Thor Chuan Leong

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Thor.
Thor Chuan Leong
Born (1988-03-24) 24 March 1988
Sport country  Malaysia
Professional 2014–
Highest ranking 95
Current ranking 95 (as of 31 October 2016)
Career winnings £15,612[1]
Highest break 107 (2016 World Championship qualifying)[2]
Century breaks 3
Best ranking finish Last 32 (2016 World Open)
Medal record
Men's Snooker
Representing  Malaysia
Southeast Asian Games
2013 Naypyidaw 6 Red Individual
2013 Naypyidaw Individual
2013 Naypyidaw Doubles

Thor Chuan Leong (simplified Chinese: 涂振龙; traditional Chinese: 涂振龍; pinyin: Tú Zhènlóng;[3] born 24 March 1988) is a Malaysian professional snooker player. He is commonly referred to as Rory Thor.[4]

Career

Thor, based in Penang, Malaysia represented his country at the 2006 & 2010 Asian Games and in the 2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games and 2013 Southeast Asian Games, in the Southeast Asian Games he won bronze in the snooker singles[5] and doubles[6] and gold in the six red snooker singles.[7]

In 2014, Thor won the ACBS Asian Snooker Championship in May, beating Taiwan's Hung Chuang Ming 7–3 in the final.[8] This victory gained Thor a two-year card on the professional World Snooker Tour for the 2014/2015 and 2015/2016 seasons.[9] However, depspite the tour starting in May, Thor did not start playing on the tour until February 2015.[10] He played in the Six-red World Championship, but lost all five of his group matches.[11] In his first match in a ranking event qualifier he was beaten 4–1 by Dechawat Poomjaeng.[12] Although Thor lost all four of his matches this season he did push top 16 player Stuart Bingham to a deciding frame in the first round of the Welsh Open.[13]

Thor again failed to win a single match in ranking events during the 2015/16 season; in contrast, he performed successfully in the European Tour events, winning all of his first-round matches and reaching last 16 twice, at the Paul Hunter Classic and the Gdynia Open.[14] As a result, Thor was able to secure his place on the Main Tour for two further seasons by finishing tied 31st on the Order of Merit.[15]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2014/
15		 2015/
16		 2016/
17
Ranking[16][nb 1] UR[nb 2] 125 105[nb 3]
Ranking tournaments
Riga Masters[nb 4] Minor-Ranking LQ
Indian Open LQ NH LQ
World Open Not Held 2R
Paul Hunter Classic Minor-Ranking 1R
Shanghai Masters A LQ LQ
European Masters Not Held LQ
English Open Not Held 1R
International Championship A LQ LQ
Northern Ireland Open Not Held 1R
UK Championship A 1R 1R
Scottish Open Not Held
German Masters A LQ
Welsh Open 1R 1R
Players Championship Grand Final A DNQ
World Grand Prix NR DNQ
Gibraltar Open NH MR
China Open LQ DNQ
World Championship LQ LQ
Variant format tournaments
Australian Goldfields Open A A NH
World Cup NH RR NH
Six-red World Championship RR A 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. ↑ From the 2010/2011 season it shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
  2. ↑ New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.
  3. ↑ Players qualified through European Tour Order of Merit started the season without prize money ranking points.
  4. ↑ The event was called the Riga Open (2014/2015–2015/2016)

References

  1. ↑ "Career-total Statistics for Thor Chuan Leong – Professional". CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  2. ↑ "Head-to-Head: Thor Chuan Leong vs Jimmy Robertson". CueTracker – Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "斯诺克亚锦赛落幕 马来西亚运动员时隔20年再夺冠". Sina News. 5 May 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  4. ↑ "Thor Chuan Leong". World Snooker. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  5. ↑ "Snooker Single" (PDF). Southeast Asian Games. 18 December 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  6. ↑ "Snooker Double" (PDF). Southeast Asian Games. 13 December 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  7. ↑ "6 Red Snooker Single" (PDF). Southeast Asian Games. 15 December 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  8. ↑ "30th Asian Snooker Championships 2014". Cue Sports India. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  9. ↑ "2014/15 List Of Tour Players". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 14 August 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  10. ↑ "November Start For Malaysia's Thor?". Pro Snooker Blog. 27 July 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  11. ↑ "SangSom 6 Red World Championship 2014" (PDF). World Snooker. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  12. ↑ "Thor Chuan Leong 2014/2015". Snooker.org. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  13. ↑ "Stuart Bingham wants another 10 years at the top as he begins Welsh Open campaign". Echo. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  14. ↑ "Thor Chuan Leong 2015/2016". Snooker.org. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  15. ↑ "European Order of Merit 2015/2016". Snooker.org. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  16. ↑ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.

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