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Liu Chuang
Born (1990-06-06) June 6, 1990 (age 34)
Liaoning Province
Sport country China
Professional2007–2009, 2010–
Highest ranking47 (September–October, November–December 2012)[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Best ranking finishLast 32 (2007 China Open, 2008 World Snooker Championship, 2012 World Snooker Championship)
Liu Chuang
Medal record
Men's Snooker
Asian Indoor Games
Silver medal – second place 2007 Macau Team

Liu Chuang (Chinese: 刘闯, pinyin: Liú Chuǎng, born 6 June 1990) is a Chinese professional snooker player.

Early life

Liu grew up in Liaoning province in northeast China. Near his parents' house there was a snooker table and when he was 10 he played on it and liked it a lot. His father noticed his potential, and supported him as did the person who owned that table, who became his first coach.

When he was 13, Liu travelled thousands of miles to play in southern China, where there were more professionals. There he improved and began to play competitive matches. In 2007, the chairman of the Asian Snooker Association saw his potential, and he gained a wild card in the China Open.

Career

Junior

In 2005, Liu was a runner-up in a national junior tournament in China.[10] In 2006, Liu reached the final of a senior national tournament.[10]

Senior

Liu first came to the attention of the snooker world when he was picked as a wildcard to enter the 2007 China Open.[10] Liu was victorious over Andy Hicks, beating him 5–4. That set up a meeting with Liu's idol,[10] Ronnie O'Sullivan; Liu lost the match 1–5.

He reached the quarter-finals of the 2007 Asian Snooker Championship,[10] where he lost 4–5 to Yasin Merchant.

In the 2008 World Championship he qualified for the main stage, He beat Colin Mitchell 10–0, Lee Walker 10–9 Joe Delaney 10–5, David Gray 10–5, and then Dominic Dale 10–9 to become only the fourth 17-year-old player to qualify for the Crucible after Stephen Hendry, Ronnie O'Sullivan and Judd Trump. Liu was drawn to play O'Sullivan in the first round. Despite being 0–3 down, Liu came back in the first session and levelled at 4–4, before O'Sullivan eventually won the game 10–5. Liu was relegated from the Main Tour after the following season.

On 15 April 2010, he won the Asian Under 21 Snooker Championship, after defeating Thanawat Tirapaipongboon 10–5 in the final.[11] With this he qualified for the 2010/2011 professional Main Tour.

From the 2010/11 season, Liu is managed by Grove Leisure along with fellow Chinese players Yu Delu, Liang Wenbo, Chen Zhe, Zhang Anda and Liu Song. He practices at the Grove Academy in Romford, Essex. Judd Trump and Ronnie O'Sullivan are also members of the club.

2011/2012 season

Liu began the season ranked world number 60, meaning he would need to win three qualifying matches to reach the main stage of the ranking event tournaments.[12] He did not achieve this until the final and biggest tournament on the snooker calendar, the World Championship. He beat Rod Lawler 10–7, Jimmy White 10–8 and Jamie Cope 10–7 to reach the Crucible for the second time in his career.[13] Liu was one of five Asian players to make it to the event, which was a new record.[14] He played two-time world champion Mark Williams in the first round and was beaten 6–10,[15] to finish the season ranked number 56, inside the top 64 who automatically retain their places for the 2012/2013 season.[12]

2012/2013 season

The 2012/2013 season proved to be less successful for Liu as he failed to qualify for any of the ranking events.[16] He played in seven of the ten minor-ranking Players Tour Championship events with his best finish coming in the last two European Tour tournaments, where he lost in the last 32 in both. He was ranked 72nd on the PTC Order of Merit.[17] Liu's season ended when he lost in the second round of World Championship Qualifying 9–10 to Dechawat Poomjaeng, which saw him placed world number 54 in the rankings.[18][19]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2005/
06 		2006/
07 		2007/
08 		2008/
09 		2009/
10 		2010/
11 		2011/
12 		2012/
13 		2013/
14
Ranking[20][nb 1] UR UR UR[nb 2] 81 92[nb 3] UR[nb 2] 60 56 54
Ranking Tournaments
Wuxi Classic[nb 4] Not Held Non-ranking LQ LQ
Australian Goldfields Open Not Held LQ LQ LQ
Shanghai Masters Not Held WR LQ A LQ LQ LQ
International Championship Not Held LQ
UK Championship A A LQ LQ A LQ LQ LQ
German Masters Not Held LQ LQ LQ
Welsh Open A A LQ LQ A LQ LQ LQ
World Open[nb 5] A A LQ LQ A LQ LQ LQ
Players Tour Championship Finals Not Held DNQ DNQ DNQ
China Open WR 1R LQ LQ 1R LQ LQ LQ
World Championship A A 1R LQ A LQ 1R LQ
Non-Ranking Tournaments
Masters A A LQ LQ A A A A
Variant Format Tournaments
Shoot-Out Tournament Not Held A 1R 3R
Former Ranking Tournaments
Northern Ireland Trophy NR A LQ LQ Not Held
Bahrain Championship Not Held LQ Not Held
Former non-ranking tournaments
Wuxi Classic[nb 4] Not Held RR A A A Ranking
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.
  1. ^ From the 2010/2011 season it shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
  2. ^ a b New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.
  3. ^ He was an amateur.
  4. ^ a b The event ran under the name Jiangsu Classic (2008/2009–2009/2010)
  5. ^ The event run under different name as Grand Prix (1984/1985-2000/2001 and 2004/2005-2009/2010)

References

  1. ^ "Issued after the Shanghai Masters 2012" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 24 September 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
  2. ^ "Issued after the APTC2 2012" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 27 September 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
  3. ^ "Issued after the Gdynia Open 2012 (ET2)" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 8 October 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
  4. ^ "Issued after the International Championship 2012" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 5 November 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  5. ^ "Issued after the APTC3 2012" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 12 November 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  6. ^ "Issued after the UK PTC4 2012" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 15 November 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
  7. ^ "Issued after the Bulgarian Open (ET4) 2012" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
  8. ^ "Liu Chuang Player Profile". Snooker Database. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  9. ^ "Liu Chuang - Season 2013/2014". CueTracker - Snooker Database. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  10. ^ a b c d e An email conversation with snooker starlet Liu Chuang
  11. ^ "2010 Asian Under 21 Snooker Championship". Global Snooker. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
  12. ^ a b "Official World Ranking List for the 2012/2013 Season" (PDF). Retrieved 12 May 2012.
  13. ^ "Liu Chuang". Snooker.org. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
  14. ^ "Liang Survives Campbell Fight-Back". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
  15. ^ "World Snooker Championship 2012: Williams to face O'Sullivan". BBC Sport. 26 April 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
  16. ^ "Liu Chuang 2012/2013". Snooker.org. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  17. ^ "Order of Merit 2012/2013". Snooker.org. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
  18. ^ "Betfair World Championship Qualifiers". Snooker.org. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
  19. ^ "Official World Snooker Ranking List For The 2013/2014 Season" (PDF). World Snooker. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  20. ^ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.

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