Xu Yichen

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Xu Yichen
File:Xu Yichen.jpg
Xu in 2025
Born (1986-11-21) 21 November 1986 (age 39)[1]
Sport countryFile:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
Professional2025–
Highest ranking108 (October 2025)
Current ranking 112 (as of 14 December 2025[needs update])

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

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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.[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

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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

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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 1R
Xi'an Grand Prix NH 1R
Northern Ireland Open A LQ
International Championship A LQ
UK Championship A LQ
Shoot Out A 2R
Scottish Open A LQ
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

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  • Xu Yichen at WPBSA
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