Yao Pengcheng
| Born | 3 January 1997[1] |
|---|---|
| Sport country |  China |
| Professional | 2025–present |
| Highest ranking | 75 (August 2026) |
| Current ranking | 75 (as of 29 August 2026) |
Yao Pengcheng (born 3 January 1997) is a Chinese snooker player. He won a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour starting from the 2025-26 snooker season.[2]
Career
He won the CBSA China Tour in 2024 ahead of compatriot Lan Yuhao.[3] He was awarded a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour, from the start of the 2025-26 snooker season.[4]
2025–26 season
He topped his round-robin group in the 2025 Championship League in Leicester on 30 June 2025, going unbeaten against compatriots Zhao Hanyang and Lyu Haotian, and recording his first win as a professional against Welshman Jamie Jones.[5][6] He recorded a 5-1 win over Zak Surety at the 2025 Xi'an Grand Prix, which included a break of 137 in September 2025, and also recorded a 4-1 win over former world champion Ken Doherty that month at the 2025 Northern Ireland Open.[7][8] He reached the third round of qualifying for the 2026 World Snooker Championship where he faced Aaron Hill of Ireland, losing 10-3.[9][10]
2026-27 season
In June 2026, Pengcheng won three matches against Reanne Evans, Thepchaiya Un-Nooh and He Guoqiang to reach the main draw at the China Open, before recording wins over Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon, Jimmy Robertson and Jack Lisowski to reach the main draw of the 2026 Wuhan Open, and start the season with six wins out of six.[11]
Performance and rankings timeline
| Tournament | 2012/ 13 |
2013/ 14 |
2014/ 15 |
2015/ 16 |
2025/ 26 |
2026/ 27 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranking[nb 1] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 3] | 79 | |||
| Ranking tournaments | |||||||||
| Championship League | Non-Ranking Event | 2R | RR | ||||||
| China Open | A | A | A | A | NH | 1R | |||
| Wuhan Open | Tournament Not Held | LQ | 1R | ||||||
| British Open | Tournament Not Held | LQ | |||||||
| English Open | Tournament Not Held | LQ | LQ | ||||||
| Shenzhen Open[nb 4] | Tournament Not Held | 1R | LQ | ||||||
| Northern Ireland Open | Tournament Not Held | LQ | |||||||
| International Championship | A | A | A | A | LQ | ||||
| UK Championship | A | A | A | A | LQ | ||||
| Shoot Out | Non-Ranking Event | 1R | |||||||
| Scottish Open | MR | Not Held | LQ | ||||||
| German Masters | A | A | A | A | LQ | ||||
| Welsh Open | A | A | A | A | LQ | ||||
| World Grand Prix | Not Held | NR | DNQ | DNQ | |||||
| Players Championship[nb 5] | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | ||||
| World Open | A | A | Not Held | 1R | |||||
| Tour Championship | Tournament Not Held | DNQ | |||||||
| World Championship | A | A | A | A | LQ | ||||
| Former ranking tournaments | |||||||||
| Shanghai Masters | A | A | A | WR | Non-Ranking | ||||
| Saudi Arabia Masters | Tournament Not Held | 1R | 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. | |||
References
- ↑ "Yao Pengcheng". World Snooker. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
- ↑ "2025/26 WORLD SNOOKER TOUR PLAYERS". wst.tv. 9 Jun 2025. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
- ↑ "CBSA National Snooker Ranking Table". cbsa.org. 28 October 2024. Archived from the original on 17 May 2025. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
- ↑ Caulfield, David (June 11, 2025). "Who are the rookie snooker players this season?". Snookerhq.com. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
- ↑ "CHAMPIONSHIP LEAGUE SNOOKER 2025". championshipleaguesnooker.co.uk. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
- ↑ Caulfield, David (July 1, 2025). "Stephen Maguire coasts through in Championship League". snookerhq. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
- ↑ "SELBY SECURES XI'AN SPOT". wst.tv. 1 Sep 2025. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ↑ "Pengcheng floors Ken". wst.tv. 4 Sep 2025. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
- ↑ "Robbie McGuigan battles into third round of qualifying at the Halo World Snooker Championship". Irish Times. 9 April 2026. Retrieved 10 April 2026.
- ↑ "Hill and Gilbert set up judgement rematch". wst.tv. 11 April 2026. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
- ↑ "WHO HAS MADE A PERFECT START?". wst.tv. 18 June 2026. Retrieved 19 June 2026.
External links
- Yao Pengcheng at the World Snooker Tour
- Yao Pengcheng at Snooker.org