Ding Junhui

Ding Junhui

Ding Junhui, born in Yixing City, Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province on April 1, 1987, is a member of the Chinese men's Billiards team and a snooker player. Studied in Shanghai Jiaotong University.

At the age of 8, he came into contact with billiards. At the age of 13, he won the Asian Invitational team. Since then, the title of "child prodigy" has spread like wildfire. Ding Junhui is good at controlling and thinking. In his career, he won 14 ranking Championships (the fifth time in a single season), 2 PTC races and 1 Wembley masters, with a total of 6 single shot 147.

On December 3, 2014, the world Taiwan Federation announced that China's snooker player Ding Junhui has decided to jump to the first place in the world in the new world rankings. He has also become the 11th World No. 1 player in the history of the Taiwan Federation and the first Asian player in the world. In 2014, Ding Junhui won the cover blockbuster "Mr. of the year" of Mr. fashion magazine in December. On January 30, 2015, the official website of the World Federation of Taiwan Affairs announced a new issue of world rankings, and Ding Junhui returned to the first place in the ranking of the World Federation of Taiwan Affairs. Ding Junhui defeated Bingham 8-7 in the final of the 2016 snooker 6 red ball world championship and won the 6 red ball world championship for the first time. On July 9, 2017, China beat England 4-3 to win the Snooker World Cup with Ding Junhui's outstanding performance in the decisive game. On September 24, 2017, Ding Junhui defeated England's Wilson 10-3 in the final of the 2017 snooker Yushan world open. On May 10, 2018, Ding Junhui was elected to the snooker Hall of fame. In December 2019, Ding Junhui won the British championship trophy for the third time in ten years.

In December 2020, Ding Junhui was elected to the world snooker Committee.

Early experience

Ding Junhui's parents used to be self-employed in the non-staple food business. His father, Ding Wenjun, loved billiards. Ding Junhui began to contact billiards when he was 8 years old, but his real road to snooker was due to an accidental experience. During the summer vacation in the third grade of primary school, his father competed with a local billiards master. At the instigation of others, Ding Junhui played a few shots for his father in the interval between his father's going to the toilet, and unexpectedly beat his opponent for his father. Since then, Ding's father began to cultivate his son's interest in billiards consciously. In order to ensure Ding Junhui's training, the father of Jackie Chan, under the pressure of his family and society, asked Ding Junhui's school to allow Ding Junhui to only study Chinese and mathematics, study half a day and practice half a day. In addition, he gave up his original business and opened a ball room. During the holiday, Ding Junhui was sent to Shanghai, where snooker billiards environment is relatively good, to receive systematic snooker professional training. With his own efforts and talents, Ding Junhui soon emerged in Jiangsu Province.

At the end of 1998, for Ding Junhui's further development, his family moved to Dongguan, Guangdong. After graduating from primary school, Ding Junhui, 11, chose to give up his studies and play for a billiards City in Dongguan. His passion for billiards often makes him train more than eight hours a day. At the same time, it was also the most difficult time for the Ding family. In the end, their parents sold their home in Yixing for Ding Junhui to continue playing.

Sports career

In May 2002, at the age of 15, Ding Junhui won the first Asian Championship for China and became the youngest Asian champion. On August 31 of the same year, he won the world youth Snooker Championship, becoming China's first world champion in billiards, and began to show himself on the international stage. In the same year, in the Asian Games, Ding Junhui won the snooker singles championship by defeating Thailand's suposenla 3-1, rewriting the history that China did not have a gold medal in the Asian Games, and won the Asian Games billiards team runner up with his teammates. In the same year, Ding Junhui ranked third in the world billiards Championships (formerly known as the World Amateur billiards Championships) held in Egypt, equating the third best result of veteran Guo Hua in the 1997 World Championships. On December 15, 2002, the China Billiards Association presented Ding Junhui with the "China billiards special contribution award".

In August 2003, he became the No.1 snooker player in China. Ding Junhui twice defeated Mark Williams, the No.1 snooker player in the world at that time, in the Eurasian masters Hong Kong and Thailand competitions. In September 2003, Ding Junhui became a professional.

In January 2004, Ding Junhui, a wild card player, knocked out Joe Perry, who was ranked 16th in the world at that time, in the first round of the Wembley masters. However, in the second round, he was 5-2 ahead and lost 5-6 to Stephen Lee. In 2004, he won the national billiards team championship, China billiards Ranking Competition (Lanzhou station), the top 16 of British Open in 2004, the top 16 of Wembley masters in 2004, and the top 32 of Scottish masters in world professional tour.

