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Ding Junhui
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Nationality: China (China); Male; Born: 1 Apr 1987 (37 years)
Status: Professional; First season as pro: 2003; Ranking wins: 14; Maximums: 6;
Ranking: 9; Euro Tour: 78; Asian Tour: 1
Other sources: CueTracker ; World Snooker
World Championship (16 Apr - 2 May 2016) Pencil
Final England Mark Selby [2] 18-14 China Ding Junhui [17] Head to head Details  Pencil

First session:
125-8 (91), 70-68 (DJ 52), 101-43 (76), 124-0 (120)
100-0 (70), 77-38, 47-68, 14-107

Second session:
73-22, 30-92 (76), 1-103 (103), 49-93 (89)
71-1, 0-86 (86), 52-82 (55), 86-25, 67-27

Third session:
7-121 (89), 56-61, 126-11 (126), 0-103 (103)
75-43 (52), 118-9 (68), 1-69 (52), 75-11 (55)

Fourth session:
103-0 (57), 67-60 (DJ 60), 0-87 (73), 0-108 (70)
0-103 (103), 59-11, 74-0 (74)

Referee: Paul Collier

Selby became the 13th player to win the World Championship at least twice.

He also ended the season as No.1 in the rankings for the fifth year in a row.

SF China Ding Junhui [17] 17-11 Scotland Alan McManus [29] Head to head Details  Pencil

First session:
113-0 (100), 118-8 (84), 131-0 (131), 107-31 (62)
100-8 (100), 27-73, 8-74, 128-0 (128)

Second session:
138-0 (138), 16-107 (107), 91-43 (90), 97-5 (97)
1-70, 0-136 (136), 63-87 (AM 55), 0-125 (125)

Third session:
44-58, 108-17 (80), 59-17, 113-0 (113)
17-115 (59), 0-81 (81), 67-17 (60), 61-53

Fourth session:
69-26, 44-60, 123-1 (123), 67-8


Ding is the first player from Asia to reach the final of the World Championship.

There was a total of 10 centuries in the match, which is a new record. Ding made seven of them which is a new record for a single player at the Crucible. It ties Stephen Hendry for most tons in any match.

Ding missed the 15th black for a 147 in frame 20.

QF China Ding Junhui [17] 13-3 Wales Mark J Williams [13] Head to head Details 
Ding won with a session to spare
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Rd 2 China Ding Junhui [17] 13-10 England Judd Trump [5] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 1 China Ding Junhui [17] 10-8 England Martin Gould [12] Head to head Details 
From needing three snookers Gould took frame 14 to lead 8-6
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World Championship Qual (6-13 Apr 2016) Pencil
Q Rd 3 China Ding Junhui [17] 10-2 England Nigel Bond [94] Head to head   Pencil
Q Rd 2 China Ding Junhui [17] 10-1 Scotland Ross Muir [80] Head to head   Pencil
Q Rd 1 China Ding Junhui [17] 10-4 Ireland Greg Casey (a)     Pencil
PTC Finals (22-27 Mar 2016) Pencil
QF England Barry Hawkins [2] 4-2 China Ding Junhui [8] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 2 China Ding Junhui [8] 4-0 Wales Michael White [12] Head to head   Pencil

Ding started the match with a 143, the highest break of the event. Watch it on YouTube

Rd 1 China Ding Junhui [8] 4-1 England David Gilbert [27] Head to head   Pencil
World Grand Prix (8-13 Mar 2016) Pencil
SF England Shaun Murphy [14] 6-3 China Ding Junhui [18] Head to head Details  Pencil

8-103 (68), 106-0 (62), 52-62, 110-0 (110)
31-71 (66), 73-9, 70-24, 88-1 (88), 73-31 (66)

QF China Ding Junhui [18] 4-3 Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [23] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 2 China Ding Junhui [18] 4-0 England Peter Ebdon [31] Head to head   Pencil
Rd 1 China Ding Junhui [18] 4-3 England Ben Woollaston [15] Head to head  
Amazing fluke and pot by Woollaston in the deciding frame. Watch on YouTube.
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Euro Tour 6 (23-28 Feb 2016) Pencil
Rd 3 Malaysia Thor Chuan Leong [32] 4-1 China Ding Junhui Head to head   Pencil
Rd 2 China Ding Junhui 4-0 Wales Gareth Allen Head to head   Pencil
Rd 1 China Ding Junhui 4-1 Wales Mark J Williams [7] Head to head   Pencil
Welsh Open (15-21 Feb 2016) Pencil
QF Australia Neil Robertson [4] 5-2 China Ding Junhui [12] Head to head Details  Pencil

Ding compiled the 6th maximum break of his career in frame six. It earns him 12,000 pounds. Watch on YouTube.

