Si Jiahui (; born 11 July 2002) is a Chinese professional
snooker
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player.
Career
In May 2019, Si qualified for the
2019–20 and
2020–21
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professional Main Tour as Q School, as the highest ranked player on the Q School ranking list who didn't reach the semi-finals of any of the three events.
Si's first wins as a professional were a 4–0 victory over
Soheil Vahedi
Soheil Vahedi ( fa, سهیل واحدی, born March 15, 1989) is an Iranian former professional snooker player.
Career
In 2009 Vahedi entered the World Amateur Under-21 Snooker Championships in his home country in Kish, Iran in which he reached ...
in the first round and 4–1 against
Stuart Bingham
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in second round of the
2019 English Open.
As an amateur, Si beat
Shaun Murphy
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Born in Harlow, Essex and r ...
in the first round of the
2021 UK Championship. Murphy commented, "he
iplayed like a man who does not have a care in the world, because he does not have a care in the world. It is not fair, it is not right. I am not picking on him as a young man, he deserved his victory. Amateurs should not be allowed in professional tournaments, the end. This is our livelihood. This is how I put food on the table. This is how I earn money. Since turning professional at 15, I have earned the right to call myself a professional snooker player. He hasn't done that. He shouldn't be on the table."
Si won the 2022 WSF Open, defeating Lee Stephens 5–0 in the final and thus earning a two-year tour card for the
2022–23
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and
2023–24 seasons.
Performance and rankings timeline
Career finals
Amateur finals: 3 (2 titles)
References
External links
Si Jiahuiat ''worldsnooker.com''
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Living people
Chinese snooker players
2002 births
21st-century Chinese people