Wu Yize

Wu Yize
Wu Yize
Simplified Chinese	吴宜泽
Traditional Chinese	吳宜澤
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Wú Yízé
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Ǹgh Yìh Jaahk
Jyutping	Ng⁴ Ji⁴ Zaak⁶

Wu Yize
Born	14 October 2003 (age 21); Lanzhou, Gansu, China
Sport country	China
Professional	2021–present
Highest ranking	19 (August 2025)
Current ranking	20 (as of 2 September 2025)
Best ranking finish	Runner-up (x2)

Wu Yize (Chinese: 吴宜泽; pinyin: Wú Yízé; born 14 October 2003) is a Chinese professional snooker player. In May 2022 he was named the World Snooker Tour’s ‘Rookie of the Year’.

Career

Wu Yize won the IBSF U-21 World Championship in 2018 when he was just fourteen years old, defeating Pongsakorn Chongjairak from Thailand 6–4 in the final.^[1]

He was given a wildcard entry to the 2019 International Championship in Daqing, where he lost 5–6 to John Higgins. He made the last 32 of the 2019 Six-red World Championship in Bangkok, after progressing through the group stage. He again faced Higgins, this time losing 4–6. At the 2019 World Open in Yushan, he faced Luca Brecel, losing 2–5 but making breaks of 85 and 130.^[2]

As a result of his performances on the 2021 CBSA China Tour, Wu was awarded a tour card for the 2021–22 and 2022–23 snooker seasons.^[3] In May 2022, at the end of his debut season, he was given the World Snooker Tour's 'Rookie of that Year' award following three last-32 ranking event appearances.^[4]

At the 2022 European Masters in August 2022, he defeated Luca Brecel, Rory McLeod and Ryan Day in a run through to the quarter-finals that was ended by Ali Carter.^[5] A relatively quiet season ensued, but during qualifying for the 2023 World Snooker Championship, Wu defeated Allan Taylor and compatriot Tian Pengfei, before facing the 2023 Snooker Shoot-Out champion Chris Wakelin. He came back from 1–5 and 4–7 down to beat Wakelin 10–8 in the final qualifying round to reach the televised stages, held at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, for the first time.^[6] In October 2023, he reached the semi-final of the 2023 Wuhan Open.^[7]

On 18 June 2024, he topped his round robin group at the Championship League in Leicester.^[8] he reached the last-32 at the 2024 Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters where he lost to Judd Trump on a deciding frame despite having a 4-0 lead.^[9]^[10] At the 2024 English Open in Brentwood in September 2024 he reached his first ranking final with wins over Judd Trump, Stuart Bingham and Ali Carter.^[11]^[12] In the final, he faced Neil Robertson and recovered from a 7-1 deficit to pull back to 8-7 before ultimately losing 9-7.^[13] The following month he reached the last-16 of the Wuhan Open.^[14]

In December 2024, he reached the semi-finals of the 2024 Snooker Shoot Out.^[15] The following week, he reached the final of the 2024 Scottish Open.^[16]^[17] He qualified for the 2025 World Snooker Championship with a 10-9 victory over Matthew Stevens.^[18] In the first round at The Crucible, he was defeated 10-8 by Mark Williams.^[19]

He topped his round-robin group at the 2025 Championship League in July 2025, going unbeaten against Craig Steadman, Wang Yuchen and Kreishh Gurbaxani.^[20]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament	2017/ 18	2018/ 19	2019/ 20	2021/ 22	2022/ 23	2023/ 24	2024/ 25	2025/ 26
Ranking^{[nb 1]}	^{[nb 2]}	^{[nb 2]}	^{[nb 2]}	^{[nb 3]}	69	49	39	20
Ranking tournaments
Championship League	Non-Ranking Event			A	RR	RR	2R	2R
Saudi Arabia Masters	Tournament Not Held						5R	5R
Wuhan Open	Tournament Not Held					SF	3R	LQ
English Open	A	A	A	1R	2R	1R	F
British Open	Not Held			2R	LQ	1R	1R
Xi'an Grand Prix	Tournament Not Held						LQ
Northern Ireland Open	A	A	A	LQ	LQ	LQ	1R
International Championship	A	A	LQ	Not Held		LQ	2R
UK Championship	A	A	A	3R	LQ	LQ	2R
Shoot Out	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	SF
Scottish Open	A	A	A	1R	LQ	LQ	F
German Masters	A	A	A	LQ	LQ	LQ	QF
Welsh Open	A	A	A	LQ	1R	1R	2R
World Open	A	A	LQ	Not Held		2R	2R
World Grand Prix	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	1R	2R
Players Championship	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	1R
Tour Championship	NH	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	1R
World Championship	A	A	LQ	LQ	1R	LQ	1R
Non-ranking tournaments
Shanghai Masters	R	A	1R	Not Held		A	A	1R
Former ranking tournaments
China Open	A	LQ	Tournament Not Held
China Championship	A	A	LQ	Tournament Not Held
Turkish Masters	Not Held			2R	Tournament Not Held
Gibraltar Open	A	A	A	WD	Tournament Not Held
WST Classic	Tournament Not Held				2R	Not Held
European Masters	A	A	A	2R	QF	2R	Not Held
Former non-ranking tournaments
Six-red World Championship	A	A	2R	NH	LQ	Not Held
Haining Open	3R	1R	2R	A	F	Not Held

Performance Table Legend
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.