Cheung Ka Wai

In this Chinese name, the family name is Cheung (張).

Cheung Ka Wai (Chinese: 張家瑋; born 17 February 1999^[1]), also known as Ka Wai Cheung, is a professional snooker player from Hong Kong. In February 2024 he won the 2024 WSF Open Championship, earning a two-year tour card on the World Snooker Tour starting with the 2024–25 snooker season.^[2]

Cheung Ka Wai

Born	(1999-02-17) 17 February 1999 (age 26)
Sport country	Hong Kong
Professional	2024–present
Highest ranking	94 (July 2024)
Current ranking	105 (as of 5 May 2025[needs update])
Best ranking finish	Last 64 (x2)
Medal record Men's snooker Representing  Hong Kong World Games 2022 Birmingham Singles

Career

Amateur

In 2015, Cheung won the IBSF World Under-18 Snooker Championship^[3] On 4 March 2015 it was announced that Cheung was invited to play in the 2016 World Snooker Championship qualifiers.^[4]

In 2022, Cheung won the gold medal at the World Games in Birmingham, Alabama, defeating Abdelrahman Shahin 3–1 in the final.

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament	2015/ 16	2018/ 19	2023/ 24	2024/ 25	2025/ 26
Ranking[nb 1]	[nb 2]	[nb 2]	[nb 2]	[nb 3]	80
Ranking tournaments
Championship League	Non-Ranking		A	RR	RR
Saudi Arabia Masters	Not Held			2R
Wuhan Open	Not Held		A	1R	LQ
English Open	NH	A	A	LQ
British Open	Not Held		A	1R
Xi'an Grand Prix	Not Held			LQ
Northern Ireland Open	NH	A	A	LQ
International Championship	A	A	A	LQ
UK Championship	A	A	A	LQ
Shoot Out	NR	A	A	1R
Scottish Open	NH	A	A	LQ
German Masters	A	A	A	1R
World Grand Prix	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
Players Championship[nb 4]	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
Welsh Open	A	A	A	LQ
World Open	NH	A	A	LQ
Tour Championship	NH	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
World Championship	LQ	A	LQ	LQ
Former ranking tournaments
Paul Hunter Classic	MR	LQ	Not Held

Performance Table Legend
LQ	lost in the qualifying draw	#R	lost in the early rounds of the tournament (WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)	QF	lost in the quarter-finals
SF	lost in the semi-finals	F	lost in the final	W	won the tournament
DNQ	did not qualify for the tournament	A	did not participate in the tournament	WD	withdrew from the tournament

NH / Not Held				means an event was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Event				means an event is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Event				means an event is/was a ranking event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Event				means 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 (2015/2016)

Career finals

Non-ranking finals: 1 (1 title)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Winner	1.	2022	World Games	Abdelrahman Shahin	3–1

Amateur finals: 5 (3 titles)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Winner	1.	2015	IBSF World Under-18 Snooker Championship	Ming Tung Chan	5–2
Runner-up	1.	2019	Asian Under-21 Championship	Zhao Jianbo	3–6
Winner	2.	2019	Challenge Tour – Event 1	Oliver Brown	3–1
Runner-up	2.	2023	IBSF World Snooker Championship	Ali Alobaidli	1–6
Winner	3.	2024	WSF Championship	Gao Yang	5–0

Team finals: 1 (1 title)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Team/partner	Opponent in the final	Score
Winner	1.	2016	World Mixed Doubles Championship	Jaique Ip	Eden Sharav Maria Catalano	4–3[5]