Chen Zhe

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Chen Zhe

Chen Zhe at the 2012 Paul Hunter Classic
Born 28 February 1993
Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
Sport country  China
Nickname Sleepy
Professional 2012–2014
Highest ranking 66 (July 2012)[1]
Career winnings £23,688[2]
Highest break 140 (2013 China Open Qualifying)
Century breaks 13[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 five matches at Q School in 2012 to earn a two-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 of the 2013/2014 season, Chen defeated Matthew Selt 5–3 to qualify for the 2013 Wuxi Classic in China where he lost 5–2 to Ben Woollaston in the first round.[12] Chen also qualified for the Indian Open with a 4–2 win over Robert Milkins, but was beaten 4–3 by Hammad Miah. Chen did not win another match in ranking events until in qualifying for the final event of the year, the World Championship, where he beat Anthony Parsons 10–8, before losing by a reverse of this scoreline in the second round against Mark Joyce.[12] At the end of his second season Chen was ranked world number 89 and was relegated from the main tour as he was not in the top 64.[13] He entered Q School to try and earn his place back with Chen being two wins from succeeding in the first event, but he lost 4–1 to Chris Melling.[12]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2010/
11		 2011/
12		 2012/
13		 2013/
14		 2014/
15
Ranking[14][nb 1] UR UR UR[nb 2] 78 89[nb 3]
Ranking tournaments
Wuxi Classic Non-Ranking LQ 1R A
Australian Goldfields Open A A LQ LQ A
Shanghai Masters A A LQ LQ A
International Championship Not Held LQ LQ A
UK Championship A A LQ 1R A
German Masters A A LQ LQ A
Welsh Open A A LQ 1R A
Indian Open Not Held 1R A
Players Championship Grand Final[nb 4] DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
China Open A A LQ LQ A
World Championship A A LQ LQ A
Former ranking tournaments
World Open A A LQ LQ NH
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.
  3. ↑ He was an amateur.
  4. ↑ The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals (2010/2011–2012/2013)

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 14 April 2014.
  3. ↑ "Chen Zhe". CueTracker - Snooker Database. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  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" (PDF). World Snooker. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 "Chen Zhe 2013/2014". Snooker.org. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  13. ↑ "World Snooker Rankings After the 2014 World Championship" (PDF). World Snooker. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  14. ↑ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.

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