Li Yuan (, born 20 October 1989) is a
Chinese
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former professional
snooker
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player.
Career
Li had previously appeared as a wildcard at several ranking tournaments, such as the
2008 China Open where he pushed
Marco Fu
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to a deciding frame, narrowly losing 5–4. The following season he appeared at the
2008 Shanghai Masters where he lost 5–1 to
Andy Hicks
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. He then played in several Asian Tour Events, reaching the last 16 on two occasions, before appearing at the
2017 China Open wildcard round where he was defeated by 5-1 by
Jimmy White
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.
Li turned professional in 2017, after being nominated as one of the two players from the CBSA China Snooker Tour.
Performance and rankings timeline
;Notes
Career finals
Amateur finals: 1
References
External links
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Li Yuan at ''CueTracker.net: Snooker Results and Statistic Database''Li Yuan at Snooker.org
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1989 births
Place of birth unknown
Living people
Chinese snooker players
21st-century Chinese people