Chen Zifan

Nationality: China

(China); Male; Born: 17 Sep 1995 (28 years)
Status: Amateur; First season as pro: 2017; Last season as pro: 2022;

Other sources: CueTracker ; World Snooker

Info: Due to match fixing offences suspended until 20 December 2027 (https://snookerhq.com/2023/06/21/cbsa-announces-bans-chinese-match-fixing-snooker-players/). Additional CBSA suspensions for China (https://snookerhq.com/2023/06/21/cbsa-announces-bans-chinese-match-fixing-snooker-players/).

2022/2023
6 Red World Championship Qual (7-9 Jan 2023)
Q Rd 1		Dean Young	w/o			Chen Zifan
Q Rd 1	Chen was suspended
English Open (12-18 Dec 2022)
Rd 1		Ali Carter [21]	4	-	0	Chen Zifan [94]
Scottish Open (28 Nov - 4 Dec 2022)
Rd 1		Jamie Jones [27]	4	-	0	Chen Zifan [94]
Rd 1	Three consecutive centuries by Jones
German Masters Qual (21-26 Nov 2022)
Q Rd 2		Elliot Slessor [54]	5	-	4	Chen Zifan [92]
UK Championship Qual (5-10 Nov 2022)
Q Rd 1		Farakh Ajaib (a)	6	-	2	Chen Zifan [92]
English Open Qual (25-30 Oct 2022)
Q Rd 2		Chen Zifan [94]	4	-	3	Mink Nutcharut (f) [117]
Northern Ireland Open (16-23 Oct 2022)
Rd 1		Mark Allen [1]	4	-	0	Chen Zifan [93]
Scottish Open Qual (9-14 Oct 2022)
Q Rd 1		Chen Zifan [94]	4	-	0	Ryan Thomerson [110]
British Open (26 Sep - 2 Oct 2022)
Rd 1		Ross Muir (a)	4	-	3	Chen Zifan [90]
Rd 1	Chen was 3-0 up.
Northern Ireland Open Qual (23-28 Aug 2022)
Q Rd 2		Chen Zifan [93]	4	-	1	Ng On Yee (f) [94]
British Open Qual (9-14 Aug 2022)
Q Rd 1		Chen Zifan [90]	4	-	2	Mink Nutcharut (f) [118]
European Masters Qual (15-24 Jul 2022)
Q Rd 1		Aaron Hill [101]	5	-	1	Chen Zifan [87]
Championship League Stage One Group 29 (1 Jul 2022)
Grp		Chen Zifan [82]	2	-	2	John Astley [101]
Grp		Lu Ning [29]	3	-	0	Chen Zifan [82]
Grp		Chen Zifan [82]	3	-	0	Oliver Lines [50]
Grp	Respotted black in frame 1.
2021/2022
World Championship Qual (4-13 Apr 2022)
Q Rd 1		Hammad Miah [92]	6	-	3	Chen Zifan [115]
Gibraltar Open (24-26 Mar 2022)
Rd 1		Nigel Bond [72]	4	-	1	Chen Zifan [111]
Welsh Open Qual (15-20 Feb 2022)
Q Rd 1		Mark Selby [2]	4	-	1	Chen Zifan [115]
Turkish Masters Qual (2-6 Feb 2022)
Q Rd 1		Scott Donaldson [44]	5	-	3	Chen Zifan [113]
Shoot Out (20-23 Jan 2022)
Rd 1		Paul Deaville (a)	59	-	50	Chen Zifan [103]
UK Championship (23 Nov - 5 Dec 2021)
Rd 1		Zhou Yuelong [17]	6	-	1	Chen Zifan [111]
European Masters Qual (27-31 Oct 2021)
Q Rd 1		Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [18]	5	-	3	Chen Zifan [108]
Q Rd 1	Un-Nooh's 144 in frame 5 is the highest break in the event so far
German Masters Qual (18-26 Oct 2021)
Q Rd 1		Yan Bingtao [15]	5	-	2	Chen Zifan [105]
Scottish Open Qual (24-29 Sep 2021)
Q Rd 1		Craig Steadman [97]	4	-	2	Chen Zifan [105]
English Open Qual (17-22 Sep 2021)
Q Rd 1		Nigel Bond [64]	4	-	1	Chen Zifan [105]
Northern Ireland Open Qual (23-27 Aug 2021)
Q Rd 1		Alfie Burden [112]	4	-	1	Chen Zifan [110]
British Open (16-22 Aug 2021)
Rd 2		Liam Highfield [40]	3	-	2	Chen Zifan [111]
