Yu Delu

Quick Facts

Full Name	Yu Delu
Occupation	Snooker Player
Date Of Birth	Oct 11, 1987(1987-10-11)
Age	37
Birthplace	Shanxi
Country	China
Horoscope	Libra

Yu Delu Biography

Yu Delu is one of the most popular and richest Snooker Player who was born on October 11, 1987 in Shanxi, China. Yu Delu (Chinese Yu De Lu; born 11 Oct 1987) is an ex-professional snooker player from China’s People’s Republic of China. He currently serves a ban of 10 years and nine months for match-fixing, which he received from 25 May 2018 to 24 February 2029. After a long investigation, the ban was issued on 1 December 2018.

Yu’s 2012/2013 season was disappointing. He couldn’t qualify for any ranking events. Yu played in nine of the ten Players Tour Championships during the year. His best results were his last 32 defeats that saw him place 63rd on The Order of Merit. Yu showed a slight improvement in World Championship Qualifying. He defeated Ian Burns 10-2, and Jamie Burnett 10-6. His 140-break against Burnett was his joint best and second highest in qualifying tournament play. Yu met Mark King, who was just one match away of reaching the Crucible. He led 8-6 and 9-8 but lost the 18th frames on the colours. The deciding frame was 9-10. To reach world number 47, his ranking climbed 11 places.

A 6–1 victory over Chris Melling saw Yu qualify for the International Championship and he knocked out reigning world champion Stuart Bingham 6–2 in the first round. He was edged out 6–5 by Ben Woollaston in the next round. Another second round exit followed at the UK Championship, 6–0 at the hands of Marco Fu. A trio of deciding frame victories over Ian Glover, Ricky Walden and Dechawat Poomjaeng saw Yu reach the last 16 of the Welsh Open, his deepest run a ranking event this season, and he lost 4–1 to Ronnie O’Sullivan. In the first round of the China Open Yu lost 5–2 to Fu and he fell at the first hurdle in World Championship qualifying 10–9 to Paul Davison. He just held on to his top 64 ranking and therefore his tour place as he was 63rd in the world.

Yu lost in the quarter-finals of the Yixing Open for the second year in a row, this time 4–1 to Ryan Day. He qualified for the Wuxi Classic but was beaten 5–4 by Yan Bingtao in the wildcard round, and lost 6–1 to Shaun Murphy in the opening round of the International Championship. Yu recorded his first win of the year at a ranking event by knocking out Oliver Lines 6–2 in the UK Championship and, though he led 3–0, he would be beaten 6–4 by Stephen Maguire in the second round. He received a bye through to the second round of the Welsh Open and was thrashed 4–0 by Joe Perry. In Yu’s deciding frame of his first round match at the Indian Open he led Ben Woollaston 67–0, before the Englishman made a 67 break and won the respotted black. Yu closed out the season with a 5–3 loss to John Higgins in the first round of the China Open and reached the final round of World Championship qualifying where he was defeated 10–7 by Graeme Dott.

As a World Snooker wildcard, he was granted a spot on the 2011-12 professional Main Tour. Yu’s first ranking event qualifier was the Australian Goldfields Open. He beat Joe Swail 5-4, Joe Jogia 5-1, and Michael White 5-4. Before losing to Ryan Day in the final qualifying round, 5-0. He won three qualifying matches later in the season to reach the wild card round of the German Masters, where he defeated Chris Norbury 5-3. He was able to play in the main draw for the first ranking event outside China. Yu was drawn in the 32nd by his compatriot Ding Junehui and won the first three frames, before winning the third frame to win the match. He then closed the match 5-3. Stephen Lee beat him 2-5 in the 16th. Yu lost to Andrew Higginson in World Open, and Stephen Hendry, seven-time World Champion in both China Open and World Championship in the final qualifying rounds. He was also one of the Scots’ last opponents before his retirement.

Yu Delu Net Worth

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

Yu was a wildcard at the China Open for his first appearance in 2006. After defeating Andrew Norman, he lost to Graeme Dott at the 32nd. He was granted a wildcard for each China Open event in 2006-2011, as well as for the first three Shanghai Masters events of 2007, 2008, and 2009.

On 20 September 2009, he recorded a maximum break against Jin Long at a China Snooker Professional Tour tournament in ZhengZhou. He became the first person to score a China Professional Tour 147. It is not yet recorded by the World Snooker Association.

Yu also had a good season in the minor-ranking Players Tour Championship series as he played in 11 of the 12 events, picking up two quarter-finals and two last 16 finishes to be placed 34th on the PTC Order of Merit. He finished his debut season ranked world number 58, inside the top 64 who guarantee their places for the 2012–13 season. Yu was also the highest ranked out of all the new players on the tour.

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Facts & Trivia

Yu Ranked on the list of most popular Snooker Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in China. Yu Delu celebrates birthday on October 11 of every year.

Why did Yupeng get banned from snooker?

Chinese players Yu Delu and Cao Yupeng have been banned from snooker after being found guilty of match-fixing. Yu has been banned for 10 years and nine months after an inquiry discovered he manipulated the outcome of five matches over a two-and-a-half-year period.

Why was Cao snooker player banned?

Stephen Lee is the player hit hardest by the consequences of match-fixing. Lee received a 12-year ban until October 2024 for fixing matches on seven occasions, including in a World Championship match. It was described as “the worst case of snooker corruption we’ve seen“.

Do they drug test snooker players?

Snooker was the first professional sport to introduce an official drugs testing policy in April 1985. Our procedures are thorough and fair.”

Who has been banned from snooker?

Snooker star Stephen Lee faces a lifetime ban after being found guilty of match fixing. FORMER world number five Stephen Lee has been found guilty of fixing seven snooker matches.

What is Stephen Lee doing?

Now, he’s back on the snooker table thousands of miles away in the Chinese province of Guangzhou. Earlier this year he was working as a coach at an established academy, and now is fronting his own.