Liu Song (; born 8 December 1983) is a Chinese former professional snooker player from Tianjin.
Life and career
In 2003, Liu reached the final of the IBSF Under 21 World Championship, in Taupō, New Zealand. Liu faced Neil Robertson, with the score being 11–5 in the Australian's favour.
Liu was the first Chinese player to qualify for the final stages of a ranking tournament, the 2004 Welsh Open. To get to the tournament, Liu played four qualifying , the fourth against Fergal O'Brien. Liu was eventually knocked out of the tournament by Marco Fu.
Liu's best performance in a ranking tournament to date has been in the 2007 Grand Prix, where he reached the quarter-finals, where he lost to Marco Fu again, 0–5.
In 2010 Liu became the first Chinese player to attain the World Snooker coaching badge.
Since 2008 Liu has been managed by Romford-based Grove Leisure and is a stablemate of Ronnie O'Sullivan.
Liu finished the 2011/2012 season outside the top 64, therefore he would be relegated from the main tour and dropped from the world rankings.
Performance and ranking timeline Tournament 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 Ranking New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.90He was an amateur.New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.7253596265 Ranking tournaments Australian Goldfields Open Not heldLQ Shanghai Masters Not heldLQLQLQLQLQ UK ChampionshipLQAALQLQLQLQALQ German Masters Not heldWR1R Welsh Open1RLQALQLQLQ1RLQLQ World OpenThe event was called the LG Cup (2001/2002-2003/2004) and the Grand Prix (1998/1999-2000/2001 and 2004/2005-2009/2010LQAALQQFLQLQ2RLQ Players Tour Championship Finals Not heldDNQDNQ China OpenThe event was called the China International (1998/1999)NHWRALQLQLQLQLQLQ World ChampionshipLQLQALQLQLQLQLQLQ Non-ranking tournaments The MastersAAALQAALQAA Shoot-Out Not heldA1R Former ranking tournaments British OpenLQLQ Not held Irish MastersLQLQNHNR Not held Malta CupThe event was called the European Open (2001/2002-2003/2004) and the Irish Open (1998/1999)LQLQALQNR Not held Not heldNRLQ1RLQ Not held Bahrain Championship Not heldLQ Not held Former non-ranking tournaments Masters Qualifying EventLQNHA1RAA3R Not held Performance Table LegendLQ 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-finalsSF lost in the semi–finalsF lost in the finalW won the tournamentDNQ did not qualify for the tournamentA did not participate in the tournament1R 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.
Career finals Amateur finals: 1 Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final ScoreRunner-up 1. 2003 World Under-21 Championship Neil Robertson 5–11
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