15 Facts About Zhang Jiankang

Zhang Jiankang is a Chinese former professional snooker player.

Zhang Jiankang was suspended from the professional tour in January 2023 as part of a match-fixing investigation involving ten Chinese players.

Zhang Jiankang was charged with fixing a match, failing to report approaches for him to fix matches, and betting on snooker.

Zhang Jiankang had seen Ding Junhui playing on television, and expressed an interest.

At the age of 11, Zhang Jiankang left mainstream school and went alone to Shenzhen and later Shanghai, where he was coached by Wu Wenzhong who had previously coached Ding Junhui.

In 2014 Zhang Jiankang won the Sichuan Provincial Championship and the Chinese U21 Championship, and was accepted in the CBSA Academy in Beijing.

Zhang Jiankang lost in the semi-finals to eventual winner Fan Zhengyi.

Zhang Jiankang then went on a losing run of 5 matches.

Zhang Jiankang's journey included quarantines in both Shanghai and his hometown Yibin, after an internal flight.

Zhang Jiankang finally reached home after almost 1 month of travelling, spent mostly in isolation hotels.

Zhang Jiankang played for the Sichuan team, but they lost in the last-16 to the Jilin team.

The CBSA subsequently arranged a tournament in Xi'an, where Zhang Jiankang reached the semi-final, losing to eventual winner Zhang Anda.

Zhang Jiankang played for the Sichuan team, alongside Zhou Yuelong and Cai Wei.

Zhang Jiankang scored the first century break in the competition, 115 against Dalian.

Zhang Jiankang beat Martin O'Donnell in the Summer Championship League, but ultimately finished 3rd in the 4-player group.