Lan Yuhao

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Lan Yuhao
Born (2008-08-26) 26 August 2008 (age 17) [1]
Sport countryFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Professional2025–present
Highest ranking 94 (August 2025)
Current ranking 94 (as of 18 August 2025[ needs update ])
Best ranking finishLast 48 (2025 Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters)

Lan Yuhao (born 26 August 2008) is a Chinese snooker player. He was awarded a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour, from the start of the 2025-26 snooker season.

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Career

Growing up in China, his contemporaries that he would practise with included future women’s world champion snooker player Bai Yulu. [2] Coached by Li Jianbing, he won the Chinese youth tournament as a youngster. [3]

In March 2024, he was awarded a wildcard into the 2024 World Open where he lost to professional Jordan Brown. [4] In May 2024, he played at the Asia/Oceania Q School in Bangkok. In the first event he lost in the penultimate round to Sunny Akani. [5] In the second event, he had a 4-2 victory against compatriot Chen Qiyu to reach the final round, where he lost to Haris Tahir of Pakistan who gained a two-year professional place. [6] [7]

He finished as runner-up to Yao Pengchang on the CBSA China Tour in 2024. [8] He was awarded a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour, from the start of the 2025-26 snooker season. [9] At the age of 16 years-of-age he became the second youngest player on the tour after Polish player Michal Szubarczyk. [10]

2025–26 season

On his debut tournament as a professional he was drawn against compatriot Zhou Yuelong at the 2025 Wuhan Open. At his second tournament, the 2025 British Open, with qualifiers also played in June 2025, he lost against Reanne Evans. [11] [12] He was drawn in the round-robin stage of the 2025 Championship League against Matthew Stevens, Ryan Day and compatriot Xu Yichen. His results including a win over Xu Yichen for his first professional win in a match that saw him make a break of 142, and a credible draw against eventual group-winner Stevens. [13] [14] [10]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2023/
24
2025/
26
Ranking [nb 1] [nb 2] [nb 3]
Ranking tournaments
Championship League A RR
Saudi Arabia Masters NH 4R
Wuhan Open ALQ
English Open A
British Open ALQ
Xi'an Grand Prix NHLQ
Northern Ireland Open A
International Championship A
UK Championship A
Shoot Out A
Scottish Open A
German Masters A
World Grand Prix DNQ
Players Championship DNQ
Welsh Open A
World Open LQ
Tour Championship DNQ
World Championship A
Performance Table Legend
LQlost in the qualifying draw#Rlost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)
QFlost in the quarter-finals
SFlost in the semi-finalsFlost in the finalWwon the tournament
DNQdid not qualify for the tournamentAdid not participate in the tournamentWDwithdrew from the tournament
NH / Not Heldmeans an event was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a ranking event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
  1. It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season
  2. He was an amateur
  3. New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking

References

  1. "Lan Yuhao". World Snooker Tour. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  2. "Bai Yulu Q+A". wst.tv. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  3. ""Brothers", Gong Chenzhi and Lan Yuhao received wild cards for the World Open, young and promising players strive for a breakthrough". xingpaibilliard.com. March 12, 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  4. "Allen crashes out of World Open as Brown advances". RTE. 18 Mar 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  5. Day, Michael (27 May 2024). "Sunny Akani and Lim Kok Leong graduate from Asia-Oceania Q School". Totally Snookered. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  6. "2023/24 Snooker Season Ends at Q School in Bangkok with 12 Players Earning Place on Main Tour". Eurosport. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
  7. "FINAL FOUR SET IN BANGKOK". wst.tv. 1 June 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  8. "CBSA National Snooker Ranking Table". cbsa.org. 28 October 2024. Archived from the original on 17 May 2025. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  9. Caulfield, David (June 11, 2025). "Who are the rookie snooker players this season?". Snookerhq.com. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  10. 1 2 Haigh, Phil (2 July 2025). "Snooker icon warns rivals about 16-year-old rookie with huge future ahead of him". Metro. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  11. Haigh, Phil (June 9, 2025). "Wuhan Open and British Open draws made as Ronnie O'Sullivan enters both". Metro. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  12. "Evans continues perfect start to season". wst.tv. 28 June 2025. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  13. "CHAMPIONSHIP LEAGUE SNOOKER 2025". championshipleaguesnooker.co.uk. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
  14. "Stevens pips Day to top spot". wst.tv. 3 July 2025. Retrieved 3 July 2025.