Rd 4 China Ding Junhui [12] 4-2 Belgium Luca Brecel [28] Head to head   Pencil
Rd 3 China Ding Junhui [12] 4-3 England Matthew Selt [21] Head to head   Pencil
Rd 2 China Ding Junhui [12] 4-3 Northern Ireland Joe Swail [53]     Pencil
Rd 1 China Ding Junhui [12] 4-1 England Steven Hallworth [94]     Pencil
China Open Qual (9-11 Feb 2016) Pencil
Q Rd 1 Wales Lee Walker [88] 5-1 China Ding Junhui [6] Head to head  
Match held over to main venue
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Masters (10-17 Jan 2016) Pencil
Rd 1 England Stuart Bingham [2] 6-4 China Ding Junhui [9] Head to head   Pencil

35-67, 59-48, 124-0 (120), 70-21 (60)
7-69, 10-62, 80-5, 30-71 (71), 70-56
66-21

This was the first win for Bingham at the Masters. He missed the yellow in the third frame during a 147 attempt. Watch on YouTube.

German Masters Qual (17-20 Dec 2015) Pencil
Q Rd 2 China Tian Pengfei [56] 5-3 China Ding Junhui [9] Head to head   Pencil
Q Rd 1 China Ding Junhui [9] 5-2 Wales Gareth Allen [100] Head to head   Pencil
Euro Tour 5 (9-13 Dec 2015) Pencil
Rd 2 England Stuart Bingham 4-2 China Ding Junhui Head to head   Pencil
Rd 1 China Ding Junhui w/o England Shaun Murphy [2] Head to head   Pencil
UK Championship (24 Nov - 6 Dec 2015) Pencil
Rd 1 England Adam Duffy (a) 6-2 China Ding Junhui [8]     Pencil
International Championship (25 Oct - 1 Nov 2015) Pencil
Rd 2 Wales Ryan Day [19] 6-5 China Ding Junhui [4] Head to head   Pencil
Rd 1 China Ding Junhui [4] 6-2 England Craig Steadman [66] Head to head   Pencil
Asian Tour (19-23 Oct 2015) Pencil
Final China Ding Junhui [1] 4-3 England Ricky Walden [2] Head to head Details  Pencil

33-85 (79), 13-71, 81-30 (77)
26-94 (66), 89-0 (82)
76-45 (53), 74-0 (74)

Referee: Peggy Li (Li An)

Ding won his fourth minor ranking title and 19th professional title overall. It was his first tournament win since the 2014 Yixing Open (16 months).

SF China Ding Junhui [1] 4-2 England Jimmy Robertson [15] Head to head Details  Pencil

5-83, 101-1 (65), 73-51, 92-0
0-102 (95), 79-31 (58)

QF China Ding Junhui [1] 4-3 China Zhang Anda [27] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 4 China Ding Junhui [1] 4-1 England Mark King [10] Head to head   Pencil
Rd 3 China Ding Junhui [1] 4-3 England Peter Lines [21]     Pencil
Rd 2 China Ding Junhui [1] 4-0 China Tang Jun (a) Head to head   Pencil
Rd 1 China Ding Junhui [1] 4-1 China Xu Si (a) Head to head   Pencil
International Championship Qual (30 Sep - 3 Oct 2015) Pencil
Q Rd 1 China Ding Junhui [4] 6-4 England Sam Craigie (a) Head to head  
Match was held over to Daqing.
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Shanghai Masters (14-20 Sep 2015) Pencil
QF England Kyren Wilson [53] 5-4 China Ding Junhui [3] Head to head Details 
Wilson won on the final black to reach his first ranking semifinal
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Rd 2 China Ding Junhui [3] 5-4 Wales Ryan Day [19] Head to head   Pencil
Rd 1 China Ding Junhui [3] 5-1 Scotland Alan McManus [25] Head to head   Pencil
6 Red World Championship (7-12 Sep 2015) Pencil
Rd 1 England Matthew Selt 6-2 China Ding Junhui Head to head  Pencil
6 Red, D (7-9 Sep 2015) Pencil
Grp China Ding Junhui 5-4 Scotland Graeme Dott Head to head  Pencil
Grp England Michael Holt 5-4 China Ding Junhui Head to head  Pencil
Grp Iran Ehsan Heydari Nezhad (a) 5-3 China Ding Junhui    Pencil
Grp China Ding Junhui 5-0 Australia Ben Judge (a)    Pencil
Grp China Ding Junhui 5-1 Thailand Phaitoon Phonbun (a) Head to head  Pencil