Fan Zhengyi
| Born | 27 January 2001 |
|---|---|
| Sport country |  China |
| Nickname | Fan-tastic[1] |
| Professional | 2018– |
| Highest ranking | 91 (Dec 2019) |
| Current ranking | 50 (as of 7 May 2024) |
| Best ranking finish | Last 32 (2019 English Open) |
Fan Zhengyi (born 27 January 2001) is a Chinese snooker player.
Career
In July 2017, Fan won five out of the last six frames to beat top seed Luo Honghao 7–6 and win the IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship at the tournament held in China. With this victory he was awarded a two-year Main Tour card for the professional snooker tour.[2][3]
He competed at the 2018 World Snooker Team Cup representing China with Zhang Jiankang but they lost to India 2–3 in the Round of 16.[4]
Technique
Fan has a very unusual technique. He is very left-eye dominant, and when playing the shot, his cue is to the left of his head. He has been coached by Roger Leighton.[5]
Performance and rankings timeline
| Tournament | 2016/ 17 |
2017/ 18 |
2018/ 19 |
2019/ 20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranking[6][nb 1] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 3] | 92 |
| Ranking tournaments | ||||
| Riga Masters | A | A | LQ | LQ |
| International Championship | A | LQ | 1R | LQ |
| China Championship | NR | LQ | LQ | LQ |
| English Open | A | A | 1R | 3R |
| World Open | A | LQ | LQ | LQ |
| Northern Ireland Open | A | A | 1R | 1R |
| UK Championship | A | A | 1R | 2R |
| Scottish Open | A | A | 1R | 1R |
| European Masters | A | A | LQ | LQ |
| German Masters | A | A | LQ | LQ |
| World Grand Prix | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ |
| Welsh Open | A | A | 1R | 2R |
| Shoot-Out | A | A | 1R | 1R |
| Players Championship | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ |
| Gibraltar Open | A | A | 2R | 1R |
| Tour Championship | Not Held | DNQ | DNQ | |
| World Championship | A | A | LQ | |
| Non-ranking tournaments | ||||
| Shanghai Masters | Ranking | 1R | A | |
| Haining Open | 2R | QF | 2R | A |
| Former ranking tournaments | ||||
| Shanghai Masters | A | A | Non-Rank. | |
| Paul Hunter Classic | A | A | WD | NR |
| Indian Open | A | A | LQ | NH |
| China Open | 1R | LQ | LQ | NH |
| 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. | |||
Career finals
Amateur finals: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
| Runner-up | 1. | 2017 | ACBS Asian Under-21 Snooker Championship | Yuan Sijun
|
2–6 |
| Winner | 1. | 2017 | World Under-21 Snooker Championship | Luo Honghao
|
7–6 |
References
- ^ "Fan Zhengyi". World Snooker Tour. Archived from the original on 16 February 2024. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ "Fan Zhengyi Wins World Under-21 Championship - SnookerHQ". 17 July 2017.
- ^ News, Blasting. "China's youth dominates the top amateur snooker scene".
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "World Snooker Team Cup: India in Doha semis - The Peninsula Qatar". www.thepeninsulaqatar.com.
- ^ "Snooker coach Roger has China in his hands".
- ^ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
External links
- Fan Zhengyi at worldsnooker.com