Thor Chuan Leong (; born 24 March 1988), better known on the main tour as Rory Thor, is a Malaysian former professional snooker player.
Career Thor, based in Penang, Malaysia represented his country at the 2006 & 2010 Asian Games and in the 2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games and 2013 Southeast Asian Games, in the Southeast Asian Games he won bronze in the snooker singles and doubles and gold in the six red snooker singles.
In 2014, Thor won the ACBS Asian Snooker Championship in May, beating Taiwan's Hung Chuang Ming 7–3 in the final. This victory gained Thor a two-year card on the professional World Snooker Tour for the 2014–15 and 2015/2016 seasons. However, despite the tour starting in May, Thor did not start playing on the tour until February 2015. He played in the Six-red World Championship, but lost all five of his group matches. In his first match in a ranking event qualifier he was beaten 1–4 by Dechawat Poomjaeng. Although Thor lost all four of his matches this season he did push top 16 player Stuart Bingham to a deciding frame in the first round of the Welsh Open.
Thor again failed to win a single match in ranking events during the 2015–16 season; in contrast, he performed successfully in the European Tour events, winning all of his first-round matches and reaching last 16 twice, at the Paul Hunter Classic and the Gdynia Open. As a result, Thor was able to secure his place on the Main Tour for two further seasons by finishing tied 31st on the Order of Merit.
A 5–2 victory over Jack Lisowski saw Thor qualify for the 2016 World Open and he reached the second round by beating Luca Brecel 5–3, before losing 1–5 to Neil Robertson. He also advanced to the last 32 of the Gibraltar Open with wins over Matthew Roberts and Gary Wilson, but lost 3–4 to Igor Figueiredo.
At the 2024 British Open he secured one of the highest profile wins of his career, defeating three-time world champion Mark Williams 4–1 in the first round.
Performance and rankings timeline Tournament 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2023/24 2024/25RankingIt shows the ranking at the beginning of the seasonNew players on the Main Tour do not have a ranking125Players qualified through European Tour Order of Merit started the season without prize money ranking points84Players qualified through Q School started the season without ranking points8384Ranking tournamentsChampionship LeagueNon-Ranking EventWDRRXi'an Grand PrixTournament Not HeldLQSaudi Arabia MastersTournament Not Held4REnglish OpenNot Held1R3R2R1RLQLQBritish OpenTournament Not Held1R3RWuhan OpenTournament Not HeldLQLQNorthern Ireland OpenNot Held1R1R1R1R1R1RInternational ChampionshipALQLQLQLQLQLQLQUK ChampionshipA1R1R1R1R1RLQLQShoot OutNon-Ranking1R1R2R2R1R1RScottish OpenNot Held1R1R1R1R3RLQGerman MastersALQLQLQLQLQLQLQWelsh Open1R1R2R1R2R1RLQ1RWorld OpenNot Held2RLQLQLQLQLQWorld Grand PrixNRDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQPlayers ChampionshipThe event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Final (2014/2015–2015/2016)DNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQTour ChampionshipTournament Not HeldDNQDNQDNQDNQWorld ChampionshipLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQNon-ranking tournamentsChampionship LeagueAAAAARRAAFormer ranking tournamentsShanghai MastersALQLQLQNon-Ranking EventPaul Hunter ClassicMinor-Rank1RA1RNRNot HeldIndian OpenLQNHLQLQ1RNot HeldChina OpenLQLQLQLQ1RNot HeldRiga MastersThe event was called the Riga Open (2014/2015–2015/2016)Minor-RankLQLQWDLQNot HeldChina ChampionshipNot HeldNRLQLQLQNot HeldGibraltar OpenNHMR3R2RA1RNot HeldEuropean MastersNot HeldLQ1R2RLQLQNHFormer non-ranking tournamentsSix-red World ChampionshipRRRRAAAANot Held 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 WD 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.
Career finals Pro-am finals: 5 (4 titles) Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final ScoreRunner-up 1. 2009 Southeast Asian Games 3–4Winner 1. 2013 Southeast Asian Games (six-red) Sithideth Sakbieng 5–4Winner 2. 2015 Southeast Asian Games Htet Ko 4–2Winner 3. 2023 Southeast Asian Games (2) Sunny Akani 4–1Winner4.2025Southeast Asian Games (six-red) (2) Danjirakul Poramin5–2
Amateur finals: 2 (1 title) Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final ScoreWinner 1. 2014 ACBS Asian Snooker Championship Hung Chuang Ming 7–3Runner-up 1. 2023 ACBS Asian Snooker Championship Amir Sarkhosh 1–5
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