世界锦标赛资格赛 2024 04/13 18:00 9 杰克•李索斯基 v 刘宏宇 10-4
世界锦标赛资格赛 2024 04/11 13:30 8 刘宏宇 v 吉米•怀特 10-3
世界公开赛 2024 03/19 06:30 6 刘宏宇 v 丁俊晖 2-5
德国大师赛 2024 01/31 09:00 6 刘宏宇 v Ishpreet 查达 3-5
威尔士公开赛资格赛 2024 01/27 10:00 7 杰克•琼斯 v 刘宏宇 4-3
世界公开赛资格赛 2024 01/22 10:00 7 杰米•克拉克 v 刘宏宇 1-5
德国大师赛资格赛 2024 12/18 14:30 7 多米尼克•戴尔 v 刘宏宇 0-5
苏格兰公开赛 2023 12/13 21:15 5 刘宏宇 v 吕昊天 2-4
苏格兰公开赛 2023 12/12 10:00 6 刘宏宇 v 扎克 Surety 4-0
苏格兰公开赛资格赛 2023 12/11 15:40 7 肖恩•墨菲 v 刘宏宇 1-4
斯诺克单局限时挑战赛 2023 12/07 19:00 7 塔猜亚•乌诺 v 刘宏宇 1-0
英国锦标赛资格赛 2023 11/20 09:30 8 刘宏宇 v 马丁•奥唐奈 5-6
北爱尔兰公开赛资格赛 2023 10/17 09:00 7 范争一 v 刘宏宇 4-2
英格兰公开赛 2023 10/07 18:00 2 张安达 v 刘宏宇 6-2
英格兰公开赛 2023 10/06 18:00 3 刘宏宇 v 丁俊晖 5-2
英格兰公开赛 2023 10/05 21:50 4 刘宏宇 v 马克•威廉姆斯 4-3
英格兰公开赛 2023 10/05 13:50 5 刘宏宇 v 克里斯•瓦克林 4-3
英格兰公开赛 2023 10/04 12:00 6 乔•欧康娜 v 刘宏宇 1-4
英格兰公开赛资格赛 2023 10/02 18:00 8 肖恩•墨菲 v 刘宏宇 3-4
英国公开赛 2023 09/27 09:00 6 丁俊晖 v 刘宏宇 4-3
国际锦标赛资格赛 2023 09/19 08:30 7 马修•斯蒂文斯 v 刘宏宇 6-4
Wuhan Open Qualifiers 09/01 18:00 7 杰克逊•佩奇 v 刘宏宇 5-3
英国公开赛资格赛 2023 08/16 09:00 7 巴帕•西里帕蓬 v 刘宏宇 1-4
欧洲大师赛资格赛 2023 07/27 13:30 7 哈马德•米亚 v 刘宏宇 1-5
斯诺克冠军联赛 07/18 17:20 1 丹尼尔•威尔斯 v 刘宏宇 2-2
斯诺克冠军联赛 07/18 16:00 1 阿什利•卡蒂 v 刘宏宇 1-3
斯诺克冠军联赛 07/18 11:00 1 诺蓬•桑坎 v 刘宏宇 3-0
斯诺克冠军联赛 07/14 17:05 5 彭奕淞 v 刘宏宇 1-3
斯诺克冠军联赛 07/14 16:00 4 大卫•利利 v 刘宏宇 0-3
斯诺克冠军联赛 07/14 11:00 1 里奇•沃尔登 v 刘宏宇 1-3

Liu Hongyu (Chinese: 刘宏宇; born 21 April 2004) is a Chinese snooker player. He won the APBSF Asia-Pacific Championship on 1 May 2023 to qualify for the World Snooker Tour, on a two-year card, starting from the 2023–24 snooker season.

History

At the 2022 Q School first event defeated Belgian Ben Mertens which included a break of 137. He also scored centuries in Q school against Alfie Lee, and a 134 against Andy Milliard.

2022–23 season

In February 2023 he lost in the quarter finals to eventual winner Ma Hailong at the WSF Championship in Sydney, Australia. During the tournament he had impressed with his high scoring, including breaks of 138 and 133.

In April 2023 Liu lost in the final of the first CBSA World Snooker Tour qualifying tournament to Jiang Jun. The following month he won the Asia-Pacific Championship with a 6-1 win in the final against Yuchen Wang to be the APBSF Asia Pacific qualifier on to the World Snooker Tour for the 2023-24 snooker season, on a two-year card.

2023–24 season

He started the 2023-24 season with the 2023 Championship League held at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, England from 26 June 2023. With victories over Ricky Walden, David Lilley and Peng Yisong, Liu topped his group at the Championship League on his tour debut. In the second stage round-robin, he lost to Noppon Saengkham before beating Ashley Carty and drawing with Daniel Wells to finish as runner-up in the group to Saengkham. He earned another professional win on 17 August 2023, at the British Open qualifying in Leicester, with a 4-1 win over Baipat Siripaporn. He qualified for the 2023 European Masters, held in Germany, but had to pull out of the event when an issue with his visa prevented his travel.

In October 2023, at the English Open, he came from 3-1 down to defeat former World Champion Shaun Murphy 4-3. He followed this up with credible wins over ranking event finalist Joe O'Connor and former snooker shoot-out winner Chris Wakelin before defeating another former world champion Mark Williams to reach his first ranking event quarter-final. He then triumphed over compatriot Ding Junhui to reach his first ranking semi-final, before losing to Zhang Anda by 2-6. In December 2023, he recorded a second win of the season over Shaun Murphy, winning 4-1 at the Scottish Open. He qualified for the 2024 German Masters in Berlin with a 5-0 whitewash over the experienced Dominic Dale.

In the qualifying round of the 2024 World Snooker Championship he defeated Jimmy White 10-3.