Ma_Hailong

Ma Hailong

Ma Hailong

Chinese snooker player

Ma Hailong (Chinese: 马海龙; born 4 September 2003) is a snooker player from China. In February 2023, he won the 2023 World Snooker Federation Championship, and with it earned a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Ma (马).
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Early life

At the age of thirteen, Ma Hailong took six months out of school in order to travel the 1000 miles from his home to train at the CBSA World Snooker Academy in Beijing.[1]

Career

In January 2023, at the Guangzhou Snooker Championship, Ma Hailong defeated Jiang Jun in the final to win the championship.[2]

In February 2023 Ma Hailong defeated Stan Moody in the final of the WSF Championship in Sydney, Australia where the win secured him the offer of a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour.[3][4] On the way to victory in the tournament he defeated Liu Hongyu and former professional Gao Yang.[5] It was his first overseas tournament outside of China.[6] Previously a student at the CBSA Academy branch in Guangdong, after his win it was reported he was planning to move to the United Kingdom to be managed by Bobby Lee and Elite Sports Management.[7]

He entered into the invitational 2023 Six-red World Championship held in Pathum Thani, Thailand in March 2023.[8]

2023/24

He was entered into the draw draw at the 2023 Championship League held at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, England from 26 June 2023. He went unbeaten in his round-robin stage, earning draws against Mink Nutcharut, John Astley and Gary Wilson.[9][10] In August 2023, he defeated Ian Burns to qualify for the latter rounds of the 2023 British Open.[11] At the event, held in Cheltenham in September 2023, he reached the last-16 of a ranking event for the first time.[12] At the 2023 Northern Ireland Open he defeated 12th seed Ryan Day in a deciding frame.[13]

In November 2023, he was on the receiving end of a maximum 147 break at the 2023 UK Championship in a 6–1 defeat by compatriot Xu Si.[14] In the first round of qualifying for the 2024 World Snooker Championship he defeated Brazilian Victor Sarkis 10-1.[15] In the second round, he overcame Englishman Martin O'Donnell 10-7.[16]

Performance and rankings timeline

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Career finals

Amateur finals: 1 (1 title)

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References

  1. [1]
    Stallard, Katie (11 June 2017). "Inside China's snooker hothouse: The kids ditching school in search of their big break". uk.news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  2. [2]
    "Guangzhou Snooker Championship holds classic crowd events and returns to Liwan". mbd.baidu.com. 4 January 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  3. [3]
    "Stan Moody Denied by Ma Hai Long in World Amateur Final as Teenage Snooker Due Secure Professional Tour Cards". Eurosport. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  4. [4]
    "Ma Beats Moody to Win WSF Title". wst.tv. Archived from the original on 12 February 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  5. [5]
    "Ma Hailong earns professional main tour card". Snooker HQ. 10 February 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  6. [6]
    "Age proves no barrier as young guns dominate amateur world snooker titles in western Sydney". abc.net.au. 12 February 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  7. [7]
    "Magic Ma Wins WSF Championship!". World Snooker Federation. 11 February 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  8. [8]
    "Six-red World Championship Snooker 2023 – Latest Scores, Results, Schedule Order of Play, Ronnie O'Sullivan in Action". Eurosport. 6 March 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  9. [9]
    "Championship League Snooker 2023". Championship League Snooker. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  10. [10]
    "Astley and Liu complete stage two line up". wst.tv. 14 July 2023. Archived from the original on 15 July 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  11. [11]
    Caulfield, David (14 August 2023). "Stephen Hendry loses in British Open qualifier". Snookerhq. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  12. [12]
    "CAZOO BRITISH OPEN – LAST 16 DRAW". wst.tv. 27 September 2023. Archived from the original on 27 September 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  13. [13]
    Hilsum, James (22 October 2023). "NORTHERN IRELAND OPEN 2023: JUDD TRUMP BEATS JENSON KENDRICK, NEIL ROBERTSON OVERCOMES SCORE MALFUNCTION AND WU YIZE". Eurosport. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  14. [14]
    "UK CHAMPIONSHIP SNOOKER - MARCO FU HITS TWO CENTURIES TO ADVANCE, XU RECORDS MAGICAL 147 BREAK, MINK DEFEAT". Eurosport. 20 November 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  15. [15]
    "WORLD SNOOKER CHAMPIONSHIP: FERGAL O'BRIEN BRINGS CURTAIN DOWN ON 33-YEAR CAREER AFTER DEFEAT IN CRUCIBLE QUALIFIER". Eurosport. 9 April 2024. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  16. [16]
    Caulfield, David (13 April 2024). "Marco Fu – 'I'm not going to pull out, no matter what'". Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  17. [17]
    "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
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