.jpg)
Jiang Jun
Chinese snooker player
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jiang Jun (Chinese: 江俊; born 28 April 2005) is a Chinese professional snooker player. In 2019 he became the IBSF World Under-18 Snooker Champion. In 2023 he earned a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour.
| Jiang Jun | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simplified Chinese | 江俊 | ||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 江俊 | ||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Career
Junior career
Jiang Jun won the 2019 IBSF World Under-18 Snooker Championship in Pingdu, China. In the final he defeated his compatriot Gao Yang.[2]
2022–23 season
In January 2023, at the Guangzhou Snooker Championship, Jiang Jun finished as runner up to champion Ma Hai Long in the final.[3]
In March 2023, Jiang Jun reached the quarter-finals of the 2023 ACBS Asian Snooker Championship in Doha.[4]
In April 2023 he won a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour at the first CBSA qualifying tournament, defeating Chen Feilong, Long Zehuang and Luo Zetao, before beating Liu Hongyu 4-2 in the final.[5]
2023–24 season
Jun made his professional debut in a draw at the 2023 Championship League held at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, England from 26 June 2023. Aged seventeen years-old, in his opening match in the round-robin phase he earned a credible 2-2 draw with top-16 ranked Welshman Ryan Day and later recorded his first pro-win, against Himanshu Jain.[6]
During his first season on tour he recorded a few victories over more established professionals. In July 2023 he qualified for the main stages of the European Masters with a 5-1 win over Andrew Pagett.[7] In November 2023, he came from 4-1 down to defeat Jackson Page 6-4 at the 2023 UK Championship. [8]
In the first round of qualifying for the 2024 World Snooker Championship he defeated Iranian Amir Sarkhosh 10-6.[9] In the second round, he edged past compatriot Fan Zhengyi 10-8.[10] He then reached the final qualifying round after a 10-8 victory against Sam Craigie. He was denied a place at the Crucible by Hossein Vafaei who claimed a 10-5 victory.[11][12]
2024–25
At the 2024 English Open in Brentwood in September 2024 he reached the last 32 with a win over Tom Ford.[13][14] He reached the last 64 at the 2024 Northern Ireland Open.[15] He made back-to-back centuries to defeat former World Champion Luca Brecel and qualify for the latter stages of the 2024 International Championship.[16] He defeated Andrew Higginson in the second round of qualifying for the 2025 World Snooker Championship.[17]
2025–26
He suffered a narrow 5-4 loss to Joe O'Connor in the first qualifying round for the Wuhan Open in June 2025, his opening match of the 2025-26 season.[18] He was drawn in the round-robin stage of the 2025 Championship League against Pang Junxu, Dean Young and Oliver Lines, and finished second in the group after drawing with Lines and beating Pang.[19][20] Competing at the 2025 Scottish Open in October 2025, he recorded a 4-0 win over Reanne Evans.[21] The following month, he defeated world number 17 Chris Wakelin 6-2 at the 2025 International Championship, and compatriot He Guoqiang, to reach the last-16 before losing to Stephen Maguire.[22][23] He reached the quarterfinals at the 2025 Scottish Open with wins over Barry Hawkins, David Gilbert and Thailand's Thepchaiya Un-Nooh.[24] In his first ranking event quarter-final, he was defeated 5-2 by Matthew Selt.[25] In February 2026, he reached another quarter-final as he recorded wins over former world champion Mark Selby, compatriot Yuan Sijun and Robbie Williams at the 2026 Welsh Open.[26][27][28] His run was ended in the quarter-final by Wu Yize who came from 4–1 behind to win 5-4.[29]
Performance and rankings timeline
| Tournament | 2023/ 24 |
2024/ 25 |
2025/ 26 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranking[nb 1] | [nb 2] | 78 | [nb 3] | ||||||
| Ranking tournaments | |||||||||
| Championship League | RR | RR | RR | ||||||
| Saudi Arabia Masters | NH | 3R | 1R | ||||||
| Wuhan Open | LQ | LQ | LQ | ||||||
| English Open | LQ | 2R | LQ | ||||||
| British Open | LQ | LQ | 1R | ||||||
| Xi'an Grand Prix | NH | LQ | 1R | ||||||
| Northern Ireland Open | 1R | 1R | LQ | ||||||
| International Championship | LQ | 3R | 3R | ||||||
| UK Championship | LQ | LQ | LQ | ||||||
| Shoot Out | 2R | 1R | 1R | ||||||
| Scottish Open | LQ | LQ | QF | ||||||
| German Masters | LQ | 1R | LQ | ||||||
| World Grand Prix | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||
| Players Championship | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||
| Welsh Open | LQ | LQ | QF | ||||||
| World Open | LQ | LQ | LQ | ||||||
| Tour Championship | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||
| World Championship | LQ | LQ | |||||||
| Former ranking tournaments | |||||||||
| European Masters | 1R | 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. | |||
