Xiao Guodong

Quick Facts

Full Name	Xiao Guodong
Occupation	Snooker Player
Date Of Birth	Feb 10, 1989(1989-02-10)
Age	35
Birthplace	Chongqing
Country	China
Horoscope	Aquarius

Xiao Guodong Biography

Xiao Guodong is one of the most popular and richest Snooker Player who was born on February 10, 1989 in Chongqing, China. Xiao Guodong (Chinese: Xiao Guo Dong born on 10 February 1989) is a Chinese professional snooker player. Xiao made the transition to professional in 2007 following his win at his first Asian Under-21 Championships.

A win over Munraj Pal at the 2009 World Championship qualifiers set up the possibility of a match against David Roe, which he lost 5-10.

In the 2009 China Open he beat Michael Holt 5–3 in the wild-card round, progressing to the first round proper where he beat fellow Chinese player Ding Junhui 5–3. He gave three-time world champion Ronnie O’Sullivan a tough game in the next round as O’Sullivan began the match with two successive centuries before Xiao rallied to trail just 4–3, but lost the next frame to bow out of the tournament.

Xiao had a good season in the Players Tour Championship series of tournaments in the 2011–12 season. He reached the quarter-finals of Event 1 and Event 6 and went one better in Event 2, where he was knocked out in the last 4 against compatriot Ding Junhui. The results ensured he reached the 2012 Finals by finishing eighteenth in the Order of Merit. He played in the Finals against the advice of doctors as he had broke a bone in his hand three weeks earlier whilst sleeping on it awkwardly, but despite this beat Dominic Dale 4–2 in the first round of the event. Xiao then pulled off the result of his career to date by defeating recent UK champion, Judd Trump 4–2 to advance to his first ever ranking event quarter-final, where he was beaten by Andrew Higginson 1–4.

He played as an unknown player in the China Open, and beat the world’s number 50 Tom Ford 5-3, before losing the match 0-5 against Matthew Stevens.

Xiao Guodong Net Worth

Xiao Guodong is one of the richest Snooker Player from China. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Xiao Guodong 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

The first time he lost a match was during the 2007 UK Championship to Kurt Maflin and this same person in the China Open qualifiers too. At the Welsh Open he lost to the fellow Chinese athlete Liu Song 2-5.

In his debut ranking tournament at in the year 2007 Grand Prix he finished 4th in his qualifying group winning three of his seven matches. The 2007 Northern Ireland Trophy he beat Leo Fernandez 5-1 and Jimmy White five times, and then fell 2-5 to David Gilbert 2-5.

On 10 July 2009, on the World Snooker website, he was voted in the top 5 players to watch out for in the 2009–10 season.

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After having a high enough ranking to gain automatic entry into the Australian Goldfields Open (where he lost 5–3 to Ian Burns in the first round) Xiao’s ranking steadily declined during the season as he could not get beyond the last 48 of any ranking event. He dropped 30 places to end it 51st in the world.

Facts & Trivia

Xiao Ranked on the list of most popular Snooker Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in China. Xiao Guodong celebrates birthday on February 10 of every year.

His second quarter-final appearance of the season came at the German Masters but he lost 5–2 to Ryan Day. Xiao’s rise up the world rankings meant he only needed to win one match to reach the World Championship and he did so in emphatic fashion by thrashing Li Yan 10–1. In Xiao’s debut in the event he rallied from 4–1 down against Ali Carter to end the first session 5–4 behind, but went on to lose 10–8. Xiao’s rise up the rankings continued as he ended the campaign as the world number 23, an increase of 14 spots from the start of the season.

Top Facts about Xiao Guodong

1. Xiao Guodong is a professional snooker player from China.
2. He turned pro in 2007 and has won over £1 million in prize money.
3. His highest world ranking was 23rd in 2014/15 season.
4. Xiao has reached the quarter-finals of three ranking events.
5. He made his first maximum break at the 2018 UK Championship.
6. Xiao won the Xuzhou Open and Haining Open amateur titles.
7. He represented China at the World Cup of Snooker multiple times.
8. In 2020, he reached the semi-finals of the Gibraltar Open.
9. Xiao’s career high break is a 147 achieved in 2018.
10. He has been coached by Terry Griffiths since 2019.