Cheung Ka Wai

{{family name hatnote|Cheung ({{linktext|張}})|lang=Chinese}}

{{Infobox snooker player

|name = Cheung Ka Wai

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1999|2|17}}

| birth_place =

| Sport country = {{HKG}}

| Professional = 2024–present

| High ranking = 94 (July 2024)

| Official maximums =

| Best finish = Last 64 (x2)

| Ranking wins =

| World champ =

| medals =

{{MedalCountry | {{HKG}} }}

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Cheung Ka Wai ({{zh|t=張家瑋}}; born 17 February 1999{{cite web |title=Cheung Ka Wai - Players |url=https://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?player=1893 |website=snooker.org |access-date=11 February 2024}}), also known as Ka Wai Cheung, is a professional snooker player from Hong Kong. In February 2024 he won the 2024 WSF Open Championship, earning a two-year tour card on the World Snooker Tour starting with the 2024–25 snooker season.{{cite web |title=Ka Wai Cheung wins WSF title |url=https://www.wst.tv/news/2024/february/11/ka-wai-cheung-wins-wsf-title/ |publisher=World Snooker Tour |date=11 February 2024 |access-date=11 February 2024 |archive-date=11 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240211212628/https://www.wst.tv/news/2024/february/11/ka-wai-cheung-wins-wsf-title/}}

Career

= Amateur =

In 2015, Cheung won the IBSF World Under-18 Snooker Championship{{cite web|title=Ka Wai Cheung becomes World Under-18 Champion|url=http://www.ibsf.info/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=429:ka-wai-cheung-becomes-world-under-18-boys-champion&Itemid=387|publisher=International Billiards and Snooker Federation|accessdate=11 October 2015}}

On 4 March 2015 it was announced that Cheung was invited to play in the 2016 World Snooker Championship qualifiers.{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/wpbsa-invites-for-world-qualifiers/|title=WPBSA Invites for World Qualifiers|date=4 March 2016}}

In 2022, Cheung won the gold medal at the World Games in Birmingham, Alabama, defeating Abdelrahman Shahin 3–1 in the final.

Performance and rankings timeline

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! Tournament

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|RankingIt shows the ranking at the beginning of the season

|align="center"|He was an amateur

|align="center"|

|align="center"|New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking

|align="center"|80

colspan="10"|Ranking tournaments

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Championship League

|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Non-Ranking

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|RR

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Saudi Arabia Masters

|align="center" colspan="3" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R

|

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Wuhan Open

|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|English Open

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

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style="background:#EFEFEF;"|British Open

|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

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style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Xi'an Grand Prix

|align="center" colspan="3" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

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style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Northern Ireland Open

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

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style="background:#EFEFEF;"|International Championship

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

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style="background:#EFEFEF;"|UK Championship

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

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style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Shoot Out

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NR

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

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style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Scottish Open

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

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style="background:#EFEFEF;"|German Masters

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

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style="background:#EFEFEF;"|World Grand Prix

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ

|

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Players ChampionshipThe event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Final (2015/2016)

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ

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style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Welsh Open

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

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style="background:#EFEFEF;"|World Open

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

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style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Tour Championship

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ

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style="background:#EFEFEF;"|World Championship

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

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colspan="10"|Former ranking tournaments

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Paul Hunter Classic

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|MR

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" colspan="3" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held

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! colspan="6"|Performance Table Legend

style="color:#555555; text-align:center; width:30px;"|LQ

| lost in the qualifying draw

| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|#R

| lost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)

| style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|QF

| lost in the quarter-finals

style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"|SF

| lost in the semi-finals

| style="text-align:center; background:thistle;"|F

| lost in the final

| style="text-align:center; background:#0f0;"|W

| won the tournament

style="color:#555555; text-align:center; width:30px;"|DNQ

| did not qualify for the tournament

| style="color:#555555; text-align:center; width:30px;"|A

| did not participate in the tournament

| style="color:#555555; text-align:center; width:30px;"|WD

| withdrew from the tournament

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style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"\|NH / Not Held	means an event was not held.
style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"\|NR / Non-Ranking Event	means an event is/was no longer a ranking event.
style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"\|R / Ranking Event	means an event is/was a ranking event.
style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"\|MR / Minor-Ranking Event	means an event is/was a minor-ranking event.

Career finals

= Non-ranking finals: 1 (1 title) =

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!width="80"| Outcome

!width="20"| No.

!width="50"| Year

!width="200"| Championship

!width="200"| Opponent in the final

!width="100"| Score

style="background:#98FB98"|Winner

| 1.

| 2022

| World Games

| {{flagicon|EGY}} Abdelrahman Shahin

| 3–1

= Amateur finals: 5 (3 titles) =

class="sortable wikitable"

!width="80"| Outcome

!width="20"| No.

!width="50"| Year

!width="300"| Championship

!width="200"| Opponent in the final

!width="100"| Score

style="background:#98FB98"|Winner

| 1.

| 2015

| IBSF World Under-18 Snooker Championship

| {{flagicon|HKG}} Ming Tung Chan

| 5–2

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up

| 1.

| 2019

| Asian Under-21 Championship

| {{flagicon|CHN}} Zhao Jianbo

| 3–6

style="background:#98FB98"|Winner

| 2.

| 2019

| Challenge Tour – Event 1

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Oliver Brown

| 3–1

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up

| 2.

| 2023

| IBSF World Snooker Championship

| {{flagicon|QAT}} Ali Alobaidli

| 1–6

style="background:#98FB98"|Winner

| 3.

| 2024

| WSF Championship

| {{flagicon|CHN}} Gao Yang

| 5–0

= Team finals: 1 (1 title) =

class="wikitable sortable"

!width="80"| Outcome

!width="20"| No.

!width="50"| Year

!width="300"| Championship

!width="200"| Team/partner

!width="200"| Opponent in the final

!width="100"| Score

style="background:#98FB98"|Winner

| 1.

| 2016

| World Mixed Doubles Championship

| {{flagicon|HKG}} Jaique Ip

| {{flagicon|ISR}} Eden Sharav
{{flagicon|ENG}} Maria Catalano

| 4–3{{cite web |url=https://www.womenssnooker.com/player/jaique-ip-wan/ |title=Player Profile – Jaique Ip Wan |publisher=World Women's Snooker |website=womenssnooker.com |access-date=15 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190728024721/https://www.womenssnooker.com/player/jaique-ip-wan/ |archive-date=28 July 2019 |url-status=live }}

References

External links

{{WST player}}
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Category:Hong Kong snooker players

Category:World Games gold medalists

Category:World Games medalists in cue sports

Category:1999 births

Category:Living people

Category:World Games medalists for Hong Kong

Category:Medalists at the 2022 World Games