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Gong Chenzhi

Gong Chenzhi
Born (2006-09-22) 22 September 2006 (age 18)
Sport country China
Professional2024–present
Highest ranking82 (September 2024)
Current ranking 87 (as of 16 December 2024)
Best ranking finishLast 16 (2024 Xi'an Grand Prix)

Gong Chenzhi is a Chinese snooker player. In 2024, he won a place on the World Snooker Tour from the 2024–25 snooker season.

Career

In June 2023, Gong beat three-time Women’s World Champion Ng On Yee 4-0 at the Asia-Oceania Q School in Bangkok.[1]

2023/24

He reached the semi-finals at the 2023 CBSA Zhang Jiagang Youth Event Under-21 tournament. He was awarded a wildcard for the 2023 Wuhan Open.[2] At the event he defeated Daniel Womersley and Jordan Brown.[3] He was then beaten 4-5 by compatriot He Guoquiang.[4] At the 2023 Shanghai Masters in September 2023, he played Iranian top-16 player Hossein Vafaei and lost 6-1.[5]

Awarded a wildcard into the 2023 International Championship in Tianjin in November 2023, he was defeated by compatriot Wang Xingzhong 5-6, who at 12 years-old, became the second youngest player to ever compete at a ranking event, after Liam Davies at the 2019 Snooker Shoot Out.[6]

At the WSF Junior Snooker Championship held in Albania in February 2024, he reached the final before being defeated by Hungarian Bulcsú Révész.[7][8]

In qualifying for the 2024 World Snooker Championship he was defeated by veteran Rod Lawler 10-7.[9]

2024/25

Through his performances on the CBSA China Tour he earnt a place on the World Snooker Tour from the 2024–25 snooker season.[10] He made his professional debut at the 2024 Championship League in Leicester in June 2024.[11] He defeated Gerard Greene in the third match of his round robin group.[12] At the 2024 Xi'an Grand Prix he defeated Tom Ford before facing countryman Si Jiahui.[13] He reached the fourth round of the 2024 Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters before facing Neil Robertson.[14] He recorded a win over Mink Nutcharut in qualifying for the 2025 German Masters.[15]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2023/
24 		2024/
25
Ranking[nb 1] [nb 2] [nb 3]
Ranking tournaments
Championship League A RR
Xi'an Grand Prix NH 3R
Saudi Arabia Masters NH 4R
English Open A LQ
British Open A 1R
Wuhan Open 2R LQ
Northern Ireland Open A LQ
International Championship LQ 1R
UK Championship A LQ
Shoot Out A 2R
Scottish Open A LQ
German Masters A LQ
Welsh Open A
World Open LQ LQ
World Grand Prix DNQ
Players Championship DNQ
Tour Championship DNQ
World Championship LQ
Non-ranking tournaments
Shanghai Masters 1R A
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. ^ He was an amateur
  3. ^ New players on the Main Tour do not have a ranking

References

  1. ^ "Gong dumps out Yee". wst.tv. 3 July 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Wuhan Open Wild Cards". wst.tv. 28 September 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  3. ^ Caulfield, David (10 October 2023). "' I can't wait to go home' – Neil Robertson explains recent dip in form". SnookerHQ. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  4. ^ "WUHAN OPEN SNOOKER 2023 - LATEST SCORES, RESULTS, SCHEDULE, ORDER OF PLAY AS JUDD TRUMP BIDS FOR GLORY". Eurosport. 15 October 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Iran's snooker player downs Gong Chenzhi at Shanghai Masters". Mehrnews. 12 September 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
  6. ^ "International Championship: Wang Xinzhong, 12, beaten by Judd Trump in China". BBC Sport. 5 November 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  7. ^ "BULCSU REVESZ AND GONG CHENZHI MEET IN WSF JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL". World Snooker Federation. 2 February 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  8. ^ Caulfield, David (2 February 2024). "Hungarian teenager Bulcsú Révész wins tour card". SnookerHQ. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  9. ^ Caulfield, David (11 April 2024). "'The target is the Crucible'". Snooker HQ.
  10. ^ "Announcement that Chinese Billiards Association". cbsa.org. 26 February 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
  11. ^ "PANG JUNXU UPSTAGED BY STUART CARRINGTON AT CHAMPIONSHIP LEAGUE SNOOKER ON A LONG DAY IN LEICESTER". Eurosport. 22 June 2024. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  12. ^ Caulfield, David (23 June 2024). "Long Zehuang and Stuart Carrington move on". SnookerHQ. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  13. ^ "RONNIE O'SULLIVAN, MARK SELBY AND JUDD TRUMP WIN OPENING MATCHES AT XI'AN GRAND PRIX AS DING JUNHUI SUFFERS EARLY EXIT". Eurosport. 19 August 2024. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  14. ^ "SAUDI ARABIA SNOOKER MASTERS: DAY THREE EVENING". wst.tv. 1 September 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  15. ^ "BAI YULU SECURES DRAMATIC WIN OVER LIAM PULLEN IN GERMAN MASTERS QUALIFYING, STAN MOODY AND KEN DOHERTY THROUGH". Eurosport. 16 December 2024. Retrieved 17 December 2024.

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