Yan Bingtao

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Yan.
Yan Bingtao
Born (2000-02-16) 16 February 2000
Sport country  China
Professional 2016–
Current ranking 77 (as of 31 October 2016)
Career winnings £15,050[1]
Highest break 130 (2016 Northern Ireland Open)
Century breaks 5[1]
Best ranking finish Last 16 (2016 Riga Masters, 2016 Paul Hunter Classic, 2016 English Open)

Yan Bingtao (born 16 February 2000) is a Chinese professional snooker player. He is the youngest player to win the Amateur World Snooker Championship, his 8–7 victory over Muhammad Sajjad in the final of the 2014 event earning him a place on the sport's main tour.

Having qualified to compete on the main tour for the 2015/2016 season, Yan was unable to obtain a UK Visa,[2] and decided to dedicate the year to completing his education in China; when he resumed his career in 2016, he became the first active professional to have been born in the 2000s.

Career

Amateur

Yan began to feature in professional competitions at the start of the 2013/2014 season aged 13,[3] in Asian Players Tour Championship events,[3] and as a wildcard player in Chinese ranking tournaments.[3] His first win against a professional came in his first match, against Vinnie Calabrese in the 2013 Yixing Open.[3] He also secured wins over Stuart Bingham, Yu Delu, Barry Pinches and Liang Wenbo during the 2013/2014 and 2014/2015 seasons.[3] He reached the last 32 of the 2014 Wuxi Classic and 2014 Shanghai Masters.[1]

Qualification for professional status

In November 2014, Yan won the Amateur World Snooker Championship, beating Muhammad Sajjad of Pakistan 8–7 in the final.[4][3] Aged 14, Yan also became the youngest winner of the event beating Zhou Yuelong, who won it aged 15 in 2013.[4] This win earned him a two-year professional card for the 2015/2016 and 2016/2017 seasons.[4][3]

Yan was unable to take up his entry in the first ranking tournament of the 2015/2016 season, the 2015 Australian Goldfields Open, after failing to obtain a UK Visa.[5] He was selected for the Chinese B team in the 2015 Snooker World Cup, with Zhou Yuelong as his teammate.[6] China B started as 50/1 outsiders but they topped their group, knocking out England in the process, and then in the knock-out stages beat Australia, Wales and Scotland in the final and pocketed a cheque for US$200,000 between them. Defeated finalist Stephen Maguire stated that he believed he had watched two future world champions.[7] Shortly afterwards it was announced that Yan's tour card would be deferred until the 2016/2017 season in order for him to complete his education in China and become eligible for a working visa.[8] He did though play in the Champion of Champions for which he gained entry through his World Cup win and, on his debut in the UK, he beat Shaun Murphy 4–2, before losing 6–3 to Neil Robertson in the quarter-finals.[9]

Career finals

Team wins (1)

Amateur final wins (1)

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2013/
14		 2014/
15		 2015/
16		 2016/
17
Ranking[10][nb 1] UR[nb 2] UR[nb 2] UR[nb 3] UR[nb 3]
Ranking tournaments
Riga Masters[nb 4] NH Minor-Ranking 3R
Indian Open A A NH LQ
World Open A Not Held LQ
Paul Hunter Classic Minor-Ranking Event 4R
Shanghai Masters A 1R A LQ
European Masters Tournament Not Held 1R
English Open Tournament Not Held 4R
International Championship A WR A 2R
Northern Ireland Open Tournament Not Held 4R
UK Championship A A A 3R
Scottish Open Tournament Not Held
German Masters A A A
World Grand Prix NH NR DNQ
Welsh Open A A A
Gibraltar Open Not Held MR
Players Championship[nb 5] DNQ DNQ DNQ
China Open WR WR A
World Championship A A A
Ranking & variant format tournaments
Shoot-Out Variant Format Event
Non-ranking tournaments
Champion of Champions A A QF A
Variant format tournaments
Six-red World Championship A A 2R A
Former ranking tournaments
Wuxi Classic A 2R Not Held
Australian Goldfields Open A A WD 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.
VF / Variant Format Event means an event is/was a variant format event.
  1. ↑ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
  2. 1 2 He was an amateur.
  3. 1 2 New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.
  4. ↑ The event was called the Riga Open (2014/2015–2015/2016)
  5. ↑ The event was called the Players Championship Grand Final (2013/2014−2015/2016)

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Career-total Statistics for Yan Bingtao - Professional". CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "Australian Goldfields Open Qualifiers". Snooker.org. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Yan Bingtao". Pro Snooker Blog. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 Pathak, Vivek (29 November 2014). "Yan Bingtao becomes youngest ever World Champion". International Billiards and Snooker Federation. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "Australian Goldfields Open Qualifiers". Snooker.org. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  6. ↑ "SNOOKER WORLD CUP LINE-UP ANNOUNCED". World Snooker. 21 May 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  7. ↑ "China Win Snooker's World Cup". World Snooker. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  8. ↑ "Yan Bingtao Tour Card Deferred". World Snooker. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  9. ↑ "Shaun Murphy beaten by 15-year-old Yan Bingtao". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  10. ↑ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.

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