Yan Bingtao
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Title
2019 Riga Masters Champion -
Nationality
Chinese -
Turned Pro
2015 -
Highest Tournament Break
138 -
Location
China -
D.O.B
16 February 2000 -
Money List Earnings
£313,500 -
Nickname
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Frames Played
134 -
Frames Won
77 -
Frames Lost
57 -
Frames Won Percentage
57.46% -
Shots Played
3496 -
Shots Per Frame
26.09 -
Breaks Over 50
50 -
50 Break Rate
2.68 -
Breaks Over 100
8 -
100 Break Rate
16.75
Ranking titles: One, 2019 Riga Masters
Career highlights
2014: Wins the World Amateur Championship
2015: At the age of just 15, wins the World cup for China’s B Team in Wuxi alongside Zhou Yuelong. They beat Scotland’s John Higgins and Stephen Maguire in the final. Beats Shaun Murphy at the Champion of Champions before losing to Neil Robertson.
2016: Becomes the first player born in the year 2000 to turn pro.
2017: Reaches the final of a ranking event for the first time at the Northern Ireland Open in Belfast. At the age of 17, victory would have made him the youngest ever winner of a ranking event, beating Ronnie O’Sullivan’s long standing record. But he loses a thriller 9-8 to Mark Williams. Named Rookie of the Year at the end of the 2016/17 season. Plays at the Crucible for the first time, losing in the first round to Shaun Murphy.
2019: Captures his first ranking title at the Kaspersky Riga Masters in Latvia, winning six matches to reach the final before beating Mark Joyce 5-2. Becomes the first teenager to win a ranking title since Ding Junhui in 2006.
2020: Reaches the final of the Players Championship before losing 10-4 to Judd Trump.