Zhang Anda

Zhang Anda in the2025 German Masters
Born	(1991-12-25)December 25, 1991 (age 33) Shaoguan,Guangdong, China
Sport country	China
Nickname	Mighty Mouse[1]
Professional	2009–2011, 2012–2020, 2021–present
Highestranking	10 (October 2024)
Current ranking	23 (as of 9 November 2025)
Maximum breaks	4
Century breaks	167 (as of 26 November 2025)
Tournament wins
Ranking	1

Zhang Anda (Chinese:张安达; born 25 December 1991) is aChinese professionalsnooker player, who made his debut on the Main Tour for the2009–10 season. He qualified by winning the ACBS Asian Under-21 Championship. In November 2023 he won his first world ranking title by winning theInternational Championship.

Standing at 5 ft. 3 in. (160 cm) tall, he is nicknamed "Mighty Mouse". Zhang lives inSheffield, England, during the snooker season and practises at the Victoria Snooker Academy.

The2009–10 season was Zhang's first professional season on the tour. His first match was a 2–5 defeat toCraig Steadman in the first qualifying round of theShanghai Masters.^[2] His first wins came overBen Woollaston (5–3) andJin Long (5–2) during qualifying for theGrand Prix. He was then eliminated by WelshmanDominic Dale 0–5.^[2]He also reached the same stage inWelsh Open qualifying having beatenMatthew Couch 5–2 andMark Joyce 5–4 before losing 2–5 toMarcus Campbell.^[2]

Zhang comfortably beat Craig Steadman 10–4 in his first match ofWorld Championship qualifying, scoring his first century of the season in the penultimate frame. He then beat veteranJohn Parrott 10–6 in the next round. He made a second century, a 113, as he won the last five frames to progress. In the penultimate qualifying round, he beatAndrew Higginson 10–8 in a topsy turvy match. Zhang led 7–3 scoring a 114 in the process before Higginson went ahead 8–7. Zhang took the last three to go through to the final qualifying round.Ricky Walden, provisionally in the top 16 before the tournament, was Zhang's last obstacle to overcome. The first 16 frames were shared before a 134 break in frame 17 and a 103 break in frame 18 for Zhang resulted in a 10–8 victory.^[3] This meant that he would be only the fourthChinese player to play atThe Crucible and the lowest ranked player (number 71) to qualify for tournament. He is also one of only a few players to make it toThe Crucible in their debut season. This result denied Walden a top 16 place for the following season. Zhang was drawn against seven-time World Snooker championStephen Hendry in the first round of the event. Zhang was 0–4 down in the match but rallied to trail only 4–5 after the first session. Hendry increased his lead to 7–5 before Zhang won four frames in a row to be on the cusp of a famous win. He wasted a chance to take the match in the next frame and went on to lose 9–10.^[4] Zhang ended the season ranked world number 71.^[5]

Zhang began the2010–11 season well by defeatingJak Jones 5–4,Paul Davies 5–1 andStuart Pettman 5–3 to reach the final qualifying round of theShanghai Masters. He facedMatthew Stevens and was beaten 2–5.^[6] However, he could only win more match in qualifying for the remaining six ranking events, concluding with a 6–10 loss toAndrew Pagett in the first round ofWorld Championship qualifying.^[6] He finished the season ranked world number 84, well outside of the top 64 who retain their places on the snooker tour.^[7] He therefore entered Q School in an attempt to win back his place and was one match away from doing so in the first event, but lost 1–4 toDavid Grace. He couldn't qualify from the remaining two events and did not have a place on tour next season.^[6]

After being relegated off the tour the previous year, Zhang was confined to entering minor-rankingPlayers Tour Championship during the2011–12 season. He played in all 12 of them, but had to wait until the final event, theFFB Snooker Open, for his first win which was a 4–1 triumph overJamie Burnett.^[8] Zhang was beaten by the same scoreline byStephen Maguire in the next round to finish a lowly 115th on the Order of Merit.^[9] Zhang lost in the final of theACBS Asian Snooker Championship 2–5 toHossein Vafaei, but as Vafaei had already qualified for the main snooker tour, Zhang received a place for the2012–13 and2013–14 seasons.^[10]

Zhang lost in the first round of qualifying for the opening three ranking events of the season.^[11] He played in all three of the new minor-rankingAsian Players Tour Championship events, reaching two quarter-finals where he lost toMichael White 3–4 andLi Hang 2–4 respectively.^[11] He finished 10th on the Asian Order of Merit, just outside the top eight who qualified for theFinals.^[12] His first win in a ranking event match this season was a 6–5 success againstLi Yan inInternational Championship qualifying, but he lost 3–6 toAlfie Burden in the next round.^[11] The most matches he could win in qualifying was for theWorld Open by seeing off Michael Wild 5–3,Luca Brecel 5–4 andRory McLeod 5–2. He was edged out in the final qualifying round 4–5 byJamie Cope.^[11] Zhang's season came to an end when he lost 5–10 to Michael White in the third round ofWorld Championship qualifying.^[13] He finished the year ranked world number 77.^[14]

