Niu Zhuang
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Born |
Fuyang, Anhui Province | 26 June 1994
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Sport country |
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Professional | 2017– |
Highest ranking | 82 (August 2018) |
Current ranking | 82 (as of 27 August 2018) |
Career winnings | £29,350[1] |
Highest break |
137: 2013 Zhangjiagang Open |
Century breaks | 5[1] |
Best ranking finish | Last 32 (2018 German Masters) |
Niu Zhuang (Chinese: 牛壮, born 26 June 1994) is a Chinese professional snooker player.[2]
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).[3] 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.[4]
He achieved a two-year world snooker tour card in May 2017 due to his performances on the Chinese professional tour.[5]
Performance and rankings timeline
Tournament | 2012/ 13 |
2013/ 14 |
2014/ 15 |
2015/ 16 |
2016/ 17 |
2017/ 18 |
2018/ 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ranking[6][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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
International Championship | WR | A | A | A | A | 1R | LQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Ireland Open | Not Held | A | 2R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UK Championship | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scottish Open | MR | Not Held | A | 2R | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German Masters | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Grand Prix | Not Held | NR | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Welsh Open | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shoot-Out | Non-Ranking Event | A | 1R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indian Open | NH | A | A | NH | A | 1R | LQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Players Championship | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gibraltar Open | Not Held | MR | A | 2R | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tour Championship | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
China Open | A | A | A | WR | 1R | LQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Championship | A | A | A | A | LQ | LQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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
- 1 2 "Career-total Statistics for Niu Zhuang - Professional". CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ↑ "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.
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