Liang Wenbo

He made 292 century breaks in professional competition, including three maximum breaks, and reached a career high of 11th in the snooker world rankings.

Liang was convicted on a domestic assault charge in April 2022, after which the sport's governing body, the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA), suspended him for four months for engaging in behaviour unbecoming of a sportsperson and for bringing the sport into disrepute.

The WPBSA suspended Liang again in October 2022 while it carried out a match-fixing investigation that implicated him and nine other Chinese players.

An independent disciplinary tribunal found Liang guilty of multiple match-fixing offences, as well as destroying evidence and not cooperating with the investigation.

The WPBSA announced in June 2023 that it had permanently banned Liang and compatriot Li Hang from the sport, the only two lifetime bans ever handed down in professional snooker.

The Chinese Billiards and Snooker Association (CBSA) upheld the WPBSA's decision.

Liang finished the season in 66th place, just outside the top 64.

However, this time he topped the one-year ranking list to ensure his place on the Tour for next season.

Liang ended his debut season on the professional tour ranked 78th, a position that would not guarantee a place in the following season's tour; however, he had finished inside the top 8 of the one-year ranking list of those who had not qualified, which gave him a place on the main tour for the next season.

Liang Wenbo (born 5 March 1987) is a Chinese former professional snooker player.

As an amateur player, Liang reached the quarter-finals of the 2003 IBSF World Snooker Championship, and the following year, he reached the semi-finals of the under-21 division of the same event.

In the fourth International Open Series event, Liang reached the final.

Liang joined the Challenge Tour during the 2004–05 snooker season, which was the tier below the World Snooker Association Main Tour.

He finished 104th out of 168 competitors, accumulating 2150 points.

Liang won the 2005 IBSF World Under-21 Championship, for which he received a wildcard nomination to the Main World Snooker Tour despite not qualifying directly because not all of the players that were eligible took their places.

In his first ranking tournament, the Grand Prix, he lost in the first qualifying round to Rory McLeod 2–5.

At the next ranking event, the 2005 UK Championship, he defeated Alfred Burden in the first qualifying round 9–1, but subsequently lost in the second qualifying round to Marcus Campbell 8–9.

In qualifying for the 2005 World Snooker Championship, he lost to Joe Delaney 5–10 in the first qualifying round.

At the 2006 Asian Games, Liang won the silver medal in the singles event, losing 2–4 in the final to Ding Junhui, and competed in the Chinese team at the event alongside Ding and Tian Pengfei.

At the 2006 Welsh Open, he defeated Sean Storey, Jamie Burnett, and Rory McLeod to reach the main draw of a ranking event for the first time.

He completed a of Nigel Bond in the first round 5–0, but lost to Graeme Dott 3–5.

At the 2006 Malta Cup, he lost in the first qualifying round to Paul Davies 3–5.

At the 2006 China Open (snooker), he beat David McDonnell and Matthew Couch before losing against Adrian Gunnell 3–5 in the third qualifying round.

During the 2006–07 season, Liang reached at least the second round of qualifying in every ranking event.

At the Northern Ireland Trophy, he beat Robert Stephen 5–0 before falling to David Gilbert 0–5 in qualifying.

At the Grand Prix, Liang came out on top of his qualifying group, above more experienced players such as Gerard Greene and Barry Pinches.

He finished fourth in his group at the round-robin stage, and although he did not progress to the next round, he defeated world number one Stephen Hendry 3–0.

At the 2006 UK Championship, he lost in the second round of qualifying to Jamie Burnett 7–9.

In the following ranking event, the 2007 Malta Cup, he lost to Joe Jogia 3–5, again in the second round of qualifying.

He qualified for the 2007 Welsh Open, his third-ranking tournament, by beating Dene O'Kane, Jogia, and Mark Davis.

He met Nigel Bond again in the last 48, this time losing 3–5.

At the 2007 China Open, he beat Robert Stephen before losing to Finland's Robin Hull.

At the 2007 World Snooker Championship, he beat Jeff Cundy before losing to Mike Dunn.

At the 2007 Shanghai Masters, Liang was defeated in the last qualifying round by Bond, who beat him 5–3.

At the 2007 Northern Ireland Trophy, he defeated Fraser Patrick, Joe Delaney, and Rory McLeod to qualify.

He faced Gerard Greene in the last 48, but lost 2–5.

Liang was defeated in the second qualifying round for the 2007 UK Championship, losing to David Roe 2–9.

He also failed to qualify for the 2008 Welsh Open, when he was beaten in the last qualifying round by Andrew Norman 2–5.

He didn't win a match at the 2008 China Open, losing in the first qualifying round to Steve Mifsud, who, at the end of this season, was ranked 54 places below Liang.

During his playing career, he won one ranking title at the 2016 English Open, twice won the World Cup for China in 2011 and 2017 with teammate Ding Junhui, and was runner-up at the 2009 Shanghai Masters and the 2015 UK Championship.