Tian Pengfei

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This is a Chinese name; the family name is Tian.
Tian Pengfei
File:Tian Pengfei at Snooker German Masters (Martin Rulsch) 2014-01-30 08.jpg
Born (1987-08-16) August 16, 1987 (age 36)
Dalian, China
Sport country  China
Professional 2006–2008, 2011–
Highest ranking 49 (April–May 2014)[1]
Current ranking 48 (as of 2 May 2016)
Career winnings £130,378[2]
Highest break 139 (2007 World Championship Qualifying, 2007 UK Championship Qualifying, 2013 Wuxi Classic Qualifying)
Century breaks 71[2]
Best ranking finish Last 16 (x6)
Tournament wins
Non-ranking 3
Tian Pengfei
Medal record
Representing  China
Men's Snooker
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2006 Doha Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2006 Doha Team
Gold medal – first place 2010 Guangzhou Team
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
Gold medal – first place 2013 Incheon Team

Tian Pengfei (Chinese: 田鵬飛 (born 16 August 1987) is a professional snooker player from the People's Republic of China. He began his professional career by playing Challenge Tour in 2004, at the time the second-level professional tour.[3] Tian played on Main Tour in 2006 and competed on the World Snooker Tour for two seasons until he dropped off in 2008. During this period he also served a one-year ban for sexual harassment. In 2010, he won his first professional title, the Beijing International Challenge, and returned to Main Tour the following year.

Career

Tian first competed on the Main Tour in the 2006/2007 season, dropping off the tour in the following season. During the season, Tian also received a one-year ban from China's cue sports administration,[4][5] following an investigation into allegations that he had sexually abused and beaten his fellow team-mate, Zhou Mengmeng, at the Doha Asian Games in 2006.[6]

As a wild card, Tian defeated Ronnie O'Sullivan 5–3 in the last 32 of the 2010 China Open at the Students University Stadium in Beijing. In an astonishing finish to the match, O'Sullivan missed a simple final black off its spot which would have levelled the score at 4–4. He also recorded some impressive victories in the Wuxi Classic, by beating Mark Selby 5–3 and Joe Perry 5–1, before being whitewashed 6–0 by Ding Junhui. Despite these results, he was not awarded a wild card by World Snooker to compete on the main tour.

The next professional tournament he competed in was the Beijing International Challenge. In the group stages he recorded wins over Stephen Hendry and Stephen Maguire, before beating Liang Wenbo 6–4 and Ryan Day 9–3 to win the title.[7]

2011/2012 season

Tian qualified for the 2011/2012 main tour as a semi-finalist from the second Q School event.[8] As an unranked player, Tian would need to win four matches to qualify for the main draw of the ranking event tournaments. He failed to do this throughout the season, coming closest in his first event, the Australian Goldfields Open.[9] He won his first two matches against Aditya Mehta and Anthony McGill (making three centuries in a 5–1 win) before being given a bye into the final qualifying round due to the withdrawal of Anthony Hamilton.[10] In the final round Tian lost 4–5 to Mark Davis.[11] Tian finished the year ranked world number 78, out of the top 64 who guarantee their places for the 2012/2013 season.[12] However, he was awarded the first nomination from the Chinese national governing body for a spot on the tour, guaranteeing him entry into all the ranking event qualifiers in the upcoming season.[13]

2012/2013 season

Tian could not qualify for the main draw of any of the ranking events during the season.[14] However, he had a very good season in the minor-ranking Players Tour Championship Events. At the second European Tour Event he won four matches which included a last 16 triumph over top 16 player Stuart Bingham to reach the quarter-finals, where he was whitewashed 0–4 by Neil Robertson.[14] Tian went one better at the sixth European Tour Event with wins over the likes of Jamie Burnett, Mark Davis and Martin Gould in the quarter-finals to advance to the semis. There he lost 2–4 to Mark Selby, but finished a lofty 30th on the PTC Order of Merit, just outside the top 26 who qualified for the Finals.[15][16] Tian's season ended when he was beaten 7–10 by Jimmy White in the second round of World Championship Qualifying, to finish the campaign ranked world number 70.[17][18]

2013/2014 season

In his opening match, Tian defeated Luca Brecel 5–3 to qualify for the 2013 Wuxi Classic in China where he was whitewashed 5–0 by Jack Lisowski in the first round.[19] He then lost in the qualifying rounds for three successive events, but reached the first round of the International Championship with a 6–0 thrashing of Alexander Ursenbacher.[19] He faced Mark Allen and was beaten 6–1.[20] Tian edged past Michael Wasley 5–4 to play in the German Masters, where he matched the best performance in a ranking event of his career. He saw off Andrew Higginson 5–3 in the first round and then recorded the finest result of his career so far by beating world number one Neil Robertson 5–1.[21] His last 16 match against Rod Lawler went to the colours in the deciding frame with Lawler potting the brown, blue and pink to win 5–4.[22] Tian was eliminated in the first round of the World Open by Graeme Dott and went a stage further at the China Open, but lost 5–3 against Mike Dunn.[19] He ended the season ranked world number 66, falling just short of the top 64 who remain on tour.[23] Tian entered Q School and won a two-year tour card for the 2014/2015 and 2015/2016 seasons in the first event, whitewashing Eden Sharav 4–0 in his final match.[24]

