Li Yan (snooker player)
Li Yan at the 2012 Paul Hunter Classic
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| Born |
September 17, 1992 China |
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| Sport country |
 China
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| Professional | 2011–2014 |
| Highest ranking | 64 (January–February 2012) |
| Career winnings | £39,132 |
| Highest break | 132 (2011 PTC3) |
| Century breaks | 8 |
| Best ranking finish | Last 32 (2009 Shanghai Masters, 2011 UK Championship, 2013 Indian Open) |
Li Yan (born September 17, 1992) is a former professional snooker player from the People's Republic of China.
Li received a wild card for the 2008 Shanghai Masters, losing 1-5 to Anthony Hamilton. At the 2009 Shanghai Masters, he defeated Gerard Greene 5-4, before losing to Ryan Day in the last 32.
Li qualified for the 2011/2012 professional Main Tour as one of four semi-finalists from the second Q School event. As a new player on the tour Li would need to win four matches in order to reach the main stage of the ranking tournaments. He accomplished this in qualifying for the second biggest tournament on the snooker calendar, the UK Championship, with wins over Stuart Carrington, Andy Hicks, Jack Lisowski and Fergal O'Brien. He faced former world champion Shaun Murphy in the first round of the event and was beaten 3–6. He could not qualify for another tournament for the remainder of the season but did play in all 12 of the PTC events throughout the season reaching, but not progressing past, the last 16 on three occasions.
Li finished the season ranked world number 67, just outside the top 64 who retain their places on the tour. However, due to being ranked 43rd on the PTC Order of Merit he secured one of the eight spots for the highest non-qualified players to play in the 2012/2013 season.
Li only won two matches in ranking event qualifiers in the 2012/2013 season. His best results in the minor-ranking Players Tour Championship events were last 16 losses in the third Asian PTC and the fourth European Tour Event, to Stuart Bingham and Rory McLeod respectively. He lost seven consecutive games after this, before beating Robbie Williams 10–7 in the first round of World Championship Qualifying, but his season was ended when he lost 10–2 to Jimmy Robertson in the following round. Li dropped 17 places in the rankings during the year to finish it at world number 84.
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