In this Chinese name, the family name is Liang (梁).
Liang Wenbo
Liang at the 2016 Paul Hunter Classic
Born
(1987-03-05) 5 March 1987 (age 37) Zhaodong, Heilongjiang, China
Sport country
China
Nickname
The Firecracker[1]
Professional
2005–2023
Highest ranking
11 (October, December 2016, May 2017)[2][3][4]
Maximum breaks
3
Century breaks
292
Tournament wins
Ranking
1
Minor-ranking
1
Medal record
Representing China
Men's snooker
World Games
2013 Cali
Singles
Asian Games
2006 Doha
Singles
2006 Doha
Team
2010 Guangzhou
Team
Asian Indoor Games
2009 Ho Chi Minh City
Six-red singles
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
2013 Incheon
Team
Liang Wenbo
Chinese
梁文博
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Liáng Wénbó
Wade–Giles
Liang2 Wên2po2
IPA
[ljǎŋ wə̌npwǒ]
Liang Wenbo (Chinese: 梁文博; born 5 March 1987) is a Chinese former professional snooker player. During his playing career, he won one ranking title at the 2016 English Open, twice won the World Cup for China in 2011 and 2017 with teammate Ding Junhui, and was runner-up at the 2009 Shanghai Masters and the 2015 UK Championship. He made 292 century breaks in professional competition, including three maximum breaks, and reached a career high of 11th in the snooker world rankings.[5]
Liang was convicted on a domestic assault charge in April 2022, after which the sport's governing body, the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA), suspended him for four months for engaging in behaviour unbecoming of a sportsperson and for bringing the sport into disrepute.
The WPBSA suspended Liang again in October 2022 while it carried out a match-fixing investigation that implicated him and nine other Chinese players. An independent disciplinary tribunal found Liang guilty of multiple match-fixing offences, as well as destroying evidence and not cooperating with the investigation. The WPBSA announced in June 2023 that it had permanently banned Liang and compatriot Li Hang from the sport, the only two lifetime bans ever handed down in professional snooker. The Chinese Billiards and Snooker Association (CBSA) upheld the WPBSA's decision.
^"Liang Wenbo". World Snooker Tour. Archived from the original on 13 December 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
^"WORLD RANKINGS After 2016 International Championship". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 11 November 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
^"WORLD RANKINGS After 2016 Betway UK Championship". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 7 December 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
^"WORLD RANKINGS After 2017 Betfred World Championship". Archived from the original on 17 May 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
^"Liang Wenbo". WPBSA. Archived from the original on 19 May 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
LiangWenbo (Chinese: 梁文博; born 5 March 1987) is a Chinese former professional snooker player. During his playing career, he won one ranking title at...
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Riga Masters, becoming the third Chinese player, after Ding Junhui and LiangWenbo, to win a ranking event. He made his Masters debut at the 2021 event...
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10–4 first round win over Noppon Saengkham. In his first-round loss to LiangWenbo, Stuart Carrington became only the fifth player, after John Higgins,...
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the tournament's final for the first time. At the World Cup, Ding and LiangWenbo partnered to represent China. They won the final, 4–2, against Northern...
against Luca Brecel in the second round to win 6–5 and also edged past LiangWenbo 6–5, before beating John Higgins 6–3. He lost 2–6 to Neil Robertson in...
face LiangWenbo in English Open final". Eurosport. 16 October 2016. Archived from the original on 6 January 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2016. "Liang Claims...
and proceeded to reach the final of the event, defeating compatriots LiangWenbo and Yan Bingtao, both 6–2, in the two intervening rounds. Ding's opponent...
first ranking event of the season, the Wuxi Classic, Selby lost 3–5 to LiangWenbo in the last 32. He won the minor-ranking Riga Open in August, defeating...
Hamilton 10–3, Mark Joyce 10–9 and won the last three frames against LiangWenbo to beat him 10–9 and qualify for the World Championship. The world number...
and 2013 Shanghai Masters runner-up Xiao Guodong, before losing 4–0 to LiangWenbo having been edged out of the opening two frames. Lyu was narrowly beaten...
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