Gong Chenzhi
Chinese snooker player
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Gong Chenzhi (Chinese: 巩晨智, born 22 September 2006) is a Chinese snooker player. In 2024, he won a place on the World Snooker Tour from the 2024–25 snooker season.
| Born | 22 September 2006 |
|---|---|
| Sport country |  China |
| Professional | 2024–present |
| Highest ranking | 67 (July 2025) |
| Current ranking | 104 (as of 7 September 2026) |
| Best ranking finish | Last 16 (2024 Xi'an Grand Prix) |
Career
In June 2023, Gong beat three-time Women’s World Champion Ng On Yee 4-0 at the Asia-Oceania Q School in Bangkok.[1]
2023/24
He reached the semi-finals at the 2023 CBSA Zhang Jiagang Youth Event Under-21 tournament. He was awarded a wildcard for the 2023 Wuhan Open.[2] At the event he defeated Daniel Womersley and Jordan Brown.[3] He was then beaten 4-5 by compatriot He Guoquiang.[4] At the 2023 Shanghai Masters in September 2023, he played Iranian top-16 player Hossein Vafaei and lost 6-1.[5]
Awarded a wildcard into the 2023 International Championship in Tianjin in November 2023, he was defeated by compatriot Wang Xingzhong 5-6, who at 12 years-old, became the second youngest player to ever compete at a ranking event, after Liam Davies at the 2019 Snooker Shoot Out.[6]
At the WSF Junior Snooker Championship held in Albania in February 2024, he reached the final before being defeated by Hungarian Bulcsú Révész.[7][8]
In qualifying for the 2024 World Snooker Championship he was defeated by veteran Rod Lawler 10-7.[9]
2024/25
Through his performances on the CBSA China Tour he earnt a place on the World Snooker Tour from the 2024–25 snooker season.[10] He made his professional debut at the 2024 Championship League in Leicester in June 2024.[11] He defeated Gerard Greene in the third match of his round robin group.[12] At the 2024 Xi'an Grand Prix he defeated Tom Ford before facing countryman Si Jiahui.[13] He reached the fourth round of the 2024 Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters before facing Neil Robertson.[14] He recorded a win over Mink Nutcharut in qualifying for the 2025 German Masters.[15] He lost to David Gilbert in the third round of qualifying for the 2025 World Snooker Championship.[16]
2025/26
He was drawn in the round-robin stage of the 2025 Championship League against Jack Lisowski, Ross Muir and Ashley Carty, and went unbeaten, beating Carty and earning 2-2 draws with Muir and Lisowski.[17][18] He suffered a 5-0 defeat to Mark Selby at the 2025 Xi'an Grand Prix.[19] He reached the second round of qualifying at the 2026 World Snooker Championship before losing to Robbie McGuigan.[20] Dropping off the tour at the conclusion of the season, he entered European Q School in May 2026, reaching the final round of event two with a win over Robert Milkins, where he faced France's Brian Ochoiski and won 4–2 to regain his tour card.[21][22]
Performance and rankings timeline
| Tournament | 2023/ 24 |
2024/ 25 |
2025/ 26 |
2026/ 27 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranking[nb 1] | [nb 2] | [nb 3] | 68 | [nb 4] | |||||
| Ranking tournaments | |||||||||
| Championship League | A | RR | RR | RR | |||||
| China Open | Not Held | LQ | |||||||
| Wuhan Open | 2R | LQ | LQ | LQ | |||||
| British Open | A | 1R | LQ | 1R | |||||
| English Open | A | LQ | 1R | ||||||
| Shenzhen Open[nb 5] | NH | 3R | LQ | LQ | |||||
| Northern Ireland Open | A | LQ | LQ | ||||||
| International Championship | LQ | 1R | LQ | ||||||
| UK Championship | A | LQ | LQ | ||||||
| Shoot Out | A | 2R | 1R | ||||||
| Scottish Open | A | LQ | LQ | ||||||
| German Masters | A | LQ | LQ | ||||||
| Welsh Open | A | LQ | LQ | ||||||
| World Grand Prix | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||
| Players Championship | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||
| World Open | LQ | LQ | LQ | ||||||
| Tour Championship | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||
| World Championship | LQ | LQ | LQ | ||||||
| Non-ranking tournaments | |||||||||
| Shanghai Masters | 1R | A | A | ||||||
| Former ranking tournaments | |||||||||
| Saudi Arabia Masters | NH | 4R | 3R | NH | |||||
| 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 | |||
