Thor Chuan Leong
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Born | 24 March 1988 |
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Sport country | Malaysia |
Professional | 2014– |
Highest ranking | 101 |
Current ranking | 105 (as of 2 May 2016) |
Career winnings | £4,487[1] |
Highest break | 107 (2016 World Championship qualifying)[2] |
Century breaks | 1 |
Best ranking finish | Last 128 (x9) |
Medal record | ||
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Representing Malaysia | ||
Men's Snooker | ||
Southeast Asian Games | ||
2013 Naypyidaw | 6 Red Individual | |
2013 Naypyidaw | Individual | |
2013 Naypyidaw | Doubles |
Thor Chuan Leong (simplified Chinese: 涂振龙; traditional Chinese: 涂振龍; pinyin: Tú Zhènlóng;[3] born 24 March 1988) is a Malaysian professional snooker player. He is commonly referred to as Rory Thor.[4]
Career
Thor, based in Penang, Malaysia represented his country at the 2006 & 2010 Asian Games and in the 2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games and 2013 Southeast Asian Games, in the Southeast Asian Games he won bronze in the snooker singles[5] and doubles[6] and gold in the six red snooker singles.[7]
In 2014, Thor won the ACBS Asian Snooker Championship in May, beating Taiwan's Hung Chuang Ming 7–3 in the final.[8] This victory gained Thor a two-year card on the professional World Snooker Tour for the 2014/2015 and 2015/2016 seasons.[9] However, depspite the tour starting in May, Thor did not start playing on the tour until February 2015.[10] He played in the Six-red World Championship, but lost all five of his group matches.[11] In his first match in a ranking event qualifier he was beaten 4–1 by Dechawat Poomjaeng.[12] Although Thor lost all four of his matches this season he did push top 16 player Stuart Bingham to a deciding frame in the first round of the Welsh Open.[13]
Thor again failed to win a single match in ranking events during the 2015/16 season; in contrast, he performed successfully in the European Tour events, winning all of his first-round matches and reaching last 16 twice, at the Paul Hunter Classic and the Gdynia Open.[14] As a result, Thor was able to secure his place on the Main Tour for two further seasons by finishing tied 31st on the Order of Merit.[15]
Performance and rankings timeline
Tournament | 2014/ 15 |
2015/ 16 |
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Ranking[16][nb 1] | UR[nb 2] | 125 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ranking tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shanghai Masters | A | LQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
International Championship | A | LQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UK Championship | A | 1R | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German Masters | A | LQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Welsh Open | 1R | 1R | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indian Open | LQ | NH | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Players Championship Grand Final | A | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Grand Prix | NR | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
China Open | LQ | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Championship | LQ | LQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Variant format tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup | NH | RR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Six-red World Championship | RR | A |
Performance Table Legend | |||||
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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. |
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External links
- Profile on worldsnooker.com
- Thor Chuan Leong at CueTracker.net: Snooker Results and Statistic Database
- Player profile on Pro Snooker Blog
- EngvarB from September 2014
- Use dmy dates from September 2014
- Articles containing simplified Chinese-language text
- Articles containing traditional Chinese-language text
- 1988 births
- Place of birth unknown
- Living people
- Malaysian snooker players
- Cue sports players at the 2006 Asian Games
- Cue sports players at the 2010 Asian Games