Xu Si

Xu Si (Chinese: 徐思, born 24 January 1998) is a Chinese professional snooker player.

Career

Prior to turning professional, Xu began playing in minor-ranking Asian Players Tour Championship from age 15, and his first appearance at a ranking event was in the wildcard round of the 2014 Shanghai Masters where he was whitewashed 5-0 by Ryan Day.^[2] He also made a wildcard appearance at the 2016 World Open where he defeated veteran James Wattana 5-3 or progress to the last 64, where he lost in the next round against Daniel Wells.^[3] He made a further appearance at the 2016 Shanghai Masters wildcard round where he lost 5-1 to Michael Holt. He then won two matches at the 2016 International Championship, defeating professionals Wang Yuchen at the wildcard stage, and two-time world champion Mark Williams in the last 64 before losing to Wattana in the last 32.^[4] He lost out in the first round of qualifying for the 2017 World Snooker Championship, losing 10-5 to Rod Lawler.

In August 2016 Xu won the 2016 IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship by defeating Alexander Ursenbacher 6-5 after being 5-3 down.^[5]^[6] This victory earned him a two-year World Snooker Tour card.^[7] His first professional match was in qualifying for the 2017 Riga Masters where he lost 4-2 to Robbie Williams.

Tournament	2013/ 14	2014/ 15	2015/ 16	2016/ 17	2017/ 18	2018/ 19
Ranking^[8]^{[nb 1]}	^{[nb 2]}	^{[nb 2]}	^{[nb 2]}	^{[nb 2]}	^{[nb 3]}	74
Ranking tournaments
Riga Masters	NH	MR		A	LQ	1R
World Open	A	A	A	1R	LQ	LQ
Paul Hunter Classic	Minor-Ranking			A	1R	A
China Championship	Not Held			NR	LQ	1R
European Masters	Not Held			A	LQ	LQ
English Open	Not Held			A	1R
International Championship	A	A	A	2R	LQ	LQ
Northern Ireland Open	Not Held			A	1R
UK Championship	A	A	A	A	2R
Scottish Open	Not Held			A	4R
German Masters	A	A	A	A	LQ
World Grand Prix	NH	NR	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
Welsh Open	A	A	A	A	3R
Shoot-Out	Non-Ranking			A	1R
Indian Open	A	A	NH	A	SF	LQ
Players Championship	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
Gibraltar Open	Not Held		MR	A	1R
Tour Championship	Tournament Not Held
China Open	A	A	A	A	LQ
World Championship	A	A	A	LQ	LQ
Former ranking tournaments
Shanghai Masters	A	WR	A	WR	LQ	NR

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.

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Winner	1.	2016	IBSF World Under-21 Championship	Alexander Ursenbacher	6–5

^ ^a ^b "Career-total Statistics for Xu Si - Professional". CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
^ "Shanghai Masters 2014: Schedule & results". BBC Sport. 3 September 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
^ "World Open 2016: Schedule & results". BBC Sport. 31 July 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
^ "2016 International Championship". Cuetracker. 1 November 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
^ "Xu Si is 2016 IBSF World Under-21 boys champion". International Billiards and Snooker Federation. 25 August 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
^ "Xu Si Wins World U-21 Championship". WPBSA. 27 August 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
^ "Xu Si". World Snooker. 11 January 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
^ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.