Ding Junhui began to contact billiards at the age of 9. His father took him to the China billiards national team and persuaded his mother to sell the house and let Ding Junhui continue to play. Ding Junhui practices for eight hours every day. In 2003, he became the first snooker player in China. In May 2002, Ding Junhui, who was only 15 years old, won the first Asian Championship for China and became the youngest Asian champion, and began to make his mark on the international stage. On August 3rd of the same year, Kloc-0/won the World Junior Billiards Championship and became the first world billiards champion in China. At the Asian Games in June 5438+ 10, Ding Junhui won the snooker singles championship by beating Supo Senla of Thailand 3- 1, rewriting the history that China didn't win a gold medal in the billiards event of the Asian Games, and won the second place in the billiards group of the Asian Games with his teammates. In the World Billiards Championship held from June 20th to1October 2nd, 2002, Ding Junhui ranked third, equating veteran Guo Hua's best performance in the 1997 World Championship. On June 5438+February 65438+May 2002, Ding Junhui was awarded "China Billiards Special Contribution Award" by China Billiards Association.
In August 2003, Ding Junhui defeated mark williams, who was ranked first in the world at that time, twice in the Asia-Europe Masters in Hongkong and Thailand. In September 2003, Ding Junhui officially turned into a professional player. In February, 2004, Ding Junhui beat joe perry, ranked in the world 16, with a wild card 6: 3, and broke into the top six of the Wembley Masters 16, which made the British people know and like this billiards boy from the East overnight. Then he lost to Stephen Lee and missed the quarter-finals, but at this time he has become the future world champion in many people's minds.
In 2005, Ding Junhui reached the quarterfinals in the prestigious Wembley Masters, and won the ranking championship for the first time in April, beating Abbott, Fu Jiajun, Dahdi and Hendry all the way. In February, 65438, Ding Junhui once again singled out many top players such as White, Hunter and Perry to reach the final. At this time, his opponent was legendary snooker player Davis, and finally Ding Junhui won the championship with 10-6. He also became the first non-British Islander to win the championship. With two ranking matches in hand, Ding Junhui's world ranking jumped from 60 to 3 1, ranking 27th at the end of the season.
In 2006 China Open, Ding Junhui lost 2-6 to final champion Williams at home. In August, he defeated O 'Sullivan 9-6 in the Northern Ireland Cup, becoming the third player in history to win three ranking titles before the age of 20 after Higgins and O 'Sullivan. At this time, his world ranking has risen to the fifth place. At the end of the Asian Games, the organizers specially adjusted the schedule for Ding Junhui who needed to defend the British crown. As a result, he lived up to expectations and won three gold medals in men's singles, doubles and team for the China delegation.
In 2007, Ding Junhui entered the final with a 5-4 victory in the China Snooker Championship, and then defeated Xiao to win the championship. Then in June of 65438+ 10, Ding Junhui made history at the Wembley Masters, becoming the youngest player ever to score 147, and the first China man to score 147 in the bbc historical TV broadcast. Ding Junhui will advance to the final, and CCTV specially broadcast the last three games of Ding Junhui's Wembley Masters. After defeating Hendry 6-2 in the semi-final, the billiards emperor thought that Ding Junhui was the most talented player who emerged in the last decade: "If he keeps this performance, Ding Junhui will rank among the top four in the world in the next 10- 15 years." However, in the final, Ding Junhui still showed his naivety. Beaten by 3- 10, shed tears in the game. However, Ding Junhui was highly praised by the Rockets: "If he can make continuous progress and improve some small details, then Ding Junhui will win many world championships. Tennis has Roger Federer, golf has Tiger Woods, and Ding Junhui can achieve the same achievement in billiards. "
In the subsequent Malta Cup and Welsh Open, Ding Junhui lost to Maguire and Popular Science in the first round respectively, but for the first time, he played like a World Championship. Unfortunately, I met my childhood idol O 'Sullivan in the first round and lost 2- 10. Anyway, he entered the world for the first time at the end of the season 16, and finally ranked ninth.
The following season, Ding Junhui reached the top 16 in all ranking matches, but never reached the semi-finals, which made his world ranking fall to 1 1. In the world championship, Ding Junhui defeated Fu Jiajun by 10-9 and entered the second round, but he failed to go any further. The second round was defeated by billiards emperor Handley 7- 13. Nevertheless, he started his new season with the champion of Jiangsu Classic. At present, Ding Junhui still keeps the record of uninterrupted scoring 495 points, which he created when he played against Hendry in the Premier League.
In the 2008-09 season, Ding Junhui still didn't win the championship in the ranking competition, but in the Jiangsu Classic and the World Series, Ding Junhui won a championship respectively. It is worth mentioning that Ding Junhui scored 147 for the second time in his career in the 2008 British Championship against Higgins.
Billiards expert evaluation:
"If Ding is not the first in the world in the future, I will be very surprised! I have fought Davis and Haendly many times, but I have never felt so difficult to deal with. Ding is the best player since O 'Sullivan, even better than O 'Sullivan. He will become the tiger woods of billiards! " —— In February, 2004, Ding Junhui's training partner, 2002 World Championship champion Abuton, was interviewed by a TV station at the Snooker Club in Willingboro, England.
"Ding's active offensive ability is very strong. He is very good at games. I believe Ding will become a world champion sooner or later, and he will become a big star. " -the world's number one O 'Sullivan's evaluation of Ding Junhui.