In January 2005, Ding Junhui made it to the top eight at the prestigious Wembley masters. In April of the same year, he won the championship for the first time by beating Alberton, Fu Jiajun, dahdi and Hendry in the China open of the International Taiwan Federation ranking competition. In December of the same year, he defeated all kinds of experts and won the championship in the British championship, which is second only to the world championships.

In 2006, Ding Junhui's rising momentum was obvious. In August of the same year, he beat O'Sullivan 9-6 in the Northern Ireland Cup to win the championship, becoming the second player in history to win three ranking championships before the age of 20. At the Asian Games, Ding Junhui won three gold medals for the Chinese delegation in men's snooker single, double and team.

In January 2007, Ding Junhui made history in the Wembley masters and made his first full mark in his career. He entered the final at one stroke. CCTV specially broadcast Ding Junhui for this purpose. After 13 rounds of competition, Ding Junhui lost 3-10 to Ronnie O'Sullivan, who is known as "rocket man". At the end of 2007, Ding Junhui participated in the British championship, And 9-3, 9-5 were defeated by gannuo and bond, into the final eight, the final eight to lose 7-9 to Murphy. In 2007, Ding Junhui bid farewell to 2007 with only one Chinese professional tour champion.

In January 2008, the first round of Wembley masters came to an end, Ding Junhui performed well, defeated world champion Higgins 6-4, lost to Fu Jiajun 3-6 in the last 16; in February of the same year, Ding Junhui was in a stable state, entered the final four in the group stage, and the last four met Murphy. Ding Junhui was reversed by his opponent 3-0, and lost to Murphy 5-6 again; in February of the same year, Ding Junhui won the Welsh Open Ding Junhui entered the top 16 and was finally blocked by Higgins in the top 8. In the second round of the snooker British championship at the end of 2008, Ding Junhui lost 4-9 in the match with Higgins, the white wizard, and was blocked out of the top 8 of the British championship. During this period, he made the second full score in his career in the third inning of the game, realizing a big breakthrough. On May 30, 2008, Ding Junhui delivered the first leg of the Beijing Olympic flame at Jixi station.

In the Shanghai Masters, the first ranking competition in September 2009, Ding Junhui entered the final eight and played against Ronnie O'Sullivan, the world's number one player in the quarter finals. In the end, Ding Junhui was eliminated 3-5 after taking the lead in the next round. In the following October's Royal watch Grand Prix, Ding Junhui passed all the way to the final, including Jack Stevens, Maguire, Alberton, Williams and other good players, and finally lost to "Melbourne machine" Neil Robertson 4-9. In December of the same year, Ding Junhui defeated Dunn, Murphy, Carter and Maguire, and beat Higgins 10-8 in the final. He won the championship for the second time in his career. After four years, he won the championship again and broke the 40 month Championship shortage. It was also his fourth ranking title and he became the only non British player to win the British championship twice. And ranked first in the world in a single season at the end of 2009.

In the China open in March 2010, Ding Junhui defeated Selby, Alberton and Allen, who were among the top 16 in the world, and entered the final. In the face of "golden left hand" Williams, Xiaohui lost 6-10 in the situation of 5-4 lead in the first half. In this competition, Ding Junhui broke 100 of 9 strokes, surpassed O'Sullivan, ranked second in the world, temporarily ranked top 5, and returned to the first place in the world in single season. In November of the same year, Ding Junhui, Liang Wenbo and Tian Pengfei, who represented China in the men's snooker team quarter finals of Guangzhou Asian Games, fought hard for five games and finally won the final by 3-2 over Thailand. In the final, Ding Junhui saved the storm by winning the decisive game and helped China win the gold medal by 3-1.

In January 2011, after 14 innings, he beat Fu Jiajun 10-4 in the Wembley masters and won the Wembley masters Championship for the first time in his career. In March of the same year, Ding Junhui played for Ma Fulin, who ranked 91st in the world in the qualification competition of the snooker China open. He pulled four games in a row, broke through 100 with two strokes, crossed the barrier with a total score of 5-4, played Selby in the semi-final, and lost to Selby 3-6 in the final. In the world championships in May of the same year, Bingham was defeated by 13-12, and then by 13

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