Lan Yuhao

Lan Yuhao (born 26 August 2008) is a Chinese snooker player. He was awarded a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour, from the start of the 2025-26 snooker season.

Career Growing up in China, his contemporaries that he would practise with included future women’s world champion snooker player Bai Yulu. Coached by Li Jianbing, he won the Chinese youth tournament as a youngster.

In March 2024, he was awarded a wildcard into the 2024 World Open where he lost to professional Jordan Brown. In May 2024, he played at the Asia/Oceania Q School in Bangkok. In the first event he lost in the penultimate round to Sunny Akani. In the second event, he had a 4-2 victory against compatriot Chen Qiyu to reach the final round, where he lost to Haris Tahir of Pakistan who gained a two-year professional place.

He finished as runner-up to Yao Pengchang on the CBSA China Tour in 2024. He was awarded a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour, from the start of the 2025-26 snooker season. At the age of 16 years-of-age he became the second youngest player on the tour after Polish player Michal Szubarczyk. He was drawn in the round-robin stage of the 2025 Championship League against Matthew Stevens, Ryan Day and compatriot Xu Yichen. His results including a win over Xu Yichen for his first professional win in a match that saw him make a break of 142, and a credible draw against eventual group-winner Stevens. Later that season, he won three matches at the 2025 Saudi Arabia Masters before coming through two qualifying rounds to reach the main draw at the 2025 Northern Ireland Open. He reached the last-32 of the 2025 Scottish Open with a win over Gary Wilson, before losing to compatriot Wu Yize. In April 2026, he scored three century breaks to defeat Chatchapong Nasa 10-5 in the first round of qualifying for the 2026 World Snooker Championship, and came close to a 147 in the final frame but missed the 15th red to breakdown on 112. He suffered defeat in the second round to compatriot Fan Zhengyi.

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 held.NR / Non-Ranking Event means an event is/was no longer a ranking event.R / Ranking Event means an event is/was a ranking event.MR / Minor-Ranking Event means an event is/was a minor-ranking event.