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Luo Honghao - Wikipedia

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Luo Honghao
Born	(2000-01-31) 31 January 2000 (age 24) Nanchang, Jiangxi, China
Sport country	China
Nickname	The Virtuoso^[1]
Professional	2018–2021
Highest ranking	60 (September 2020)
Best ranking finish	Quarter-final (x2)

Luo Honghao (Chinese: 罗弘昊; pinyin: Luó Hónghào; born 31 January 2000) is a Chinese former professional snooker player.^[2]

Career

Amateur

In July 2017, he reached the final of 2017 IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship where he lost the final 7–6 to Fan Zhengyi.^[3]

Later in March 2018, he won the 2018 WSF Championship following a 6–0 demolition of Adam Stefanów in the final in Malta.^[4] This victory earned him a two-year World Snooker Tour card for the 2018–19 and 2019–2020 seasons.^[5]

Luo reached the third round of the 2018 China Open aged just 18 years old.^[2] He received an invitation to compete in 2018 World Snooker Championship qualifying round as an amateur, but he could not obtain the visa on-time.^[6]

Professional

In the 2018/19 season, Luo reached the quarter final of the 2018 English Open, before being defeated 5-3 by Ronnie O'Sullivan.^[7] At the final event of the season, Luo defeated Marco Fu 10–7, Robbie Williams 10-8 and Tom Ford 10–8 to reach the main stage of the 2019 World Snooker Championship held at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.^[8] However, in his first-round match against Shaun Murphy, he became only the second player to suffer a whitewash at the World Snooker Championship at the Crucible, losing 10-0 and setting a record for fewest points in a match at the Crucible with 89.^[9]

Personal life

Luo is a highly accomplished pianist^[10] but chose snooker as a career aged 11.^[11]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament	2013/ 14	2014/ 15	2015/ 16	2016/ 17	2017/ 18	2018/ 19	2019/ 20	2020/ 21
Ranking^[12]^{[nb 1]}	^{[nb 2]}	^{[nb 2]}	^{[nb 2]}	^{[nb 2]}	^{[nb 2]}	^{[nb 3]}	70	61
Ranking tournaments
European Masters	Tournament Not Held			A	A	1R	LQ	1R
English Open	Tournament Not Held			A	A	QF	1R	2R
Championship League	Non-Ranking Event							2R
Northern Ireland Open	Tournament Not Held			A	A	2R	2R	1R
UK Championship	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	1R
Scottish Open	Tournament Not Held			A	A	1R	1R	1R
World Grand Prix	NH	NR	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
German Masters	A	A	A	A	A	LQ	LQ	LQ
Shoot-Out	A	A	A	A	A	1R	3R	1R
Welsh Open	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	1R
Players Championship	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
Gibraltar Open	Not Held		MR	A	A	1R	1R	1R
WST Pro Series	Tournament Not Held							2R
Tour Championship	Tournament Not Held					DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
World Championship	A	A	A	A	WD	1R	LQ	LQ
Former ranking tournaments
Indian Open	A	A	NH	A	A	LQ	Not Held
China Open	A	A	A	WR	3R	LQ	Not Held
Riga Masters	NH	Minor-Rank.		A	A	LQ	QF	NH
International Championship	A	A	A	A	A	1R	LQ	NH
China Championship	Tournament Not Held			NR	LQ	1R	2R	NH
World Open	A	A	A	A	LQ	LQ	1R	NH
Former non-ranking tournaments
Six-red World Championship	A	A	A	A	A	RR	A	NH
Haining Open	NH	Minor-Rank.		3R	3R	A	QF	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.

^ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e He was an amateur.
^ New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.

Career finals

Amateur finals: 2 (1 title)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	2017	World Under-21 Snooker Championship	Fan Zhengyi	6–7
Winner	1.	2018	WSF Championship	Adam Stefanow	6–0

References

^ "Luo Honghao". World Snooker Tour. Archived from the original on 22 September 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Luo Honghao - Players - snooker.org". www.snooker.org. Archived from the original on 24 October 2013.
^ "Fan Zhengyi Wins World Under-21 Championship – SnookerHQ". 17 July 2017.
^ "Luo Honghao Wins WSF Championship – WPBSA". Wpbsa. 24 March 2018.
^ "Main Tour Qualification 2018/19 – World Snooker". 29 March 2018.
^ "Field Set for Betfred World Championship". wpbsa.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 6 April 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
^ "O'SULLIVAN COMES THROUGH LUO TEST". WorldSnooker. 19 October 2018.
^ "Four Chinese Potters Set For Crucible Debut". World Snooker. 17 April 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
^ World Championship 2019: Shaun Murphy records 10-0 win at Crucible
^ World Snooker Official (27 October 2018), Luo Honghao Shows Off Piano Skills in Daqing, retrieved 24 April 2019
^ "Chinese teenager Luo Honghao hitting the high notes on the snooker circuit after rejecting life as a pianist". The Independent. 15 October 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
^ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.

External links

Luo Honghao at the World Snooker Tour (archived)
Luo Honghao at snooker.org

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