship Qualifiers". Snooker.org. Retrieved 20 May 2013. 
  7. ↑ "Stephen Hendry beats Zhang Anda to reach second round". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 May 2013. 
  8. ↑ Ardalen, Hermund (2010). "Provisional World Rankings 2010/2011". Snooker.org. Retrieved 20 May 2013. 
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "Zhang Anda 2010/2011". Snooker.org. Retrieved 20 May 2013. 
  10. ↑ "World Rankings 2010/2011". Snooker.org. Retrieved 20 May 2013. 
  11. ↑ "Zhang Anda 2011/2012". Snooker.org. Retrieved 20 May 2013. 
  12. ↑ "Order of Merit 2011/2012". Snooker.org. Retrieved 20 May 2013. 
  13. ↑ "Asian Championship 2012 – 13th Under-21 Snooker". Cue Sports India. Retrieved 20 May 2013. 
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 "Zhang Anda 2012/2013". Snooker.org. Retrieved 20 May 2013. 
  15. ↑ "Asian Order of Merit 2012/2013". Snooker.org. Retrieved 20 May 2013. 
  16. ↑ "Betfair World Championship Qualifiers". Snooker.org. Retrieved 20 May 2013. 
  17. ↑ "Official World Snooker Ranking List For The 2013/2014 Season". World Snooker. Retrieved 20 May 2013. 
  18. ↑ "Zhang Anda 2013/2014". Snooker.org. Retrieved 11 July 2013. 
  19. ↑ "Higginson falls at first hurdle in Australia". Eurosport. Retrieved 11 July 2013. 
  20. ↑ "Selby Eases Into Last Eight". World Snooker. Retrieved 11 July 2013. 
  21. ↑ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011. 
  22. ↑ "Rankings after 2011 World Championship". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 4 May 2011. 

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