Zhao Hanyang
Chinese snooker player (born 1999)
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Zhao Hanyang (born 20 October 1999) is a Chinese professional snooker player. He won a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour starting with the 2025–26 snooker season.
| Born | 20 October 1999[1] |
|---|---|
| Sport country |  China |
| Professional | 2025– |
| Highest ranking | 98 (September 2025) |
| Current ranking | 105 (as of 5 May 2026) |
| Best ranking finish | Last 64 (2025 Wuhan Open) |
Early life
He is from the city of Xi'an in Shaanxi province. He started playing snooker at the age of eight years-old. His family later moved to Guangdong province where he would practise with Zhou Yuelong and Zhao Xintong and was coached by Wu Wenzhong, who had previously mentored Ding Jinhui, amongst others.[2]
Career
Prior to joining the main tour, Zhao participated in three Asian Tour events as a local wildcard. In 2013, he competed in Asian Tour Event 1 where he lost in the qualifying round to Yuan Sijun. In the following season, he competed in Asian Tour Event 2, where he lost in the first round to Oliver Lines. He then competed in a standalone Asian Tour event in 2015 where he reached round two, having beaten fellow local wildcard players Cheng Feng and Lyu Chenwei, before losing by whitewash to Leo Fernandez.[3]
In June 2021, at the Chinese national team championship he played as a member of the Dongguan Team under coach Jin Di alongside team members Liu Hongyu and Liang Xiaolong.[4]
Competing at the Asia-Oceania Q School Event 1 in Thailand in May 2025, he lost to Chatchapong Nasa in the penultimate round.[5] At event two, Zhao defeated former professional Rory Thor on a deciding frame, and Narongdat Takantong of Thailand 4–1 in the final round to earn a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour from the 2025-26 snooker season.[6][7][8][9]
2025–26 season
He made a winning start to his professional career, recording a 5–1 win over Sanderson Lam in his first game as a professional in qualifying for the 2025 Wuhan Open.[10] His round-robin group in the 2025 Championship League in Leicester on 30 June 2025, saw him earn 2-2 draws against compatriot Yao Pengcheng and Welshman Jamie Jones, but have a 3–1 loss to Lyu Haotian.[11][12]
Performance and rankings timeline
| Tournament | 2025/ 26 |
2026/ 27 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranking[nb 1] | [nb 2] | 81 | |||||||
| Ranking tournaments | |||||||||
| Championship League | RR | ||||||||
| China Open | LQ | ||||||||
| Wuhan Open | 1R | ||||||||
| British Open | LQ | ||||||||
| English Open | 1R | ||||||||
| Xi'an Grand Prix | LQ | ||||||||
| Northern Ireland Open | LQ | ||||||||
| International Championship | LQ | ||||||||
| UK Championship | LQ | ||||||||
| Shoot Out | 1R | ||||||||
| Scottish Open | LQ | ||||||||
| German Masters | LQ | ||||||||
| Welsh Open | LQ | ||||||||
| World Grand Prix | DNQ | ||||||||
| Players Championship | DNQ | ||||||||
| World Open | 1R | ||||||||
| Tour Championship | DNQ | ||||||||
| World Championship | LQ | ||||||||
| Former ranking tournaments | |||||||||
| Saudi Arabia Masters | 2R | 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. | |||
