Li Hang

Li Hang (Chinese李 行, born October 4, 1990 in People's Republic of China) is a Chinese snooker player.

Career

For the first time attention to themselves made ​​Li Hang was 14 years old at the IBSF Under-21 World Championship in Bahrain in 2005., Where he finished behind his older compatriots Liang Wenbo and Tian Pengfei place 3 Another moderate success followed two years later at the 2007 China Open, where he is equipped with a wildcard with a win over the Welsh Ian Preece qualified for the main round. Then he got by winning the U21 Asia Championship in 2008 for the first time a place in the Snooker Main Tour.

Even if he could not qualify for a major round in his first year, Li Hang on was almost always the first qualifying round, at the Northern Ireland Trophy he failed at the last game. With the gained points he brought it up to place 71 of the snooker world rankings, with which he was qualified for the next year on the main tour. In the Welsh Open he reached indeed with the Round of 48 his best qualifying round results up to that point, yet he collected a total score is too low to maintain his professional status.

In summer 2010, Li Hang again took part in the U21 World Cup. There he reached the final and lost only in the decision frame against the Englishman Sam Craigie

At the China Open 2011, he was able to participate via a new wildcard. He took his chance and pulled by a clear 5-1 against Ken Doherty for the second time in the main round of the tournament. With a victory over the world ranking Ninth Graeme Dott in the decisive frame, he stood for the first time among the top 16 of a professional tournament and had the greatest success of his career so far. On this success, he was unable to build in 2012. In the wild card round, he could still prevail 5-3 against Michael Holt and was one of three Chinese wildcard players of the last 32 moved into the main round, had to be there, but clearly with 0:5 against the world number one Mark Selby beaten.

Achievements

  • ACBS Under-21 Asian champion - 2008
  • IBSF Under-21 World Cup runners- - 2010
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