2023 Asia-Oceania Q School Qualifier
47
£146,250
£39,600
China’s He Guoqiang reached his maiden ranking event quarter-final at the 2023 British Open with victories against Muhammad Asif, Oliver Lines, Barry Hawkins during his rookie season.
He also progressed to the last 16 stage of both the English Open and Wuhan Open, while at the 2024 World Championship, He registered impressive victories over Ross Muir and Anthony McGill to reach the final qualifying round before losing out to veteran Welshman Dominic Dale.
Following a successful debut season he was awarded the ‘Rookie of the Year’ at the 2024 WST Awards and a year later would earn a career-high world ranking to date of 45 at the end of his initial two-year card.
He joined the World Snooker Tour for the first time in 2023 after successfully qualifying from Asia-Oceania Q School.
He won six matches in all, culminating in a 4-3 victory against former professional Wang Yuchen in the final round to secure his place.