2014/2015 season

Tian beat Ronnie O'Sullivan 4–2 to reach the quarter-finals of the Paul Hunter Classic, where he lost 4–3 to Judd Trump from 3–2 up. He was knocked out at the same stage of the Haining City Open 4–2 by Jimmy Robertson.[25] Tian lost 6–3 in the first round of the UK Championship and won his first ranking event match of the season 4–2 against Tom Ford at the Welsh Open.[26] He was beaten 4–1 by Luca Brecel in the second round.[27] A pair of 4–1 victories set up Tian's best run in a ranking event this year at the Indian Open, but he was thrashed 4–0 by Ricky Walden in the last 16.[25]

2015/2016 season

Tian defeated Noppon Saengkham and Yu Delu both 5–1 and Matthew Stevens 5–0 to play in the final qualifying round of the 2015 Shanghai Masters, losing 5–4 to Mark Davis.[28] He eliminated reigning champion Shaun Murphy 4–1 to reach the quarter-finals of the Ruhr Open and then edged past Alan McManus and David Gilbert to progress through to his first professional final. Tian made a 106 break to trail Rory McLeod 3–2, but lost the next frame to finish as the event's runner-up.[29]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2004/
05		 2005/
06		 2006/
07		 2007/
08		 2008/
09		 2009/
10		 2010/
11		 2011/
12		 2012/
13		 2013/
14		 2014/
15		 2015/
16		 2016/
17
Ranking[30][nb 1] UR[nb 2][nb 3] UR[nb 4] UR[nb 2] 69 67[nb 4] UR[nb 4] UR[nb 4] UR[nb 2] 78[nb 5] 70 66[nb 6] 82 48
Ranking tournaments
Riga Masters[nb 7] Tournament Not Held MR
Indian Open Not Held LQ 3R NH LQ
World Open[nb 8] A A LQ RR A A A LQ LQ 1R NH
Paul Hunter Classic[nb 9] Pro-am Event Minor-Ranking Event
Shanghai Masters Not Held WD A 1R WR LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ
European Championship Tournament Not Held
English Open Tournament Not Held
International Championship Not Held LQ 1R LQ 3R
Irish Open Tournament Not Held
UK Championship A A LQ LQ A A A LQ LQ 2R 1R 2R
Scottish Open Tournament Not held MR Not held
German Masters Not Held A LQ LQ 3R LQ 1R
World Grand Prix Tournament Not Held NR 1R
Welsh Open A A LQ 2R A A A LQ LQ 2R 2R 2R
Gibraltar Open Tournament Not Held MR
Players Championship Grand Final[nb 10] Not Held DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 1R
China Open A WR LQ LQ 2R 2R 1R LQ LQ 2R LQ 3R
World Championship LQ A LQ LQ A A A LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ
Ranking & variant format tournaments
Shoot-Out Tournament Not Held Variant Format Event
Non-ranking tournaments
Masters A A LQ LQ A A A A A A A A
General Cup [nb 11] A Not Held SF NH A RR A A A
Former ranking tournaments
Malta Cup A A LQ NR Not Held
Northern Ireland Trophy Not Held NR 2R LQ A Not Held
Wuxi Classic[nb 12] Not Held Non-ranking LQ 1R A Not Held
Australian Goldfields Open Not Held LQ LQ LQ A A NH
Former non-ranking tournaments
Wuxi Classic[nb 12] Not Held A A SF A Ranking Event Not Held
Former variant format tournaments
Shoot-Out Not Held A A 1R 1R A 1R RV
Performance Table Legend
LQ lost in the qualifying draw #R lost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)		 QF lost in the quarter-finals
SF lost in the semi-finals F lost in the final W won the tournament
DNQ did not qualify for the tournament A did not participate in the tournament WD withdrew from the tournament
NH / Not Held means an event was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Event means an event is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Event means an event is/was a ranking event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Event means an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
  1. ↑ From the 2010/2011 season it shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 New players don't have a ranking.
  3. ↑ He was not on the Main Tour.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 He was an amateur.
  5. ↑ Players qualified through Chinese nomination started the season without ranking points.
  6. ↑ Players qualified through Q School started the season without prize money ranking points.
  7. ↑ The event was called the Riga Open (2014/2015–2015/2016)
  8. ↑ The event was called the Grand Prix (2004/2005–2009/2010), the World Open (2010/2011) and the Haikou World Open (2011/2012–2013/2014)
  9. ↑ The event was called the Grand Prix Fürth (2004/2005) and the Fürth German Open (2005/2006–2006/2007)
  10. ↑ The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals (2010/2011–2012/2013)
  11. ↑ The event was called the General Cup International (2004/2005–2011/2012)
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 The event was called the Jiangsu Classic (2008/2009–2009/2010)

Career finals

Minor-ranking event finals: 1 (1 runner-up)

Outcome Year Tournament Opponent in the final Score
Runner-up 2015 Ruhr Open England Rory McLeod 2–4

Non-ranking event finals: 1 (1 title)

Outcome Year Tournament Opponent in the final Score
Winner 2010 Beijing International Challenge Wales Ryan Day 9–3

References

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