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Xing Zihao
Xing Zihao () is a Chinese professional snooker player. He has achieved a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour, starting with the 2023-24 snooker season. Career Xing Zihao trains at the International Billiards Academy in Yushan, east China. He represented Yushan at the China Snooker Team Tournament in July 2022, alongside Bai Langning and Huang Jiahao. He won a place on the 2023-24 World Snooker Tour by successfully qualifying from the CBSA qualifying events held in Beijing in April 2023. His place was earned with a victory over former professional Lei Peifan in the final qualifying round. 2023/24 Xing Zihao made his debut in a professional draw at the 2023 Championship League held at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, England from 26 June 2023. In his debut game he was defeated by experienced pro Anthony Hamilton but in the rest of the round-robin group stage drew with Ben Mertens and defeated Ryan Thomerson. At the 2023 Wuhan Open he benefited from a walkov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xing (surname)
Xing (Chinese: 邢) is a Chinese surname. There are two hypothesized sources for the extant catalogue of surnames: 1. According to the '' Yuanhe Xing Zuan'', Xing is originated from Ji ( 姬), the royal family of Zhou Dynasty in China. The fourth son of the Duke of Zhou, was appointed the ruler of the State of Xing (now Xingtai city of Hebei Province). The year 662 BC saw the State of Xing taken over by the State of Wei, and the noble descendants entitled themselves their former state name as their surnames. 2. According to '' Xing Kao'' ( :zh:姓考), or Surname Investigation, in the Spring and Autumn period, Dafu ( zh:大夫) Han Xuanzi of the State of Jin, along with his family and offspring resided in Xing county (now east of Wen county of Henan Province), and later his descendants had the surname Xing after the county name. Notable people * Xing Yong (; died 223), official of the state of Cao Wei in the Three Kingdoms period * Xing Wenwei (; died 690?), Tang Dy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Maguire
Stephen Maguire (born 13 March 1981) is a Scottish professional snooker player. He has won six major ranking tournaments, including the 2004 UK Championship, and has twice since reached the finals of that event. Maguire turned professional in 1998 after winning the IBSF World Snooker Championship. He was in the top 16 of the snooker world rankings for 11 consecutive years, from 2005 to 2016, twice reaching world no. 2. He is a prolific break-builder, having compiled more than 450 century breaks, including three maximums. Career Early career Maguire turned professional as a snooker player in 1998. He qualified for the 1999 UK Championship, where he was defeated 2–9 by Mark King in the first round. He played in qualifying for the 2000 World Championship, defeating Wayne Brown, Nick Walker and Bradley Jones to reach the final qualifying round, where he lost 9–10 to Joe Swail. Maguire qualified again for the 2002 UK Championship, going on to defeat Fergal O'Brien 9– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024–25 Snooker Season
The 2024–25 snooker season is an upcoming professional snooker season with tournaments played between 2024 and 2025. Players New professional players The players listed below have received a two-year tour card so far, for the 2024–25 and 2025–26 seasons. ;Top 4 players from 2023–24 one year ranking list ;International champions ;Q Tour ;CBSA China Tour ;World Women's Snooker qualifiers ; Q School ;Event 1 ;Event 2 ;Asia-Oceania Event 1 ;Asia-Oceania Event 2 Calendar The following tables outline the dates and results for all the World Snooker Tour, World Women's Snooker Tour, World Seniors Tour, Q Tour The Q Tour is a series of snooker tournaments, immediately below the level of the World Snooker Main Tour. The tour originally ran between the 1994–95 season and the 2004–05 season as professional non-ranking events. Due to the large numb ..., and other events in the season. World Snooker Tour Note: The calendar only inclu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters
