Niu Zhuang
| Niu Zhuang | |
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| birthday | 26th June 1994 (age 26) |
| place of birth | Fuyang |
| nationality |
 People's Republic of China
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| professional | 2017-2019 |
| Prize money | £ 34,850 |
| Highest break | 137 ( Zhangjiagang Open 2013 ) |
| Century Breaks | 7th |
| Main tour successes | |
| World championships | - |
| Ranking tournament victories | - |
| Minor tournament victories | - |
| World rankings | |
| Highest WRL place | 82 ( July-September 2018 ) |
Niu Zhuang ( Chinese 牛 壮 , Pinyin Niú Zhuàng ; born June 26, 1994 in Fuyang ) is a Chinese snooker player .
Career
Niu Zhuang comes from Fuyang, a metropolis in the east of China. His father introduced him to snooker and after becoming one of the best players in the home province of Anhui , he attended a snooker school in Shanghai from 2008. From 2010 he trained in Beijing. He first drew national attention at the tournament in Yixing as part of the Players Tour Championship 2012/13 . There he defeated two experienced snooker professionals with Mark King and Stuart Bingham and reached the round of 16. At the International Championship he qualified for the wildcard round in the same year . Then he registered at the Q Schoolin order to qualify for the professional tour via the tournaments there , but then could not take part because an entry visa was denied.
In 2013, Niu became the Chinese U21 champion and at the end of the season finished second behind Lu Ning in the junior rankings. He was successful again in the PTC-Asian Tour in 2014/15 : at the Xuzhou Open 2015 he defeated Matthew Selt and Cao Yupeng and again reached a round of 16. He also got a wildcard at all Chinese professional tournaments, but couldn't use any of them for a main round entry. That was also the case in the following season, only at the China Open 2017 he managed a narrow 5-4 victory over Alex Borg and he was in the main round of a full world ranking tournament for the first time. There he had no chance in the 1: 5 against Ricky Walden .
Outside of China he did not appear during this time, but nationally he developed more and more into one of the best non-professionals at domestic tournaments. Due to his placement in the ranking of the Chinese association CBSA, he got the right to start for two years for the Snooker Main Tour in 2017. But he again missed the first qualifying round of the 2017/18 season for the Riga Masters due to visa problems.
At the German Masters 2018 he reached the main round of a ranking tournament again, but was eliminated in the first round against Mark Davis with 2: 5.
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- ↑ a b c Profile of Niu Zhuang on CueTracker (as of September 14, 2019)
- ↑ 牛 壮 ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Niu Zhuang) in the Chinese Snooker Youth Series as of December 8, 2014, accessed June 25, 2017
- ↑ 中国 斯诺克 青年 系列 赛 最新 排名 (截至 2014 常州 站) ( Memento of the original from July 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Ranking of the Chinese Snooker Youth Series), as of April 2014, accessed on June 25, 2017
- ↑ 中国 职业 斯诺克 排名 （截至 中 巡 赛海宁 站） (Chinese snooker ranking ), CBSA, October 22, 2016
- ↑ China Tour Nominations , Matt Huart, World Professional Billards and Snooker Association, May 11, 2017
Web links
- Tournament statistics at Snooker.org (English)
- Niu Zhuang in the snooker Database (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Niu Zhuang |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 牛 壮 (Chinese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | chinese snooker player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 26, 1994 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fuyang , Anhui Province , People's Republic of China |