Xu Yichen
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Xu Yichen (born 21 November 1986) is a Chinese snooker player. He won a two year card place on the World Snooker Tour starting from the 2025-26 snooker season.
Career
Xu Yichen is from Changsha, Hunan Province. On September 18, 2016, he won the 2016 National Amateur Snooker Masters. He also won a wildcard into the 2016 Shanghai Masters. At the Shanghai Masters, also in September 2016, he was on the receiving end of a maximum 147 break as he lost 5-0 to Stephen Maguire.
At the Asia Oceania Q School in May 2025 he defeated Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon of Thailand 4-3 and Pakistan's Babar Masih to win a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour. His final round win over Masih was described as dramatic, and was only secured on the final black in the deciding frame. His eligibility is from the 2025-26 snooker season.
2025–26 season
He was drawn in the round-robin stage of the 2025 Championship League against Matthew Stevens, Ryan Day and compatriot Lan Yuhao. He reached the last-64 of the 2025 Xi'an Grand Prix in September 2025, with a 5-4 win over Jack Lisowski, recovering a 4-1 deficit. In April, he recorded a 10-4 win over Stuart Carrington in the first round of qualifying for the 2026 World Snooker Championship.
Performance and rankings timeline
| Tournament | 2016/ 17 | 2025/ 26 | 2026/ 27 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ranking | 80 | ||
| Ranking tournaments | |||
| Championship League | NR | RR | RR |
| China Open | A | NH | LQ |
| Wuhan Open | NH | LQ | |
| British Open | NH | 1R | |
| English Open | A | LQ | LQ |
| Shenzhen Open | NH | 1R | LQ |
| Northern Ireland Open | A | LQ | |
| International Championship | A | LQ | |
| UK Championship | A | LQ | |
| Shoot Out | A | 2R | |
| Scottish Open | A | LQ | |
| German Masters | A | LQ | |
| Welsh Open | A | LQ | |
| World Grand Prix | DNQ | DNQ | |
| Players Championship | DNQ | DNQ | |
| World Open | A | 2R | |
| Tour Championship | NH | DNQ | |
| World Championship | A | LQ | |
| Former ranking tournaments | |||
| Shanghai Masters | WR | Non-Ranking | |
| Saudi Arabia Masters | NH | 1R | 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. |
External links
- atWPBSA
- atWPBSASnookerScores
- at theWorld Snooker Tour