Thor Chuan Leong

Thor Chuan Leong
Thor Chuan Leong
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	涂振龍
Simplified Chinese	涂振龙
Hanyu Pinyin	Tú Zhènlóng
Hokkien POJ	Thô͘ Chín-liông
Tâi-lô	Thôo Tsín-liông

Thor Chuan Leong
	Paul Hunter Classic 2015
Born	24 March 1988 (age 36)
Sport country	Malaysia
Professional	2014–2020, 2023–present
Highest ranking	83 (June 2019)
Current ranking	84 (as of 26 August 2024)
Best ranking finish	Last 16 (2023 Scottish Open)
Medal record
Men's snooker
Representing Malaysia
Southeast Asian Games

Thor Chuan Leong (simplified Chinese: 涂振龙; traditional Chinese: 涂振龍; pinyin: Tú Zhènlóng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Thô͘ Chín-liông;^[1] born 24 March 1988), better known on the main tour as Rory Thor, is a Malaysian professional snooker player.

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^[2] and doubles^[3] and gold in the six red snooker singles.^[4]

In 2014, Thor won the ACBS Asian Snooker Championship in May, beating Taiwan's Hung Chuang Ming 7–3 in the final.^[5] This victory gained Thor a two-year card on the professional World Snooker Tour for the 2014–15 and 2015/2016 seasons.^[6] However, despite the tour starting in May, Thor did not start playing on the tour until February 2015.^[7] He played in the Six-red World Championship, but lost all five of his group matches.^[8] In his first match in a ranking event qualifier he was beaten 1–4 by Dechawat Poomjaeng.^[9] 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.^[10]

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.^[11] 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.^[12]

A 5–2 victory over Jack Lisowski saw Thor qualify for the 2016 World Open and he reached the second round by beating Luca Brecel 5–3, before losing 1–5 to Neil Robertson. He also advanced to the last 32 of the Gibraltar Open with wins over Matthew Roberts and Gary Wilson, but lost 3–4 to Igor Figueiredo.^[13]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament	2014/ 15	2015/ 16	2016/ 17	2017/ 18	2018/ 19	2019/ 20	2023/ 24	2024/ 25
Ranking^[14]^{[nb 1]}	^{[nb 2]}	125	^{[nb 3]}	84	^{[nb 4]}	83	^{[nb 2]}	84
Ranking tournaments
Championship League	Non-Ranking Event						WD	RR
Xi'an Grand Prix	Tournament Not Held							LQ
Saudi Arabia Masters	Tournament Not Held
English Open	Not Held		1R	3R	2R	1R	LQ
British Open	Tournament Not Held						1R
Wuhan Open	Tournament Not Held						LQ	LQ
Northern Ireland Open	Not Held		1R	1R	1R	1R	1R
International Championship	A	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ
UK Championship	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	LQ
Shoot Out	Non-Ranking		1R	1R	2R	2R	1R
Scottish Open	Not Held		1R	1R	1R	1R	3R
German Masters	A	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ
Welsh Open	1R	1R	2R	1R	2R	1R	LQ
World Open	Not Held		2R	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ
World Grand Prix	NR	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
Players Championship	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
Tour Championship	Tournament Not Held				DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
World Championship	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ
Non-ranking tournaments
Championship League	A	A	A	A	A	RR	A
Former ranking tournaments
Shanghai Masters	A	LQ	LQ	LQ	Non-Ranking Event
Paul Hunter Classic	MR		1R	A	1R	NR	Not Held
Indian Open	LQ	NH	LQ	LQ	1R	Not Held
China Open	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	1R	Not Held
Riga Masters^{[nb 5]}	Minor-Rank		LQ	LQ	WD	LQ	Not Held
China Championship	Not Held		NR	LQ	LQ	LQ	Not Held
Gibraltar Open	NH	MR	3R	2R	A	1R	Not Held
European Masters	Not Held		LQ	1R	2R	LQ	LQ	NH
Former non-ranking tournaments
Six-red World Championship	RR	RR	A	A	A	A	Not Held

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.

^ From the 2010/2011 season it shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
^ ^a ^b New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking
^ Players qualified through European Tour Order of Merit started the season without prize money ranking points
^ Players qualified through Q School started the season without ranking points
^ The event was called the Riga Open (2014/2015–2015/2016)

Career finals

Pro-am finals: 4 (3 titles)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	2009	Southeast Asian Games	Supoj Saenla	3–4
Winner	1.	2013	Southeast Asian Games (six-red)	Sithideth Sakbieng	5–4
Winner	2.	2015	Southeast Asian Games	Htet Ko	4–2
Winner	3.	2023	Southeast Asian Games (2)	Sunny Akani	4–1