Luo Honghao

{{family name hatnote|Luo ({{linktext|罗}})|lang=Chinese}}

{{Infobox snooker player

| name = Luo Honghao

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2000|1|31|df=y}}

| birth_place = Nanchang, Jiangxi, China

| Sport country = {{CHN}}

| Professional = 2018–2021

| High ranking = 60 (September 2020)

| Official maximums =

| Best finish = Quarter-final (x2)

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| World champ =

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Luo Honghao ({{zh|s=罗弘昊|p=Luó Hónghào}}; born 31 January 2000) is a Chinese former professional snooker player.{{cite web |url=http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?player=1237 |title=Luo Honghao - Players - snooker.org |website=www.snooker.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131024152531/http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?player=1237 |archive-date=2013-10-24}}

Career

= Amateur =

In July 2017, he reached the final of 2017 IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship where he lost the final 7–6 to Fan Zhengyi.{{cite web|url=https://snookerhq.com/2017/07/17/fan-zhengyi-wins-world-under-21-championship/|title=Fan Zhengyi Wins World Under-21 Championship – SnookerHQ|date=17 July 2017}}

Later in March 2018, he won the 2018 WSF Championship following a 6–0 demolition of Adam Stefanów in the final in Malta.{{cite news|url=https://www.wpbsa.com/luo-honghao-wins-wsf-championship/|title=Luo Honghao Wins WSF Championship – WPBSA|newspaper=Wpbsa|date=24 March 2018}} This victory earned him a two-year World Snooker Tour card for the 2018–19 and 2019–2020 seasons.{{cite web|url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/main-tour-qualification-2018-19/|title=Main Tour Qualification 2018/19 – World Snooker|date=29 March 2018}}

Luo reached the third round of the 2018 China Open aged just 18 years old. He received an invitation to compete in 2018 World Snooker Championship qualifying round as an amateur, but he could not obtain the visa on-time.{{cite web|title=Field Set for Betfred World Championship|url=https://www.wpbsa.com/field-set-for-betfred-world-championship/|work=wpbsa.com|publisher=World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association|accessdate=6 April 2018|date=6 April 2018}}

= Professional =

In the 2018/19 season, Luo reached the quarter final of the 2018 English Open, before being defeated 5-3 by Ronnie O'Sullivan.{{cite web|url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/osullivan-comes-through-luo-test/|title=O'SULLIVAN COMES THROUGH LUO TEST|date=19 October 2018|publisher=WorldSnooker}} At the final event of the season, Luo defeated Marco Fu 10–7, Robbie Williams 10-8 and Tom Ford 10–8 to reach the main stage of the 2019 World Snooker Championship held at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.{{Cite web |title=Four Chinese Potters Set For Crucible Debut |work=World Snooker |date=17 April 2019 |access-date=18 April 2019 |url= http://www.worldsnooker.com/four-chinese-potters-to-make-crucible-debut/ }} However, in his first-round match against Shaun Murphy, he became only the second player to suffer a whitewash at the World Snooker Championship at the Crucible, losing 10-0 and setting a record for fewest points in a match at the Crucible with 89.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/48010791 World Championship 2019: Shaun Murphy records 10-0 win at Crucible]

Personal life

Luo is a highly accomplished pianist{{Citation|last=World Snooker Official|title=Luo Honghao Shows Off Piano Skills in Daqing|date=27 October 2018|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdoMPSO7B3g|access-date=24 April 2019}} but chose snooker as a career aged 11.{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/snooker-world-news-luo-honghao-professional-piano-a8584676.html|title=Chinese teenager Luo Honghao hitting the high notes on the snooker circuit after rejecting life as a pianist|date=15 October 2018|website=The Independent|language=en|access-date=24 April 2019}}

Performance and rankings timeline

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! Tournament

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Ranking{{cite web|title=Ranking History|url=http://www.snooker.org/rnk/history.asp|publisher=Snooker.org|accessdate=6 February 2011}}It 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"|70

| align="center"|61

colspan="20"|Ranking tournaments

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

|align="center" colspan="7" style="color:#555555;"|Non-Ranking Event

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

|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;"|1R

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|WST Pro Series

|align="center" colspan="7" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

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

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

|align="center" colspan="5" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

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

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

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

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

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

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

colspan="20"|Former ranking tournaments

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Minor-Rank.

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

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

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

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

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|{{nowrap|International Championship}}

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

colspan="20"|Former non-ranking tournaments

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|{{nowrap|Six-red World Championship}}

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

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

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

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

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

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

|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Minor-Rank.

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

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

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

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

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bgcolor="#efefef"

! colspan="6"|Performance Table Legend

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

| lost in the qualifying draw

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

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

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

| lost in the quarter-finals

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

| lost in the semi-finals

| align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8;"|F

| lost in the final

| align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|W

| won the tournament

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

| did not qualify for the tournament

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

| did not participate in the tournament

| align="center" style="color:#555555;" width="30"|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.