Fu Jiajun

Fu Jiajun

Marco Fu, born in Hong Kong on January 8, 1978, is a professional snooker athlete. Holds a permanent residence permit in Canada.

In 1995, Fu Jiajun won the championship of Canada West Coast billiards open. In 1996, Mr. Fu accepted the invitation of Mr. Luo Junying, then chairman of the Hong Kong billiards association, to return to Hong Kong to develop billiards. In 1997, at the age of 19, Fu Jiajun won the championship of five events and won the title of magic boy. In 1998, Fu Jiajun represented Hong Kong, China in the professional arena. In the same year, he entered the final of snooker British Grand Prix, becoming the first Chinese to enter the final of snooker professional events. In 2000, Fu Jiajun scored 147 points in his career. In April 2006, Fu Jiajun entered the top four of the World Snooker Championship for the first time, becoming the second Asian player in the history of snooker to enter the semi-finals of the event. In 2007, Fu Jiajun defeated Ronnie O'Sullivan in the final of London Grand Prix and won his first ranking championship in his career. In 2009, Fu Jiajun ranked in the top 10 (8th) for the first time. In 2010, Fu Jiajun won the gold medal of snooker men's singles in Guangzhou Asian Games. In July 2013, Fu Jiajun defeated Neil Robertson in the final of the world snooker Australia open and won the second ranking championship in his career

On November 4, Fu Jiajun rose to sixth place in the world rankings. In 2015, Fu Jiajun scored 147 full marks in the world snooker British masters and the Snooker Open. In May 2016, Fu Jiajun entered the top four of the World Snooker Championship for the second time. On December 5, 2017, Fu Jiajun was selected as the "global outstanding youth".

Early experience

In 1978, Fu Jiajun was born into a typical middle-class family in Hong Kong. His parents were bank employees. In 1986, Fu Jiajun began to contact billiards. In 1990, Fu Jiajun immigrated with his family to Vancouver, Canada (with a Canadian green card).

Sports experience

In 1995, Fu Jiajun, who was still in school, took part in the West Coast billiards open and won the championship. In 1996, after graduating from middle school, Fu Jiajun accepted the invitation of Mr. Luo Junying, then chairman of the Hong Kong billiards association, and returned to Hong Kong to develop his billiards career. After returning to Hong Kong, Fu Jiajun chose to receive the HKSAR passport. In 1997, at the age of 19, Fu Jiajun won the world youth Snooker Championship, the World Amateur Snooker Championship and the Hong Kong Snooker Open, thus winning the title of magic boy. In October 1998, Fu Jiajun represented Hong Kong, China in the professional arena. In this year, he entered the final of the snooker British Grand Prix with the 377th world ranking and became the world leader

