Tian Pengfei
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Tian Pengfei
Tian Pengfei ( (born 16 August 1987) is a professional snooker
player from the People's Republic of China
.
, dropping off the tour in the following season.
As a wild card, Tian defeated Ronnie O'Sullivan
5-3 in the last 32 of the 2010 China Open at the Students University Stadium in Beijing. In an astonishing finish to the match, O'Sullivan missed a simple final black off its spot which would have levelled the score at 4–4.
He also recorded some impressive victories in the Wuxi Classic
, by beating Mark Selby
5–3 and Joe Perry
5–1, before being whitewashed 6–0 by Ding Junhui
. Despite these results, he was not awarded a wild card by World Snooker to compete on the main tour.
The next professional tournament he competed in was the Beijing International Challenge
. In the group stages he recorded wins over Stephen Hendry
and Stephen Maguire
, before beating Liang Wenbo
6–4 and Ryan Day
9–3 to win the title.
Tian qualified for the 2011/2012 main tour
as a semi-finalist from the second Q School event. Tian won his first two qualifying matches for the Australian Goldfields Open before being given a bye into the final qualifying round due to the withdrawal of anthony Hamilton . In the final round Tian lost 5-4 to Mark Davis.
Tian Pengfei ( (born 16 August 1987) is a professional snooker
Snooker
Snooker is a cue sport that is played on a green baize-covered table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long side cushions. A regular table is . It is played using a cue and snooker balls: one white , 15 worth one point each, and six balls of different :...
player from the People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
.
Career
Tian first competed on the main tour in the 2006/2007 seasonSnooker season 2006/2007
The snooker season 2006/2007 was a series of snooker tournaments played during 2006 and 2007. The following table outlines the results and dates for all the ranking and major invitational events.-Calendar:- Official rankings :...
, dropping off the tour in the following season.
As a wild card, Tian defeated Ronnie O'Sullivan
Ronnie O'Sullivan
Ronald Antonio "Ronnie" O'Sullivan , is an English professional snooker player known for his rapid playing style and nicknamed "The Rocket". He has been World Champion on three occasions , and is second on the all-time prize-money list, with career earnings of over £6 million, behind only Stephen...
5-3 in the last 32 of the 2010 China Open at the Students University Stadium in Beijing. In an astonishing finish to the match, O'Sullivan missed a simple final black off its spot which would have levelled the score at 4–4.
He also recorded some impressive victories in the Wuxi Classic
2010 Wuxi Classic
-Final:-Century breaks:* 134, 131 Marco Fu* 129 Mark Selby* 125, 113, 101, 100 Shaun Murphy* 108 Ding Junhui...
, by beating Mark Selby
Mark Selby
Mark Anthony Selby is an English professional snooker and pool player. Runner up in the World Snooker Championship 2007, he was the 2006 WEPF World Eight-ball Champion. Selby has won the Masters on two occasions, the Welsh Open and the Shanghai Masters...
5–3 and Joe Perry
Joe Perry (snooker player)
-External links:*...
5–1, before being whitewashed 6–0 by Ding Junhui
Ding Junhui
Ding Junhui is a Chinese professional snooker player. Ding Junhui is China's most successful player ever, having become only the second teenager, after John Higgins, to win three ranking titles...
. Despite these results, he was not awarded a wild card by World Snooker to compete on the main tour.
The next professional tournament he competed in was the Beijing International Challenge
2010 Beijing International Challenge
-Qualifying:The qualfying tournament for the Beijing International Challenge , took place between 16–18 July 2010 at the Beijing Students University Stadium, in Beijing, China.-Group A:TableResults:...
. In the group stages he recorded wins over Stephen Hendry
Stephen Hendry
Stephen Gordon Hendry, MBE is a Scottish professional snooker player. In 1990, he was the youngest-ever snooker World Champion, at the age of 21. He has won the World Championship a record seven times and was snooker's world number one for eight consecutive years between 1990 and 1998, and again...
and Stephen Maguire
Stephen Maguire
Stephen Maguire is a Scottish professional snooker player.-Early career:Maguire almost qualified for the 2000 World Championships, leading eventual semi-finalist Joe Swail 9–6 in the final qualifying round before losing 9–10, but first served notice of his true potential by knocking out Stephen...
, before beating Liang Wenbo
Liang Wenbo
Liang Wenbo is a Chinese professional snooker player. He is left-handed and ranked as China's number 2 player, after Ding Junhui. Liang is based at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England, United Kingdom.-Career:...
6–4 and Ryan Day
Ryan Day
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9–3 to win the title.
Tian qualified for the 2011/2012 main tour
Snooker season 2011/2012
The 2011/12 snooker season is a series of snooker tournaments played during 2011 and 2012. The following table outlines the results and dates for all the ranking and major invitational events.- Calendar :-New professional players:...
as a semi-finalist from the second Q School event. Tian won his first two qualifying matches for the Australian Goldfields Open before being given a bye into the final qualifying round due to the withdrawal of anthony Hamilton . In the final round Tian lost 5-4 to Mark Davis.
