LIANG WENBO (China)

Date of birth: 5/3/87
Lives: Hei Longjiang, China/Sheffield, England
Turned professional: 2005
World ranking: 40
Provisional ranking: 27
Highest ever ranking: 40 (2008/09)
Prize money last season: £29,780
Prize money this season: £27,200
Crucible prize money: £22,000
Total career prize money: £67,660
Career centuries: 40
Centuries last season: 11
Centuries this season: 14
Crucible centuries: 2
Highest tournament break: 147(2008 Bahrain Championship)
Best ranking event performance: Quarter-finals 2008 888.com World Championship

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RECORD

2006: Quals – lost 10-5 to Joe Delaney
2007: Quals – lost 10-3 to Mike Dunn
2008: Quarter-finals – lost 13-7 to Ronnie O’Sullivan

Crucible appearances (inc. 2009): 2
Matches played: 3
Matches won: 2
Highest Crucible break: 104 (2008)

First Round in World Championship 2009

v Ding Junhui

Previous Meetings

No previous meetings