Gong Chenzhi
| Born | 22 September 2006 |
|---|---|
| Sport country |  China |
| Professional | 2024–present |
| Highest ranking | 82 (September 2024) |
| Current ranking | 84 (as of 11 November 2024) |
| Best ranking finish | Last 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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]| 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 | ||||||||
| 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 | |||
References
[edit]- ^ "Gong dumps out Yee". wst.tv. 3 July 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
- ^ "Wuhan Open Wild Cards". wst.tv. 28 September 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
- ^ Caulfield, David (10 October 2023). "' I can't wait to go home' – Neil Robertson explains recent dip in form". SnookerHQ. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Iran's snooker player downs Gong Chenzhi at Shanghai Masters". Mehrnews. 12 September 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ "International Championship: Wang Xinzhong, 12, beaten by Judd Trump in China". BBC Sport. 5 November 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
- ^ "BULCSU REVESZ AND GONG CHENZHI MEET IN WSF JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL". World Snooker Federation. 2 February 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ^ Caulfield, David (2 February 2024). "Hungarian teenager Bulcsú Révész wins tour card". SnookerHQ. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ^ Caulfield, David (11 April 2024). "'The target is the Crucible'". Snooker HQ.
- ^ "Announcement that Chinese Billiards Association". cbsa.org. 26 February 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ "PANG JUNXU UPSTAGED BY STUART CARRINGTON AT CHAMPIONSHIP LEAGUE SNOOKER ON A LONG DAY IN LEICESTER". Eurosport. 22 June 2024. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ Caulfield, David (23 June 2024). "Long Zehuang and Stuart Carrington move on". SnookerHQ. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "SAUDI ARABIA SNOOKER MASTERS: DAY THREE EVENING". wst.tv. 1 September 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.