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Huang Jiahao
Born	17 August 1995; Yiwu, Zhejiang, China
Sport country	China
Professional	2024–present
Highest ranking	108 (July 2024)
Current ranking	117 (as of 2 December 2024)

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

Career

Prior to turning professional, he was granted a number of wildcard appearances at international snooker tournaments in his native China. At the 2014 Shanghai Masters he played former World Champion Ken Doherty and lost 5-3.^[1] He was beaten by Oliver Lines at the 2014 International Championship in Chengdu.^[2] He reached the last 64 at the 2015 Xuzhou Open where he lost to eventual winner Joe Perry.^[3] He defeated Hammad Miah in the wildcard round at the 2016 World Open to reach the main draw in Yushan County, where he lost to compatriot Zhou Yuelong.^[4] He reached the last 16 of the 2016 Haining Open, recording wins over Tian Pengfei and Kurt Maflin before losing to Martin Gould.

Competing domestically, he was a member of The Guangdong team alongside Fang Xiongman and Bai Langning that won the 2020 CBSA Cup, beating Xinjiang in the final.^[5] He was runner-up at the Haining Open in 2021. In the final he was defeated by compatriot He Guoqiang.^[6] He represented Yushan at the China Snooker Team Tournament in July 2022, alongside Bai Langning and Xing Zihao.^[7]

He reached the last 16 of CBSA Tour event, the Huangguoshu Open, in Anshun in August 2023, where he was beaten by Kyren Wilson.^[8]

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.^[9] In June 2024, he made his precessional debut at the 2024 Championship League in Leicester.^[10]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament	2012/ 13	2013/ 14	2014/ 15	2015/ 16	2016/ 17	2017/ 18	2018/ 19	2019/ 20	2021/ 22	2024/ 25
Ranking^{[nb 1]}	^{[nb 2]}	^{[nb 2]}	^{[nb 2]}	^{[nb 2]}	^{[nb 2]}	^{[nb 2]}	^{[nb 2]}	^{[nb 2]}	^{[nb 2]}	^{[nb 3]}
Ranking tournaments
Championship League	Non-Ranking Event								A	RR
Xi'an Grand Prix	Tournament Not Held									LQ
Saudi Arabia Masters	Tournament Not Held									2R
English Open	Tournament Not Held				A	A	A	A	A	LQ
British Open	Tournament Not Held								A	LQ
Wuhan Open	Tournament Not Held									LQ
Northern Ireland Open	Tournament Not Held				A	A	A	A	A	LQ
International Championship	Not Held		WR	A	A	A	A	A	NH	LQ
UK Championship	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	LQ
Shoot Out	Non-Ranking Event				A	A	A	A	A
Scottish Open	MR	Not Held			A	A	A	A	A	LQ
German Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A
Welsh Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A
World Open	A	A	Not Held		1R	A	A	A	NH
World Grand Prix	Not Held		NR	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
Players Championship^{[nb 4]}	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
Tour Championship	Tournament Not Held						DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
World Championship	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A
Former ranking tournaments
Shanghai Masters	Not Held		WR	A	A	A	Non-Ranking		NH	NR
Former non-ranking tournaments
Haining Open	Not Held		Minor-Ranking		4R	1R	1R	1R	F	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	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

^ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ He was an amateur
^ New players don't have a ranking
^ The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Final (2012/2013–2015/2016)