Mei Xiwen

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Mei Xiwen
Mei Xiwen
birthday 8th October 1982 (age 37)
nationality China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China
professional 2009/10, since 2016
Prize money £ 175,012 (as of August 30, 2020)
Highest break 140 ( UK Championship 2018 )
Century Breaks 31 (as of August 30, 2020)
Main tour successes
World championships -
Ranking tournament victories -
Minor tournament victories -
World rankings
Highest WRL place 70 ( May – Sep., Nov., Dec. 2017 – Apr. 2018 )
Current WRL location 55 (as of August 17, 2020)

Mei Xiwen ( Chinese  梅希文 , Pinyin Méi Xīwén ; born October 8, 1982 ) is a Chinese snooker player from Hubei Province .

Career

Mei Xiwen first appeared in 2007 when he started with a wildcard and reached the main round of the China Open with a victory over Alfred Burden . There he was defeated by Shaun Murphy .

Two years later he was after a successful season in the final of the Asian Cup, which he lost to James Wattana . The Asian billiards association ACBS then nominated him for the Snooker Main Tour 2009/10. At the first ranking tournament of the season in Shanghai, however, he was refused entry and at the following tournaments there were opening defeats for him. It was only at the China Open that he achieved his first victory in the first qualifying round. At the final World Snooker Championship in 2010 he managed another victory, but it was not enough to assert himself on the professional tour.

At the 2010 Shanghai Masters he reached the main round of a world ranking tournament for the second time in his career by defeating Mike Dunn in the wildcard round. In the years that followed, he tried to return to the Main Tour via the Q School and the Asian Players Tour Championship , but to no avail. His best results were reaching the round of 16 at the APTC tournaments in Zhangjiagang in 2012 and 2013 .

For the 2016/17 season , Mei then received one of the two nominations from the Chinese Association for the Main Tour, each of which is valid for two seasons. He had his greatest success at the Shanghai Masters when he defeated Dominic Dale and then Graeme Dott 5-1 and 5-0 respectively in qualifying and then beat Mark Williams 5-3 in Shanghai . It wasn't until the round of 16 against Ryan Day .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Profile of Mei Xiwen on CueTracker (as of January 26, 2019)
  2. ^ China daily - China crisis for tour pros
  3. ↑ WWW Snooker - Results of the Honghe Industrial China Open 2007
  4. ↑ 2009 Asian Championships: Results ( Memento from October 19, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Mei is the family name here, Xiwen is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Mei, Xiwen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 梅希文 (Chinese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION chinese snooker player
DATE OF BIRTH October 8, 1982