Ding Hao

{{short description|Chinese Go player (born 2000)}}

{{Infobox go player

| name=Ding Hao

| birth_date={{Birth date and age|2000|6|13}}

| birth_place=Datong, Shanxi, China

| turnedpro=2013

| rank=9 dan

| affiliation=Chinese Weiqi Association

}}

Ding Hao ({{zh|s=丁浩|t=丁浩|p=Dīng Hào}}; born 13 June 2000{{cite web |url=https://sports.sina.com.cn/go/2019-04-12/doc-ihvhiewr5247322.shtml |title=2019围甲杭州队介绍：丁浩挑大梁 外援不含糊 |website=Sina Sports |date=2019-04-12 |language=zh}}) is a Chinese professional Go player.

Ding was born in Datong, Shanxi. He began to attend Go classes when he was seven years old. To continue his studies, he moved to Taiyuan and then to Beijing.{{cite web |url=http://www.news.cn/2023-02/02/c_1129329808.htm |title=那个喜欢看书、听音乐的少年成了围棋世界冠军 |website=Xinhua News Agency |date=2023-02-02 |language=zh}}{{cite web |url=https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_21770161 |title=深一度｜00后世界冠军丁浩，一位贫家少年的"围棋赌博" |website=thepaper.cn |date=2023-02-02 |language=zh}} He earned professional status in 2013, at age 13.{{cite web |url=https://sports.qq.com/a/20130726/001894.htm |title=全国定段赛名额被三道场垄断 年龄放宽至25岁 |website=Tencent Sports |date=2013-07-26 |language=zh}}

He won the 2019 CCTV Cup, a tournament with fast time controls. This qualified him as one of China's two representatives for the Asian TV Cup, where he finished as runner-up to Shin Jinseo.{{cite web |url=https://www.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2019/06/24/2019062400801.html |title=신진서, '국제대회 첫 챔피언' 등극…TV바둑아시아선수권 우승 |website=Chosun Ilbo |date=2019-06-24 |language=ko}}

In 2021 he won three Chinese tournaments within a span of three months: the Changqi Cup in October, {{ill|Guoshou|zh|国手战 (中国围棋)}} on December 12, and the {{ill|GBA Cup Chinese Weiqi Master Championship|zh|湾区杯中国围棋大棋士赛}} on December 30. He successfully defended the Weiqi Master title in 2022, and lost it to Yang Kaiwen in 2023.{{cite web |url=https://sports.sina.com.cn/go/2023-12-19/doc-imzypzhs2700153.shtml |title=大棋士赛杨楷文胜丁浩 收获职业生涯首个全国冠军 |website=Sina Sports |date=2023-12-19 |language=zh}} He also successfully defended the Guoshou title in October 2023.

He won an international championship at the LG Cup in February 2023 with a victory over Yang Dingxin in the finals. The same year, he won his second major international title at the Samsung Cup in November. In December 2023, he became the number one ranked Chinese player in the Chinese Weiqi Association's official rankings.{{cite web |url=https://sports.sina.com.cn/go/2024-01-04/doc-inaaishy6665280.shtml |title=12月围棋等级分(公示版)：丁浩升至第一 柯洁第四 |website=Sina Sports |date=2024-01-04 |language=zh}} He won the Samsung Cup again in 2024.