Shi Hanqing (, born 19 August 1990) is a

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player and former professional

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player.

Snooker career

Shi first appeared at a ranking event at age of 19, playing

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in the wildcard round of the

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in which he was whitewashed 0–5. In the 2012–13 season he appeared in the three Asian events in that year's

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In APTC Event 1, he reached the last 64 where he was knocked out by Stephen Lee by a scoreline of 1–4, and reached the last 16 in events 2 and 3, being defeated by professionals

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and

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to scorelines of 2-4 and 0-4 respectively. He turned professional in time for the 2013–14 season by virtue of finishing 3rd in the APTC Order of Merit from the previous season. However, Shi did not enter any ranking tournaments other than the three Asian PTC events he entered the previous season; his best finishes were the last 64 in events 1 and 2 where he lost

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and Jin Long; he also entered event 3 but withdrew from the event. He did not renew his

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membership for the following season and dropped off the main tour.

Pool career

Aside from snooker, Shi has had a successful pool career. In 2016, he was the winner of the WPA World Chinese Eight-ball Championship, defeating Mick Hill by a scoreline of 21–20.

Performance and rankings timeline

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Pool titles

* 2016 CBSA World Chinese Eight-ball Championship

References

External links

Profile on Snooker.org
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shi, Hanqing 1990 births Living people Chinese snooker players 21st-century Chinese people