Cheung_Ka-wai

Cheung Ka Wai

Cheung Ka Wai

Snooker player from Hong Kong

In this Chinese name, the family name is Cheung (張).

Cheung Ka Wai (Chinese: 張家瑋; born 17 February 1999[1]), also known as Ka Wai Cheung, is a snooker player from Hong Kong. In February 2024 he won the 2024 WSF Open Championship, earning a two-year tour card on the World Snooker Tour starting with the 2024–25 snooker season.[2]

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Career

Amateur

In 2015, Cheung won the IBSF World Under-18 Snooker Championship[3] On 4 March 2015 it was announced that Cheung was invited to play in the 2016 World Snooker Championship qualifiers.[4]

In 2022, Cheung won the gold medal at the World Games in Birmingham, Alabama, defeating Abdelrahman Shahin 3–1 in the final.

Performance and rankings timeline

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NR / Non-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a ranking event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
  1. [N 1]
    It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season
  2. [N 2]
    He was an amateur
  3. [N 3]
    The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Final (2015/2016)

Career finals

Non-ranking finals: 1 (1 title)

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Winner 1. 2022 World Games Egypt Abdelrahman Shahin 3–1

Amateur finals: 5 (3 titles)

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Winner 1. 2015 IBSF World Under-18 Snooker Championship Hong Kong Ming Tung Chan 5–2
Runner-up 1. 2019 Asian Under-21 Championship China Zhao Jianbo 3–6
Winner 2. 2019 Challenge Tour – Event 1 England Oliver Brown 3–1
Runner-up 2. 2023 World Amateur Championship Qatar Ali Alobaidli 1–6
Winner 3. 2024 WSF Open China Gao Yang 5–0

Team finals: 1 (1 title)

Outcome No. Year Championship Team/partner Opponent in the final Score
Winner 1. 2016 World Mixed Doubles Championship Hong Kong Jaique Ip Israel Eden Sharav
England Maria Catalano		 4–3[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "Cheung Ka Wai - Players". snooker.org. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  2. [2]
    "Ka Wai Cheung wins WSF title". World Snooker Tour. 11 February 2024. Archived from the original on 11 February 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  3. [3]
    "Ka Wai Cheung becomes World Under-18 Champion". International Billiards and Snooker Federation. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  4. [4]
    "WPBSA Invites for World Qualifiers". 4 March 2016.
  5. [5]
    "Player Profile – Jaique Ip Wan". womenssnooker.com. World Women's Snooker. Archived from the original on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
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