1. Cao Yupeng is a Chinese professional snooker player.
20 Facts About Cao Yupeng
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Cao Yupeng served a ban for match-fixing from 25 May 2018 until 24 November 2020.
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Cao Yupeng received the ban on 1 December 2018, after pleading guilty to manipulating the outcome of matches.
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Television replays of the incident proved inconclusive; Cao Yupeng stated that he did not remember the shot, for he was focusing on the game.
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Cao Yupeng finished the season ranked world number 70, outside of the top 64 who retain their places on the snooker tour.
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Cao Yupeng received a bye in the final qualifying round due to Anthony Hamilton's withdrawal, and then came through a wild-card match against Johl Younger once in Australia to reach the last 32.
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Cao Yupeng made a 143 break in the sixth frame, the highest of his career to date.
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Cao Yupeng saw off Wang Yuchen in the wild-card round, before beating four-time world champion John Higgins in the first round, to set up a rematch with Mark Allen, following their clash at the end of last season.
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Cao Yupeng came through three matches to qualify for the UK Championship for the first time.
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Cao Yupeng was ranked world number 66 in the end of season rankings.
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Cao Yupeng's world ranking went up 20 places during the season as finished it as the number 46.
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Cao Yupeng won two frames to force a decider in the second round against Mark Allen, which Cao lost.
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Cao Yupeng dropped 14 places in the world rankings to 60th, but inside the top 64 who remain on tour.
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Cao Yupeng was on a losing streak of 11 matches until he played in the Shoot-Out where he knocked out three players, before being defeated by David Grace.
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Cao Yupeng notched his first-ever maximum break in tournament play in the second round of the Scottish Open.
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Cao Yupeng became only the third player from mainland China to achieve the feat, following Ding Junhui and Liang Wenbo.
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Cao Yupeng later reached the final of the Scottish Open, the first ranking final in his career.
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Cao Yupeng was suspended from the tour on 25 May 2018, alongside Yu Delu and David John, pending an investigation into suspected match fixing.
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Cao Yupeng's ban expired in November 2020, but he was unable to play in the professional circuit as a top-up so entered into the CBSA China Tour.
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Cao Yupeng is based in Gloucester, England, during the snooker season.