Luo Honghao (; born 31 January 2000) is a Chinese former professional snooker player.
Career Amateur In July 2017, he reached the final of 2017 IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship where he lost the final 7–6 to Fan Zhengyi.
Later in March 2018, he won the 2018 WSF Championship following a 6–0 demolition of Adam Stefanów in the final in Malta. This victory earned him a two-year World Snooker Tour card for the 2018–19 and 2019–2020 seasons.
Luo reached the third round of the 2018 China Open aged just 18 years old. He received an invitation to compete in 2018 World Snooker Championship qualifying round as an amateur, but he could not obtain the visa on-time.
Professional In the 2018/19 season, Luo reached the quarter final of the 2018 English Open, before being defeated 5–3 by Ronnie O'Sullivan. At the final event of the season, Luo defeated Marco Fu 10–7, Robbie Williams 10-8 and Tom Ford 10–8 to reach the main stage of the 2019 World Snooker Championship held at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield. However, in his first-round match against Shaun Murphy, he became only the second player to suffer a whitewash at the World Snooker Championship at the Crucible, losing 10-0 and setting a record for fewest points in a match at the Crucible with 89.World Championship 2019: Shaun Murphy records 10-0 win at Crucible
Personal life Luo is a highly accomplished pianist but chose snooker as a career aged 11.
Performance and rankings timeline Tournament 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21RankingIt shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.He was an amateur.New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.7061Ranking tournamentsEuropean MastersTournament Not HeldAA1RLQ1REnglish OpenTournament Not HeldAAQF1R2RChampionship LeagueNon-Ranking Event2RNorthern Ireland OpenTournament Not HeldAA2R2R1RUK ChampionshipAAAAA2R1R1RScottish OpenTournament Not HeldAA1R1R1RWorld Grand PrixNHNRDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQGerman MastersAAAAALQLQLQShoot-OutAAAAA1R3R1RWelsh OpenAAAAA1R1R1RPlayers ChampionshipDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQGibraltar OpenNot HeldMRAA1R1R1RWST Pro SeriesTournament Not Held2RTour ChampionshipTournament Not HeldDNQDNQDNQWorld ChampionshipAAAAWD1RLQLQFormer ranking tournamentsIndian OpenAANHAALQNot HeldChina OpenAAAWR3RLQNot HeldRiga MastersNHMinor-Rank.AALQQFNH AAAAA1RLQNHChina ChampionshipTournament Not HeldNRLQ1R2RNHWorld OpenAAAALQLQ1RNHFormer non-ranking tournaments AAAAARRANHHaining OpenNHMinor-Rank.3R3RAQFNH 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.
Career finals Amateur finals: 2 (1 title) Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final ScoreRunner-up 1. 2017 Fan Zhengyi 6–7Winner 1. 2018 WSF Championship Adam Stefanow 6–0
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