Zhang Yong (snooker player)

Zhang Yong
Born (1995-07-21) 21 July 1995
Sport country  China
Professional 2015–
Career winnings £22,650[1]
Highest break 131 (2015 Shanghai Masters qualifying)[1]
Century breaks 3[1]
Best ranking finish Last 32 (German Masters and 2017 Shoot-Out)

Zhang Yong (born 21 July 1995) is a Chinese professional snooker player.

Career

Prior to turning professional Zhang featured in Asian Players Tour Championship events from 2012 to 2015, as well as being a semi-finalist in the 2015 ACBS Asian Snooker Championship.[2][3] He made losing wildcard appearances at the 2014 Shanghai Masters[4][5] and 2015 China Open.[6]

Zhang earned a two-year professional World Snooker Tour card for the 2015/2016 and 2016/2017 seasons after his performances in the 2014/2015 Asian Tour events,[7] with the highlight being a quarter-final appearance in the 2015 Xuzhou Open where he beat professionals Jimmy Robertson and Dechawat Poomjaeng, seeing him finish 25th on the Order of Merit.[8][9]

Zhang won three matches in the early part of the 2015/2016 season, but then lost seven in a row until he beat Joe Swail 10–7 in the first round of World Championship qualifying, before losing 10–3 to Matthew Stevens.[10] He qualified for the 2016 Indian Open, World Open and Riga Masters but was knocked out in the first round of all of them. Later in the 2016/2017 season he qualified for the German Masters by beating Mike Dunn 5–4 and Mark Davis 5–3 and he was beaten 5–3 by Stuart Bingham in the opening round.[11] After losing in the opening round of the 2017 World Championship qualifiers to compatriot Tian Pengfei, Zhang lost his place on the tour at the end of the season due to being ranked outside of the top 64 in the world rankings. [12] He then entered Q School to try and regain his tour card and, after winning eight matches over the two events, he emerged as the highest placed qualifier via the Q School Order of Merit list, thus earning a new two-year professional tour card for the 2017/18 and 2018/19 seasons.[13]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2012/
13 		2013/
14		 2014/
15		 2015/
16		 2016/
17		 2017/
18
Ranking[14][nb 1] UR[nb 2] UR[nb 2] UR[nb 2] UR[nb 3] 98 95[nb 4]
Ranking tournaments
Riga Masters Not Held Minor-Ranking 1R LQ
China Championship Tournament Not Held NR WD
Paul Hunter Classic Minor-Ranking Event 1R
Indian Open NH A A NH 1R LQ
World Open A A A A 1R LQ
European Masters Tournament Not Held LQ
English Open Tournament Not Held 1R
International Championship A A A LQ LQ
Northern Ireland Open Tournament Not Held 1R
UK Championship A A A 1R 1R
Northern Ireland Open Tournament Not Held 1R
German Masters A A A LQ 1R
Shoot-Out Variant Format Event 3R
World Grand Prix Not Held NR DNQ DNQ
Welsh Open A A A 1R 1R
Players Championship[nb 5] DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
Gibraltar Open Not Held MR 2R
China Open A A WR LQ LQ
World Championship A A A LQ LQ
Former ranking tournaments
Australian Goldfields Open A A A LQ Not Held
Shanghai Masters A A WR LQ LQ NH
Former variant format tournaments
Shoot-Out A A A A Ranking
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.
Notes
  1. ↑ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
  2. 1 2 3 He was an amateur.
  3. ↑ New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.
  4. ↑ Players qualified through Q School started the season without prize money ranking points.
  5. ↑ The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals (2012/2013)

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Career-total Statistics for Zhang Yong - Professional". CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "31st ACBS Asian Snooker Championship-2015 - Knock Out Draws (Last 32)". Asian Confederation of Billiard Sports. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "31st ACBS Asian Snooker Championship 2015". cuethong.com. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  4. ↑ "Shanghai Masters 2014: Schedule & results". BBC Sport. 3 September 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
  5. ↑ "Bank of Communications OTO Shanghai Masters (2014)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  6. ↑ "Baic Motor China Open (2015)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  7. ↑ "Asian Order of Merit 2014/2015". Snooker.org. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  8. ↑ "Zhang Yong". Pro Snooker Blog. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  9. ↑ "Asian Order of Merit 2014/2015". Snooker.org. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  10. ↑ "Zhang Yong 2015/2016". Snooker.org. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  11. ↑ "Zhang Yong 2016/2017". Snooker.org. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  12. ↑ "Rankings 2016/2017". Snooker.org. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  13. ↑ "Q School Order of Merit 2017". Snooker.org. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  14. ↑ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
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