Xu Yichen

Xu Yichen (born 21 November 1986) is a Chinese snooker player. He won a two year card place on the World Snooker Tour starting from the 2025-26 snooker season.

Xu Yichen

Born	(1986-11-21) 21 November 1986 (age 38)[1]
Sport country	China
Professional	2025–

Career

Xu Yichen is from Changsha, Hunan Province. On September 18, 2016, he won the 2016 National Amateur Snooker Masters. He also won a wildcard into the 2016 Shanghai Masters.^[2] At the Shanghai Masters, also in September 2016, he was on the receiving end of a maximum 147 break as he lost 5-0 to Stephen Maguire of Scotland.^[3]

At the Asia Oceania Q School in May 2025 he defeated Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon of Thailand 4-3 and Pakistan's Babar Masih to win a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour.^[4][5][6] His final round win over Masih was described as dramatic, and was only secured on the final black in the deciding frame. His eligibility is from the 2025-26 snooker season.^[7][8]

2025–26 season

He was drawn in the round-robin stage of the 2025 Championship League against Matthew Stevens, Ryan Day and compatriot Lan Yuhao.^[9]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament	2016/ 17	2025/ 26
Ranking[nb 1]	[nb 2]	[nb 3]
Ranking tournaments
Championship League	NR	RR
Saudi Arabia Masters	NH
Wuhan Open	NH	LQ
English Open	A
British Open	NH
Xi'an Grand Prix	NH
Northern Ireland Open	A
International Championship	A
UK Championship	A
Shoot Out	A
Scottish Open	A
German Masters	A
World Grand Prix	DNQ
Players Championship	DNQ
Welsh Open	A
World Open	A
Tour Championship	NH
World Championship	A
Former ranking tournaments
Shanghai Masters	WR	NR

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