Mei Xiwen

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Mei.
Mei Xiwen
Born (1982-10-08) October 8, 1982
Sport country  China
Professional 2009/10, 2016–
Highest ranking 85 (September 2016–present)
Current ranking 86 (as of 31 October 2016)
Career winnings £14,700[1]
Highest break 121 (2011 Q School Event 1)
Century breaks 8
Best ranking finish Last 16 (2016 Shanghai Masters)

Mei Xiwen (born October 8, 1982) is a Chinese professional snooker player.

Career

Mei made his debut on the Main Tour in the 2009/2010 season, as the ACBS Asian nomination, playing his first match at the 2009 Grand Prix. He lost 5–0 to Patrick Wallace, and was defeated in his next two matches, in the UK Championship and the Welsh Open, to Atthasit Mahitthi and Stephen Rowlings respectively. Mei recorded his first win as a professional in the 2010 China Open, where he beat Noppadol Sangnil 5–4, having trailed 4–2, but lost in the next round, 5–1 to Robert Milkins. After losing in qualifying for the 2010 World Championship to David Morris, Mei finished the season ranked 89th, and was relegated from the tour thereafter.[2]

Mei received a wildcard entry in to the 2010 Shanghai Masters and beat Mike Dunn 5–1, before losing 5–2 to Mark Selby. He also played in the wildcard round of the China Open and lost 5–3 to Marcus Campbell, as well as being unsuccessful at Q School.[3] Over the next five seasons he only played in Asian Tour events and whilst he never made it beyond the fourth round, he did record wins over experienced players such as Mark Davis, Mark King and Xiao Guodong.[4]

In 2016, Mei was given the Chinese nomination for a two-year professional tour place starting with the 2016/2017 season.[5] In qualifying for the 2016 Shanghai Masters, Mei defeated Sanderson Lam 5–2, Gary Wilson 5–3, Dominic Dale 5–1 and Graeme Dott 5–0 to reach the televised stages in Shanghai.[6] At the venue, he beat two-time world champion Mark Williams 5–3 to reach the last 16 of a ranking event for the first time in his career. He faced Ryan Day for a place in the quarter-finals, with Day pulling away from 2–2 to win 5–2.[7]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2006/
07 		2009/
10 		2010/
11 		2012/
13 		2013/
14 		2016/
17
Ranking[8] UR UR[nb 1] UR[nb 2] UR[nb 2] UR[nb 2] UR[nb 1]
Ranking tournaments
Shanghai Masters A WD 1R A A 2R
UK Championship A LQ A A A 3R
World Open[nb 3] A LQ A A A A
Welsh Open A LQ A A A
Players Tour Championship Final[nb 4] Not Held A DNQ DNQ
China Open 1R LQ WR A A
World Championship A LQ A A A
Performance Table Legend
LQ 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-finals
SF lost in the semi–finals F lost in the final W won the tournament
DNQ did not qualify for the tournament A did not participate in the tournament 1R 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 now a ranking event
  1. 1 2 New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.
  2. 1 2 3 He was an amateur.
  3. ↑ The event was called the Grand Prix (2006/2007–2009/2010)
  4. ↑ The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals (2010/2011–2012/2013)

References

  1. ↑ "Career-total Statistics for Mei Xiwen - Professional Results". Cue Tracker. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "Mei Xiwen 2009/2010". Snooker.org. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "Mei Xiwen 2010/2011". Snooker.org. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "Mei Xiwen All Available". Snooker.org. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  5. ↑ "Tour Players 2016/2017" (PDF). World Snooker. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  6. ↑ "Mei Xiwen 2016/2017". Snooker.org. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  7. ↑ "Ding reaches quarterfinals, Mei out". CRJ English. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  8. ↑ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
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