Rd 1		Chen Zifan [111]	3	-	0	Farakh Ajaib [86]
Championship League Stage One Group 17 (4 Aug 2021)
Grp		Chen Zifan [100]	2	-	2	Michael Collumb (a)
Grp		Shaun Murphy [3]	3	-	1	Chen Zifan [100]
Grp		Jamie Jones [46]	3	-	1	Chen Zifan [100]
2020/2021
World Championship Qual (5-14 Apr 2021)
Q Rd 3		Stuart Bingham [18]	6	-	1	Chen Zifan [79]
Q Rd 2		Chen Zifan [79]	6	-	5	Mitchell Mann [81]
WST Pro Series First Phase Group I (15 Mar 2021)
Grp		Jamie Wilson [117]	2	-	0	Chen Zifan [71]
Grp		Chen Zifan [71]	2	-	1	David Lilley [90]
Grp		Ben Hancorn [110]	2	-	1	Chen Zifan [71]
Grp		Chen Zifan [71]	2	-	1	Ronnie O'Sullivan [1]
Grp		Chen Zifan [71]	2	-	1	Tom Ford [25]
Grp		Lyu Haotian [35]	2	-	0	Chen Zifan [71]
Grp		Mark Joyce [54]	2	-	0	Chen Zifan [71]
Gibraltar Open (1-7 Mar 2021)
Rd 3		Jimmy White [80]	4	-	3	Chen Zifan [77]
Rd 3	Chen needed two snookers in the decider and got them but lost the frame anyway.
Rd 2		Chen Zifan [77]	4	-	3	Leo Fernandez (a)
Rd 1		Chen Zifan [77]	4	-	1	Daniel Womersley (a)
Welsh Open (15-21 Feb 2021)
Rd 1		Kyren Wilson [6]	4	-	2	Chen Zifan [77]
Scottish Open (7-13 Dec 2020)
Rd 1		Mark King [45]	4	-	0	Chen Zifan [81]
Rd 1	Chen didn't score a single point
UK Championship (23 Nov - 6 Dec 2020)
Rd 3		Anthony McGill [19]	6	-	1	Chen Zifan [78]
Rd 2		Chen Zifan [78]	6	-	5	Yan Bingtao [13]
Rd 1		Chen Zifan [78]	6	-	5	Yuan Sijun [52]	Match started late due to late arrival of COVID-19 test results.
Northern Ireland Open (16-22 Nov 2020)
Rd 1		Xu Si [81]	4	-	1	Chen Zifan [78]
German Masters Qual (10-14 Nov 2020)
Q Rd 1		Shaun Murphy [5]	5	-	0	Chen Zifan [77]
Q Rd 1	147 by Murphy in the second frame. Watch on YouTube.
English Open (12-18 Oct 2020)
Rd 1		Jimmy Robertson [26]	4	-	1	Chen Zifan [75]
European Masters (21-27 Sep 2020)
Rd 2		Stuart Bingham [13]	5	-	1	Chen Zifan [77]
Rd 1		Chen Zifan [77]	5	-	3	Eden Sharav [69]
Championship League Stage One Group 3 (14 Sep 2020)
Grp		Jamie Jones [94]	3	-	1	Chen Zifan [76]
Grp		Gary Wilson [17]	2	-	2	Chen Zifan [76]
Grp		Robert Milkins [48]	3	-	0	Chen Zifan [76]
2019/2020
Gibraltar Open (11-15 Mar 2020)
Rd 3		Fergal O'Brien [60]	4	-	2	Chen Zifan [96]
Rd 2		Chen Zifan [96]	4	-	3	Andrew Pagett (a)
Rd 1		Chen Zifan [96]	4	-	0	Zhang Jiankang [81]
Shoot-Out (20-23 Feb 2020)
Rd 1		Ali Carter [11]	56	-	50	Chen Zifan [97]
Rd 1	Break 52
Welsh Open (10-16 Feb 2020)
Rd 2		Mark Selby [5]	4	-	1	Chen Zifan [107]
Rd 1		Chen Zifan [107]	4	-	3	Kurt Maflin [42]
German Masters Qual (20-22 Dec 2019)
Q Rd 1		Stuart Carrington [44]	5	-	0	Chen Zifan [104]
European Masters Qual (17-19 Dec 2019)
Q Rd 2		Kyren Wilson [8]	5	-	1	Chen Zifan [103]
Q Rd 1		Chen Zifan [103]	5	-	2	Louis Heathcote [84]
Scottish Open (9-15 Dec 2019)
Rd 1		Ben Woollaston [38]	4	-	3	Chen Zifan [109]
UK Championship (26 Nov - 8 Dec 2019)
Rd 1		Scott Donaldson [26]	6	-	1	Chen Zifan [103]
Northern Ireland Open (11-17 Nov 2019)
Rd 2		Si Jiahui [98]	4	-	1	Chen Zifan [109]	Si won three frames on the black.
