Ding Junhui, also known as Enter the Dragon, is one of the most successful snooker players in the world. He has won fourteen major tournaments throughout his career. Additionally, he has made it to the final of both the World Championship and the World Championship. In fact, he is the most successful Asian player ever.
Chinese pro snooker players were introduced to the game by their father, who was a keen snooker enthusiast. As a child, he was a member of the Shanghai national team in snooker and has been a great success back home.
Ding was the youngest ever player to break a televised, 147-break in history. In the same year, he won the IBSF World Under-21 Championship. He was the first professional title he won and he was ranked world number nine at end of 2006-07 season.
Ding has won fourteen major ranking titles during his career. He is also a past three-time UK Champion. Having started playing professionally at age sixteen, Ding has compiled more than 500 century breaks throughout his career. However, his absences in recent years have had a negative impact on his match sharpness. Ding enjoys a huge following on social media in China despite this.
Ding, then 18, reached the finals of the China Open. He was the first non-Irish player to win a ranking title. He also defeated Marco Fu in his first all Asian final.
Despite the success of his home country, Ding has not been able to maintain his status as the number one snooker player in the world. His career has seen a decline over the past six year. Currently, he is ranked ninth in the world. He hasn't played in any major ranking event since 2017.
The 34-year-old is a strong player. In total, he has won almost $5 million in major tournaments. He won five ranking events tournaments in 2013-14 and made it to semifinals of Ladbrokes World Grand Prix. He was defeated in the quarter finals by Shaun Murphy, Barry Hawkins, and Shaun Murphy.
During the 2019 season, he has won ten matches and compiled ten century breaks. Ding reached the semifinals in the Ladbrokes Players Tour Championship. Ding is likely to return to January's World Championship.
In addition, he has managed to beat the world top 16 players. He defeated Joe Perry, Mark Williams, James Cahill, and Thepchaiya Un-Nooh. In addition, he achieved seven centuries during the semi-finals in the Shangai Masters.
When he was 18 years old, he won the Chinese National Championship and became the youngest player in the world to compile six maximum breaks. His ranking climbed seven places to rank him as the ninth-best snooker player worldwide.
Ding was still in the top 16 positions. However, he was forced to drop out of the top 16. Ding has been a regular in the Asian Snooker scene all his life.