Long Zehuang
| Born | 28 December 1996 |
|---|---|
| Sport country |  China |
| Professional | 2023–present |
| Highest ranking | 93 (July 2023) |
| Current ranking | 86 (as of 8 April 2024) |
| Best ranking finish | Last 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[edit]
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[edit]
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] He secured a place at the latter stages of the World Open, winning 5-4 against Thepchaiya Un-Nooh.[7] In the first round of qualifying for the 2024 World Snooker Championship he defeated Sydney Wilson 10-1.[8]
Performance and rankings timeline[edit]
| Tournament | 2023/ 24 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranking[9][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 | 1R | ||||||||
| Players Championship | DNQ | ||||||||
| World Open | 2R | ||||||||
| Tour Championship | DNQ | ||||||||
| World Championship | LQ | ||||||||
| 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. | |||
| PA / Pro-am Event | means an event is/was a pro-am event. | |||
References[edit]
- ^ "Q School - The 16 qualifiers". wst.tv. 5 June 2019. Archived from the original on 20 February 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- ^ "Xing and Long Earn WST Places". wpbsa.com. 15 April 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
- ^ "Pang and Long secure top spots". wst.tv. 6 July 2023. Archived from the original on 7 July 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "CHAMPIONSHIP LEAGUE SNOOKER 2023". Championship League Snooker. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
- ^ "Trump falls as Cao tops group". wst.tv. 20 July 2023. Archived from the original on 21 July 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
- ^ "KLECKERS LANDS YUSHAN SLOT". wst.tv. 24 January 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- ^ "WORLD SNOOKER CHAMPIONSHIP: FERGAL O'BRIEN BRINGS CURTAIN DOWN ON 33-YEAR CAREER AFTER DEFEAT IN CRUCIBLE QUALIFIER". Eurosport. 9 April 2024. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