Rd 1		Chen Zifan [109]	4	-	2	Patrick Wallace (a)
English Open (14-20 Oct 2019)
Rd 1		Lee Walker [79]	4	-	1	Chen Zifan [101]
World Open Qual (2-5 Oct 2019)
Q Rd 1		John Higgins [4]	5	-	2	Chen Zifan [97]
China Championship Qual (15-18 Aug 2019)
Q Rd 2		Anthony McGill [23]	5	-	1	Chen Zifan [93]
Riga Masters (26-28 Jul 2019)
Rd 3		Yan Bingtao [16]	4	-	0	Chen Zifan	Chen reached the last 16 for the first time
Rd 2		Chen Zifan	4	-	0	Ben Woollaston [34]
Rd 1		Chen Zifan	4	-	0	Andres Petrov (a)
International Championship Qual (14-17 Jun 2019)
Q Rd 1		Ricky Walden [29]	6	-	0	Chen Zifan
Riga Masters Qual (10-13 Jun 2019)
Q Rd 1		Chen Zifan	4	-	2	Michael Georgiou [39]
2018/2019
Q School 3 (30 May - 4 Jun 2019)
Rd 2		Andy Marriott (a)	w/o			Chen Zifan
Rd 2	Chen Zifan qualified from the second event.
Q School 2 (24-29 May 2019)
QF		Chen Zifan	4	-	0	Au Chi Wai (a)
QF	Chen Zifan earns a spot on the Main Tour for 2019/2020 and 2020/2021.
Rd 5		Chen Zifan	4	-	0	Long Zehuang (a)
Rd 4		Chen Zifan	4	-	2	Shane Castle (a)
Rd 3		Chen Zifan	4	-	0	Lukas Kleckers
Rd 2		Chen Zifan	4	-	0	Owais Ali (a)
Rd 1		Chen Zifan	4	-	1	Brandon Hall (a)
Q School 1 (18-23 May 2019)
Rd 3		Sean Maddocks (a)	4	-	2	Chen Zifan
Rd 2		Chen Zifan	4	-	2	Jack Harris (a)
World Championship Qual (10-17 Apr 2019)
Q Rd 1		Sunny Akani [56]	10	-	6	Chen Zifan [99]
Gibraltar Open (13-17 Mar 2019)
Rd 2		Robin Hull [61]	4	-	2	Chen Zifan [70]
Rd 1		Chen Zifan [70]	4	-	1	Farakh Ajaib (a)
Shoot-Out (21-24 Feb 2019)
Rd 1		Sam Baird [84]	110	-	16	Chen Zifan [75]	Break 64
China Open Qual (18-20 Feb 2019)
Q Rd 1		Stuart Bingham [11]	6	-	2	Chen Zifan [92]
Welsh Open (11-17 Feb 2019)
Rd 1		James Wattana [119]	4	-	3	Chen Zifan [93]
German Masters Qual (18-21 Dec 2018)
Q Rd 1		Gary Wilson [34]	5	-	4	Chen Zifan [87]
Scottish Open (10-16 Dec 2018)
Rd 1		Marco Fu [14]	4	-	3	Chen Zifan [81]
UK Championship (27 Nov - 9 Dec 2018)
Rd 1		Michael Holt [44]	6	-	1	Chen Zifan [84]
Northern Ireland Open (12-18 Nov 2018)
Rd 2		David Gilbert [21]	4	-	2	Chen Zifan [82]
Rd 1		Chen Zifan [82]	4	-	3	Barry Hawkins [6]
English Open (15-21 Oct 2018)
Rd 1		Matthew Stevens [54]	4	-	1	Chen Zifan [82]
International Championship Qual (9-12 Oct 2018)
Q Rd 1		Li Hang [37]	6	-	0	Chen Zifan [79]
Paul Hunter Classic (22-26 Aug 2018)
Rd 2		Luca Brecel [4]	4	-	1	Chen Zifan [42]
Rd 1		Chen Zifan [42]	4	-	0	Duncan Bezzina (a)
China Championship Qual (19-22 Aug 2018)
Q Rd 1		Hossein Vafaei [46]	5	-	2	Chen Zifan [78]
European Masters Qual (17-18 Aug 2018)
Q Rd 1		Yan Bingtao [21]	4	-	1	Chen Zifan [78]
Indian Open Qual (15-16 Aug 2018)
Q Rd 1		Michael Holt [22]	4	-	1	Chen Zifan [66]
