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Ding Junhui | colspan = "2" bgcolor = "#00AF00" align = "center" | Ding Junhui | | align = "center" colspan = "2" | 170px | | colspan = "2" bgcolor = "#00AF00" align = "center" | Personal Information | | Date of birth | March 4, 1987 | | Nationality | Chinese | | colspan = "2" bgcolor = "#00AF00" align = "center" | Career | | Professional | 2003 - present | | 2004/5 World Ranking | 76 | | Best World Ranking | 76 | | World Championship Best | n/a | | Highest Break | ? | | colspan = "2" bgcolor = "#00AF00" align = "center" | Ranking Tournament Wins | | China Open | 2005 | Ding Junhui (Chinese: 丁俊晖) (born 4 March 1987) is a Chinese snooker player, born near Shanghai and now resident in England. Junhui started playing snooker at the age of 9 when he joined his father and his friends while he was bored. He practices the game 8 hours every day and in 2003 he became the no. 1-ranked player in China. Junhui shot to international prominence in 2002, when he won the Asian under-21 championship, the Asian Championship, and the IBSF World under-21 championship. He was unable to progress much in 2003 as both the Asian Championship and under-21 Championship had to be cancelled because of the SARS virus crisis, but he was a semi-finalist in the IBSF World under-21 championship and was awarded a Main Tour concession by the World Snooker Association which enabled him to turn professional in September 2003. In February 2004 Junhui was awarded a wildcard entry to the Masters in London, where in the first round he defeated the world no. 16-ranked player, Joe Perry, before narrowly losing in the second round to Stephen Lee. His performance favourably impressed many commentators who have rated him a likely future World Champion. In March 2005 he celebrated his 18th birthday by reaching the final of the China Open in Beijing, defeating world top-16 ranked players Peter Ebdon, Marco Fu, and Ken Doherty to contest the final with world no-3 ranked Stephen Hendry, whom he defeated by 9 frames to 5 to score his first ranking tournament win. Ding Junhui
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