Zhou Yuelong

Zhou Yuelong
Born 24 January 1998
Chengdu, China
Sport country  China
Professional 2014–
Highest ranking 76 (April 2015–present)[1]
Current ranking 76 (as of 6 April 2015)
Career winnings £32,883[2]
Highest break 136 (2014 Australian Goldfields Open Qualifying)
Century breaks 15[2]
Best ranking finish Last 32 (x4)
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Zhou.

Zhou Yuelong (Chinese: 周躍龍, born 1998 in Chengdu) is a professional snooker player from the People's Republic of China.

Career

Between 2011 and 2014 Zhou was regularly selected to play in the wildcard round of Chinese ranking events. He could only win two of the nine he played in and was knocked out in the first round in both of those. Zhou won the 2013 IBSF World Snooker Championship which enabled him to join the snooker tour for the 2014/2015 season.[3]

His first win as a professional came at attempt number one as he defeated Alfie Burden 5–3 to qualify for the 2014 Wuxi Classic, where he lost 5–3 to Graeme Dott in the first round.[4] Zhou defeated compatriot Liang Wenbo 6–2 to qualify for the International Championship and won his first ever match at a ranking event by eliminating Chris Melling 6–1, before being edged out 6–5 by Ricky Walden.[5] He made his debut in a ranking event outside China at the UK Championship, but lost 6–1 to Jimmy Robertson in the first round.[4] At the minor-ranking Xuzhou Open, Zhou saw off Barry Pinches to reach the quarter-finals where Thepchaiya Un-Nooh beat him 4–2. This helped him finish 15th on the Order of Merit.[6] Zhou's second last 32 appearance at a ranking event this season came at the China Open and, after winning the first two frames, he lost 5–2 to David Gilbert.[7]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2011/
12 		2012/
13 		2013/
14 		2014/
15
Ranking[8][nb 1] UR UR UR UR[nb 2]
Ranking tournaments
Wuxi Classic NR 1R WR 1R
Australian Goldfields Open A A A LQ
Shanghai Masters A WR WR LQ
International Championship NH 1R WR 2R
UK Championship A A A 1R
German Masters A A A LQ
Welsh Open A A A 1R
Indian Open Not Held A 1R
Players Championship Grand Final[nb 3] A DNQ DNQ DNQ
China Open WR WR A 2R
World Championship A A A LQ
Former ranking tournaments
World Open WR A A 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 #R 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. ↑ The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals (2011/2012–2012/2013)

Tournament wins

Amateur finals: : 1 (1 title)

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Winner 1. 2013 World Amateur Championship China Zhao Xintong 8–4

References

  1. ↑ "World Rankings after the China Open 2015" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 6 April 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Career-total Statistics for Zhou Yuelong - Professional". CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Zhou Yuelong becomes world champion 2013". International Billiards and Snooker Federation. 8 December 2013. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Zhou Yuelong 2014/2015". Snooker.org. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "Three-Ton Rocket Crushes McGill". World Snooker. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "Asian Order of Merit 2014/2015". Snooker.org. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "David Gilbert 5–2 Zhou Yuelong". Love Snooker. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.

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