Xu Yichen

Xu Yichen

Xu in 2025
Born	(1986-11-21) 21 November 1986 (age 38) [1]
Sport country	China
Professional	2025–
Highest ranking	115 (July 2025)
Current ranking	127 (as of 2 September 2025)

Xu Yichen (born 21 November 1986) is a Chinese snooker player. He won a two year card place on the World Snooker Tour starting from the 2025-26 snooker season.

Career

Xu Yichen is from Changsha, Hunan Province. On September 18, 2016, he won the 2016 National Amateur Snooker Masters. He also won a wildcard into the 2016 Shanghai Masters. ^[2] At the Shanghai Masters, also in September 2016, he was on the receiving end of a maximum 147 break as he lost 5-0 to Stephen Maguire of Scotland. ^[3]

At the Asia Oceania Q School in May 2025 he defeated Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon of Thailand 4-3 and Pakistan's Babar Masih to win a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour. ^{[4] [5] [6]} His final round win over Masih was described as dramatic, and was only secured on the final black in the deciding frame. His eligibility is from the 2025-26 snooker season. ^{[7] [8]}

2025–26 season

He was drawn in the round-robin stage of the 2025 Championship League against Matthew Stevens, Ryan Day and compatriot Lan Yuhao. ^[9] He reached the last-64 of the 2025 Xi'an Grand Prix in September 2025, with a 5-4 win over Jack Lisowski, recovering a 4-1 deficit. ^[10]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament	2016/ 17	2025/ 26
Ranking [nb 1]	[nb 2]	[nb 3]
Ranking tournaments
Championship League	NR	RR
Saudi Arabia Masters	NH	1R
Wuhan Open	NH	LQ
English Open	A	LQ
British Open	NH
Xi'an Grand Prix	NH
Northern Ireland Open	A	LQ
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	A
Tour Championship	NH
World Championship	A
Former ranking tournaments
Shanghai Masters	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.

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. "Xu Yichen". Snooker.org. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
2. "长沙业余选手为何能与奥沙利文同登上海大师赛赛场？". shobserver.com (in Chinese). 18 September 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
3. "MAGUIRE HITS SHANGHAI MAX". wpbsa.com. 20 September 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
4. "MASIH CONTINUES SUPERB RUN". wst.tv. 22 May 2025. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
5. Kane, Desmond (26 May 2025). "Alexander Ursenbacher and Liam Pullen reclaim spots on main World Snooker circuit with Q School success". TNT Sports. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
6. "MASIH CONTINUES SUPERB RUN". wst.tv. 22 May 2025. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
7. Caulfield, David (May 25, 2025). "Q School Asia & Oceania produces four snooker graduates". Snookerhq.com. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
8. "CHINA'S XU AND ZHAO EARN TOUR CARDS". wpbsa.com. 24 May 2025. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
9. "CHAMPIONSHIP LEAGUE SNOOKER 2025". championshipleaguesnooker.co.uk. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
10. "Moody battles to qualifying win". wst.tv. 2 September 2025. Retrieved 3 September 2025.