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Thor Chuan Leong

Malaysian snooker player

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Thor Chuan Leong
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese涂振龍
Simplified Chinese涂振龙
Hanyu PinyinTú Zhènlóng
Hokkien POJThô͘ Chín-liông
Tâi-lôThôo Tsín-liông

Thor Chuan Leong (simplified Chinese: 涂振龙; traditional Chinese: 涂振龍; pinyin: Tú Zhènlóng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Thô͘ Chín-liông; born 24 March 1988), better known on the main tour as Rory Thor, is a Malaysian former professional snooker player.

01Career

Thor, based in Penang, Malaysia represented his country at the 2006 & 2010 Asian Games and in the 2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games and 2013 Southeast Asian Games, in the Southeast Asian Games he won bronze in the snooker singles and doubles and gold in the six red snooker singles.

In 2014, Thor won the ACBS Asian Snooker Championship in May, beating Taiwan's Hung Chuang Ming 7-3 in the final. This victory gained Thor a two-year card on the professional World Snooker Tour for the 2014-15 and 2015/2016 seasons. However, despite the tour starting in May, Thor did not start playing on the tour until February 2015. He played in the Six-red World Championship, but lost all five of his group matches. In his first match in a ranking event qualifier he was beaten 1-4 by Dechawat Poomjaeng. Although Thor lost all four of his matches this season he did push top 16 player Stuart Bingham to a deciding frame in the first round of the Welsh Open.

Thor again failed to win a single match in ranking events during the 2015-16 season; in contrast, he performed successfully in the European Tour events, winning all of his first-round matches and reaching last 16 twice, at the Paul Hunter Classic and the Gdynia Open. As a result, Thor was able to secure his place on the Main Tour for two further seasons by finishing tied 31st on the Order of Merit.

A 5-2 victory over Jack Lisowski saw Thor qualify for the 2016 World Open and he reached the second round by beating Luca Brecel 5-3, before losing 1-5 to Neil Robertson. He also advanced to the last 32 of the Gibraltar Open with wins over Matthew Roberts and Gary Wilson, but lost 3-4 to Igor Figueiredo.

At the 2024 British Open he secured one of the highest profile wins of his career, defeating three-time world champion Mark Williams 4-1 in the first round.

02Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2014/
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Ranking 125 84 83 84
Ranking tournaments
Championship League Non-Ranking Event WD RR
Xi'an Grand Prix Tournament Not Held LQ
Saudi Arabia Masters Tournament Not Held 4R
English Open Not Held 1R 3R 2R 1R LQ LQ
British Open Tournament Not Held 1R 3R
Wuhan Open Tournament Not Held LQ LQ
Northern Ireland Open Not Held 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R
International Championship A LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ
UK Championship A 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R LQ LQ
Shoot Out Non-Ranking 1R 1R 2R 2R 1R 1R
Scottish Open Not Held 1R 1R 1R 1R 3R LQ
German Masters A LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ
Welsh Open 1R 1R 2R 1R 2R 1R LQ 1R
World Open Not Held 2R LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ
World Grand Prix NR DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
Players Championship DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
Tour Championship Tournament Not Held DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
World Championship LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ
Non-ranking tournaments
Championship League A A A A A RR A A
Former ranking tournaments
Shanghai Masters A LQ LQ LQ Non-Ranking Event
Paul Hunter Classic Minor-Rank 1R A 1R NR Not Held
Indian Open LQ NH LQ LQ 1R Not Held
China Open LQ LQ LQ LQ 1R Not Held
Riga Masters Minor-Rank LQ LQ WD LQ Not Held
China Championship Not Held NR LQ LQ LQ Not Held
Gibraltar Open NH MR 3R 2R A 1R Not Held
European Masters Not Held LQ 1R 2R LQ LQ NH
Former non-ranking tournaments
Six-red World Championship RR RR A A A A 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 Heldmeans an event was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a ranking event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a minor-ranking event.

03Career finals

Pro-am finals: 5 (4 titles)

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Runner-up 1. 2009 Southeast Asian Games Supoj Saenla 3-4
Winner 1. 2013 Southeast Asian Games (six-red) Sithideth Sakbieng 5-4
Winner 2. 2015 Southeast Asian Games Htet Ko 4-2
Winner 3. 2023 Southeast Asian Games (2) Sunny Akani 4-1
Winner 4. 2025 Southeast Asian Games (six-red) (2) Danjirakul Poramin 5-2

Amateur finals: 2 (1 title)

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Winner 1. 2014 ACBS Asian Snooker Championship Hung Chuang Ming 7-3
Runner-up 1. 2023 ACBS Asian Snooker Championship Amir Sarkhosh 1-5
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