Li Yan (snooker player)
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Li Yan is a professional snooker
player from the People's Republic of China
.
, losing 1-5 to Anthony Hamilton
. At the 2009 Shanghai Masters, he defeated Gerard Greene
5-4, before losing to Ryan Day
in the last 32.
Li qualified for the 2011/2012
professional Main Tour as one of four semi-finalists from the second Q School event. He won four qualifying matches to clinch a place to the main draw of the 2011 UK Championship
.
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...
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Career
Li received a wild card for the 2008 Shanghai Masters2008 Shanghai Masters
The 2008Roewe Shanghai Masters professional ranking snooker tournament took place between 29 September and 5 October 2008 at the Shanghai Grand Stage, Shanghai, China...
, losing 1-5 to Anthony Hamilton
Anthony Hamilton (snooker player)
Anthony Hamilton is an English professional snooker player noted for his strong break-building technique and distinctive appearance. He has spent five seasons ranked among the game's top 16, and fifteen in the top 32, reaching a career-high at number #10 in the world in the 1999/2000 season...
. At the 2009 Shanghai Masters, he defeated Gerard Greene
Gerard Greene
Gerard Greene is a left-handed Northern Irish professional snooker player, who has represented Northern Ireland in international events , as his parents are from Belfast. He lives in Rainham in Kent...
5-4, before losing to Ryan Day
Ryan Day
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in the last 32.
Li qualified for the 2011/2012
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:...
professional Main Tour as one of four semi-finalists from the second Q School event. He won four qualifying matches to clinch a place to the main draw of the 2011 UK Championship
2011 UK Championship (snooker)
-Final:-Qualifying:These matches were held between 5 and 9 November 2011 at the South West Snooker Academy, Gloucester, England.-Preliminary round:Best of 11 frames- Round 1–4 :-Qualifying stages centuries:* 139 David Hogan* 134, 100 Sam Baird...
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Performance and rankings timeline
| Tournament | 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 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 :... Li wasn't part of the main tour and participated only at tournaments in China as a wild-card. |
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 | WR | 1R | WR | LQ | ||||||||
| World OpenThe event run under different name as Grand Prix (1984/1985-2000/2001 and 2004/2005-2009/2010) | A | A | A | |||||||||
| 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 | A | A | |||||||||
| German Masters | Not Held | A | ||||||||||
| 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 | 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) |
A | WR | WR | |||||||||
| 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 | A | A | |||||||||
| Non-Ranking Tournaments | ||||||||||||
| The 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 | ||||||||
| Masters Qualifying Event | A | A | Not Held | |||||||||
| Premier League Snooker | A | A | A | A | ||||||||
| Former Ranking Tournaments | ||||||||||||
| 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.... |
A | Not Held | ||||||||||
| Bahrain Championship | A | Not Held | ||||||||||
| Performance Table Legend | |||
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| 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. | |||