Yao Pengcheng
Chinese snooker player (born 1997)
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Yao Pengcheng (born 3 January 1997) is a Chinese snooker player. He won a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour starting from the 2025-26 snooker season.[2]
Career
He won the CBSA China Tour in 2024 ahead of compatriot Lan Yuhao.[3] He was awarded a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour, from the start of the 2025-26 snooker season.[4]
2025–26 season
He topped his round-robin group in the 2025 Championship League in Leicester on 30 June 2025, going unbeaten against compatriots Zhao Hanyang and Lyu Haotian, and recording his first win as a professional against Welshman Jamie Jones.[5][6] He recorded a 5-1 win over Zak Surety at the 2025 Xi'an Grand Prix, which included a break of 137 in September 2025, and also recorded a 4-1 win over former world champion Ken Doherty that month at the 2025 Northern Ireland Open.[7][8] He reached the third round of qualifying for the 2026 World Snooker Championship where he faced Aaron Hill of Ireland, losing 10-3.[9][10]
Performance and rankings timeline
| Tournament | 2012/ 13 |
2013/ 14 |
2014/ 15 |
2015/ 16 |
2025/ 26 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranking[nb 1] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 3] | ||||
| Ranking tournaments | |||||||||
| Championship League | Non-Ranking Event | 2R | |||||||
| Saudi Arabia Masters | Tournament Not Held | 1R | |||||||
| Wuhan Open | Tournament Not Held | LQ | |||||||
| English Open | Tournament Not Held | LQ | |||||||
| British Open | Tournament Not Held | LQ | |||||||
| Xi'an Grand Prix | Tournament Not Held | 1R | |||||||
| Northern Ireland Open | Tournament Not Held | LQ | |||||||
| International Championship | A | A | A | A | LQ | ||||
| UK Championship | A | A | A | A | LQ | ||||
| Shoot Out | Non-Ranking Event | 1R | |||||||
| Scottish Open | MR | Not Held | LQ | ||||||
| German Masters | A | A | A | A | LQ | ||||
| World Grand Prix | Not Held | NR | DNQ | DNQ | |||||
| Players Championship[nb 4] | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | ||||
| Welsh Open | A | A | A | A | LQ | ||||
| World Open | A | A | Not Held | 1R | |||||
| Tour Championship | Tournament Not Held | DNQ | |||||||
| World Championship | A | A | A | A | LQ | ||||
| Former ranking tournaments | |||||||||
| Shanghai Masters | A | A | A | 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. | |||