Gong Chenzhi

Gong Chenzhi (, born 22 September 2006) is a Chinese snooker player. In 2024, he won a place on the World Snooker Tour from the 2024–25 snooker season.

Career In June 2023, Gong beat three-time Women’s World Champion Ng On Yee 4-0 at the Asia-Oceania Q School in Bangkok.

2023/24 He reached the semi-finals at the 2023 CBSA Zhang Jiagang Youth Event Under-21 tournament. He was awarded a wildcard for the 2023 Wuhan Open. At the event he defeated Daniel Womersley and Jordan Brown. He was then beaten 4-5 by compatriot He Guoquiang. At the 2023 Shanghai Masters in September 2023, he played Iranian top-16 player Hossein Vafaei and lost 6-1.

Awarded a wildcard into the 2023 International Championship in Tianjin in November 2023, he was defeated by compatriot Wang Xingzhong 5-6, who at 12 years-old, became the second youngest player to ever compete at a ranking event, after Liam Davies at the 2019 Snooker Shoot Out.

At the WSF Junior Snooker Championship held in Albania in February 2024, he reached the final before being defeated by Hungarian Bulcsú Révész.

In qualifying for the 2024 World Snooker Championship he was defeated by veteran Rod Lawler 10-7.

2024/25 Through his performances on the CBSA China Tour he earnt a place on the World Snooker Tour from the 2024–25 snooker season. He made his professional debut at the 2024 Championship League in Leicester in June 2024. He defeated Gerard Greene in the third match of his round robin group. At the 2024 Xi'an Grand Prix he defeated Tom Ford before facing countryman Si Jiahui. He reached the fourth round of the 2024 Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters before facing Neil Robertson. He recorded a win over Mink Nutcharut in qualifying for the 2025 German Masters. He lost to David Gilbert in the third round of qualifying for the 2025 World Snooker Championship.

2025/26 He was drawn in the round-robin stage of the 2025 Championship League against Jack Lisowski, Ross Muir and Ashley Carty, and went unbeaten, beating Carty and earning 2-2 draws with Muir and Lisowski. He suffered a 5-0 defeat to Mark Selby at the 2025 Xi'an Grand Prix. He reached the second round of qualifying at the 2026 World Snooker Championship before losing to Robbie McGuigan. Dropping off the tour at the conclusion of the season, he entered European Q School in May 2026, reaching the final round of event two with a win over Robert Milkins, where he faced France's Brian Ochoiski and won 4–2 to regain his tour card.

Performance and rankings timeline Performance Table LegendLQ 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-finalsSF lost in the semi-finalsF lost in the finalW won the tournamentDNQ did not qualify for the tournamentA did not participate in the tournamentWD withdrew from the tournament NH / Not Held means an event was not heldNR / Non-Ranking Event means an event is/was no longer a ranking eventR / Ranking Event means an event is/was a ranking eventMR / Minor-Ranking Event means an event is/was a minor-ranking event