Long Zehuang (Chinese: 龙泽煌; born 28 December 1996) is a Chinese snooker player. He achieved a place on the World Snooker Tour starting with 2023–24 snooker season.
| Born | 28 December 1996 |
|---|---|
| Sport country |  China |
| Professional | 2023–present |
| Highest ranking | 65 (October 2024) |
| Current ranking | 67 (as of 11 November 2024) |
| Best ranking finish | Semi-final (2024 Wuhan Open) |
Career
editBefore becoming a professional snooker player, Long won World Junior 9-Ball Championships in 2015 when he was 18 years old.
Long played at the 2018 Haining Open, beating Liu Hongyu before losing to Cai Jianzhong.
He came close to qualifying for the Snooker World Tour in June 2019 but lost the final match in the final round of Q school to Barry Pinches.[1]
He won a place on the 2023-24 World Snooker Tour by successfully qualifying from the CBSA qualifying events held in Beijing in April 2023. His place was earned with a victory over former professional Chen Feilong in the final qualifying round [2]
2023/24
editLong made his debut in a professional draw at the 2023 Championship League held at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, England from 26 June 2023. He made an auspicious start, going unbeaten in the round-robin group. He earned a credible draw against Jackson Page, before defeating world number 12 Ali Carter, and young Welshman Ryan Davies, to top the group and progress to the next stage.[3][4] In the second round-robin he went undefeated, drawing with Sam Craigie, Jak Jones and Michael White.[5][6] He secured a place at the latter stages of the World Open, winning 5-4 against Thepchaiya Un-Nooh.[7] In the first round of qualifying for the 2024 World Snooker Championship he defeated Sydney Wilson 10-1.[8]
2024/25
editHe won all three of his matches in the group stage at the 2024 Championship League in Leicester in June 2024.[9] He then also topped his round-robin group that included Shaun Murphy and Hossein Vafaei in the second stage, to reach the last eight of a ranking tournament for the first time.[10] In July 2024, he defeated former world champion Mark Selby before later reaching the semi final of the 2024 Wuhan Open with wins over Ben Woollaston and Jack Lisowski.[11][12][13] At the 2024 English Open in Brentwood in September 2024 he reached the last-64 where he was defeated by Mark Allen.[14][15] He reached the last 64 at the 2024 Northern Ireland Open.[16]
Performance and rankings timeline
edit| Tournament | 2023/ 24 |
2024/ 25 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranking[17][nb 1] | [nb 2] | 73 | |||||||
| Ranking tournaments | |||||||||
| Championship League | 2R | 3R | |||||||
| Xi'an Grand Prix | NH | LQ | |||||||
| Saudi Arabia Masters | NH | 2R | |||||||
| English Open | LQ | 1R | |||||||
| British Open | LQ | 1R | |||||||
| Wuhan Open | LQ | SF | |||||||
| Northern Ireland Open | LQ | 2R | |||||||
| International Championship | 1R | LQ | |||||||
| UK Championship | LQ | ||||||||
| Shoot Out | 4R | ||||||||
| Scottish Open | LQ | ||||||||
| German Masters | LQ | ||||||||
| Welsh Open | 1R | ||||||||
| World Open | 2R | ||||||||
| World Grand Prix | DNQ | ||||||||
| Players Championship | DNQ | ||||||||
| Tour Championship | DNQ | ||||||||
| World Championship | LQ | ||||||||
| Former ranking tournaments | |||||||||
| European Masters | 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 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. | |||
| PA / Pro-am Event | means an event is/was a pro-am event. | |||
References
edit- ^ "Q School - The 16 qualifiers". wst.tv. 5 June 2019. Archived from the original on 20 February 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- ^ "Xing and Long Earn WST Places". wpbsa.com. 15 April 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
- ^ "Pang and Long secure top spots". wst.tv. 6 July 2023. Archived from the original on 7 July 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
- ^ "RONNIE O'SULLIVAN WITHDRAWS FROM CHAMPIONSHIP LEAGUE SNOOKER, UNBEATEN PANG JUNXU AND LONG ZEHUANG WIN LATEST GROUPS". Eurosport. 6 July 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
- ^ "CHAMPIONSHIP LEAGUE SNOOKER 2023". Championship League Snooker. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
- ^ "Trump falls as Cao tops group". wst.tv. 20 July 2023. Archived from the original on 21 July 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
- ^ "KLECKERS LANDS YUSHAN SLOT". wst.tv. 24 January 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- ^ "WORLD SNOOKER CHAMPIONSHIP: FERGAL O'BRIEN BRINGS CURTAIN DOWN ON 33-YEAR CAREER AFTER DEFEAT IN CRUCIBLE QUALIFIER". Eurosport. 9 April 2024. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ "PANG JUNXU UPSTAGED BY STUART CARRINGTON AT CHAMPIONSHIP LEAGUE SNOOKER ON A LONG DAY IN LEICESTER". Eurosport. 22 June 2024. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ "Gilbert and Long into final stage". wst.tv. 29 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
- ^ Hilsum, James (10 October 2024). "SHAUN MURPHY STUNNED BY XIAO GUODONG IN WUHAN OPEN QUARTER-FINALS, LONG ZEHUANG AWAITS IN LAST FOUR". Eurosport. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
- ^ "Trump into Wuhan last 8 despite cue mixup". BBC Sport. 9 October 2024. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
- ^ "MARK SELBY KNOCKED OUT OF 2024 WUHAN OPEN QUALIFICATION BY LONG ZEHUANG, JIMMY WHITE ROLLS BACK THE YEARS". Eurosport. 29 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ Sharland, Pete (17 September 2024). "2024 ENGLISH OPEN SNOOKER: MARK ALLEN BATTLES BACK TO AVOID SHOCK AGAINST LONG ZEHUANG TO REACH LAST 32". Eurosport. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ Bray, Jonny (15 September 2024). "ENGLISH OPEN 2024: LATEST SCORES, RESULTS, ORDER OF PLAY AS JUDD TRUMP LOOKS TO DEFEND HIS TITLE AT THE BRENTWOOD CENTRE". Eurosport. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
- ^ Caulfield, David (30 September 2024). "Full list of results at the Northern Ireland Open qualifiers". Snooker HQ. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
- ^ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.