| Born | (1999-02-17) 17 February 1999 (age 25) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport country |  Hong Kong | ||||||||||||||
| Professional | 2024–present | ||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 94 (July 2024) | ||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 104 (as of 16 December 2024) | ||||||||||||||
| Best ranking finish | Last 64 (x2) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Cheung Ka Wai (Chinese: 張家瑋; born 17 February 1999), also known as Ka Wai Cheung, is a professional snooker player from Hong Kong. In February 2024 he won the 2024 WSF Open Championship, earning a two-year tour card on the World Snooker Tour starting with the 2024–25 snooker season.
Career
Amateur
In 2015, Cheung won the IBSF World Under-18 Snooker Championship On 4 March 2015 it was announced that Cheung was invited to play in the 2016 World Snooker Championship qualifiers.
In 2022, Cheung won the gold medal at the World Games in Birmingham, Alabama, defeating Abdelrahman Shahin 3–1 in the final.
Performance and rankings timeline
| Tournament | 2015/ 16 |
2018/ 19 |
2023/ 24 |
2024/ 25 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranking | |||||||||
| Ranking tournaments | |||||||||
| Championship League | Non-Ranking | A | RR | ||||||
| Xi'an Grand Prix | Not Held | LQ | |||||||
| Saudi Arabia Masters | Not Held | 2R | |||||||
| English Open | NH | A | A | LQ | |||||
| British Open | Not Held | A | 1R | ||||||
| Wuhan Open | Not Held | A | 1R | ||||||
| Northern Ireland Open | NH | A | A | LQ | |||||
| International Championship | A | A | A | LQ | |||||
| UK Championship | A | A | A | LQ | |||||
| Shoot Out | NR | A | A | 1R | |||||
| Scottish Open | NH | A | A | LQ | |||||
| German Masters | A | A | A | ||||||
| Welsh Open | A | A | A | ||||||
| World Open | NH | A | A | LQ | |||||
| World Grand Prix | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||
| Players Championship | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||
| Tour Championship | NH | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||
| World Championship | LQ | A | LQ | ||||||
| Former ranking tournaments | |||||||||
| Paul Hunter Classic | MR | LQ | Not Held | ||||||
| Performance Table Legend | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LQ | lost in the qualifying draw | #R | lost in the early rounds of the tournament (WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin) |
QF | lost in the quarter-finals |
| SF | lost in the semi-finals | F | lost in the final | W | won the tournament |
| DNQ | did not qualify for the tournament | A | did not participate in the tournament | WD | withdrew from the tournament |
| NH / Not Held | means an event was not held. | |||
| NR / Non-Ranking Event | means an event is/was no longer a ranking event. | |||
| R / Ranking Event | means an event is/was a ranking event. | |||
| MR / Minor-Ranking Event | means an event is/was a minor-ranking event. | |||
- It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season
- ^ He was an amateur
- New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking
- The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Final (2015/2016)
Career finals
Non-ranking finals: 1 (1 title)
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1. | 2022 | World Games |  Abdelrahman Shahin
|
3–1 |
Amateur finals: 5 (3 titles)
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1. | 2015 | IBSF World Under-18 Snooker Championship | Ming Tung Chan
|
5–2 |
| Runner-up | 1. | 2019 | Asian Under-21 Championship |  Zhao Jianbo
|
3–6 |
| Winner | 2. | 2019 | Challenge Tour – Event 1 |  Oliver Brown
|
3–1 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 2023 | World Amateur Championship |  Ali Alobaidli
|
1–6 |
| Winner | 3. | 2024 | WSF Open | Gao Yang
|
5–0 |
Team finals: 1 (1 title)
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Team/partner | Opponent in the final | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1. | 2016 | World Mixed Doubles Championship | Jaique Ip
|
 Eden Sharav Maria Catalano
|
4–3 |
References
- "Cheung Ka Wai - Players". snooker.org. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
- "Ka Wai Cheung wins WSF title". World Snooker Tour. 11 February 2024. Archived from the original on 11 February 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
- "Ka Wai Cheung becomes World Under-18 Champion". International Billiards and Snooker Federation. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
- "WPBSA Invites for World Qualifiers". 4 March 2016.
- "Player Profile – Jaique Ip Wan". womenssnooker.com. World Women's Snooker. Archived from the original on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
