Lyu Haotian

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Lyu.
Lyu Haotian
Born (1997-11-29) 29 November 1997
Tongzhou, Beijing, China
Sport country  China
Professional 2013–2015
Highest ranking 72 (June–September 2014)[1][2][3][4]
Career winnings £30,289[5]
Highest break 135 (2013 Wuxi Classic Qualifying)
Century breaks 4[5]
Best ranking finish Quarter-final (2012 International Championship)

Lyu Haotian (Chinese: 吕昊天; pinyin: Lǚ Hàotiān) is a snooker player from the People's Republic of China, notable for being one of the youngest snooker players to have played in professional tournaments, aged only 14.[6]

Career

Lyu first broke onto the professional snooker scene as a wildcard in the 2012 Haikou World Open, losing 4–5 to Tom Ford in the wildcard round.[7] In his next tournament, the 2012 China Open, he lost again in the wildcard round 2–5 to Peter Ebdon.[8]

2012/2013 season

At the start of the 2012/2013 season Lyu won his first ever competitive match in a professional tournament by beating Qiu Yalong 4–1 in the first Asian Players Tour Championship. He then narrowly lost 3–4 to Tom Ford in the last 64.[9] In the 2012 Shanghai Masters, at the age of 14, he became the youngest ever player to win a televised match by beating Marco Fu 5–4 in the wildcard round.[10] He then lost 2–5 to Mark Allen in the first round.[11]

At the 2012 International Championship in China he reached the quarter-finals with a 6–5 defeat of Dominic Dale of Wales in the last 16,[10] before losing 2–6 to former world champion Neil Robertson.[12] In February 2013, he reached the first round of the 2013 World Open beating professional player Simon Bedford 5–2 in the wildcard round before losing 0–5 to Mark Selby. Lyu also reached the first round of the 2013 China Open courtesy of the withdrawal of Mark Joyce in the wildcard round. He lost 2–5 to Mark Williams.[13] In July, Lyu won the IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship to receive a two-year card for the 2013/14 and 2014/15 seasons.[14]

Professional debut

Lyu started his first season as a professional by beating Rod Lawler 5–2 to qualify for the Wuxi Classic where he faced Craig Steadman and won 5–3 to progress into the last 32.[15] He was then whitewashed 5–0 by Ali Carter in the subsequent round.[16] He also qualified for the Indian Open, but lost 4–1 to Thanawat Thirapongpaiboonin the first round.[15] In October, Lyu reached the first final of his career at the minor-ranking Zhengzhou Open in his homeland. He beat the likes of 2006 world champion Graeme Dott and 2013 Shanghai Masters runner-up Xiao Guodong, before losing 4–0 to Liang Wenbo having been edged out of the opening two frames.[17] Lyu was narrowly beaten 6–5 by Marcus Campbell in the first round of the UK Championship despite leading 3–1 at the interval.[18] His final in Asia saw him qualify for the Players Tour Championship Finals for the first time and he lost 4–1 to Mark Williams in the opening round.[15] Lyu ended his debut season on the main tour ranked world number 93.[19]

2014/2015 season

At the UK Championship, Lyu defeated Cao Yupeng 6–4 before losing 6–1 to Marco Fu in the second round.[20] He qualified for the Indian Open thanks to a 4–2 win over Dominic Dale and, after coming through a wildcard match in New Delhi, he was eliminated 4–1 in the first round by Tian Pengfei. Overall, Lyu could not recapture his form of last season as he won just two matches in three Asian Tour events and none in five European Tour events which contributed to his relegation from the snooker tour at the end of the season as he finished it 81st in the world rankings.[20][21]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2011/
12		 2012/
13		 2013/
14		 2014/
15
Ranking[22][nb 1] UR UR UR[nb 2] 93
Ranking tournaments
Wuxi Classic NR WR 2R LQ
Australian Goldfields Open A A LQ LQ
Shanghai Masters A 1R LQ LQ
International Championship NH QF LQ LQ
UK Championship A A 1R 2R
German Masters A A LQ LQ
Welsh Open A A 1R 1R
Indian Open Not Held 1R 1R
Players Championship Grand Final[nb 3] A DNQ 1R DNQ
China Open WR 1R LQ LQ
World Championship A A LQ LQ
Former ranking tournaments
World Open WR 1R LQ 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.
  1. ↑ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
  2. ↑ New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.
  3. ↑ The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals (2011/2012–2012/2013)

References

  1. ↑ "World Rankings after the 2014 Wuxi Classic" (PDF). World Snooker. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 30 June 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "World Rankings after the 2014 Australian Goldfields Open" (PDF). World Snooker. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 7 July 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "World Rankings after the Riga Open 2014 (ET1)" (PDF). World Snooker. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 11 August 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  4. ↑ "World Rankings after the Paul Hunter Classic 2014 (ET2)" (PDF). World Snooker. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 27 August 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  5. 1 2 "Career-total Statistics for Lu Haotian - Professional". CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "Judd Trump to face Peter Ebdon in International Championship semis". BBC Sport. 1 November 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  7. ↑ "Snooker Database - 2012 World Open". CueTracker. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  8. ↑ "Snooker Database - 2012 China Open". CueTracker. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  9. ↑ "Snooker Database - 2012 Asian PTC 1". CueTracker. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
  10. 1 2 "Snooker - Lu Haotian stuns Dale to reach International Championship quarters". Eurosport. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  11. ↑ "Snooker Database - 2012 Shanghai Masters". CueTracker. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  12. ↑ "Snooker Database - 2012 International Championship". CueTracker. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  13. ↑ "Lu Haotian 2012/2013". Snooker.org. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  14. ↑ "World Under 21 Snooker Championship 2012". International Billiards and Snooker Federation. Archived from the original on 16 November 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2013.(registration required)
  15. 1 2 3 "Lu Haotian 2013/2014". Snooker.org. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  16. ↑ "Hawkins, Ding beaten at Wuxi Classic". Eurosport. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  17. ↑ "Wonderful Wenbo Wins In Zhengzhou". World Snooker. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  18. ↑ "UK Snooker: Marcus Campbell hails 15-year-old Lyu Haotian". The Press. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  19. ↑ "World Snooker Rankings After the 2014 World Championship" (PDF). World Snooker. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  20. 1 2 "Lü Haotian 2014/2015". Snooker.org. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  21. ↑ "World Rankings After 2015 World Championship". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 8 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  22. ↑ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.

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