Yuan Sijun

Yuan Sijun
Born (2000-05-29) 29 May 2000
Fujian, China
Sport country  China
Nickname The Stewart
Professional 2017–
Highest ranking 68 (September 2018)
Current ranking 70 (as of 27 August 2018)
Career winnings £38,962[1]
Highest break 123:
2017 English Open
Century breaks 10[1]
Best ranking finish Quarter-final (2018 China Championship)

Yuan Sijun (born 29 May 2000 in Fujian) is a Chinese snooker player.

Career

Yuan started to play snooker at the age of 10 and first drew attention in 2016 when, at the age of 15, he defeated world number 13 Martin Gould in a 5–0 whitewash in the opening round of the 2016 China Open before losing 5–2 to Graeme Dott.[2][3][4].

In 2015, Yuan entered the 2015 ACBS Asian Under-21 Snooker Championship where he reached the final, but lost eventually to Akani Songsermsawad. Two years later, Yuan once again made it to the final, where he defeated Fan Zhengyi 6–2 to win the Asian Under-21 Championship; as a result, he was given a two-year card on the professional World Snooker Tour for the 2017/2018 and 2018/2019 seasons. Yuan began the 2017/2018 as the youngest player on the professional tour.

Yuan's first match as a professional was a narrow loss to Oliver Lines in the 2017 Riga Masters Qualifiers on 31st May 2017, two days after his 17th birthday.[5] His first win was a 4-2 defeat of Allan Taylor in the European Masters Qualifiers.[6]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2013/
14		 2014/
15		 2015/
16		 2016/
17		 2017/
18		 2018/
19
Ranking[7][nb 1] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 3] 71
Ranking tournaments
Riga Masters NH MR A LQ LQ
World Open 1R Not Held A LQ 1R
Paul Hunter Classic Minor-Ranking Event A WD WD
China Championship Tournament Not Held NR LQ QF
European Masters Tournament Not Held A 1R 1R
English Open Tournament Not Held A 3R
International Championship WR A A 1R LQ
Northern Ireland Open Tournament Not Held A 2R
UK Championship A A A A 1R
Scottish Open Tournament Not Held A 1R
German Masters A A A A LQ
World Grand Prix NH NR DNQ DNQ DNQ
Welsh Open A A A A 1R
Shoot-Out Non-Ranking Event A 1R
Indian Open A A NH A LQ
Players Championship DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
Gibraltar Open Not Held MR A 1R
Tour Championship Tournament Not Held
China Open WR WR 2R A 1R
World Championship A A A A LQ
Variant format tournaments
Six-red World Championship A A RR 3R A A
Former ranking tournaments
Shanghai Masters WR WR WR 1R 1R 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 Heldmeans an event was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a ranking event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
  1. ↑ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
  2. 1 2 3 4 He was an amateur.
  3. ↑ New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.

Career finals

Amateur finals: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Runner-up 1. 2015 Asian Under-21 Championship Thailand Sunny Akani 4–6
Winner 1. 2017 Asian Under-21 Championship China Fan Zhengyi 6–2

References

  1. 1 2 "Career-total Statistics for Yuan Sijun - Professional". CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  2. ↑ "Martin Gould thrashed by 15-year-old schoolboy Yuan Sijun at China Open". The Guardian. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  3. ↑ "China Open: Martin Gould beaten by Chinese schoolboy Yuan Sijun". BBC Sport. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  4. ↑ "Schoolboy Yuan Sijun, 15, stuns world No.13 Martin Gould at China Open". ESPN. 5 April 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  5. ↑ "Riga Masters 2017 Qualifiers". Snooker.org. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "European Masters 2017 Qualifiers". Snooker.org. 4 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  7. ↑ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
  • Yuan Sijun at CueTracker.net: Snooker Results and Statistic Database
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