Gong Chenzhi

Gong Chenzhi
Born (2006-09-22) 22 September 2006 (age 18)
Sport country China
Professional2024–present
Highest ranking82 (September 2024)
Current ranking 84 (as of 11 November 2024)
Best ranking finishLast 32 (2023 Wuhan Open)

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 where he faced Neil Robertson.[14]

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
Scottish Open A LQ
German Masters A
Welsh Open A
World Open 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.