World Open Qual (6-9 Jul 2018)
Q Rd 1		Robert Milkins [32]	5	-	0	Chen Zifan [92]
Riga Masters Qual (2-5 Jul 2018)
Q Rd 1		Alfie Burden	4	-	2	Chen Zifan [71]
2017/2018
World Championship Qual (11-18 Apr 2018)
Q Rd 1		Noppon Saengkham [50]	10	-	1	Chen Zifan [105]
Gibraltar Open (7-11 Mar 2018)
Rd 1		Hammad Miah [61]	4	-	0	Chen Zifan [83]
Welsh Open (26 Feb - 4 Mar 2018)
Rd 2		Fang Xiongman [88]	4	-	2	Chen Zifan [101]
Rd 1		Chen Zifan [101]	4	-	1	Zhou Yuelong [31]
Shoot-Out (8-11 Feb 2018)
Rd 1		Peter Lines [82]	50	-	17	Chen Zifan [87]
China Open Qual (27-30 Jan 2018)
Q Rd 2		Ali Carter [17]	6	-	4	Chen Zifan [92]
German Masters Qual (19-22 Dec 2017)
Q Rd 1		Cao Yupeng [64]	5	-	2	Chen Zifan [95]
Q Rd 1	140 by Chen in frame four was the highest break of the qualifiers
Scottish Open (11-17 Dec 2017)
Rd 1		Joe Perry [20]	4	-	2	Chen Zifan [96]
UK Championship (28 Nov - 10 Dec 2017)
Rd 1		Xiao Guodong [34]	6	-	0	Chen Zifan [96]
Northern Ireland Open (20-26 Nov 2017)
Rd 2		Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [45]	4	-	3	Chen Zifan [93]	105 (missed maximum) by Un-Nooh in the last frame
Rd 1		Chen Zifan [93]	4	-	1	Shaun Murphy [4]
English Open (16-22 Oct 2017)
Rd 3		Aditya Mehta [78]	4	-	1	Chen Zifan [96]
Rd 2		Chen Zifan [96]	4	-	3	Barry Hawkins [8]
Rd 1		Chen Zifan [96]	4	-	3	Sanderson Lam
Shanghai Masters Qual (11-13 Oct 2017)
Q Rd 2		Tom Ford [32]	5	-	0	Chen Zifan [102]
European Masters (2-8 Oct 2017)
Rd 2		David Gilbert [16]	4	-	1	Chen Zifan [98]	Chen Zifan reached the last 32 for the first time.
Rd 1		Chen Zifan [98]	4	-	2	Mark King [17]
International Championship Qual (26-29 Sep 2017)
Q Rd 1		Ryan Day [15]	6	-	1	Chen Zifan [96]
China Championship (16-22 Aug 2017)
Rd 1		Zhou Yuelong [32]	5	-	4	Chen Zifan
World Open Qual (6-9 Aug 2017)
Q Rd 1		Oliver Lines [55]	5	-	2	Chen Zifan [97]
European Masters Qual (3-4 Aug 2017)
Q Rd 1		Chen Zifan [98]	4	-	2	Hammad Miah [67]
Indian Open Qual (1-2 Aug 2017)
Q Rd 1		Stuart Bingham [5]	4	-	1	Chen Zifan [92]
Riga Masters (23-25 Jun 2017)
Rd 1		Craig Steadman [73]	w/o			Chen Zifan
China Championship Qual (3-6 Jun 2017)
Q Rd 1		Chen Zifan	5	-	3	Dominic Dale [33]
Riga Masters Qual (31 May - 2 Jun 2017)
Q Rd 1		Chen Zifan	4	-	2	Ross Muir
2016/2017
Q School 2 (15-20 May 2017)
QF		Chen Zifan (a)	4	-	1	Ben Jones (a)
QF	Chen earned a spot on the 2017/2018 and 2018/2019 Main Tour
Rd 5		Chen Zifan (a)	4	-	0	Kishan Hirani (a)
Rd 4		Chen Zifan (a)	4	-	0	Lee Page (a)
Rd 3		Chen Zifan (a)	4	-	0	Michael Dubicki (a)
Rd 2		Chen Zifan (a)	4	-	3	Daniel Ward (a)
Rd 1		Chen Zifan (a)	4	-	1	Lucky Vatnani (a)
Q School 1 (9-14 May 2017)
