Sport country China Career winnings £22,650 | Professional 2015– Century breaks 3 | |
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Born 21 July 1995 (age 21) ( 1995-07-21 ) Highest break 131 (2015 Shanghai Masters qualifying) Current ranking 92 (as of 18 December 2016) Best ranking finish Last 32 (German Masters and 2017 Shoot-Out) |
Zhang Yong (born 21 July 1995) is a Chinese professional snooker player.
Career
Prior to turning professional Zhang featured in Asian Players Tour Championship events from 2012 to 2015, as well as being a semi-finalist in the 2015 ACBS Asian Snooker Championship. He made losing wildcard appearances at the 2014 Shanghai Masters and 2015 China Open.
Zhang earned a two-year professional World Snooker Tour card for the 2015/2016 and 2016/2017 seasons after his performances in the 2014/2015 Asian Tour events, with the highlight being a quarter-final appearance in the 2015 Xuzhou Open where he beat professionals Jimmy Robertson and Dechawat Poomjaeng, seeing him finish 25th on the Order of Merit.
Zhang won three matches in the early part of the 2015/2016 season, but then lost seven in a row until he beat Joe Swail 10–7 in the first round of World Championship qualifying, before losing 10–3 to Matthew Stevens.