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Chinese snooker player In this Chinese name, the family name is He (贺).

He Guoqiang
Born (2000-08-05) 5 August 2000 (age 24)
Leiyang, Hunan, China
Sport country China
Professional2023–present
Highest ranking53 (December 2024)
Current ranking 53 (as of 16 December 2024)
Best ranking finishQuarter-final (2023 British Open)

He Guoqiang (Chinese: 贺国强) is a Chinese professional snooker player. The IBSF World Under-18 Snooker Championship winner in 2018, Guoqiang has earned a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour from the 2023–24 snooker season.

Career

In 2018, He won the IBSF World Under-18 Snooker Championship. In the final he defeated his compatriot Lei Peifan 5-4, on a deciding frame. In 2018 he also scored his first competitive 147 break, during the under-21 IBSF Championship in Jinan. That same year, playing as a wildcard, Guoqiang secured a 6-1 win over Gary Wilson at the International Championship held in Daqing, China. Guoqiang won the non-ranking invitation event 2021 Haining Snooker Open. In the final He beat Huang Jiahao 5-0. In 2021 It was the first time players from the UK and around the world could not play in the event due to COVID-19 restrictions.

In the final round of the second Asia-Oceania Q School event held in Bangkok in June 2023, He came back from 3-1 down to win 4-3 against compatriot Wang Yuchen to earn a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour, starting with 2023–24 snooker season.

2023-24 season

He recorded his first win as a professional when he defeated Elliot Slessor at the British Open in August 2023. He recorded a 5-4 win over world No. 8 Kyren Wilson in the first round of the Wuhan Open in September 2023, winning the deciding frame from 67-0 down. That month, he reached the last-16 of a ranking event for the first time, at the 2023 British Open in Cheltenham, where he beat world No. 12 Barry Hawkins to reach the quarter-final. The following week He recorded a notable win over Ryan Day at the English Open, and recorded another victory over a top-16 player when he edged Hossein Vafaei 4-3 in the next round. He qualified for the 2024 German Masters in Berlin with a win over the John Astley. At the event, he defeated former World Champion Mark Williams 5-1.

In the qualifying rounds of the 2024 World Snooker Championship he defeated world ranked number 25 Anthony McGill 10-5.

2024-25 season

He began the 2024-25 snooker season with a 3-0 win over Ronnie O'Sullivan to top his round-robin group at the 2024 Championship League. At the 2024 English Open in Brentwood in September 2024 he defeated Ronnie O'Sullivan again, by a 4-2 margin. He also defeated Stephen Maguire on his way to the last-16. He reached the last-64 at the 2024 Northern Ireland Open.

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2013/
14 		2014/
15 		2015/
16 		2016/
17 		2017/
18 		2018/
19 		2021/
22 		2023/
24 		2024/
25
Ranking 65
Ranking tournaments
Championship League Non-Ranking Event A A 2R
Xi'an Grand Prix Tournament Not Held 1R
Saudi Arabia Masters Tournament Not Held 2R
English Open Not Held A A A A 3R 3R
British Open Tournament Not Held A QF LQ
Wuhan Open Tournament Not Held 3R 1R
Northern Ireland Open Not Held A A A A LQ 1R
International Championship A A A A A 1R NH LQ 1R
UK Championship A A A A A A A LQ 1R
Shoot Out Non-Ranking Event A A A A 1R 2R
Scottish Open Not Held A A A A 1R 1R
German Masters A A A A A A A 2R
Welsh Open A A A A A A A LQ
World Open A Not Held A A LQ NH 2R
World Grand Prix NH NR DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
Players Championship DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
Tour Championship Tournament Not Held DNQ DNQ DNQ
World Championship A A A A A A A LQ
Former ranking tournaments
China Championship Not Held NR A LQ Not Held
European Masters Not Held A A A A LQ NH
Former non-ranking tournaments
Haining Open NH Minor-Rank 1R 4R 3R W A NH
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. It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season
  2. ^ He was an amateur
  3. New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking
  4. The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Final (2013/2014–2015/2016)

Career finals

Non-ranking finals: 1 (1 title)

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Winner 1. 2021 Haining Open China Huang Jiahao 5–0

References

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  2. Pathak, Vivek (7 July 2018). "Guo Qiang He hits 'The Maximum' 147". ibsf. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  3. "HE ON A HIGH IN HAINING". wpbsa. 30 September 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
  4. "FINAL DAY OF SNOOKER Q SCHOOL SEES ISHPREET SINGH CHADHA AND HE GUOQIANG CLAIM TOUR CARDS IN BANGKOK". Eurosport. 12 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  5. "BRITISH OPEN SNOOKER: HOSSEIN VAFAEI AND DAVID GILBERT REACH LAST 64 WITH QUALIFYING WINS". Eurosport.com. 17 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
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  15. Bray, Jonny (15 September 2024). "ENGLISH OPEN 2024: LATEST SCORES, RESULTS, ORDER OF PLAY AS JUDD TRUMP LOOKS TO DEFEND HIS TITLE AT THE BRENTWOOD CENTRE". Eurosport. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  16. Hilsum, James (17 September 2024). "RONNIE O'SULLIVAN SUFFERS STUNNING DEFEAT TO HE GUOQIANG IN ANOTHER ENGLISH OPEN FIRST-ROUND UPSET". Eurosport. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  17. "He Guoqiang stuns Ronnie O'Sullivan again at English Open". The Independent. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  18. "ENGLISH OPEN: MARK ALLEN DEFEATS LYU HAOTIAN IN SPARKLING DISPLAY TO SET UP JOHN HIGGINS LAST 16 CLASH". Eurosport. 19 September 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
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