Cheung Ka Wai Explained

Cheung Ka Wai
Birth Date:1999 2, df=yes
Professional:2024–present
High Ranking:94 (July 2024)

Cheung Ka Wai (; born 17 February 1999[1]), also known as Ka Wai Cheung, is a professional snooker player from Hong Kong. In February 2024 he won the 2024 WSF Open Championship, earning a two-year tour card on the World Snooker Tour starting with the 2024–25 snooker season.[2]

Career

Amateur

In 2015, Cheung won the IBSF World Under-18 Snooker Championship[3] On 4 March 2015 it was announced that Cheung was invited to play in the 2016 World Snooker Championship qualifiers.[4]

In 2022, Cheung won the gold medal at the World Games in Birmingham, Alabama, defeating Abdelrahman Shahin 3–1 in the final.

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament2015/
16
2018/
19
2023/
24
2024/
25
Ranking[5] [6] [7]
Ranking tournaments
Championship LeagueNon-RankingARR
Xi'an Grand PrixNot HeldLQ
Saudi Arabia MastersNot Held
English OpenNHAA
British OpenNot HeldA
Wuhan OpenNot HeldA
Northern Ireland OpenNHAA
International ChampionshipAAA
UK ChampionshipAAA
Shoot OutNRAA
Scottish OpenNHAA
German MastersAAA
Welsh OpenAAA
World OpenNHAA
World Grand PrixDNQDNQDNQ
Players Championship[8] DNQDNQDNQ
Tour ChampionshipNHDNQDNQ
World ChampionshipLQALQ
Former ranking tournaments
Paul Hunter ClassicMRLQNot Held
Performance Table Legend
LQlost in the qualifying draw
  1. R
lost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)
QFlost in the quarter-finals
SFlost in the semi-finalsFlost in the finalWwon the tournament
DNQdid not qualify for the tournamentAdid not participate in the tournamentWDwithdrew 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

Amateur finals: 5 (3 titles)

OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScore
Winner1.2015IBSF World Under-18 Snooker Championship Ming Tung Chan5–2
Runner-up1.2019Asian Under-21 Championship Zhao Jianbo3–6
Winner2.2019Challenge Tour – Event 1 Oliver Brown3–1
Runner-up2.2023World Amateur Championship Ali Alobaidli1–6
Winner3.2024WSF Open Gao Yang5–0

Team finals: 1 (1 title)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cheung Ka Wai - Players . snooker.org . 11 February 2024.
  2. Web site: Ka Wai Cheung wins WSF title . . 11 February 2024 . 11 February 2024 . 11 February 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240211212628/https://www.wst.tv/news/2024/february/11/ka-wai-cheung-wins-wsf-title/.
  3. Web site: Ka Wai Cheung becomes World Under-18 Champion. International Billiards and Snooker Federation. 11 October 2015.
  4. Web site: WPBSA Invites for World Qualifiers. 4 March 2016.
  5. It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season
  6. He was an amateur
  7. New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking
  8. The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Final (2015/2016)
  9. Web site: Player Profile – Jaique Ip Wan . World Women's Snooker . womenssnooker.com . 15 November 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190728024721/https://www.womenssnooker.com/player/jaique-ip-wan/ . 28 July 2019 . live .