Chen Zhe (; born 28 February 1993) is a Chinese former professional snooker player from Shanxi who won five matches at the 2012 Q School to earn a two-year card to play on the World Snooker Tour starting in the 2012âÂÂ13 season. He is based in Romford, England during the season and practices with Ronnie O'Sullivan.
Chen won his first professional match on the Main Tour beating Pankaj Advani 5âÂÂ4 in the 2012 Wuxi Classic first qualifying round. He was whitewashed 0âÂÂ5 by Simon Bedford in the next round. He won three matches to reach the final qualifying round of both the World Open and China Open, losing to Michael Holt (3âÂÂ5) and Jamie Cope (4âÂÂ5) respectively. Chen got through to the semi-finals of the minor ranking Asian Players Tour Championship Event 1 by defeating the likes of Tom Ford and Ben Woollaston, but lost 2âÂÂ4 to Stephen Lee. His season ended when he was beaten 7âÂÂ10 by Sam Baird in the first round of World Championship Qualifying, which saw him finish his first season on tour ranked world number 78.
In his opening match of the 2013âÂÂ14 season, Chen defeated Matthew Selt 5âÂÂ3 to qualify for the 2013 Wuxi Classic in China where he lost 5âÂÂ2 to Ben Woollaston in the first round. Chen also qualified for the Indian Open with a 4âÂÂ2 win over Robert Milkins, but was beaten 4âÂÂ3 by Hammad Miah. Chen did not win another match in ranking events until in qualifying for the final event of the year, the World Championship, where he beat Anthony Parsons 10âÂÂ8, before losing by a reverse of this scoreline in the second round against Mark Joyce. At the end of his second season Chen was ranked world number 89 and was relegated from the main tour as he was not in the top 64. He entered Q School to try and earn his place back with Chen being two wins from succeeding in the first event, but he lost 4âÂÂ1 to Chris Melling.
Chen's 2014âÂÂ15 season was restricted to appearances at the three Asian Tour events. He was beaten 4âÂÂ1 by Ju Reti in the first round of the Yixing Open and saw off Liang Wenbo 4âÂÂ3 at the Haining City Open, before losing 4âÂÂ3 to Ross Muir in the second round. At the Xuzhou Open he beat Feng Zeyuan, but surrendered a 3âÂÂ0 lead in the second round against Mark Williams to be defeated 4âÂÂ3. Chen entered the 2015 Q School and came close to progressing through the first event as he won four matches to reach the final round, where he lost 4âÂÂ1 to Sydney Wilson. In the second event he was knocked out in the first round 4âÂÂ0 by Andy Hicks.
Chen successfully progressed through the first event of the 2016 Q School by winning five matches, concluding with a 4âÂÂ1 victory over David Lilley to secure a new two-year tour place.
Chen won a match at the venue stage of a ranking event for the first time by defeating Ross Muir 4âÂÂ1 in the first round of the Northern Ireland Open. He narrowly lost 4âÂÂ3 to Michael White in the following round after having been 2âÂÂ0 up. His only other match win after this came at the Shoot-Out.