Zhao Xintong

Best ranking performance: Semi-finals

Career highlights:

2015: Runner-up at the World Amateur Championship, which earns him a place on the tour.
2017: Beats John Higgins on his way to the last 16 of the German Masters.
2018: Reaches the semi-finals of a ranking event for the first time at the China Championship, beating the likes of Mark Williams and Barry Hawkins before losing to Mark Selby.
2019: Reaches the quarter-finals of the Welsh Open. Qualifies for the final stages of the World Championship for the first time, losing 10-7 to Mark Selby on his Crucible debut. Climbs into the world’s top 64.
2020: Makes the third ranking quarter-final of his career at the German Masters in Berlin.