Ding Junhui (simplified Chinese: 丁俊晖; pinyin: Dīng Jùnhuī; born April 1, 1987) is a Chinese professional snooker player. A prolific breakbuilder when on form, it took him only five seasons to compile a century of centuries, a record he shares with Ronnie O'Sullivan. Ding Junhui is already China's most successful ever player having become only the second teenager, after John Higgins, to win three ranking titles.
In December 2006, he enrolled at Sh...
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Ding Junhui (simplified Chinese: 丁俊晖; pinyin: Dīng Jùnhuī; born April 1, 1987) is a Chinese professional snooker player. A prolific breakbuilder when on form, it took him only five seasons to compile a century of centuries, a record he shares with Ronnie O'Sullivan. Ding Junhui is already China's most successful ever player having become only the second teenager, after John Higgins, to win three ranking titles.
In December 2006, he enrolled at Shanghai Jiao Tong University to study Business Administration and Management. He is a resident of England during the snooker season. He is good friends with fellow countryman Liang Wenbo and they are training partners in Sheffield World Snooker Academy.
Ding started playing snooker at the age of nine, when his father took him to the Chinese national team training centre near Shanghai. His father persuaded his mother to sell their house in order for Ding to continue playing snooker as a career.
Ding shot to international prominence in 2002,...
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