Long Zehuang
Born (1996-12-28) 28 December 1996
Sport country China
Professional2023–present
Highest ranking93 (July 2023)
Current ranking 103 (as of 18 December 2023)
Best ranking finishLast 16 (2023 Snooker Shoot Out)

Long Zehuang (Chinese: 龙泽煌; born 28 December 1996) is a Chinese snooker player. He has achieved a place on the World Snooker Tour starting with 2023–24 snooker season.

Career

Before becoming a professional snooker player, Long won World Junior 9-Ball Championships in 2015 when he was 18 years old.

Long played at the 2018 Haining Open, beating Liu Hongyu before losing to Cai Jianzhong.

He came close to qualifying for the Snooker World Tour in June 2019 but lost the final match in the final round of Q school to Barry Pinches.[1]

He won a place on the 2023-24 World Snooker Tour by successfully qualifying from the CBSA qualifying events held in Beijing in April 2023. His place was earned with a victory over former professional Chen Feilong in the final qualifying round [2]

2023/24

Long made his debut in a professional draw at the 2023 Championship League held at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, England from 26 June 2023. He made an auspicious start, going unbeaten in the round-Robin group. He earned a credible draw against Jackson Page, before defeating world number 12 Ali Carter, and young Welshman Ryan Davies, to top the group and progress to the next stage.[3][4] In the second round-robin he went undefeated, drawing with Sam Craigie, Jak Jones and Michael White.[5][6]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2023/
24
Ranking[7][nb 1] [nb 2]
Ranking tournaments
Championship League 2R
European Masters LQ
British Open LQ
English Open LQ
Wuhan Open LQ
Northern Ireland Open LQ
International Championship 1R
UK Championship LQ
Shoot Out 4R
Scottish Open LQ
World Grand Prix DNQ
German Masters LQ
Welsh Open
Players Championship
World Open
Tour Championship
World Championship
Non-ranking tournaments
Six-red World Championship
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.
PA / Pro-am Eventmeans an event is/was a pro-am event.
  1. Shows the ranking at the beginning of the season
  2. New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking

References

  1. "Q School - The 16 qualifiers". wst.tv. 5 June 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  2. "Xing and Long Earn WST Places". wpbsa.com. 15 April 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  3. "Pang and Long secure top spots". wst.tv. 6 July 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  4. "RONNIE O'SULLIVAN WITHDRAWS FROM CHAMPIONSHIP LEAGUE SNOOKER, UNBEATEN PANG JUNXU AND LONG ZEHUANG WIN LATEST GROUPS". Eurosport. 6 July 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  5. "CHAMPIONSHIP LEAGUE SNOOKER 2023". Championship League Snooker. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  6. "Trump falls as Cao tops group". wst.tv. 20 July 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  7. "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
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