Ju Reti

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Jū.
Ju Reti
Born 19 September 1983
Sport country  China
Professional 2014–
Highest ranking 108 (June–July 2014)[1]
Current ranking 119 (as of 6 April 2015)
Career winnings £17,300[2]
Highest break 142 (2013 Zhangjiagang Open)
Century breaks 2[2]
Best ranking finish Last 32 (2014 Players Championship Grand Final)
Tournament wins
Minor-ranking 1

Jū Reti (Chinese: 居熱提, born 19 September 1983) is a Chinese professional snooker player.

Career

Amateur

2012/2013

Ju, a farmer,[3] from the from the Xinjiang region China of the Uyghur ethnic group[4] started to enter Asian Players Tour Championship when they were introduced in the 2012/2013 season, entering in Event 2, where he lost to Mark Williams in the last 64[5] and Event 3 where he reached the last 16 stage as he lost to Li Hang,[5] over these two events Ju won four matches and won £1,500 in prize money as he was ranked 37th in the Asian Order of Merit.[6]

2013/2014

The following season, Ju entered in all four of the Asian Tour Events in the 2013/2014 season, reaching the last 32 of the 2013 Yixing Open,[7] where he also scored his first century break. In the 2013 Zhangjiagang Open, Ju managed to reach the final where he faced Michael Holt and Ju became the first amateur winner of an Player Tour Event, after a 4–1 win over Holt, he won £10,000 in prize money and made the highest break of the tournament with 142.[8] In the final two Asian Events of the season, Ju reached the last 32 of the 2013 Zhengzhou Open[7] and the last 16 of the 2014 Dongguan Open,[7] these results netted Ju £12,200 in prize money and was ranked 2nd in the Asian Order of Merit[9] which gained him qualification the 2014 Players Championship Grand Finals[10] and a two year card of the professional snooker tour for the 2014/2015 and 2015/2016 seasons.[6][3][4] At the Players Championship Grand Finals, Ju took the first frame against Judd Trump with a break of 75 in the last 32 stage, but lost 4–1 at the event held at Preston's Guild Hall.[7][11]

Professional

Ju did not enter all ranking tournaments of the 2014/2015 season.[12]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2012/
13 		2013/
14 		2014/
15
Ranking[13][nb 1] UR[nb 2] UR[nb 2] UR[nb 3]
Ranking tournaments
Players Championship Grand Final[nb 4] DNQ 1R DNQ
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. ↑ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 He was an amateur.
  3. ↑ New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.
  4. ↑ The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals (2012/2013)

Career finals

Minor-ranking event finals: 1 (1 title)

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score Ref.
Winner 1. 2013 Zhangjiagang Open England Holt, MichaelMichael Holt 4–1 [14]

References

  1. ↑ "World Rankings after the 2014 Wuxi Classic" (PDF). World Snooker. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 30 June 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Career-total Statistics for Ju Reti - Professional". CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Ju Reti". Pro Snooker Blog. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Ju Reti". World Snooker. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Ju Reti - Season 2012/2013". CueTracker - Snooker Database. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Asian Order of Merit 2012/2013". snooker.org. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 "Ju Reti - Season 2013/2014". CueTracker - Snooker Database. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  8. ↑ "Ju-bilation For Chinese Amateur". World Snooker. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  9. ↑ "Asian Order of Merit 2013/2014". snooker.org. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  10. ↑ "Reti For Action". World Snooker. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  11. ↑ "JUDD TRUMP V JU RETI". Love Snooker. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  12. ↑ "Ju Reti 2014/2015". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  13. ↑ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
  14. ↑ "Asian Tour Event Two (2013)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 27 July 2014.

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