Zhang won three consecutive matches 5–4 to qualify for the second ranking event of the season, theAustralian Goldfields Open.^[15] He beat world number 20Andrew Higginson 5–1 in the first round to reach the last 16 of a ranking event for the first time in his career, where he was defeated 5–1 by world number twoMark Selby.^[16][17] Zhang also qualified for theIndian Open and beatAlan McManus 4–1 in the first round, before losing 4–3 toMichael White.^[15] His best result in the minor-rankingEuropean Tour events came at theGdynia Open in Poland where he was beaten in the quarter-finals 4–2 byFergal O'Brien.^[18] Zhang was relegated from the main tour at the end of the season as he was placed 77th in the world rankings, outside of the top 64 who remain.^[15][19] In his final game of the first2014 Q School event he made a match-winning break of 54 in the deciding frame against Jamie Clarke to edge it 4–3, having been 3–0 up. The result earned Zhang a fresh two-year main tour card for the2014–15 and2015–16 seasons.^[20]

Zhang played a curtailed schedule of events in the first half of the2014–15 season. He metAli Carter, who was playing in his first ranking match since having treatment for lung cancer, in the first round of theUK Championship and came back from 5–3 down to beat him 6–5.^[21] Zhang lost 6–5 toRory McLeod in the second round.^[22] He was whitewashed 4–0 byGary Wilson in the first round of theWelsh Open and narrowly lost 5–4 toPeter Ebdon in the first round of theChina Open.^[23] Zhang defeatedAnthony Hamilton 10–3,Mark Joyce 10–9 and won the last three frames againstLiang Wenbo to beat him 10–9 and qualify for theWorld Championship.^[23] The world number 98 was the lowest ranked player to have qualified and in his second appearance in the event he fell 8–1 down toJoe Perry in the opening session.^[24] Zhang won the first three frames of the next session which included a 132 break, but Perry went on to complete a 10–4 win.^[25]

Zhang defeatedLiang Wenbo 4–3 to advance to the quarter-finals of theHaining Open, but lost 4–3 toDing Junhui.He won his first professional event the General Cup Qualifying Event. He beatCao Yupeng 5–4 in the final. This was an invitation event with the winner taking the eighth and final place in theGeneral Cup. He would go on to reach the semi-finals of the event, where he was beaten 6–3 byMarco Fu. Zhang overcameRobert Milkins andDechawat Poomjaeng both 5–4 to qualify for theGerman Masters and he whitewashedAlfie Burden 5–0 in the opening round to reach the last 16 of a ranking event for the second time in his career.^[26] His run was ended with a 5–1 defeat toJudd Trump.^[27] Zhang qualified for theWorld Championship for the second year in a row with wins over Bratislav Krustev,Mark Davis andZhou Yuelong.^[26] He lost 10–5 toBarry Hawkins in the opening round.^[28] Zhang was just outside the top 64 in the world rankings at 65, but earned a new two-year tour card by finishing joint fifth on the Asian Tour Order of Merit.^[29][30]

Zhang comfortably beatDominic Dale 5–1 to play in theWorld Open where he defeatedPeter Ebdon 5–1 andJudd Trump 5–2 to reach the last 16 of a ranking event for the third time, but he was thrashed 5–0 byDavid Gilbert. He got to the same stage of theUK Championship by overcomingTian Pengfei 6–2,Anthony McGill 6–3 andMitchell Mann 6–3. Zhang was unable to make it to his first quarter-final as he lost 6–1 toMark Selby.^[31] He qualified for theChina Open, but was ousted 5–1 byMark Williams in the opening round.^[32]

Zhang remained outside the Top 64 for the entire season with a relatively poor run of form and was unable to replicate prior successes.

Owing to his previous poor season, he fell outside of the Top 64 and lost his Tour card. He did not enter the Q School event as a result of the continuing impacts of theCOVID-19 pandemic and was therefore relegated from the professional tour.^[33] However, Zhang performed well in the 2021 CBSA China Tour and was awarded a tour card for the2021–22 and 2022–23World Snooker Tour seasons as a result.^[34]

Zhang reached the final of the2023 English Open, however came runner up with a 7‍–‍9 defeat toJudd Trump.^[35] One month later he reached the final of the2023 International Championship. After beating O'Sullivan in the semi-final, he won his first world ranking title by beatingTom Ford 10‍–‍6. Anda hit a 147 maximum break in the match.^[36] At the2024 World Championship, Zhang was defeated in the first round byJak Jones 4‍–‍10.^[37]

Zhang Anda was married in May 2019, but the couple postponed their honeymoon so that Zhang could play in theCBSA Chinese National Championship inXi'an. Zhang won the tournament, beatingZhao Jianbo 5–3 in the final.^[38]

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	2023	English Open	Judd Trump	7–9
Winner	1.	2023	International Championship	Tom Ford	10–6
Runner-up	2.	2024	Players Championship	Mark Allen	8–10

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	2010	The China Classic	Tian Pengfei	3–5
Winner	1.	2015	General Cup Qualifying Event	Cao Yupeng	5–4
Runner-up	2.	2025	Helsinki International Cup	Mark Allen	3–6

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Team/partner	Opponent(s) in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	2018	Macau Masters	Joe Perry Marco Fu Mark Williams	Barry Hawkins Ryan Day Zhao Xintong Zhou Yuelong	1–5

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Winner	1.	2016	Fuzhou Open	Zhou Yuelong	5–1[39]
Winner	2.	2019	Xi'an Open	Zhao Jianbo	5–3[40]

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	2007	IBSF World Under-21 Championship	Michael Georgiou	6–11
Winner	1.	2009	ACBS Asian Under-21 Championship	Noppon Saengkham	5–1
Runner-up	2.	2012	ACBS Asian Under-21 Championship	Hossein Vafaei	2–6

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