The 2024 Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 30 August to 7 September 2024 at Green Halls in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament and was part of the 2024–25 snooker season. The tournament featured a total prize fund of £2,302,000, the second-highest after the World Championship. It is one of snooker's four major tournaments. Judd Trump won the tournament, defeating Mark Williams 109 in the final. There were 91 century breaks made in the event, the highest being a 147 by Noppon Saengkham. Format There were 17 amateur wildcard players from the Middle East included in the draw, including 7 from Saudi Arabia. Rounds 1, 2, and 3 were the best of 7 ; rounds 4 and 5 were the best of 9 frames; round 6, the quarterfinals and the semifinals were the best of 11 frames; and the final was a best of 19 frames match, played over two . The tournament was broadcast on Eurosport and Discovery+ in Eu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Wuhan Open (snooker)
The 2024 Wuhan Open (officially the 2024 Optics Valley of China Wuhan Open) was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 6 to 12 October 2024 at the China Optics Valley Convention & Exhibition Center (COVCEC) in Wuhan, China. The sixth Snooker world rankings, ranking event of the 2024–25 snooker season, 202425 season, it followed the 2024 British Open and preceded the 2024 Northern Ireland Open. The winner received £140,000 from a total prize fund of £700,000. Qualifiers took place from 28 to 30 July 2024 at the Leicester Arena in Leicester, England. Qualifying matches featuring the defending champion (Judd Trump); the reigning 2024 World Snooker Championship, World Champion (Kyren Wilson); the two highest ranked Chinese players (Ding Junhui and Zhang Anda); four Chinese Wild card (sports), wildcards (Cai Wei, Wang Xinbo, Zhou Jinhao, and Huang Hao); and Mark Joyce were held over and played in Wuhan. Trump won the inaugural 2023 Wuhan Open (snooker), 2023 event, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuart Bingham
Stuart Bingham (born 21 May 1976) is an English professional snooker player who is a former world and Masters champion. Bingham won the 1996 World Amateur Championship but enjoyed little sustained success in the early part of his professional career. His form improved in his mid-thirties: at age 35, he won his first ranking title at the 2011 Australian Goldfields Open, which helped him enter the top 16 in the rankings for the first time. At 38, Bingham won the 2015 World Championship, defeating Shaun Murphy 18–15 in the final. The oldest first-time world champion in snooker history, he was the second player, after Ken Doherty, to have won world titles at both amateur and professional levels. His world title took him to a career-high number two in the world rankings, a spot he held until March 2017. He won his second Triple Crown title at the 2020 Masters, defeating Ali Carter 10–8 in the final. Aged 43 years and 243 days, he superseded Ray Reardon as the oldest Master ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Carter
Allister Carter (born 25 July 1979) is an English professional snooker player. He has twice been the World Championship runner-up, in 2008 and 2012, losing both finals to Ronnie O'Sullivan. He has won four ranking titles and briefly reached number two in the world rankings in 2010. His nickname, "The Captain", comes from his hobby of piloting aeroplanes. Career Carter turned professional in 1996. He first emerged in 1999, winning the WPBSA Association Young Player of the Year award after winning the Benson and Hedges Championship in 1999 – this earned him a wild card place in the Masters. He also reached the semi-finals of the 1999 Grand Prix. It was eight years before he reached another ranking semi-final, the 2007 Malta Cup. He was close to the elite top 16 for three successive seasons ranking as 17, 19, and 19 through 2003–04, 2004–05 and 2005–06, respectively, before reaching it in the 2006–07 season and remaining there in 2008. He reached the last 16 (seco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kreishh Gurbaxani
Kreishh Gurbaxani (born 23 August 2002) is an Indian snooker player from Mumbai. He earned a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour starting from the 2024–25 snooker season. Career From Mumbai, he began playing snooker at a young age and was junior snooker champion in his home state of Maharashtra in 2018, at the age of 15 years-old. By 2013 he had begun to be trained by two-time Asian champion Yasin Merchant at the Khar Gymnasium, also the base of fellow professional Ishpreet Singh Chadha, with the pair being described as “prodigies" of Merchant. He was number one ranked Maharashtra player in 2022. In January 2023, he defeated India No.1 ranked player Kamal Chawla at The All India Snooker Open. In 2023, He moved to Sheffield, England and practice in Ding Junhui Snooker Academy with former professional player Himanshu Jain and Hong Kong young snooker player Shaun Liu. He took part in the Oceania/Asia Q School in May and June 2024, and at the second event won a two-y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Championship League (ranking)
