Ding Junhui (also known as Enter The Dragon) is one of the most accomplished snooker players around. He has won fourteen major tournaments throughout his career. Additionally, he has made it to the final of both the World Championship and the World Championship. In fact, he is considered to be the most successful Asian player in history.
Chinese pro snooker star, Hao Zhiqiu, was introduced by his father to the game at eight. He was a snooker enthusiast. As a child, he was a member of the Shanghai national team in snooker and has been a great success back home.
Ding became the youngest player to ever make a live televised 147 break in 2007 Ding won the IBSF World Under-21 Championship the following year. He was awarded his first professional title. At the end of the 2006-07 seasons, he was ranked number nine in the world.
Ding won a total 14 major ranking titles throughout his career. Ding is also a three time UK Champion. Ding started his professional career at the age of sixteen and has amassed more than 500 century records during his career. His match sharpness has been affected by his absences over the past few years. Ding, however, has a large following on social media in China.
Ding reached the finals at the China Open at the age of 18 and became the first player outside Great Britain and Ireland ever to win a ranking championship. Ding also beat Marco Fu to win his first all-Asian final.
Ding has lost his position as the world's number one snooker players despite the success of his home nation. His career has taken a downward turn in the past six years. He currently ranks 9th in the world. Since 2017, he has not been in a major ranking event.
However, the 34-year-old has a strong resume. He has won over $5 million in major tournaments. In the 2013-14 season, he won five ranking tournaments and reached the semifinals for the Ladbrokes World Grand Prix. In the quarter-finals, he was defeated by Shaun Murphy and Barry Hawkins.
Ding has won ten matches in 2019 and compiles ten century wins. Ding also reached the semifinals at the Ladbrokes Players Tour Championship. His return to the World Championship is anticipated in January.
He has also managed to defeat the 16 world's top players. He defeated Joe Perry, Mark Williams, James Cahill, and Thepchaiya Un-Nooh. He also made seven centuries in semi-finals at the Shangai Masters.
At 18 years of age, he won China's National Championship. He became the youngest player to record six maximum breaks. His ranking went up seven spots to make him the ninth-best international snooker players.
Ding was still in the top 16 positions. Eventually, however, he fell out of the top 16. Throughout his career, Ding has been a fixture in the Asian snooker scene.