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He Guoqiang (snooker player)

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He Guoqiang (Chinese: 贺国强) is a Chinese professional snooker player. The IBSF World Under-18 Snooker Championship winner in 2018, Guoqiang has earned a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour from the 2023–24 snooker season.

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In 2018, He won the IBSF World Under-18 Snooker Championship. In the final he defeated his compatriot Lei Peifan 5-4, on a deciding frame.[1] In 2018 he also scored his first competitive 147 break, during the under-21 IBSF Championship in Jinan.[2] That same year, playing as a wildcard, Guoqiang secured a 6-1 win over Gary Wilson at the International Championship held in Daqing, China. Guoqiang won the non-ranking invitation event 2021 Haining Snooker Open. In the final He beat Huang Jiahao 5-0.[3] In 2021 It was the first time players from the UK and around the world could not play in the event due to COVID-19 restrictions.

In the final round of the second Asia-Oceania Q School event held in Bangkok in June 2023, He came back from 3-1 down to win 4-3 against compatriot Wang Yuchen to earn a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour, starting with 2023–24 snooker season.[4]

2023-24 season

He recorded his first win as a professional when he defeated Elliot Slessor at the British Open in August 2023.[5] He recorded a 5-4 win over world No. 8 Kyren Wilson in the first round of the Wuhan Open in September 2023, winning the deciding frame from 67-0 down.[6] That month, he reached the last-16 of a ranking event for the first time, at the 2023 British Open in Cheltenham, where he beat world No. 12 Barry Hawkins to reach the quarter-final.[7][8] The following week He recorded a notable win over Ryan Day at the English Open,[9] and recorded another victory over a top-16 player when he edged Hossein Vafaei 4-3 in the next round.[10] He qualified for the 2024 German Masters in Berlin with a win over the John Astley.[11] At the event, he defeated former World Champion Mark Williams 5-1.[12]

In the qualifying rounds of the 2024 World Snooker Championship he defeated world ranked number 25 Anthony McGill 10-5.[13]

2024-25 season

He began the 2024-25 snooker season with a 3-0 win over Ronnie O'Sullivan to top his round-robin group at the 2024 Championship League.[14] At the 2024 English Open in Brentwood in September 2024 he defeated Ronnie O'Sullivan again, by a 4-2 margin.[15][16][17] He also defeated Stephen Maguire on his way to the last-16.[18] He reached the last-64 at the 2024 Northern Ireland Open.[19] He defeated Scott Donaldson to reach the final round of qualifying for 2025 World Championships where he lost 5-10 to Ali Carter.[20][21]

2025-26 season

He entered the 2025-26 snooker season with the world ranking of no. 45. In June 2025, he recorded a 4-0 whitewash win over Farakh Ajaib in the 2025 British Open qualifying round whilst wearing a glove on his bridging hand while playing.[22] He was drawn in the round-robin stage of the 2025 Championship League against Daniel Wells, Ng On Yee and Leone Crowley.[23]

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Performance and rankings timeline

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NH / Not Heldmeans an event was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a ranking event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
  1. It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season
  2. He was an amateur
  3. New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking
  4. The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Final (2013/2014–2015/2016)
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Career finals

Non-ranking finals: 1 (1 title)

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