Chinese snooker player
Jiang Jun (Chinese : 江俊 ; born 28 April 2005) is a Chinese 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 .
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]
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.
^ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season
^ New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking
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