Shaun Murphy's Shot Of The Season Contender! | 2023 Duelbits Tour Championship

Pang Junxu

  • Title

    2021 Rookie of the Year

  • Nationality

    Chinese

  • Turned Pro

    2020

  • Highest Tournament Break

    144

  • Location

    Jiangsu Province, China

  • D.O.B

    15 February 2000

  • Money List Earnings

    £84,000

  • Nickname

    -
Season Stats

  • Frames Played

    226

  • Frames Won

    130

  • Frames Lost

    96

  • Frames Won Percentage

    57.52%

  • Shots Played

    5990

  • Shots Per Frame

    26.5

  • Breaks Over 50

    72

  • 50 Break Rate

    3.14

  • Breaks Over 100

    13

  • 100 Break Rate

    17.38

Best ranking performance: Runner-up

Career highlights:

2014: Reaches the last 32 of an Asian Tour event at the age of just 14 before losing 4-1 to Ken Doherty.

2019: Plays in the World Championship qualifying rounds as an amateur, and beats Stuart Carrington in the first round before losing to Kurt Maflin.

2020: Awarded a spot on the World Snooker Tour for the first time, having earned a place via the CBSA China Tour. Reaches the last 16 of three ranking events in his debut season – the European Masters, UK Championship and Welsh Open. Scores wins over the likes of Barry Hawkins, Stephen Maguire, Mark Allen and Ding Junhui.

2021: Named Rookie of the Year after an excellent debut season.

2022: Knocks out Neil Robertson on his way to the last 16 of the European Masters.

2023: Reaches his first ranking event quarter-final at the German Masters before losing to Ali Carter. Then goes one better at the Welsh Open, reaching the semi-finals before losing to Shaun Murphy. And makes another breakthrough at the WST Classic, reaching the final before losing 6-2 to Mark Selby.

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