Chang Bingyu

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Chang Bingyu
Born (2002-08-08) 8 August 2002 (age 19)
Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
Sport country China
Professional2019–
Highest ranking69 (May 2021)
Current ranking 92 (as of 23 August 2021)
Career winnings£24,000
Highest break139:
2020 UK Championship
Century breaks26
Best ranking finishLast 32 (2018 China Championship, 2020 UK Championship, 2021 Championship League)

Chang Bingyu (Chinese: 常冰玉; born 8 August 2002) is a Chinese professional snooker player.

Career[]

Early career[]

Chang Bingyu first started you play snooker aged 6. At the age of 10, he had his first maximum 147 break in practice. His father, Chang Xudong, sold the family house and quit his job as an engineer to help his son's career, often practicng together. They moved to Guangdong, and Chang worked with British-born coach Roger Leighton at the Wiraka Academy.

His first tournament 147 was in Guangzhou, aged 14. The video was widely circulated on social media. He also won a Junior tournament in Guangzhou, beating Duan Yanfeng 5-1. After victories at U14 and U16 level in Xi'an and Taishan, Chang concentrated on U18 and U21 tournaments. In 2017, Chang won the China Youth Championship in Yangzhou, beating He Guoqiang 4-0.[citation needed]

Later that year, Chang had his first significant result in a senior event on the Chinese tour. By beating experienced professionals Mei Xiwen, Ju Reti and Chen Feilong, he reached the final of the Baoying Open, narrowly losing 5-4 to Cao Yupeng after recovering from 4-1 behind. Ding Junhui's former coach, Wu Wenzhong, said he thought Chang was ahead of Ding at the age of 15. The 7-times world champion Stephen Hendry also attended the tournament and said Chang was even better than he was at that age.[citation needed]

In 2018, Chang Bingyu won the IBSF World Snooker Championship, a leading amateur event. He beat He Guoqiang 8-3 in the final. [1]

Chang Bingyu also received wildcard invitations to the World Open (where he beat Jimmy Robertson), the Shanghai Masters, the China Championship (beating Jimmy Robertson and Robert Milkins), the International Championship and the China Open (where he beat Mark Davis).

In 2019 Chang had finished at the top of the China amateur rankings, thus qualifying for the World Snooker tour for the 2019–20 and 2020-21 seasons. He moved to England with his father, where he was at first based at the Q House Academy in Darlington, and then later at the Victoria Snooker Academy in Sheffield.[2]

2019/20 season[]

Chang Bingyu's first match as a professional was a 4-2 win over Ian Burns in a Riga Masters qualifier. Unfortunately, a VISA issue meant that he was unable to travel to Riga to participate in the main event. Chang's best win of the season was against Tom Ford in the World Open. He produced a fine 120 total clearance in the Shoot Out, which commentator Neal Foulds said reminded him of Mark Williams.

With the outbreak of COVID-19, the season was suspended, and Chang returned to China. He decided not to return when the season resumed, and missed the 2020 World Snooker Championship. He finished the season ranked 103.

2020/21 season[]

Chang began his second season needing some good results to retain his tour card. Fortunately, his best results came in the two most important tournaments. He reached the third round of the UK Championship, beating Sam Craigie and Mark Allen before narrowly losing to Zhou Yuelong 6-5. In the World Championship he beat and Tom Ford before losing a high-quality 'Judgement Day' encounter with Lyu Haotian 10-6, a match which contained 5 century breaks.

Chang Bingyu finished the season ranked 69, but his position on the 1-year list meant he qualified for a new 2-year tour card. After the season, rather than returning to China, Chang chose to stay in Sheffield to work on his game.

Personal life[]

When in the UK, Chang Bingyu lives in Sheffield and practices at the Victoria Snooker Academy.

Performance and rankings timeline[]

Tournament 2016/
17 		2017/
18 		2018/
19 		2019/
20 		2020/
21 		2021/
22
Ranking[3][nb 1] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 3] 78 [nb 4]
Ranking tournaments
Championship League Non-Ranking Event RR 2R
British Open Tournament Not Held 1R
Northern Ireland Open A A A 1R 1R LQ
English Open A A A 1R 2R
UK Championship A A A 1R 3R
Scottish Open A A A 2R 2R
World Grand Prix DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
Shoot-Out A A A 2R WD
German Masters A A A LQ LQ
Players Championship DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
European Masters A A A LQ 1R
Welsh Open A A A 1R 1R
Tournament Not Held
Gibraltar Open A A A 2R 2R
Tour Championship Not Held DNQ DNQ DNQ
World Championship A A A A LQ
Former ranking tournaments
China Open A LQ 1R Not Held
International Championship A A LQ 1R Not Held
China Championship NR A 2R LQ Not Held
World Open A A 1R 1R Not Held
WST Pro Series Tournament Not Held RR NH
Former non-ranking tournaments
Haining Open 1R 2R 3R QF 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.
VF / Variant Format Event means an event is/was a variant format event.
  1. ^ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c He was an amateur.
  3. ^ New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.
  4. ^ Players qualified One Year Ranking List started the season without ranking points.

Career finals[]

Pro-am finals: 1 (1 runner-up)[]

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Runner-up 1. 2017 Baoying Open China Cao Yupeng 4–5

Amateur finals: 1 (1 title)[]

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Winner 1. 2018 IBSF World Snooker Championship China He Guoqiang 8–3

References[]

  1. ^ "Chang Bingyu Wins IBSF World Championship". SnookerHQ. 2018-11-28. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
  2. ^ "Chang Bingyu". World Snooker. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
  3. ^ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.

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