Huang Jiahao (, born 17 August 1995) is a Chinese snooker player. In 2024, he won a place on the World Snooker Tour from the 2024–25 snooker season.
Career Prior to turning professional, he was granted a number of wildcard appearances at international snooker tournaments in his native China. At the 2014 Shanghai Masters he played former World Champion Ken Doherty and lost 5-3. He was beaten by Oliver Lines at the 2014 International Championship in Chengdu. He reached the last 64 at the 2015 Xuzhou Open where he lost to eventual winner Joe Perry. He defeated Hammad Miah in the wildcard round at the 2016 World Open to reach the main draw in Yushan County, where he lost to compatriot Zhou Yuelong. He reached the last 16 of the 2016 Haining Open, recording wins over Tian Pengfei and Kurt Maflin before losing to Martin Gould.
Competing domestically, he was a member of The Guangdong team alongside Fang Xiongman and Bai Langning that won the 2020 CBSA Cup, beating Xinjiang in the final. He was runner-up at the Haining Open in 2021. In the final he was defeated by compatriot He Guoqiang. He represented Yushan at the China Snooker Team Tournament in July 2022, alongside Bai Langning and Xing Zihao.
He reached the last 16 of CBSA Tour event, the Huangguoshu Open, in Anshun in August 2023, where he was beaten by Kyren Wilson.
Pro career Through his performances on the CBSA China Tour he earnt a place on the World Snooker Tour from the 2024–25 snooker season. In June 2024, he made his precessional debut at the 2024 Championship League in Leicester. In December 2024, he reached the quarter final of the 2024 Snooker Shoot Out his run including a win over David Gilbert, before being defeated by eventual winner Tom Ford.
In June 2025, in the first round of qualifying for the 2025 Wuhan Open, he was defeated by former world champion John Higgins. He was drawn in the round-robin stage of the 2025 Championship League against Ali Carter and Welsh pair Jack Bradford and Liam Davies. He defeated Jimmy White 4-2 in the first qualifying round of the 2025 Northern Ireland Open.
After dropping off the tour at the end of the 2025-26 season, he entered Asia Oceania Q School in May 2026 in Thailand, and won a new two-year card, reaching the final round of event two with a win over fellow former professional Ma Hailong, before he defeated compatriot Liang Xiaolong 4-2 in the final round.
In September 2026, he trailed Jimmy Robertson 5-3 before being ultimately winning 6-5 to qualify for the main draw at the 2026 International Championship, and defeated Liu Hongyu to reach the main draw at the 2026 Northern Ireland Open.
Performance and rankings timeline Tournament 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2021/22 2024/25 2025/26 2026/27RankingIt shows the ranking at the beginning of the seasonHe was an amateurNew players don't have a ranking87Players qualified through Q School started the season without ranking pointsRanking tournamentsChampionship LeagueNon-Ranking EventARRRRRRChina OpenAAAAAAATournament Not HeldLQWuhan OpenTournament Not HeldLQLQLQBritish OpenTournament Not HeldALQLQLQEnglish OpenTournament Not HeldAAAAALQLQLQShenzhen OpenThe event was called the Xi'an Grand Prix (2024/2025–2025/2026)Tournament Not HeldLQ1RLQNorthern Ireland OpenTournament Not HeldAAAAALQLQInternational ChampionshipNot HeldWRAAAAANHLQ1RUK ChampionshipAAAAAAAAALQLQShoot OutNon-Ranking EventAAAAAQF1RScottish OpenMRNot HeldAAAAALQLQLQGerman MastersAAAAAAAAALQLQWelsh OpenAAAAAAAAAWDLQWorld Grand PrixNot HeldNRDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQPlayers ChampionshipThe event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Final (2012/2013–2015/2016)DNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQWorld OpenAANot Held1RAAANHLQLQTour ChampionshipTournament Not HeldDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQWorld ChampionshipAAAAAAAAALQLQFormer ranking tournamentsShanghai MastersNot HeldWRAAANon-RankingNHNon-Ranking EventSaudi Arabia MastersTournament Not Held2R3RNHFormer non-ranking tournamentsHaining OpenNot HeldMR4R1R1R1RFNot 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 tournamentWD withdrew from the tournament NH / Not Held means an event was not heldNR / Non-Ranking Event means an event is/was no longer a ranking eventR / Ranking Event means an event is/was a ranking eventMR / Minor-Ranking Event means an event is/was a minor-ranking event
Career finals Non-ranking finals: 1 Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final ScoreRunner-up 1. 2021 Haining Open He Guoqiang 0–5
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