Chinese snooker player
Gong Chenzhi (born 22 September 2006) is a Chinese snooker player. In 2024, he won a place on the World Snooker Tour from the 2024–25 snooker season.
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 Guoquiang.[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] At the 2024 Xi'an Grand Prix he defeated Tom Ford before facing countryman Si Jiahui.[13] He reached the fourth round of the 2024 Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters before facing Neil Robertson.[14] He recorded a win over Mink Nutcharut in qualifying for the 2025 German Masters.[15] He lost to David Gilbert in the third round of qualifying for the 2025 World Snooker Championship.[16]
2025/26
He was drawn in the round-robin stage of the 2025 Championship League against Jack Lisowski, Ross Muir and Ashley Carty, and went unbeaten, beating Carty and earning 2-2 draws with Muir and Lisowski.[17][18]
| Performance Table Legend
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| LQ
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lost in the qualifying draw
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#R
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lost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)
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QF
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lost in the quarter-finals
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| SF
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lost in the semi-finals
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F
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lost in the final
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W
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won the tournament
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| DNQ
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did not qualify for the tournament
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A
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did not participate in the tournament
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WD
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withdrew from the tournament
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| NH / Not Held |
means an event was not held
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| NR / Non-Ranking Event |
means an event is/was no longer a ranking event
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| R / Ranking Event |
means an event is/was a ranking event
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| MR / Minor-Ranking Event |
means an event is/was a minor-ranking event
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- ^ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season
- ^ He was an amateur
- ^ New players on the Main Tour do not have a ranking
References
- ^ "Gong dumps out Yee". wst.tv. 3 July 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
- ^ "Wuhan Open Wild Cards". wst.tv. 28 September 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
- ^ Caulfield, David (10 October 2023). "' I can't wait to go home' – Neil Robertson explains recent dip in form". SnookerHQ. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Iran's snooker player downs Gong Chenzhi at Shanghai Masters". Mehrnews. 12 September 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ "International Championship: Wang Xinzhong, 12, beaten by Judd Trump in China". BBC Sport. 5 November 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
- ^ "BULCSU REVESZ AND GONG CHENZHI MEET IN WSF JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL". World Snooker Federation. 2 February 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ^ Caulfield, David (2 February 2024). "Hungarian teenager Bulcsú Révész wins tour card". SnookerHQ. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ^ Caulfield, David (11 April 2024). "'The target is the Crucible'". Snooker HQ.
- ^ "Announcement that Chinese Billiards Association". cbsa.org. 26 February 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ "PANG JUNXU UPSTAGED BY STUART CARRINGTON AT CHAMPIONSHIP LEAGUE SNOOKER ON A LONG DAY IN LEICESTER". Eurosport. 22 June 2024. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ Caulfield, David (23 June 2024). "Long Zehuang and Stuart Carrington move on". SnookerHQ. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ "RONNIE O'SULLIVAN, MARK SELBY AND JUDD TRUMP WIN OPENING MATCHES AT XI'AN GRAND PRIX AS DING JUNHUI SUFFERS EARLY EXIT". Eurosport. 19 August 2024. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
- ^ "SAUDI ARABIA SNOOKER MASTERS: DAY THREE EVENING". wst.tv. 1 September 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
- ^ "BAI YULU SECURES DRAMATIC WIN OVER LIAM PULLEN IN GERMAN MASTERS QUALIFYING, STAN MOODY AND KEN DOHERTY THROUGH". Eurosport. 16 December 2024. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
- ^ Kane, Desmond (13 April 2025). "World Championship 2025: Jack Lisowski suffers shock exit as Dominic Dale and Joe Perry retire after defeats in Crucible qualifying". tntsports. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
- ^ "CHAMPIONSHIP LEAGUE SNOOKER 2025". championshipleaguesnooker.co.uk. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
- ^ Caulfield, David (9 July 2025). "Jack Lisowski progresses in Championship League Snooker". Snookerhq.com. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
External links
Gong Chenzhi at the World Snooker Tour 
