Lü Chenwei, also spelled Lyu Chenwei (; born 16 January 1991) is a Chinese former professional snooker player.
Career Lü appeared in the 2010 China Open as a wildcard aged 19, but lost 5–2 to Robert Milkins. When the Asian Players Tour Championship events were introduced in 2012, it gave Lü an opportunity to qualify for the professional snooker tour. It was in 2013/2014 events where Lü started to make an impact and he reached the semi-finals of the 2013 Zhangjiagang Open, where he lost out to the eventual winner Ju Reti 4–2. This result was the main factor in Lü gaining a tour year place on the professional World Snooker Tour for the 2014–15 and 2015–16 seasons.
Debut season Lü won a match as a professional at the first attempt by beating Dominic Dale 5–2 to qualify for the 2014 Wuxi Classic, where he lost 5–2 to Jack Lisowski. He could not win another match in a qualifying event during the rest of the season. He played in his first UK Championship as all tour players start at the venue stage of this event, but was defeated 6–1 by Ryan Day in the first round. Lü was the world number 113 after his first season on tour.
2015/2016 season Lü won one match all season which came at a minor-ranking European Tour event. He did come very close to beating two-time world champion Mark Williams in the opening round of the Welsh Open by levelling at 3–3 from 3–1 down, but could not take advantage of numerous chances that came his way in the decider. He played in Q School to earn a place back on tour and lost twice in the fourth round. Whilst this was not enough it did give him entry to some events as a top-up player due to his Q School Order of Merit ranking.
2016/2017 season He qualified for the Paul Hunter Classic and was whitewashed 4–0 by Thepchaiya Un-Nooh in the opening round. Lü entered Q School but did not get beyond the third round of either event.
Performance and rankings timeline
Tournament 2009/10 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 RankingIt shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.He was an amateur.New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.113 Ranking tournaments International Championship NH A A LQ LQ LQ A A UK Championship A A A1R1R A A A German Masters A A A LQ LQ A A A Welsh Open A A A1R1R A A A Indian OpenNot Held A LQ NH LQ A A Players ChampionshipThe event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals (2012/2013) NH DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ China OpenWR A A LQ LQ A A A World Championship A A A LQ LQ A A A Non-ranking tournaments Haining Open Not Held MR1R1R1R Former ranking tournaments Wuxi ClassicThe event was called the Jiangsu Classic (2009/2010) NR A A1R Tournament Not Held Australian Goldfields Open NH A A LQ LQ Tournament Not Held Shanghai Masters A A A LQ LQ A A NR 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.
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