Yan Bingtao
| Born | 16 February 2000 |
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| Sport country |
 China
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| Professional | 2016– |
| Highest ranking | 56 (May 2017) |
| Current ranking | 70 (as of 18 December 2016) |
| Career winnings | £70,175 |
| Highest break | 136 (2017 Welsh Open) |
| Century breaks | 7 |
| Best ranking finish | Quarter-finals (2017 German Masters) |
| Yan Bingtao | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 顏丙濤 | ||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 颜丙涛 | ||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Yán Bǐngtāo |
| IPA | [jɛ̌npìŋtʰáu] |
Yan Bingtao (born 16 February 2000) is a Chinese professional snooker player. He is the youngest player to win the Amateur World Snooker Championship, his 8–7 victory over Muhammad Sajjad in the final of the 2014 event earning him a place on the sport's main tour.
Having qualified to compete on the main tour for the 2015/2016 season, Yan was unable to obtain a UK Visa, and decided to dedicate the year to completing his education in China; when he resumed his career in 2016, he became the first active professional to have been born in the 2000s.
Yan began to feature in professional competitions at the start of the 2013/2014 season aged 13, in Asian Players Tour Championship events, and as a wildcard player in Chinese ranking tournaments. His first win against a professional came in his first match, against Vinnie Calabrese in the 2013 Yixing Open. He also secured wins over Stuart Bingham, Yu Delu, Barry Pinches and Liang Wenbo during the 2013/2014 and 2014/2015 seasons. He reached the last 32 of the 2014 Wuxi Classic and 2014 Shanghai Masters.
In November 2014, Yan won the Amateur World Snooker Championship, beating Muhammad Sajjad of Pakistan 8–7 in the final. Aged 14, Yan also became the youngest winner of the event beating Zhou Yuelong, who won it aged 15 in 2013. This win earned him a two-year professional card for the 2015/2016 and 2016/2017 seasons.
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