Gong Chenzhi

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| birth_date = {{bda|2006|09|22|df=yes}}

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| Sport country = {{CHN}}

| Professional = 2024–present

| High ranking = 82 (September 2024)

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| Best finish = Last 16 (2024 Xi'an Grand Prix)

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Gong Chenzhi is a Chinese snooker player. In 2024, he won a place on the World Snooker Tour from the 2024–25 snooker season.

Career

In June 2023, Gong beat three-time Women’s World Champion Ng On Yee 4-0 at the Asia-Oceania Q School in Bangkok.{{cite web|url=https://wst.tv/gong-dumps-out-on-yee/|title=Gong dumps out Yee|accessdate=29 September 2023|date=3 July 2023|website=wst.tv}}

=2023/24=

He reached the semi-finals at the 2023 CBSA Zhang Jiagang Youth Event Under-21 tournament. He was awarded a wildcard for the 2023 Wuhan Open.{{cite web|title=Wuhan Open Wild Cards|accessdate=29 September 2023|date=28 September 2023|website=wst.tv|url=https://wst.tv/wuhan-open-wild-cards/}} At the event he defeated Daniel Womersley and Jordan Brown.{{cite web|url=https://snookerhq.com/2023/10/10/i-cant-wait-to-go-home-neil-robertson-explains-recent-dip-form/|website=SnookerHQ|accessdate=10 October 2023|title=‘ I can’t wait to go home’ – Neil Robertson explains recent dip in form|first=David|last=Caulfield|date=October 10, 2023}} He was then beaten 4-5 by compatriot He Guoquiang.{{cite web|url=https://www.eurosport.com/snooker/wuhan-open/2023/wuhan-open-snooker-2023-latest-scores-results-schedule-order-of-play-as-ronnie-o-sullivan-bids-for-g_sto9828484/story.shtml|website=Eurosport|accessdate=5 November 2023|title= WUHAN OPEN SNOOKER 2023 - LATEST SCORES, RESULTS, SCHEDULE, ORDER OF PLAY AS JUDD TRUMP BIDS FOR GLORY|date=15 October 2023}} At the 2023 Shanghai Masters in September 2023, he played Iranian top-16 player Hossein Vafaei and lost 6-1.{{cite web|url= https://en.mehrnews.com/amp/205969/|website=Mehrnews|accessdate=11 April 2024|title=

Iran’s snooker player downs Gong Chenzhi at Shanghai Masters|date=12 September 2023}}

Awarded a wildcard into the 2023 International Championship in Tianjin in November 2023, he was defeated by compatriot Wang Xingzhong 5-6, who at 12 years-old, became the second youngest player to ever compete at a ranking event, after Liam Davies at the 2019 Snooker Shoot Out.{{cite web|title=International Championship: Wang Xinzhong, 12, beaten by Judd Trump in China|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/67328759|date=5 November 2023|accessdate=5 November 2023|website=BBC Sport}}

At the WSF Junior Snooker Championship held in Albania in February 2024, he reached the final before being defeated by Hungarian Bulcsú Révész.{{cite web|url=https://worldsnookerfederation.org/bulcsu-revesz-and-gong-chenzhi-meet-in-wsf-junior-championship-final/|website=World Snooker Federation |accessdate=3 February 2024|title= BULCSU REVESZ AND GONG CHENZHI MEET IN WSF JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL |date=2 February 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://snookerhq.com/2024/02/02/hungarian-teenager-bulscu-revesz-wins-tour-card/#:~:text=Bulcs%C3%BA%20R%C3%A9v%C3%A9sz%20won%20the%202024,the%20professional%20circuit%20next%20season.|website=SnookerHQ|accessdate=3 February 2024|title= Hungarian teenager Bulcsú Révész wins tour card

|first=David|last=Caulfield|date=February 2, 2024}}

In qualifying for the 2024 World Snooker Championship he was defeated by veteran Rod Lawler 10-7.{{cite web|url=https://snookerhq.com/2024/04/11/liam-pullen-the-target-is-the-crucible/|website=Snooker HQ|date=11 April 2024|title= ‘The target is the Crucible’|first=David|last=Caulfield }}

