Fang Xiongman (,born 9 April 1993) is a former Chinese professional

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player.

Career

Fang began competing at professional events in 2012, which included

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events as well as wildcard rounds of ranking tournaments. His most notable win as an amateur came at the 2015 Shanghai Masters, where he defeated Jamie Jones 5–1 in the wildcard round, but went on to get eliminated 5–2 by

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in the last 32. Fang Xiongman PHC 2017-6

In 2016, Fang managed to receive a two-year tour card for the 2016–17 and 2017–18 seasons after successfully qualifying through Q School, beating

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4–3 in the final round of the event. The

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was the first ranking event of the year and he qualified for it by overcoming

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4–2, before losing in the opening round 4–3 to

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. Fang's first win of his career at the venue stage of a ranking was a 4–2 success over

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at the Scottish Open. He exited the tournament 4–0 to Mark Allen in the second round. He dropped off the tour at the end of the 2017/18 season and did not succeed to win back a place through Q School.

Performance and rankings timeline

References

External links

Fang Xiongman
at ''worldsnooker.com''
Fang Xiongman
at ''CueTracker.net: Snooker Results and Statistic Database'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Fang, Xiongman 1993 births Place of birth missing (living people) Living people Chinese snooker players 21st-century Chinese people