Lu Chenwei

Lu Chenwei
Born 16 January 1991
Sport country  China
Professional 2014–
Highest ranking 97 (June–July 2014)[1]
Current ranking 109 (as of 6 April 2015)
Career winnings £7,900[2]
Highest break 99 (2013 Zhangjiagang Open)[3]
Century breaks 0
Best ranking finish Wildcard (2010 China Open)

Lu Chenwei (Chinese: 呂琛瑋, born 16 January 1991) is a Chinese professional snooker player.

Career

Lu appeared in 2010 China Open as a wildcard aged 19, but lost 5–2 to Robert Milkins.[4] When the Asian Players Tour Championship events were introduced in 2012, it gave Lu an opportunity to qualify for the professional snooker tour.[5] It was in 2013/2014 events where Lu started to make an impact and he reached semi-finals of the 2013 Zhangjiagang Open, where he lost out to eventual winner Ju Reti 4–2.[6][5] This result was the main factor in Lu gaining a tour year place on the professional World Snooker Tour for the 2014/2015 and 2015/2016 seasons.[5][7]

Debut season

Lu won a match as a professional at the first attempt by beating Dominic Dale 5–2 to qualify for the 2014 Wuxi Classic, where he lost 5–2 to Jack Lisowski. He could not win another match in a qualifying event during the rest of the season. He played in his first UK Championship as all tour players start at the venue stage of this event, but was defeated 6–1 by Ryan Day in the first round.[8]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2009/
10 		2012/
13 		2013/
14		 2014/
15
Ranking[9][nb 1] UR[nb 2] UR[nb 2] UR[nb 2] UR[nb 3]
Ranking Tournaments
Wuxi Classic[nb 4] NR A A 1R
Australian Goldfields Open NH A A LQ
Shanghai Masters A A A LQ
International Championship NH A A LQ
UK Championship A A A 1R
German Masters A A A LQ
Welsh Open A A A 1R
Indian Open Not Held A LQ
Players Championship Grand Final[nb 5] NH DNQ DNQ DNQ
China Open WR A A LQ
World Championship A A A LQ
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. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 He was an amateur.
  3. ↑ New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.
  4. ↑ The event was called the Jiangsu Classic (2009/2010)
  5. ↑ The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals (2012/2013)

References

  1. ↑ "World Rankings after the 2014 Wuxi Classic" (PDF). World Snooker. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 30 June 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "Career-total Statistics for Lu Chenwei - Professional". CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Head-to-Head: Lu Chenwei vs Mao Zhijun". CueTracker - Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "Main Event (Results)". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 8 February 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Lu Chenwei". Pro Snooker Blog. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  6. ↑ "Asian Tour Event Two (2013)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  7. ↑ "2014/15 List Of Tour Players". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 11 June 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  8. ↑ "Lü Chenwei 2014/2015". Snooker.org. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  9. ↑ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.

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