Gong Chenzhi

Gong Chenzhi is a Chinese snooker player. In 2024, he won a place on the World Snooker Tour from the 2024–25 snooker season.

Gong Chenzhi
Born (2006-09-22) 22 September 2006
Sport country China
Professional2024–present
Best ranking finishLast 32 (2023 Wuhan Open)

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 Guoqiang.[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]

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
Saudi Arabia Masters NH
English Open A
British Open A
Wuhan Open 2R
Northern Ireland Open A
International Championship LQ
UK Championship A
Shoot Out A
Scottish Open A
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
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 Heldmeans an event was not held
NR / Non-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was no longer a ranking event
R / Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a ranking event
MR / Minor-Ranking Eventmeans 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.
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