Zhou Yuelong

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Zhou Yuelong
Zhou Yuelong
birthday 24th January 1998 (age 22)
place of birth Cheng you
nationality China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China
Nickname (s) The Jumping Dragon
professional since 2014
Prize money £ 475,945 as of August 31, 2020
Highest break 147 ( Indian Open 2019 )
Century Breaks 100 (as of August 31, 2020)
Main tour successes
World championships -
Ranking tournament victories -
Minor tournament victories -
World rankings
Highest WRL place 25 (January 2020)
Current WRL location 25 (as of August 17, 2020)

Zhou Yuelong ( Chinese  周躍龍 , Pinyin Zhōu Yuèlóng ; born January 24, 1998 in Chengdu ) is a Chinese snooker player .

Career

Zhou Yuelong was considered a great talent from an early age and received wildcards for the first time at the age of 14 for the professional tournaments of the Snooker Main Tour in China . At the Wuxi Classic 2012 he made it into the last 32 with a win over Michael White . He also made it to the first final round at the International Championship in his hometown of Chengdu , but due to the cancellation of his opponent. He also took part in the Asian tournaments of the Players Tour Championship 2012/13 this season and was twice in the last 32.

At the U21 World Cup in Beijing , Zhou reached the final in July 2013, where he lost to his compatriot Lu Ning . He then reached the quarter-finals in two consecutive PTC Asian Tour tournaments. At the end of the year he also took part in the Senior World Championship for amateur players in Latvia and won the title at the age of 15 as the youngest player to date and the first Chinese. Thanks to this success, he was also qualified for the professional tour for the next two years.

The young professional started the 2014/15 season with a successful qualification for the Wuxi Classic with a win over Alfie Burden . After he failed twice in the second qualifying round, he succeeded in qualifying against Liang Wenbo at the International Championship and a first round win in the main tournament. At the China Open he was able to confirm his success with victories over Michael Holt , another player from the top 32, and Anthony Hamilton . In the Players Tour Championship he reached the quarter-finals at the 2015 Xuzhou Open this season and twice the round of 32. At the 2015 World Snooker Championship , Liang Wenbo was able to successfully take revenge and beat Zhou in round two.

He started his second professional season at number 68 in the world rankings . In June 2015 he won the World Cup together with Yan Bingtao as Team China B with a 4-1 final victory over the Scots John Higgins and Stephen Maguire . However, he missed qualifying for the first two world rankings of the season, although he won individual qualifying rounds. But again he was in the main tournament at the International Championship and for the first time he made it to the round of 16, where he was only slightly defeated by Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 5-6 . He also made it into the top 64 of the world rankings. With minor successes he stabilized this position and during the whole season he lost only one opening match. At the Champion of Champions tournament he defeated the reigning world champion Stuart Bingham , at the Snooker Shoot-Out and the Gdynia Open he reached the last sixteen. By reaching the third round at the World Cup , he finished the season in 54th place and thus secured himself the rest of the tour.

In February 2019 he played the first maximum break of his career at the Indian Open .

At the European Masters 2020 he reached the final of a ranking tournament for the first time in his career, but in which he lost to Neil Robertson with a white wash of 0: 9 . On the way to the final he has u. a. Mark J. Williams and Barry Hawkins beaten.

successes

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  1. ↑ a b Profile of Zhou Yuelong on CueTracker (as of February 28, 2019)
  2. ^ Vivek Pathak: Zhou Yuelong becomes world champion 2013. IBSF , December 8, 2013, archived from the original on April 13, 2014 ; accessed on September 26, 2014 (English).
  3. ^ Zhou Joins 147 Club. In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , February 28, 2019, accessed March 2, 2019 .

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Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Zhou is the family name here, Yuelong is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Zhou Yuelong
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 周躍龍 (Chinese); Zhōu Yuèlóng (Pinyin Romanization)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION chinese snooker player
DATE OF BIRTH January 24, 1998
PLACE OF BIRTH Chengdu , China