=2024/25=

Through his performances on the CBSA China Tour he earnt a place on the World Snooker Tour from the 2024–25 snooker season.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsa.org.cn/#/association/announcementDetails?id=1040|website=cbsa.org|accessdate=11 April 2024|title= Announcement that Chinese Billiards Association|date=26 February 2024}} He made his professional debut at the 2024 Championship League in Leicester in June 2024.{{cite web|url= https://www.eurosport.com/snooker/pang-junxu-upstaged-by-stuart-carrington-at-championship-league-snooker-on-a-long-day-in-leicester_sto10204770/story.shtml|website=Eurosport|accessdate=23 June 2024|date=22 June 2024|title= PANG JUNXU UPSTAGED BY STUART CARRINGTON AT CHAMPIONSHIP LEAGUE SNOOKER ON A LONG DAY IN LEICESTER}} He defeated Gerard Greene in the third match of his round robin group.{{cite web|url= https://snookerhq.com/2024/06/23/long-zehuang-stuart-carringtong-move-on/|website=SnookerHQ|accessdate=23 June 2024|title= Long Zehuang and Stuart Carrington move on|first= David |last=Caulfield|date= June 23, 2024}} At the 2024 Xi'an Grand Prix he defeated Tom Ford before facing countryman Si Jiahui.{{cite web|url= https://www.eurosport.com/snooker/ronnie-o-sullivan-mark-selby-and-kyren-wilson-win-opening-matches-at-xi-an-grand-prix-as-tom-ford-su_sto10306885/story.shtml |website=Eurosport|title= RONNIE O'SULLIVAN, MARK SELBY AND JUDD TRUMP WIN OPENING MATCHES AT XI'AN GRAND PRIX AS DING JUNHUI SUFFERS EARLY EXIT |date=19 August 2024|accessdate=19 August 2024}} He reached the fourth round of the 2024 Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters before facing Neil Robertson.{{cite web|url= https://www.wst.tv/news/2024/september/01/saudi-arabia-snooker-masters--day-three-evening/ |accessdate=2 September 2024|website=wst.tv|title= SAUDI ARABIA SNOOKER MASTERS: DAY THREE EVENING

|date=1 September 2024}} He recorded a win over Mink Nutcharut in qualifying for the 2025 German Masters.{{cite web|website=Eurosport|accessdate=17 December 2024|url=https://www.eurosport.com/snooker/german-masters/2023-2024/bai-yulu-win-liam-pullen-qualifying-stan-moody-ken-doherty_sto20063610/story.shtml|title= BAI YULU SECURES DRAMATIC WIN OVER LIAM PULLEN IN GERMAN MASTERS QUALIFYING, STAN MOODY AND KEN DOHERTY THROUGH|date=16 December 2024}} He lost to David Gilbert in the third round of qualifying for the 2025 World Snooker Championship.{{cite web|url= https://www.tntsports.co.uk/snooker/halo-world-championship/2024-2025/world-championship-2025-jack-lisowski-suffers-shock-exit-as-dominic-dale-and-joe-perry-retire-after-defeats-in-crucible-qualifying_sto23172858/story.shtml|website=tntsports|accessdate=14 April 2025|title= World Championship 2025: Jack Lisowski suffers shock exit as Dominic Dale and Joe Perry retire after defeats in Crucible qualifying|date=13 April 2025|first=Desmond|last=Kane}}

Performance and rankings timeline

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! Tournament

! 2023/
24

! 2024/
25

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

|align="center"|He was an amateur

|align="center"|New players on the Main Tour do not have a ranking

colspan="10"|Ranking tournaments

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

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

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

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

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

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R

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

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

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|4R

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

colspan="10"|Non-ranking tournaments

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

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

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

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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

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
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

References

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Category:Date of birth unknown

Category:Living people

Category:Chinese snooker players

Category:21st-century Chinese sportsmen