Zhao Jianbo (Chinese: 赵剑波; pinyin: Zhào Jiànbō, born 27 August 2003)[1] is a Chinese former professional snooker player who is currently banned from professional competition after engaging in match-fixing.
The WPBSA suspended Zhao from World Snooker Tour events in January 2023, amid a match-fixing investigation,[2] and subsequently charged him with fixing a match.[3] Following an independent disciplinary tribunal, Zhao was banned from professional competition for 2 years and 11 months, until 1 December 2025, and ordered to pay £7500 in costs.[4]
Career
As a result of Zhao's performances on the CBSA Tour, he was awarded a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour for the 2020–21 and 2021–22.[5]
Performance and rankings timeline
| Tournament | 2017/ 18 |
2018/ 19 |
2019/ 20 |
2020/ 21 |
2021/ 22 |
2022/ 23 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranking[6][nb 1] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 3] | 73 | [nb 2] | |||
| Ranking tournaments | |||||||||
| Championship League | Non-Ranking Event | RR | RR | RR | |||||
| European Masters | A | A | A | 1R | LQ | LQ | |||
| British Open | Tournament Not Held | 2R | 2R | ||||||
| Northern Ireland Open | A | A | A | 3R | LQ | LQ | |||
| UK Championship | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | |||
| Scottish Open | A | A | A | 3R | 1R | LQ | |||
| English Open | A | A | A | 2R | LQ | A | |||
| World Grand Prix | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |||
| Shoot Out | A | A | A | WD | WD | A | |||
| German Masters | A | A | A | LQ | LQ | WD | |||
| Welsh Open | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | |||
| Players Championship | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |||
| WST Classic | Tournament Not Held | A | |||||||
| Tour Championship | NH | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |||
| World Championship | A | A | A | LQ | LQ | A | |||
| Former ranking tournaments | |||||||||
| International Championship | A | A | LQ | Tournament Not Held | |||||
| China Championship | A | A | 1R | Tournament Not Held | |||||
| WST Pro Series | Tournament Not Held | RR | Not Held | ||||||
| Turkish Masters | Tournament Not Held | LQ | NH | ||||||
| Gibraltar Open | A | A | A | 3R | 1R | NH | |||
| Former non-ranking tournaments | |||||||||
| Shanghai Masters | R | A | 1R | Tournament Not Held | |||||
| Haining Open | 3R | 2R | 4R | NH | A | NH | |||
| Performance Table Legend | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LQ | 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-finals |
| SF | lost in the semi-finals | F | lost in the final | W | won the tournament |
| DNQ | did not qualify for the tournament | A | did not participate in the tournament | WD | withdrew from the tournament |
| NH / 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. | |||
Career finals
Pro-am finals: 1
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runner–up | 1. | 2019 | Xi'an Open |  Zhang Anda
|
3–5[7] |
Amateur finals: 2 (2 titles)
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1. | 2019 | ACBS Asian Under-21 Snooker Championship |  Cheung Ka Wai
|
6–3 |
| Winner | 2. | 2019 | IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship | Pang Junxu
|
6–1 |
References
- ^ "Zhao Jianbo". snooker.org. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
- ^ "Zhao Xintong and Zhang Jiankang suspended from World Snooker Tour". The Guardian. 2023-01-03. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-06-07.
- ^ Huart, Matt (2023-01-18). "WPBSA Statement | 18 January 2023". WPBSA. Retrieved 2023-01-18.
- ^ Huart, Matt (2023-06-06). "WPBSA Statement | 6 June 2023". WPBSA. Retrieved 2023-06-07.
- ^ "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 29 June 2020.
- ^ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- ^ "Zhang On Top In Xi'an". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 9 June 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
External links
- Zhao Jianbo at the World Snooker Tour (archived)
- Zhao Jianbo at snooker.org
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