The 2024 Championship League (officially the 2024 BetVictor Championship League) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 10 June to 3 July 2024 at the Leicester Arena in Leicester, England. The event featured 128 players and was played as three rounds of roundrobin groups of four, before a bestoffive final. It was the fifth edition of the ranking version of the Championship League, and the first ranking tournament of the 202425 season. Shaun Murphy was the defending champion, having defeated Mark Williams 30 in the final of the previous ranking edition of the tournament, but he was knocked out in Stage 2. Ali Carter won his sixth ranking title, defeating Jackson Page 31 in the final. There were 95 century breaks made during the tournament, the highest being a 142 made by Wu Yize. Tournament format The 2024 Championship League took place from 10 June to 3 July 2024 at the Leicester Arena in Leicester, England. The tournament was organised b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Holt (snooker Player)
Michael Holt (born 7 August 1978) is an English former professional snooker player from Nottingham. A former world Top 20 player, he has won one Snooker world rankings, ranking event – the 2020 Snooker Shoot Out – and two minor-ranking tournaments. He has been runner-up at two ranking events – the 2016 Riga Masters and the 2019 Snooker Shoot Out. He also reached the semi-finals of the 2013 Shanghai Masters as well as five further quarter-finals. Career 2001–2010 Holt lost in the final qualifying round of the World Snooker Championship in 2001 and 2002. Holt almost qualified for the 2004 event – he was 9–5 ahead in his final qualifying match against Anthony Hamilton (snooker player), Anthony Hamilton, before losing the next five frames to lose the match. In the 2005 World Snooker Championship, he beat his friend Paul Hunter in the first round. In the second round he faced Steve Davis, losing 10–13 after having led 8–2. For the 2005 tournament he used eBay to auct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 World Snooker Championship
The 2024 World Snooker Championship (officially the 2024 Cazoo World Snooker Championship) is an upcoming professional snooker tournament that will be held from 20 April to 6 May 2024 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England, the 48th consecutive year that the World Snooker Championship will be staged at the venue. The final ranking tournament of the 2023–24 snooker season, it is organised by the World Snooker Tour and sponsored for the second time by car retailer Cazoo. Luca Brecel will be the defending champion, having won his first world title at the 2023 event, where he defeated Mark Selby 18–15 in the final. References {{DEFAULTSORT:World Snooker Championship, 2024 2024 2024 in English sport World Championship 2020s in Sheffield Sports competitions in Sheffield Snooker Snooker (pronounced , ) is a cue sports, cue sport played on a Billiard table#Snooker and English billiards tables, rectangular table covered with a green cloth called baize, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy White
James Warren White (born 2 May 1962) is an English professional snooker player who has won three seniors World titles. Nicknamed "The Whirlwind" because of his fluid, attacking style of play, White is the 1980 World Amateur Champion, 2009 Six-red World champion, 3 time World Seniors Champion ( 2010, 2019, 2020), 2019 Seniors 6-Red World Champion and 1984 World Doubles champion with Alex Higgins. White has won two of snooker's three majors: the UK Championship (in 1992) and the Masters (in 1984) and a total of ten ranking events. He is currently tenth on the all-time list of ranking event winners. He reached six World Championship finals but never won the event; the closest he came was in 1994 when he lost in a final frame decider against Stephen Hendry. He spent 21 seasons ranked in snooker's elite top 16. In team events, he won the Nations Cup and the World Cup with England. He is one of a select number of players to have made over 300 century breaks in professio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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