Rd 4		Jamie Cope	4	-	3	Chen Zifan (a)
Rd 3		Chen Zifan (a)	4	-	2	Andres Petrov (a)
Rd 2		Chen Zifan (a)	4	-	0	Darren Barton (a)
Rd 1		Chen Zifan (a)	4	-	0	Aaron Cook (a)
International Championship (23-30 Oct 2016)
Rd 1		Liang Wenbo [18]	6	-	5	Chen Zifan (a)
Wild Card		Chen Zifan (a)	6	-	3	Tian Pengfei [47]
Shanghai Masters (19-25 Sep 2016)
Wild Card		Anthony McGill [18]	5	-	0	Chen Zifan (a)
2015/2016
Q School 2 (17-22 May 2016)
Rd 4		Tony Drago	4	-	2	Chen Zifan (a)
Rd 3		Chen Zifan (a)	4	-	2	Mike Finn (a)
Rd 2		Chen Zifan (a)	4	-	1	Ryan Causton (a)
Q School 1 (11-16 May 2016)
Rd 2		Reanne Evans (af)	4	-	0	Chen Zifan (a)
International Championship (25 Oct - 1 Nov 2015)
Wild Card		Ken Doherty [46]	6	-	2	Chen Zifan (a)
Asian Tour (19-23 Oct 2015)
Rd 1		Duan Yanfeng (a)	4	-	3	Chen Zifan (a)
Shanghai Masters (14-20 Sep 2015)
Wild Card		Robert Milkins [18]	5	-	0	Chen Zifan (a)
2014/2015
Asian Tour 3 (20-24 Jan 2015)
Rd 4		Mark J Williams [38]	4	-	1	Chen Zifan (a) [55]
Rd 3		Chen Zifan (a) [55]	4	-	2	Ross Muir [9]
Rd 2		Chen Zifan (a) [55]	4	-	3	Geng Mingqi (a)
Rd 1		Chen Zifan (a) [55]	4	-	0	Gao Le (a)
Asian Tour 2 (20-24 Oct 2014)
Rd 2		Joe Perry [8]	4	-	1	Chen Zifan (a)
Rd 1		Chen Zifan (a)	4	-	2	Liu Ren (a)
Shanghai Masters (8-14 Sep 2014)
Wild Card		Li Hang [68]	5	-	3	Chen Zifan (a)
Wuxi Classic (23-29 Jun 2014)
Rd 1		Joe Perry [13]	5	-	0	Chen Zifan (a)
Wild Card		Chen Zifan (a)	5	-	3	Scott Donaldson
Asian Tour 1 (17-21 Jun 2014)
Rd 1		Sean O'Sullivan (a)	4	-	1	Chen Zifan (a)
2013/2014
China Open (31 Mar - 6 Apr 2014)
Wild Card		Yu Delu [48]	5	-	2	Chen Zifan (a)
Haikou World Open (10-16 Mar 2014)
Rd 1		Judd Trump [5]	5	-	0	Chen Zifan (a)
Wild Card		Chen Zifan (a)	5	-	3	Sanderson Lam (a)
Asian Tour 4 (4-8 Mar 2014)
Rd 3		Sun Peng (a)	4	-	3	Chen Zifan (a)
Rd 2		Chen Zifan (a)	4	-	1	Ma Yinzhu (a)
Rd 1		Chen Zifan (a)	4	-	1	Luo Guangsheng (a)
Asian Tour 3 (20-24 Oct 2013)
QF		Xiao Guodong [14]	4	-	0	Chen Zifan (a) [31]
Rd 4		Chen Zifan (a) [31]	4	-	1	Luo Honghao (a) [37]
Rd 3		Chen Zifan (a) [31]	4	-	2	Qiu Yalong (a)
Rd 2		Chen Zifan (a) [31]	4	-	1	Da Hailin (a) [9]
Rd 1		Chen Zifan (a) [31]	4	-	1	Lin Yongzhi (a) [48]
Asian Tour 2 (23-27 Sep 2013)
Rd 3		Ju Reti (a) [13]	4	-	1	Chen Zifan (a) [30]
Rd 2		Chen Zifan (a) [30]	4	-	0	Sun Jianjun (a)
Rd 1		Chen Zifan (a) [30]	w/o			Zhang Dongtao (a)
Asian Tour 1 (11-15 Jun 2013)
Rd 2		Andrew Pagett	4	-	0	Chen Zifan (a)
Rd 1		Chen Zifan (a)	w/o			Michael Holt [10]
2012/2013
APTC1 (18-22 Jun 2012)
Rd 2		Michael White	4	-	2	Chen Zifan (a)
Wild Card		Chen Zifan (a)	4	-	2	Luo Guangsheng (a)

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