Peifan Lei
2024 Scottish Open Champion
World Ranking
43
Money List Earnings
£141,000
One Year List Earnings
£141,000
Chinese
31/05/2003
Date of Birth
2019
Turned Pro
Right
Hand
138
WST High Break
-
Cue
Bio
China’s Lei Peifan won his first ranking event title at the 2024 Scottish Open by defeating Wu Yize 9-5 in the first ever final between two players born in the 21st century.
Having never previously gone beyond the last 16 of a ranking event, Lei won deciders against Shaun Murphy, Stuart Bingham, Tom Ford and Mark Allen en route to the final before defeating fellow countryman Wu in the title match. The victory saw him rise to 43rd in the world rankings.
Lei first turned professional at the age of just 16 via the 2019 Q School Order of Merit, before returning in 2024 by defeating Vinnie Calabrese in the final of the 2024 Asia-Pacific Championship.
He scored his highest break of 138 at the 2021 World Championship qualifiers in Sheffield and a year later came within two balls of qualifying for the Crucible for the first time, ultimately losing out 10-9 to Hossein Vafaei in the final qualifying round.
