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Xu Yichen

Xu Yichen is a Chinese snooker player. He won a two year card place on the World Snooker Tour starting from the 2025-26 snooker season.

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Xu Yichen
Xu in 2025
Born (1986-11-21) 21 November 19861
Sport country China
Professional2025–
Highest ranking103 (May 2026)
Current ranking 103 (as of 5 May 2026)

Xu Yichen (born 21 November 1986) is a Chinese snooker player. He won a two year card place on the World Snooker Tour starting from the 2025-26 snooker season.

Career

Xu Yichen is from Changsha, Hunan Province. On September 18, 2016, he won the 2016 National Amateur Snooker Masters. He also won a wildcard into the 2016 Shanghai Masters.2 At the Shanghai Masters, also in September 2016, he was on the receiving end of a maximum 147 break as he lost 5-0 to Stephen Maguire.3

At the Asia Oceania Q School in May 2025 he defeated Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon of Thailand 4-3 and Pakistan's Babar Masih to win a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour.456 His final round win over Masih was described as dramatic, and was only secured on the final black in the deciding frame. His eligibility is from the 2025-26 snooker season.78

2025–26 season

He was drawn in the round-robin stage of the 2025 Championship League against Matthew Stevens, Ryan Day and compatriot Lan Yuhao.9 He reached the last-64 of the 2025 Xi'an Grand Prix in September 2025, with a 5-4 win over Jack Lisowski, recovering a 4-1 deficit.10 In April, he recorded a 10-4 win over Stuart Carrington in the first round of qualifying for the 2026 World Snooker Championship.11

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2016/
17 		2025/
26 		2026/
27
Rankingnb 1 nb 2 nb 3 80
Ranking tournaments
Championship League NR RR
China Open A NH LQ
Wuhan Open NH LQ
British Open NH 1R
English Open A LQ
Xi'an Grand Prix NH 1R
Northern Ireland Open A LQ
International Championship A LQ
UK Championship A LQ
Shoot Out A 2R
Scottish Open A LQ
German Masters A LQ
Welsh Open A LQ
World Grand Prix DNQ DNQ
Players Championship DNQ DNQ
World Open A 2R
Tour Championship NH DNQ
World Championship A LQ
Former ranking tournaments
Shanghai Masters WR Non-Ranking
Saudi Arabia Masters NH 1R 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.
  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

References

  1. "Xu Yichen". Snooker.org. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  2. "长沙业余选手为何能与奥沙利文同登上海大师赛赛场？". shobserver.com (in Chinese). 18 September 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  3. "MAGUIRE HITS SHANGHAI MAX". wpbsa.com. 20 September 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  4. "MASIH CONTINUES SUPERB RUN". wst.tv. 22 May 2025. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  5. Kane, Desmond (26 May 2025). "Alexander Ursenbacher and Liam Pullen reclaim spots on main World Snooker circuit with Q School success". TNT Sports. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  6. "MASIH CONTINUES SUPERB RUN". wst.tv. 22 May 2025. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  7. Caulfield, David (May 25, 2025). "Q School Asia & Oceania produces four snooker graduates". Snookerhq.com. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  8. "CHINA'S XU AND ZHAO EARN TOUR CARDS". wpbsa.com. 24 May 2025. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  9. "CHAMPIONSHIP LEAGUE SNOOKER 2025". championshipleaguesnooker.co.uk. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
  10. "Moody battles to qualifying win". wst.tv. 2 September 2025. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  11. Caulfield, David (April 8, 2026). "Did Ken Doherty just play his last match as a snooker professional?". Snookerhq. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
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