Jiang Jun

{{family name hatnote|Jiang ({{linktext|江}})|lang=Chinese}}

{{Infobox snooker player

|name = Jiang Jun

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| birth_place = Ji'an, Jiangxi, China

| Sport country = {{CHN}}

| Professional = 2023–present

| High ranking = 72 (November 2024)

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| Best finish = Last 16 (2024 International Championship)

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Jiang Jun ({{zh|s=江俊}}; born 28 April 2005) is a Chinese snooker player. In 2019 he became the IBSF World Under-18 Snooker Champion. In 2023 he earned a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour.

Career

=Junior career=

Jiang Jun won the 2019 IBSF World Under-18 Snooker Championship in Pingdu, China. In the final he defeated his compatriot Gao Yang.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibsf.info/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=948%3Ajiang-jun-becomes-world-under-18-snooker-champion&Itemid=387|website=ibsf.info|title=Jiang Jun becomes World Under-18 Snooker Champion|date=July 8, 2019|access-date=March 5, 2023}}

=2022–23 season=

In January 2023, at the Guangzhou Snooker Championship, Jiang Jun finished as runner up to champion Ma Hai Long in the final.{{Cite web|url=https://mbd.baidu.com/newspage/data/landingshare?id=1754076183658243463&wfr=baike&third=baijiahao&baijiahao_id=1754076183658243463&c_source=kunlun&c_score=0.999000&p_tk=2075TrvPhdgOuj3EenV1aN%2FTf7C5G570MdaIdtmDsosbXaGXaRS81aPHOl24vTqn4HSlcad8Xd1zu6IhcX1XKr98JfeLHAaEHFaZJ1JyE4%2B3qDZSKJcCf4LtUp1K4JW5%2BCYT3sHatWRScHtzZuLg%2B9%2BqGw%3D%3D&p_timestamp=1678014776&p_sign=5ec8f565179f6a983d28fe5602f94d4c&p_signature=3c5e746c1e858539578e930793aec01a&__pc2ps_ab=2075TrvPhdgOuj3EenV1aN%2FTf7C5G570MdaIdtmDsosbXaGXaRS81aPHOl24vTqn4HSlcad8Xd1zu6IhcX1XKr98JfeLHAaEHFaZJ1JyE4%2B3qDZSKJcCf4LtUp1K4JW5%2BCYT3sHatWRScHtzZuLg%2B9%2BqGw%3D%3D%7C1678014776%7C3c5e746c1e858539578e930793aec01a%7C5ec8f565179f6a983d28fe5602f94d4c|access-date=March 5, 2023|date=January 4, 2023|website=mbd.baidu.com|title=Guangzhou Snooker Championship holds classic crowd events and returns to Liwan}}

In March 2023, Jiang Jun reached the quarter-finals of the 2023 ACBS Asian Snooker Championship in Doha.{{Cite web|url=https://www.easternherald.com/2023/03/15/completion-of-the-quarter-finalists-of-the-asian-snooker-championship-in-doha/?amp=1|title= Completion Of The Quarter-Finalists Of The Asian Snooker Championship In Doha |date=March 15, 2023|website=Eastern Herald|accessdate=May 1, 2023}}

In April 2023 he won a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour at the first CBSA qualifying tournament, defeating Chen Feilong, Long Zehuang and Luo Zetao, before beating Liu Hongyu 4-2 in the final.{{Cite web|date=April 13, 2023|website=wpbsa.com|title=Jiang Jun Wins CBSA Qualifier|url=https://wpbsa.com/jiang-jun-wins-cbsa-qualifier/|accessdate=May 1, 2023}}

=2023-24 season=

Jun made his professional debut in a draw at the [[2023 Championship League (ranking)|

2023 Championship League]] held at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, England from 26 June 2023. Aged seventeen years-old, in his opening match in the round-robin phase he earned a credible 2-2 draw with top-16 ranked Welshman Ryan Day and later recorded his first pro-win, against Himanshu Jain.{{cite web|url= https://wst.tv/white-and-williams-through/|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230629043316/https://wst.tv/white-and-williams-through/|url-status= dead|archive-date= 29 June 2023|website=wst.tv|accessdate=29 June 2023|date=28 June 2023|title=White and Williams through}}

During his first season on tour he recorded a few victories over more established professionals. In July 2023 he qualified for the main stages of the European Masters with a 5-1 win over Andrew Pagett.{{cite web|title=PANG POWERS PAST MINK|url=https://wst.tv/pang-powers-past-mink/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230729074533/https://wst.tv/pang-powers-past-mink/|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 July 2023|website=wst.tv|accessdate=29 July 2023|date=26 June 2023}} In November 2023, he came from 4-1 down to defeat Jackson Page 6-4 at the 2023 UK Championship. {{cite web|url=https://wst.tv/mink-misses-out-on-historic-win/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120195333/https://wst.tv/mink-misses-out-on-historic-win/|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 November 2023|website=wst.tv|accessdate=20 November 2023|title= MINK MISSES OUT ON HISTORIC WIN|date=20 November 2023}}

