Xiao Guodong
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Xiao Guodung at the 2015 German Masters
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| Born | February 10, 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 China
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| Professional | 2007/08, 2009– | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 19 (February–March 2015) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 53 (as of 18 December 2016) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career winnings | £369,469 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest break | 143 (2009 PIOS Event 6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Century breaks | 106 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best ranking finish | Runner-up (2013 Shanghai Masters, 2017 Shoot-Out) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Xiao Guodong (Chinese: 肖国栋; pinyin: Xiāo Guódòng, born 10 February 1989, Chongqing) is a Chinese professional snooker player. Xiao turned professional in 2007 after winning the Asian Under-21 Championships.
He appeared as a wildcard in the 2007 China Open, and beat the then world number 50 Tom Ford 5-3, before losing 0-5 to Matthew Stevens.
In his first ranking tournament, the 2007 Grand Prix he finished 4th in his qualifying group by winning 3 out his 7 matches. In the 2007 Northern Ireland Trophy he beat Leo Fernandez 5-1 and Jimmy White 5-0, before he lost to David Gilbert 2-5.
He lost his first match in the 2007 UK Championship to Kurt Maflin and to the same player in the 2008 China Open qualfiers too. In the Welsh Open he lost to fellow Chinese player Liu Song 2-5.
A victory over Munraj Pal in the 2008 World Championship qualifiers set up a match with David Roe, which he lost 5-10.
He won the Paul Hunter English Open in 2008.
In the 2009 China Open he beat Michael Holt 5–3 in the wild-card round, progressing to the first round proper where he beat fellow Chinese player Ding Junhui 5–3. He gave three-time world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan a tough game in the next round as O'Sullivan began the match with two successive centuries before Xiao rallied to trail just 4–3, but lost the next frame to bow out of the tournament.
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