Zhang Yong (snooker player)

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Yong.
Zhang Yong
Born (1995-07-21) 21 July 1995
Sport country  China
Professional 2015–
Current ranking 80 (as of 31 October 2016)
Career winnings £4,500[1]
Highest break 131 (2015 Shanghai Masters qualifying)[1]
Century breaks 1[1]
Best ranking finish Last 64 (2016 World Open)

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]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2012/
13 		2013/
14		 2014/
15		 2015/
16
Ranking[11][nb 1] UR[nb 2] UR[nb 2] UR[nb 2] UR[nb 3]
Ranking tournaments
Australian Goldfields Open A A A LQ
Shanghai Masters A A WR LQ
International Championship A A A LQ
UK Championship A A A 1R
German Masters A A A LQ
Welsh Open A A A 1R
Indian Open NH A A NH
Players Championship Grand Final[nb 4] DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
China Open A A WR 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. 1 2 3 He was an amateur.
  3. ↑ New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.
  4. ↑ 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. ↑ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
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