Huang Jiahao

Huang Jiahao

Born	17 August 1995 Yiwu, Zhejiang, China
Sport country	China
Professional	2024–present
Highest ranking	108 (July 2024)
Current ranking	114 (as of 2 February 2025)
Best ranking finish	Quarter-final (2024 Shoot Out)

Huang Jiahao is a Chinese snooker player. In 2024, he won a place on the World Snooker Tour from the 2024–25 snooker season.

Career

Prior to turning professional, he was granted a number of wildcard appearances at international snooker tournaments in his native China. At the 2014 Shanghai Masters he played former World Champion Ken Doherty and lost 5-3.[1] He was beaten by Oliver Lines at the 2014 International Championship in Chengdu.[2] He reached the last 64 at the 2015 Xuzhou Open where he lost to eventual winner Joe Perry.[3] He defeated Hammad Miah in the wildcard round at the 2016 World Open to reach the main draw in Yushan County, where he lost to compatriot Zhou Yuelong.[4] He reached the last 16 of the 2016 Haining Open, recording wins over Tian Pengfei and Kurt Maflin before losing to Martin Gould.

Competing domestically, he was a member of The Guangdong team alongside Fang Xiongman and Bai Langning that won the 2020 CBSA Cup, beating Xinjiang in the final.[5] He was runner-up at the Haining Open in 2021. In the final he was defeated by compatriot He Guoqiang.[6] He represented Yushan at the China Snooker Team Tournament in July 2022, alongside Bai Langning and Xing Zihao.[7]

He reached the last 16 of CBSA Tour event, the Huangguoshu Open, in Anshun in August 2023, where he was beaten by Kyren Wilson.[8]

2024-25

Through his performances on the CBSA China Tour he earnt a place on the World Snooker Tour from the 2024–25 snooker season.[9] In June 2024, he made his precessional debut at the 2024 Championship League in Leicester.[10]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament	2012/ 13	2013/ 14	2014/ 15	2015/ 16	2016/ 17	2017/ 18	2018/ 19	2019/ 20	2021/ 22	2024/ 25
Ranking[nb 1]	[nb 2]	[nb 2]	[nb 2]	[nb 2]	[nb 2]	[nb 2]	[nb 2]	[nb 2]	[nb 2]	[nb 3]
Ranking tournaments
Championship League	Non-Ranking Event								A	RR
Xi'an Grand Prix	Tournament Not Held									LQ
Saudi Arabia Masters	Tournament Not Held									2R
English Open	Tournament Not Held				A	A	A	A	A	LQ
British Open	Tournament Not Held								A	LQ
Wuhan Open	Tournament Not Held									LQ
Northern Ireland Open	Tournament Not Held				A	A	A	A	A	LQ
International Championship	Not Held		WR	A	A	A	A	A	NH	LQ
UK Championship	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	LQ
Shoot Out	Non-Ranking Event				A	A	A	A	A	QF
Scottish Open	MR	Not Held			A	A	A	A	A	LQ
German Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	LQ
Welsh Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	WD
World Open	A	A	Not Held		1R	A	A	A	NH	LQ
World Grand Prix	Not Held		NR	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
Players Championship[nb 4]	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
Tour Championship	Tournament Not Held						DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
World Championship	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A
Former ranking tournaments
Shanghai Masters	Not Held		WR	A	A	A	Non-Ranking		NH	NR
Former non-ranking tournaments
Haining Open	Not Held		Minor-Ranking		4R	1R	1R	1R	F	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 don't have a ranking
4. The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Final (2012/2013–2015/2016)

Career finals

Non-ranking finals: 1

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	2021	Haining Open	He Guoqiang	0–5

References

1. "Ken Doherty and Fergal O'Brien progress at Shanghai Masters". RTE. 9 September 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
2. "International Championship". Snooker.org. 26 October 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
3. "Chatteris snooker star Perry wins Xuzhou Open, his second Asian Tour triumph". Cambridgeshire Times. 27 January 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
4. "World Open 2016: Ali Carter overcomes Joe Perry". Sporting Life. 19 February 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
5. "GUANGDONG WIN CBSA CUP". wpbsa.com. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
6. "HE ON A HIGH IN HAINING". wpbsa. 30 September 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
7. "The snooker team match is on!Ding Junhui is aiming for the championship!Browning's team is finalized!Fan Zhengyi can expect". Min.news. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
8. Caulfield, David (4 August 2023). "Star-studded lineup in CBSA Tour event semi-finals". Snooker HQ. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
9. "Announcement that Chinese Billiards Association". cbsa.org. 26 February 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
10. "JOHN HIGGINS SUFFERS EARLY EXIT AT CHAMPIONSHIP LEAGUE SNOOKER, GARY WILSON REACHES LAST 32". Eurosport. 25 June 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2024.

External links

• Huang Jiahao at the World Snooker Tour
• Huang Jiahao at snooker.org