Performance and rankings timeline
| Tournament | 2005/ 06 | 2006/ 07 | 2007/ 08 | 2008/ 09 | 2009/ 10 | 2010/ 11 | 2011/ 12 |
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| Ranking Snooker world rankings The snooker world rankings are the official system of ranking professional snooker players to determine automatic qualification and seeding for tournaments on the World Snooker Tour. They are maintained by the sport's governing body, the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association... |
UR Snooker world rankings 2005/2006 Snooker world rankings 2005/2006: The professional world rankings for the top 64 snooker players in the 2005/2006 season are listed below.-Note:... |
UR Snooker world rankings 2006/2007 Snooker world rankings 2006/2007: The professional world rankings for the top 64 snooker players in the 2006/2007 season are listed below.-Notes:... New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking. |
69 Snooker world rankings 2007/2008 Snooker world rankings 2007/2008: The professional world rankings for the top 75 snooker players in the 2007/2008 season are listed below... |
67 Snooker world rankings 2008/2009 Snooker world rankings 2007/2008: The official world ranking points for the 96 professional snooker players in the 2007/2008 season are listed below. The total points from the seasons 2006/2007 and 2007/2008 were used to determine the rankings for the season 2008/2009.- Ranking points :... |
UR Snooker world rankings 2009/2010 Snooker world ranking points 2008/2009: The official world ranking points for the 96 professional snooker players in the 2008/2009 season are listed below. The total points from the seasons 2007/2008 and 2008/2009 were used to determine the ranking for the season 2009/2010.- Ranking points :... |
UR Snooker world rankings 2010/2011 Snooker world rankings 2010/2011: The professional world rankings for all the professional snooker players who qualified for the 2010/2011 season are listed below. The rankings worked as a two-year rolling list. The points for each tournament two years ago were removed, when the corresponding... |
UR Snooker world rankings 2011/2012 Snooker world rankings 2011/2012: The professional world rankings for all the professional snooker players who qualified for the 2011/2012 season are listed below. The rankings work as a two-year rolling list. The points for each tournament two years ago will be removed, when the corresponding... New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking. |
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| Ranking Tournaments | ||||||||||||
| Australian Goldfields Open | Not Held | LQ | ||||||||||
| Shanghai Masters | Not Held | LQ | A | 1R | WR | LQ | ||||||
| UK Championship UK Championship (snooker) The UK Championship is a professional ranking snooker tournament. It is the second biggest ranking tournament after the World Championship and is one of the Triple Crown events.-History:... |
A | LQ | LQ | A | A | A | LQ | |||||
| German Masters | Not Held | A | LQ | |||||||||
| Welsh Open Welsh Open (snooker) The Welsh Open is a professional ranking snooker tournament. It replaced the Welsh Professional Championship, which started in 1980 and was only open to Welsh players.- History :... |
A | LQ | LQ | A | A | A | ||||||
| World OpenThe event run under different name as Grand Prix (1984/1985-2000/2001 and 2004/2005-2009/2010) | A | LQ | LQ | A | A | A | ||||||
| China Open China Open (snooker) The China Open is a professional snooker tournament. It is one of a number of ranking tournaments and began in 1997.-History:The first international snooker tournament in China was the China International in September 1997, a non-ranking tournament for the top 16 players and local players. The... The event run under different name as China International (1998/1999) |
WR | LQ | LQ | 2R | 2R | 1R | ||||||
| World Championship World Snooker Championship The World Snooker Championship is the leading professional snooker tournament in terms of both prize money and ranking points. The first championship was held in 1927; since 1977, it has been played at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, England... |
A | LQ | LQ | A | A | A | ||||||
| Non-Ranking Tournaments | ||||||||||||
| Masters Masters (snooker) The Masters is a professional snooker tournament and the second longest running tournament outside the World Championship. Although not a ranking event, it is regarded as one of the most prestigious tournaments on the circuit, earning the second biggest prize money.-History:The tournament was held... |
A | A | A | A | A | A | A | |||||
| Masters Qualifying Event | A | LQ | LQ | A | A | Not Held | ||||||
| Premier League Snooker | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | |||||
| Former Ranking Tournaments | ||||||||||||
| Malta Cup Malta Cup The Malta Cup was a professional snooker tournament that has been on the World Snooker calendar since the 1988/89 season. It was previously known as the European Open as the sole ranking tournament in Europe, outside the British Isles.- History :Prior to the 1988/89 season, there were no ranking... The event run under different names such as European Open (2001/2002-2003/2004) and Irish Open (1998/1999) |
A | LQ | NR | Not Held | ||||||||
| Northern Ireland Trophy Northern Ireland Trophy - History :First contested in 1981 and named Northern Ireland Classic. It was an invitational event held at Ulster Hall, Belfast, and Jimmy White beat Steve Davis in the final.... |
NR | LQ | LQ | A | Not Held | |||||||
| Bahrain Championship | Not Held | A | Not Held | |||||||||
| Performance Table Legend | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| LQ | lost in qualifying draw | #R | lost in the early rounds of the tournament (WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin) |
| QF | advanced to but not past the quarterfinals | SF | advanced to but not past the semifinals |
| F | advanced to the final, tournament runner-up | W | won the tournament |
| DQ | disqualified from the tournament | A | did not participate in 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. | |||