Ma Hailong

Ma Hailong (Chinese: 马海龙; born 4 September 2003) is a snooker player from China. In February 2023, he won the 2023 World Snooker Federation Championship, and with it earned a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Ma (马).
Ma Hailong
Born (2003-09-04) 4 September 2003
Guilin, Guangxi, China
Sport country China
Professional2023–present
Highest ranking93 (October 2023)
Current ranking 98 (as of 16 October 2023)
Best ranking finishLast 16 (2023 British Open)

Early life

At the age of thirteen, Ma Hailong took six months out of school in order to travel the 1000 miles from his home to train at the CBSA World Snooker Academy in Beijing.[1]

Career

In January 2023, at the Guangzhou Snooker Championship, Ma Hailong defeated Jiang Jun in the final to win the championship.[2]

In February 2023 Ma Hailong defeated Stan Moody in the final of the WSF Championship in Sydney, Australia where the win secured him the offer of a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour.[3][4] On the way to victory in the tournament he defeated Liu Hongyu and former professional Gao Yang.[5] It was his first overseas tournament outside of China.[6] Previously a student at the CBSA Academy branch in Guangdong, after his win it was reported he was planning to move to the United Kingdom to be managed by Bobby Lee and Elite Sports Management.[7]

He entered into the invitational 2023 Six-red World Championship held in Pathum Thani, Thailand in March 2023.[8]

2023/24

He was entered into the draw draw at the 2023 Championship League held at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, England from 26 June 2023. He went unbeaten in his round-robin stage, earning draws against Mink Nutcharut, John Astley and Gary Wilson.[9][10] In August 2023, he defeated Ian Burns to qualify for the latter rounds of the 2023 British Open.[11] At the event, held in Cheltenham in September 2023, he reached the last-16 of a ranking event for the first time.[12] At the 2023 Northern Ireland Open he defeated 12th seed Ryan Day in a deciding frame.[13]

Performance and rankings timeline
Tournament 2022/
23		 2023/
24
Ranking[14][nb 1] [nb 2] [nb 3]
Ranking tournaments
Championship League A RR
European Masters A LQ
British Open A 3R
English Open A LQ
Wuhan Open NH LQ
Northern Ireland Open A 1R
International Championship NH 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 NH
Tour Championship DNQ
World Championship LQ
Non-ranking tournaments
Six-red World Championship RR
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.
PA / Pro-am Eventmeans an event is/was a pro-am event.
  1. 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

Career finals

Amateur finals: 1 (1 title)
Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Winner 1. 2023 WSF Open England Stan Moody 5–0

References
  1. Stallard, Katie (11 June 2017). "Inside China's snooker hothouse: The kids ditching school in search of their big break". uk.news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  2. "Guangzhou Snooker Championship holds classic crowd events and returns to Liwan". mbd.baidu.com. 4 January 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  3. "Stan Moody Denied by Ma Hai Long in World Amateur Final as Teenage Snooker Due Secure Professional Tour Cards". Eurosport. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  4. "Ma Beats Moody to Win WSF Title". wst.tv. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  5. "Ma Hailong earns professional main tour card". Snooker HQ. 10 February 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  6. "Age proves no barrier as young guns dominate amateur world snooker titles in western Sydney". abc.net.au. 12 February 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  7. "Magic Ma Wins WSF Championship!". World Snooker Federation. 11 February 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  8. "Six-red World Championshiop Snooker 2023 – Latest Scores, Results, Schedule Order of Play, Ronnie O'Sullivan in Action". Eurosport. 6 March 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  9. "Championship League Snooker 2023". Championship League Snooker. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  10. "Astley and Liu complete stage two line up". wst.tv. 14 July 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  11. Caulfield, David (14 August 2023). "Stephen Hendry loses in British Open qualifier". Snookerhq. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  12. "CAZOO BRITISH OPEN – LAST 16 DRAW". wst.tv. 27 September 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  13. Hilsum, James (22 October 2023). "NORTHERN IRELAND OPEN 2023: JUDD TRUMP BEATS JENSON KENDRICK, NEIL ROBERTSON OVERCOMES SCORE MALFUNCTION AND WU YIZE". Eurosport. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  14. "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
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