Si Jiahui

Chinese professional snooker player who became the first Crucible debutant to reach a World Championship semi-final since 1995, overturning the tournament's largest-ever comeback deficit against him.

Born in Zhuji, Zhejiang, China, on 11 July 2002, Si Jiahui moved to England at 16 to train and earned a professional tour card through Q School in 2019. After losing his card at the end of the 2020/21 season, he competed as an amateur, notably beating former world champion Shaun Murphy 6-5 in the first round of the 2021 UK Championship, before winning the World Snooker Federation Championship in 2022 to regain his place on the main tour. Si's breakthrough came at the 2023 World Championship, where as a qualifier he beat Shaun Murphy, Robert Milkins and Anthony McGill to become the first Crucible debutant to reach the semi-finals since Andy Hicks in 1995. He led eventual champion Luca Brecel 14-5 before Brecel won 12 of the last 13 frames to win 17-15, the largest lead ever overturned in the tournament's history; Si's ranking still leapt from 80th to 36th as a result. He reached his first ranking final at the 2024 German Masters, losing to Judd Trump, and made his first competitive maximum 147 break during the 2024 Wuhan Open, in a semi-final against Trump, before losing the final to compatriot Xiao Guodong. He returned to the Crucible in 2024, beating three-time champion Mark Williams in a decider before losing to eventual finalist Jak Jones. Still only in his early twenties, Si is regarded as one of the leading young talents in Chinese snooker, having established himself inside the world's top 20 within a few years of turning professional.

Smooth cue action with fearless attacking instincts

One of the most promising young players in modern Chinese snooker