The first Chinese to enter the final of snooker professional events

He was also the world's lowest ranked player in the final, but lost 2-9 to British player Stephen Lee and won the second place. In December, Fu Jiajun also participated in the Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand. In 1999, Fu Jiajun ranked 35th in the world. In the quarter final of the snooker British Grand Prix, Fu Jiajun lost to British player arist Carter. At the beginning of 2000, Fu Jiajun entered the top four in both the Maltese Grand Prix and the Scottish Open; in May, Fu Jiajun's world ranking rose to 15th; in October, when he faced Irish player Ken dahdi in the snooker Royal masters, Fu Jiajun scored his first stroke in his career, which was also the official 147th full score of 39th stroke. In May 2001, Fu Jiajun ranked 17th in the world ranking; in December, Fu Jiajun entered the top 16 of the snooker LG cup, but lost to British player Barry Hawkins 5-4 in the third round. In May 2002, Fu Jiajun ranked 27th in the world; in October, at the Asian Games men's team billiards competition held in Busan, South Korea, Fu Jiajun helped Hong Kong, China win the team gold medal; in December, Fu Jiajun entered the top 8 in the British championship. In February 2003, Fu Jiajun beat Britain's Stephen Lee 5-0 in the Welsh Open to enter the semi-final, but lost to Scotland's Stephen Hendry 4-6 to miss the final; in April, Fu Jiajun faced Ronnie O'Sullivan, the world's No.1 player at that time, eliminated his opponent 10-6 in the World Snooker Championships, and then beat Britain's Alan Mai 13-7 In May, Fu Jiajun's world ranking rose to 19th; in October, Fu Jiajun entered the LG cup and entered the top 8. In January 2004, Fu Jiajun won the Welsh Open in a row against China's Tianjin player Liu Song (the first Chinese Derby of snooker professional ranking), host Matthew Stevens, Ireland's Ken dahdi and Scotland's Stephen Hendry to reach the semi-finals, but he lost 3-6 to British veteran Steve Davies, who was 47 years old at that time, and missed the final; in May, Fu Jiajun won the Welsh Open in the semi-finals In August, Fu Jiajun won the championship by beating Scotland's John Higgins 5-1 in the final of the Eurasian billiards masters. At the beginning of 2005, Fu Jiajun entered the main competition of ranking competition except for the Maltese cup; in April, Fu Jiajun lost 2-5 to his compatriot Ding Junhui in the final eight of China's Snooker World open; in May, Fu Jiajun ranked 25th in the world. Since then, a series of ranking out of the first round, let Fu Jiajun's temporary ranking fell to 32. In April 2006, in the World Snooker Championship, Fu Jiajun successively defeated three seeded players (10-3 vs. Alan McManus, 13-4 vs. Stephen Maguire, 13-10 vs. Ken dahdi) to enter the final four, becoming the second Asian player in the history of snooker to enter the semi-finals of the event. At the same time, he also created his best performance in this event. But the final 16-17 loss to the British player Peter Alberton, missed the final; in May, Fu Jiajun ranked 22nd in the world rankings. In July, Fu Jiajun defeated Isala kachawan 5-3 in the final of the snooker masters championship in Thailand and won the championship; in December, Fu Jiajun represented Hong Kong, China in the Doha Asian Games and won the snooker men's team championship. Fu Jiajun lost 3-10 to British player Anthony Hamilton in the first round of the world championships in April 2007. After the competition, Fu Jiajun's world ranking dropped to 27th; on October 22, in the final of London Grand Prix, Fu Jiajun defeated British players Sean Murphy, Ding Junhui and other opponents in the group stage, and defeated Scotland's John Higgins, Liu Song and Northern Ireland's Gerald Green in the knockout. In the final, Fu Jiajun defeated Ronnie O'Sullivan 9-6 and won the gold medal

The first ranking champion in my career

. In January 2008, at the Wembley masters, Fu Jiajun reversed 51 year old veteran Steve Davis in the first round, and then beat Ding Junhui 6-3 in the quarter finals of China's derby; but in the end, he lost to Stephen Lee 2-6 and failed to enter the final; in April, at the World Snooker Championships, Fu Jiajun defeated Alan McManus 10-3 in the qualification to win the world championships In May, Fu Jiajun rose to 14th in the world rankings. In December, Fu Jiajun lost to Sean Murphy 9-10 in the final of the snooker championship. In February 2009, Fu Jiajun beat Ireland's ferga O'Brien and Englishman Ronnie O'Sullivan in the Welsh Open to enter the top 8; in April, he lost to wild card player Tian Pengfei in the first round of China's Snooker Open; in the World Snooker Championship, he lost 3-13 to Sean Murphy; in May, Fu Jiajun entered the top 10 in the world ranking for the first time, ranking eighth and becoming the first brother in Asia. In March 2010, the snooker Champions League decided to win the championship, and Fu Jiajun defeated Mark Allen 3-2 in the final to win the championship; in May, Fu Jiajun dropped to the 23rd place in the world ranking; on November 21, Fu Jiajun defeated Ding Junhui 4-2 in the final of snooker men's singles in Guangzhou Asian Games to win the gold medal. In January 2011, Fu Jiajun won the second place in the snooker Wembley masters; in February, in the German masters, Fu Jiajun successively defeated mark king, John Higgins (retired) and Joe swall, but in the semi-final, Fu Jiajun lost to Mark Williams 3-6 and missed the final; in May, Fu Jiajun's world ranking dropped to 28th. on January 15, 2012, in the qualification competition of snooker Haikou world open, Fu Jiajun advanced to the main race 5-2, and at the same time played the second 147 full score in his career; in May, Fu Jiajun came to 17th in the world ranking; on December 3, in the first round of snooker British Championship, Fu Jiajun beat Mark Allen 6-3 with two strokes. In January 2013, in the German masters, Fu Jiajun successively beat rich Wharton, Oliver Raines, Matthew Stevens and Barry Hawkins to reach the final from the qualification. However, in the championship fight on February 4, Fu Jiajun led 5-3 in the first half and was hit by arist Carter in the second half

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