Born | Harbin, Heilongjiang, China | 27 January 2001
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Sport country | China |
Nickname | Fan-tastic[1] |
Professional | 2018–present |
Highest ranking | 29 (October 2023) |
Current ranking | 50 (as of 28 October 2024) |
Maximum breaks | 1 |
Tournament wins | |
Ranking | 1 |
Fan Zhengyi (Chinese: 范争一; born 27 January 2001) is a Chinese professional snooker player. He won the IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship in 2017, and turned professional in 2018. He had a breakthrough season in 2021–22 when he reached his first ranking quarter-final at the 2022 German Masters and then won his first ranking title at the 2022 European Masters, defeating then six-time world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan 10–9 in the final. He became the fifth Chinese player to win a ranking title, following Ding Junhui, Liang Wenbo, Yan Bingtao, and Zhao Xintong.