14 Facts About Zhao Xintong

Zhao Xintong attracted attention as a teenager, with a number of top players commenting on his potential in the sport.

Zhao Xintong was charged with being concerned in fixing matches on the World Snooker Tour and betting on snooker.

Zhao Xintong became the first player to make a maximum break on the Q Tour, achieving the feat in Events 3 and 4.

Zhao Xintong would build on this success by reaching the second round of Asian Tour Events the Yixing Open and Zhengzhou Open.

Zhao Xintong was narrowly defeated in the first round of the ACBS Asian Snooker Championship.

Zhao Xintong made his first appearance at the UK Championship, German Masters and Welsh Open, but was knocked out in the opening round of each.

O'Sullivan said afterwards that Zhao Xintong's attacking style of play had reminded him of Stephen Hendry when he was a similar age.

Zhao Xintong subsequently won back his place by beating Dechawat Poomjaeng in the second event final of Q School.

Zhao Xintong maintained his form from the previous season, reaching another quarter-final in the German Masters and progressing to the last 16 in at least four other tournaments.

Ronnie O'Sullivan, Stephen Hendry, and Alan McManus have all once suggested that Zhao Xintong would become a leading player in world snooker due to his enormous potential.

Zhao Xintong was suspended in January 2023 by the sport's governing body as part of a match-fixing investigation involving ten Chinese players.

Zhao Xintong was charged with being concerned in fixing matches on the World Snooker Tour and betting on snooker.

Zhao Xintong subsequently won Q Tour Event 3 held in October 2024 in Stockholm.

On 5 November 2024, WPBSA and WST announced that Zhao Xintong would be invited to play in the 2024 UK Championship as a WPBSA qualifier, an event he had won in 2021, due to his win in Event 3 on the Q Tour.