He Guoqiang (snooker player)

He Guoqiang (Chinese: 贺国强) is a Chinese snooker player. The IBSF World Under-18 Snooker Championship winner in 2018. He has earned a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour from the 2023–24 snooker season.

In this Chinese name, the family name is He (贺).

He Guoqiang
Born (2000-08-05) 5 August 2000
Leiyang, Hunan, China
Sport country China
Professional2023–present
Highest ranking76 (October 2023)
Current ranking 76 (as of 16 October 2023)
Best ranking finishQuarter-final (2023 British Open)

Career

In 2018, He won the IBSF World Under-18 Snooker Championship. In the final he defeated his compatriot Lei Peifan 5-4, on a deciding frame.[1] In 2018 he also scored his first competitive 147 break, during the under-21 IBSF Championship in Jinan.[2] That same year, playing as a wildcard, Guoqiang secured a 6-1 win over Gary Wilson at the International Championship held in Daqing, China. Guoqiang won the non-ranking invitation event 2021 Haining Snooker Open. In the final He beat Huang Jiahao 5-0. In 2021 It was the first time players from the UK and around the world could not play in the event due to COVID-19 restrictions.

In the final round of the second Asia-Oceania Q School event held in Bangkok in June 2023, He came back from 3-1 down to win 4-3 against compatriot Wang Yuchen to earn a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour, starting with 2023–24 snooker season.[3]

2023-24 season

He recorded his first win as a professional when he defeated Elliot Slessor at the British Open in August 2023.[4] He recorded a 5-4 win over world No. 8 Kyren Wilson in the first round of the Wuhan Open in September 2023, winning the deciding frame from 67-0 down.[5] That month, he reached the last-16 of a ranking event for the first time, at the 2023 British Open in Cheltenham, where he beat world No. 12 Barry Hawkins to reach the quater-final.[6][7] The following week He recorded a notable win over Ryan Day at the English Open,[8] and recorded another victory over a top-16 player when he edged Hossein Vafaei 4-3 in the next round.[9]

Performance and rankings timeline
Tournament 2018/
19		 2023/
24
Ranking[nb 1] [nb 2] [nb 3]
Ranking tournaments
Championship League NR A
European Masters A LQ
British Open NH QF
English Open A 3R
Wuhan Open NH 3R
Northern Ireland Open A LQ
International Championship 1R LQ
UK Championship A
Shoot Out A
Scottish Open A
World Grand Prix DNQ
German Masters A
Welsh Open A
Players Championship DNQ
World Open LQ
Tour Championship DNQ
World Championship A
Non-ranking tournaments
Six-red World Championship A
Former ranking tournaments
China Championship LQ 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 Heldmeans an event was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a ranking event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
  1. It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season
  2. He was an amateur
  3. New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking

References
  1. Pathak, Vivek (6 July 2018). "Guo Qiang He becomes 2018 World Under-18 Snooker Champion". ibsf. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  2. Pathak, Vivek (7 July 2018). "Guo Qiang He hits 'The Maximum' 147". ibsf. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  3. "FINAL DAY OF SNOOKER Q SCHOOL SEES ISHPREET SINGH CHADHA AND HE GUOQIANG CLAIM TOUR CARDS IN BANGKOK". Eurosport. 12 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  4. "BRITISH OPEN SNOOKER: HOSSEIN VAFAEI AND DAVID GILBERT REACH LAST 64 WITH QUALIFYING WINS". Eurosport.com. 17 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  5. "WUHAN OPEN SNOOKER: KYREN WILSON SUFFERS SHOCK EARLY EXIT TO HE GUOQIANG, MARK SELBY, MARK ALLEN AND NEIL ROBERTSON WIN". Eurosport. 2 September 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  6. "CAZOO BRITISH OPEN – LAST 16 DRAW". wst.tv. 27 September 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  7. "CAZOO BRITISH OPEN – QF DRAW". 28 September 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  8. Caulfield, David (4 October 2023). "English Open reign ends for Mark Selby". Snookerhq. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  9. "DOTT DASHED BY WALDEN'S 'CAREER BEST' FIGHT BACK". wst.tv. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
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