Niu Zhuang
Appearance
![]() Paul Hunter Classic 2018 | |
Born | Fuyang, Anhui Province | 26 June 1994
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Sport country | ![]() |
Professional | 2017–2019 |
Highest ranking | 82 (August 2018) |
Best ranking finish | Last 32 (2018 German Masters) |
Niu Zhuang (Chinese: 牛壮, born 26 June 1994) is a Chinese former professional snooker player.[1]
Career
Niu first received attention in world snooker when he entered APTC Event 2 in 2012, reaching the last 16 and defeating established professionals Mark King (4–0) and future World Champion Stuart Bingham (4–3).[2] He reached the same stage at the 2015 Xuzhou Open where he was defeated by Alfie Burden. His most notable result was defeating Matthew Selt 4–1 in the last 64.[3]
He achieved a two-year world snooker tour card in May 2017 due to his performances on the Chinese professional tour.[4]
Performance and rankings timeline
Tournament | 2012/ 13 |
2013/ 14 |
2014/ 15 |
2015/ 16 |
2016/ 17 |
2017/ 18 |
2018/ 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ranking[5][nb 1] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 3] | 83 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ranking tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Riga Masters | Not Held | MR | A | WD | 1R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Open | A | A | A | NH | A | LQ | LQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Paul Hunter Classic | Minor-Ranking | A | A | 2R | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
China Championship | Not Held | NR | LQ | LQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
European Masters | Not Held | A | LQ | LQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
English Open | Not Held | A | 1R | 1R | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
International Championship | WR | A | A | A | A | 1R | LQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Ireland Open | Not Held | A | 2R | 2R | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UK Championship | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scottish Open | MR | Not Held | A | 2R | 1R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German Masters | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | LQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Grand Prix | Not Held | NR | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Welsh Open | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shoot-Out | Non-Ranking Event | A | 1R | WD | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indian Open | NH | A | A | NH | A | 1R | LQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Players Championship | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gibraltar Open | Not Held | MR | A | 2R | A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tour Championship | Tournament Not Held | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
China Open | A | A | A | WR | 1R | LQ | LQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Championship | A | A | A | A | LQ | LQ | LQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Non-ranking tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Haining Open | Not Held | MR | 4R | 3R | WD | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Former ranking tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wuxi Classic | A | A | WR | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shanghai Masters | A | A | WR | WR | WR | LQ | NR |
Performance Table Legend | |||||
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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. |
- Notes
References
- ^ "China Tour Nominations". WPBSA. 11 May 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ^ "Guotai Liquor Asian Players Tour Championship Event Two". snooker.org. 29 September 2017.
- ^ "2015 Xuzhou Open Results". Snooker Database. 1 October 2017.
- ^ "Niu Zhuang". World Snooker. 11 May 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ^ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
External links
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