Snooker Player Form In China Since 2015

Player Form in China since 2015

Below is a table of the aggregate titles, finals and semi-finals of all players who made the semi-final or later of a tournament in China 2015-2024 inclusive:

As you can see from the above table, Mark Selby has been prolific when playing in China from 2015. The former World Champion has made the semi-final or better in an amazing ten of the tournaments played since 2015. Selby has won six of those events, the same number as recent Shanghai Masters victor, Judd Trump.

The table above does include a couple of events that were only best of seven frames (up to and including the final) but, in most cases, all of the events were won by one of the top players in the world. Shocks were rare with perhaps only the victories of Joe Perry, Luca Brecel and Ali Carter coming outside the very top named players at that time.

Despite only winning one event in the timeframe above, Mark Allen made the semi-final stages or better on seven occasions, a feat only bettered by Selby and Trump. Neil Robertson also recorded his seventh trip to a semi-final in China when losing out to Ding Junhui in a final-frame decider in the latest version of the World Open

Anyone looking for a longshot when play resumes in China could do worse than look at the form of Thepchaiya Un-Nooh. The thirty-eight-year-old player from Thailand has made the semi-final or better on seven occasions in his career since 2105 and four of those efforts came in China. 

Perhaps playing in China might be the key to Jack Lisowski winning his first event. Lisowski has made the final of six big events since 2015 and four of those were outside the UK. The Bristol player is thirty-two now and really needs to add a big title to his resume in the next season or so. Perhaps being away from the UK allows Lisowski to relax more and, possibly, a tournament win in China could soon be on the cards. 

Stuart Bingham has made one final and three other semi-finals since 2015 but previous to that Bingham had won five events in China between 2012 and 2014.

Similarly, Ricky Walden has made two finals during the period that the above table covers, but Walden has won three of his four ranking titles in China; The International Championship in 2014, The Wuxi Classic in 2012 and The Shanghai Masters in 2008.