In the first round of qualifying for the 2024 World Snooker Championship he defeated Iranian Amir Sarkhosh 10-6. {{cite web|url=https://www.eurosport.com/snooker/world-championship/2023-2024/world-snooker-championship-fergal-o-brien-brings-curtain-down-on-33-year-career-after-defeat-in-cruc_sto10097084/story.shtml|website=Eurosport|date=9 April 2024|accessdate=10 April 2024|title= WORLD SNOOKER CHAMPIONSHIP: FERGAL O'BRIEN BRINGS CURTAIN DOWN ON 33-YEAR CAREER AFTER DEFEAT IN CRUCIBLE QUALIFIER }} In the second round, he edged past compatriot Fan Zhengyi 10-8.{{cite web|url= https://www.eurosport.com/snooker/world-championship/2023-2024/ken-doherty-takes-single-frame-lead-over-marco-fu-graeme-dott-5-4-ahead-in-2024-world-championship-q_sto10099787/story.shtml|website=Eurosport|accessdate=13 April 2024|title= MARCO FU STAGES BRILLIANT COMEBACK TO DUMP OUT KEN DOHERTY, GRAEME DOTT PREVAILS IN 2024 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIERS|date=12 April 2024}} He then reached the final qualifying round after a 10-8 victory against Sam Craigie. He was denied a place at the Crucible by Hossein Vafaei who claimed a 10-5 victory.{{cite web|url= https://www.eurosport.com/snooker/world-championship/2023-2024/world-snooker-championship-neil-robertson-hits-three-centuries-to-move-within-one-win-of-crucible-sp_sto10104070/story.shtml|website=Eurosport|accessdate=16 April 2024|title= WORLD SNOOKER CHAMPIONSHIP: NEIL ROBERTSON HITS THREE CENTURIES TO MOVE WITHIN ONE WIN OF CRUCIBLE SPOT|date=15 April 2024}}{{cite web|url= https://metro.co.uk/2024/04/17/hossein-vafaei-back-crucible-spotlight-i-love-centre-attention-20668493/amp/|website=Metro.co.uk|accessdate=2 October 2024|title= Hossein Vafaei back in Crucible spotlight: ‘I love to be centre of attention’|first=Phil|last=Haigh|date=Apr 17, 2024}}

=2024-25=

At the 2024 English Open in Brentwood in September 2024 he reached the last 32 with a win over Tom Ford.{{cite web|url= https://www.eurosport.com/snooker/betvictor-english-open/2024-2025/english-open-mark-allen-avoid-scare-long-zehuang_sto20037874/story.shtml |website=Eurosport|accessdate=18 September 2024|title= 2024 ENGLISH OPEN SNOOKER: MARK ALLEN BATTLES BACK TO AVOID SHOCK AGAINST LONG ZEHUANG TO REACH LAST 32|first=Pete|last=Sharland|date=17 September 2024}}{{cite web|url= https://www.eurosport.com/snooker/betvictor-english-open/2024-2025/english-open-2024-results-scores-order-of-play-judd-trump-ronnie-o-sullivan_sto20036653/story.shtml|accessdate=16 September 2024|date=15 September 2024|title= ENGLISH OPEN 2024: LATEST SCORES, RESULTS, ORDER OF PLAY AS JUDD TRUMP LOOKS TO DEFEND HIS TITLE AT THE BRENTWOOD CENTRE|first=Jonny|last=Bray|website=Eurosport}} He reached the last 64 at the 2024 Northern Ireland Open.{{cite web|url=https://snookerhq.com/2024/09/30/full-list-results-northern-ireland-open-qualifiers/|website=Snooker HQ|accessdate=1 October 2024|title= Full list of results at the Northern Ireland Open qualifiers|first= David |last=Caulfield|date=September 30, 2024}} He made back-to-back centuries to defeat former World Champion Luca Brecel and qualify for the latter stages of the 2024 International Championship.{{cite web|website=wst.tv|url=https://www.wst.tv/news/2024/october/01/robertson-set-for-nanjing/|accessdate=2 October 2024|title= ROBERTSON SET FOR NANJING|date=1 October 2024}} He defeated Andrew Higginson in the second round of qualifying for the 2025 World Snooker Championship.{{cite web|url=https://www.wst.tv/news/2025/april/12/halo-world-championship-qualifying---day-six-updates/|website=wst.tv|accessdate=14 April 2025|title= HALO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFYING - DAY SIX AS IT HAPPENED|date=12 April 2025}}

Performance and rankings timeline

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! Tournament

! 2023/
24

! 2024/
25

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

|align="center"|78

colspan="10"|Ranking tournaments

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

|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"|Former ranking tournaments

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

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

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

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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

External links

{{WST player|cf6b1e24-e90e-4420-8290-1c1b0f9ea97e}}
{{snooker.org player}}

Category:Living people

Category:Chinese snooker players

Category:21st-century Chinese sportsmen

Category:2005 births

Category:People from Ji'an