Yu Delu
Yu Delu at the 2011 Paul Hunter Classic
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| Born |
October 11, 1987 Shanxi Province, China |
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| Sport country |
 China
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| Professional | 2011– |
| Highest ranking | 46 (July, September–October, December 2013–February and April–May 2014, December 2016) |
| Current ranking | 46 (as of 18 December 2016) |
| Career winnings | £196,955 |
| Highest break | 140 (2012 APTC3, 2013 World Championship Qualifying) |
| Century breaks | 40 |
| Best ranking finish | Semi-final (2016 Scottish Open) |
Yu Delu (Chinese: 于德陆; born 11 October 1987) is a professional snooker player from the People's Republic of China.
Yu made his first appearance at the China Open as a wild card in 2006. He defeated Andrew Norman, before losing to Graeme Dott in the last 32. He was awarded a wild card for every China Open event between 2006 and 2011, and for the first three Shanghai Masters events in 2007, 2008 and 2009.
He has made a maximum break during a China Snooker Professional Tour event in ZhengZhou against Jin Long on 20 September 2009. This made him the first person to score a 147 on the China Professional Tour. However, it is not recorded by World Snooker Association.
He was awarded a place on the 2011/2012 professional Main Tour as a wildcard by World Snooker. In Yu's first ranking event qualifier, the Australian Goldfields Open he beat Michael White 5–4, Joe Swail 5–1 and Joe Jogia 5–2 before losing in the final qualifying round 5–0 to Ryan Day. Later in the season he came through three qualifying matches to reach the wildcard round of the German Masters, where he beat Chris Norbury 5–3. The result meant that he played in the main draw of a ranking event outside of China for the first time. Yu drew compatriot Ding Junhui in the last 32 and pulled off the result of his career to date as he won the first three frames before once again closing out the match 5–3. He couldn't replicate his form in the last 16 however, as he was beaten 2–5 by Stephen Lee. Yu reached the final qualifying round in three of the last four ranking events, losing to Andrew Higginson in the World Open and to seven-time world champion Stephen Hendry in both the China Open and World Championship. He was therefore one of the Scot's last ever opponents before his retirement.
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