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]
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.
Tournament | 2015/ 16 | 2018/ 19 | 2023/ 24 | 2024/ 25 | |||||
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Ranking[5] | [6] | [7] | |||||||
Ranking tournaments | |||||||||
Championship League | Non-Ranking | A | RR | ||||||
Xi'an Grand Prix | Not Held | LQ | |||||||
Saudi Arabia Masters | Not Held | ||||||||
English Open | NH | A | A | ||||||
British Open | Not Held | A | |||||||
Wuhan Open | Not Held | A | |||||||
Northern Ireland Open | NH | A | A | ||||||
International Championship | A | A | A | ||||||
UK Championship | A | A | A | ||||||
Shoot Out | NR | A | A | ||||||
Scottish Open | NH | A | A | ||||||
German Masters | A | A | A | ||||||
Welsh Open | A | A | A | ||||||
World Open | NH | A | A | ||||||
World Grand Prix | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||
Players Championship[8] | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||
Tour Championship | NH | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||
World Championship | LQ | A | LQ | ||||||
Former ranking tournaments | |||||||||
Paul Hunter Classic | MR | LQ | Not Held |
Performance Table Legend | ||||||
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LQ | lost in the qualifying draw |
| 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. |
Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score | |
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Winner | 1. | 2015 | IBSF World Under-18 Snooker Championship | Ming Tung Chan | 5–2 | |
Runner-up | 1. | 2019 | Asian Under-21 Championship | Zhao Jianbo | 3–6 | |
Winner | 2. | 2019 | Challenge Tour – Event 1 | Oliver Brown | 3–1 | |
Runner-up | 2. | 2023 | World Amateur Championship | Ali Alobaidli | 1–6 | |
Winner | 3. | 2024 | WSF Open | Gao Yang | 5–0 |