He Guoqiang () is a Chinese professional snooker player. The IBSF World Under-18 Snooker Championship winner in 2018, Guoqiang earned a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour from the 2023–24 snooker season and reached the quarter-final of the 2023 British Open.
Career In 2018, He won the IBSF World Under-18 Snooker Championship. In the final he defeated his compatriot Lei Peifan 5-4, on a deciding frame. In 2018 he also scored his first competitive 147 break, during the under-21 IBSF Championship in Jinan. That same year, playing as a wildcard, Guoqiang secured a 6-1 win over Gary Wilson at the International Championship held in Daqing, China. Guoqiang won the non-ranking invitation event 2021 Haining Snooker Open. In the final He beat Huang Jiahao 5-0. In 2021 It was the first time players from the UK and around the world could not play in the event due to COVID-19 restrictions.
In the final round of the second Asia-Oceania Q School event held in Bangkok in June 2023, He came back from 3-1 down to win 4-3 against compatriot Wang Yuchen to earn a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour, starting with 2023–24 snooker season.
2023-24 season He recorded his first win as a professional when he defeated Elliot Slessor at the British Open in August 2023. He recorded a 5-4 win over world No. 8 Kyren Wilson in the first round of the Wuhan Open in September 2023, winning the deciding frame from 67-0 down. That month, he reached the last-16 of a ranking event for the first time, at the 2023 British Open in Cheltenham, where he beat world No. 12 Barry Hawkins to reach the quarter-final. The following week He recorded a notable win over Ryan Day at the English Open, and recorded another victory over a top-16 player when he edged Hossein Vafaei 4-3 in the next round. He qualified for the 2024 German Masters in Berlin with a win over the John Astley. At the event, he defeated former World Champion Mark Williams 5-1.
In the qualifying rounds of the 2024 World Snooker Championship he defeated world ranked number 25 Anthony McGill 10-5.
2024-25 season He began the 2024-25 snooker season with a 3-0 win over Ronnie O'Sullivan to top his round-robin group at the 2024 Championship League. At the 2024 English Open in Brentwood in September 2024 he defeated Ronnie O'Sullivan again, by a 4-2 margin. He also defeated Stephen Maguire on his way to the last-16. He reached the last-64 at the 2024 Northern Ireland Open. He defeated Scott Donaldson to reach the final round of qualifying for 2025 World Championships where he lost 5-10 to Ali Carter.
2025-26 season He entered the 2025-26 snooker season with the world ranking of no. 45. In June 2025, he recorded a 4-0 whitewash win over Farakh Ajaib in the 2025 British Open qualifying round whilst wearing a glove on his bridging hand while playing. He was drawn in the round-robin stage of the 2025 Championship League against Daniel Wells, Ng On Yee and Leone Crowley.
In October 2025, He reached the last-16 of the 2025 Xi'an Grand Prix with a 5-4 win over Neil Robertson. He also reached the last-16 of the 2025 Northern Ireland Open following a win over compatriot Wu Yize. In November, he reached the fourth round of qualifying at the 2025 UK Championship, scoring centuries of 129 and 110 in a win over Stan Moody.
In the penultimate round of qualifying for the 2026 World Snooker Championship he defeated his compatriot Long Zehuang 10-8 to set up a final round match against world number 18 Jack Lisowski, winning 10-5 to qualify for his debut at The Crucible. He was defeated in the first round of the main draw by Ronnie O'Sullivan.
Performance and rankings timeline Tournament 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 2026/27RankingIt shows the ranking at the beginning of the seasonHe was an amateurNew players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking654547Ranking tournamentsChampionship LeagueNon-Ranking EventAAA2RRR2RChina OpenAAAAAATournament Not HeldLQWuhan OpenTournament Not Held3R1RLQ1RBritish OpenTournament Not HeldAAQFLQ1R2REnglish OpenNot HeldAAAAA3R3R1RLQShenzhen OpenThe event was called the Xi'an Grand Prix (2024/2025–2025/2026)Tournament Not Held1R3RLQNorthern Ireland OpenNot HeldAAAAALQ1R3RInternational ChampionshipAAAAA1RNot HeldLQ1R2RLQUK ChampionshipAAAAAAAALQ1RLQShoot OutNon-Ranking EventAAAAA1R2R1RScottish OpenNot HeldAAAAA1R1R2RLQGerman MastersAAAAAAAA2RWDLQWelsh OpenAAAAAAAALQLQLQWorld Grand PrixNHNRDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQPlayers ChampionshipThe event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Final (2013/2014–2015/2016)DNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQWorld OpenANot HeldAALQNot Held2R1R1RTour ChampionshipTournament Not HeldDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQWorld ChampionshipAAAAAAAALQLQ1RFormer ranking tournamentsChina ChampionshipNot HeldNRALQTournament Not HeldEuropean MastersNot HeldAAAAALQNot HeldSaudi Arabia MastersTournament Not Held2R3RNHFormer non-ranking tournamentsHaining OpenNHMinor-Rank1R4R3RWATournament Not Held 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 Non-ranking finals: 1 (1 title) Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final ScoreWinner 1. 2021 Haining Open Huang Jiahao 5–0
References
External links
He Guoqiang at WPBSA