His first taste of professional snooker came at the 2019 World Open, where he was a wildcard. Originally Gao's coach Ju Reti had qualified, but gave up his place in order to allow his pupil to gain experience. Gao lost the match 5–1 to Lu Ning.
In January 2020 Gao won the WSF Junior Open, an under-18 tournament. He beat heralded juniors Ben Mertens, Dean Young and Wu Yize, before overcoming Sean Maddocks 5–2 in the final. As a result, he was awarded a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour for the 2020–21 and 2021–22. Even though just 15 years old, he stated that he intended to take up his professional tour card. He thus became the second professional snooker player from Anhui, after his mentor Niu Zhuang.[3]
2020/2021 seasonedit
As it happened, Gao turned 16 before the start of the 2020–21 season, which was delayed due to COVID-19. His first tournament was the Championship League. Gao made 2-2 draws against Ben Woollaston and Si Jiahui, but lost 3–1 to Matt Selt. He finished his first day as a professional 3rd in the 4-player group but had made two century breaks.
Gao is known as an attacking left-hander. Unusually, he can play with either hand with the rest: with his left-hand he plays underarm in a manner pioneered by the Thai player Sunny Akani.
Personal lifeedit
During the season, Gao Yang lives in Sheffield where he practices at the Ding Junhui Snooker Academy.
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In this Chinese name the family name is Gao 高 Gao Yang Chinese 高阳 born 5 September 2004 is a Chinese former professional snooker player 1 Gao YangBorn 2004 09 05 5 September 2004 age 19 Hefei Anhui ChinaSport country ChinaProfessional2020 2022Highest ranking72 February 2022 Contents 1 Career 1 1 2020 2021 season 2 Style 3 Personal life 4 Performance and rankings timeline 5 Career finals 5 1 Amateur finals 3 1 title 6 References 7 External linksCareer editGao Yang started playing on the Chinese tour aged just 13 and was quickly accepted by the CBSA Academy He played in the ACBS Asian Under 21 Snooker Championship in 2018 and 2019 the IBSF World Under 21 Snooker Championship and IBSF World Under 18 Snooker Championship also in 2018 and 2019 His only real success came in the 2019 IBSF World Under 18 Snooker Championship where he reached the final losing 5 2 to the 13 year old Jiang Jun 2 His first taste of professional snooker came at the 2019 World Open where he was a wildcard Originally Gao s coach Ju Reti had qualified but gave up his place in order to allow his pupil to gain experience Gao lost the match 5 1 to Lu Ning In January 2020 Gao won the WSF Junior Open an under 18 tournament He beat heralded juniors Ben Mertens Dean Young and Wu Yize before overcoming Sean Maddocks 5 2 in the final As a result he was awarded a two year card on the World Snooker Tour for the 2020 21 and 2021 22 Even though just 15 years old he stated that he intended to take up his professional tour card He thus became the second professional snooker player from Anhui after his mentor Niu Zhuang 3 2020 2021 season edit As it happened Gao turned 16 before the start of the 2020 21 season which was delayed due to COVID 19 His first tournament was the Championship League Gao made 2 2 draws against Ben Woollaston and Si Jiahui but lost 3 1 to Matt Selt He finished his first day as a professional 3rd in the 4 player group but had made two century breaks In subsequent tournaments Gao had wins against Zhao Jianbo Kacper Filipiak Mitchell Mann and Duane Jones In the Northern Ireland Open Gao lost 4 0 to World No 1 Judd Trump who had breaks of 109 127 and a maximum 147 In the World Championship Gao beat experienced player Paul Davison 6 3 and played very well against Lyu Haotian to lead 5 3 But his more experienced compatriot won the last 3 frames to edge the match 6 5 Gao finished his debut season ranked 107 Style editGao is known as an attacking left hander Unusually he can play with either hand with the rest with his left hand he plays underarm in a manner pioneered by the Thai player Sunny Akani Personal life editDuring the season Gao Yang lives in Sheffield where he practices at the Ding Junhui Snooker Academy Performance and rankings timeline editTournament 2018 19 2019 20 2020 21 2021 22 2022 23 2023 24Ranking 4 nb 1 nb 2 nb 2 nb 3 75 nb 2 nb 2 Ranking tournamentsChampionship League Non Ranking RR RR A ABritish Open Tournament Not Held 1R A ANorthern Ireland Open A A 2R 1R A AEnglish Open A A 2R LQ A AUK Championship A A 1R 2R A LQScottish Open A A 2R 1R A AWorld Grand Prix DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQShoot Out A A WD 2R A AGerman Masters A A LQ WD A APlayers Championship DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQEuropean Masters A A 2R 1R A AWelsh Open A A 1R LQ ATour Championship DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQWorld Championship A A LQ LQ LQFormer ranking tournamentsWorld Open A LQ Not HeldWST Pro Series Not Held RR Not HeldTurkish Masters Tournament Not Held LQ Not HeldGibraltar Open A A 1R 2R Not HeldFormer non ranking tournamentsHaining Open 2R 2R Tournament Not HeldPerformance Table LegendLQ lost in the qualifying draw R lost in the early rounds of the tournament WR Wildcard round RR Round robin QF lost in the quarter finalsSF lost in the semi finals F lost in the final W won the tournamentDNQ did not qualify for the tournament A did not participate in the tournament WD withdrew from the tournamentNH Not Held means an event was not held NR Non Ranking Event means an event is was no longer a ranking event R Ranking Event means an event is was a ranking event MR Minor Ranking Event means an event is was a minor ranking event It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season a b c d He was an amateur New players on the Main Tour don t have a ranking Career finals editAmateur finals 3 1 title edit Outcome No Year Championship Opponent in the final ScoreRunner up 1 2019 IBSF World Under 18 Snooker Championship nbsp Jiang Jun 2 5Winner 1 2020 WSF Junior Open nbsp Sean Maddocks 5 2Runner up 2 2024 WSF Open nbsp Cheung Ka Wai 0 5References edit Gao Yang snooker org Retrieved 15 June 2020 Jiang Jun becomes World Under 18 Snooker Champion SNOOKER CONTINUES TO LEAD SPORT S RETURN WITH TOUR STRUCTURE PLANS World Snooker Tour 2020 06 08 Archived from the original on June 8 2020 Retrieved 15 June 2020 Ranking History Snooker org Retrieved 17 June 2019 External links edit nbsp Cue sports portalGao Yang at the World Snooker Tour archived nbsp Gao Yang at snooker org nbsp 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