# Liu Song (snooker player)

Liu Song (Chinese: 刘菘; 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 matches, 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 | | 90 | | | 72 | 53 | 59 | 62 | 65 |
| Ranking tournaments ||||||||||
| Australian Goldfields Open | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | LQ |
| Shanghai Masters | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ |
| UK Championship | LQ | A | A | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | A | LQ |
| German Masters | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | WR | 1R |
| Welsh Open | 1R | LQ | A | LQ | LQ | LQ | 1R | LQ | LQ |
| World Open | LQ | A | A | LQ | QF | LQ | LQ | 2R | LQ |
| Players Tour Championship Finals | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | DNQ | DNQ |
| China Open | NH | WR | A | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ |
| World Championship | LQ | LQ | A | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ |
| Non-ranking tournaments ||||||||||
| The Masters | A | A | A | LQ | A | A | LQ | A | A |
| Shoot-Out | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | A | 1R |
| Former ranking tournaments ||||||||||
| British Open | LQ | LQ | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| Irish Masters | LQ | LQ | NH | NR | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| Malta Cup | LQ | LQ | A | LQ | NR | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| Northern Ireland Trophy | Not held | Not held | NR | LQ | 1R | LQ | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| Bahrain Championship | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | LQ | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| Former non-ranking tournaments ||||||||||
| Masters Qualifying Event | LQ | NH | A | 1R | A | A | 3R | Not held | 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 | 1R | withdrew from the tournament |
| NH / Not held | NH / Not held | NH / Not held | NH / Not held | means an event was not held. |
| NR / Non-ranking event | NR / Non-ranking event | NR / Non-ranking event | NR / Non-ranking event | means an event is/was no longer a ranking event. |
* ↑ New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.
* ↑ He was an amateur.
* ↑ New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.
* ↑ The event was called the LG Cup (2001/2002-2003/2004) and the Grand Prix (1998/1999-2000/2001 and 2004/2005-2009/2010
* ↑ The event was called the China International (1998/1999)
* ↑ The event was called the European Open (2001/2002-2003/2004) and the Irish Open (1998/1999)

## Career finals
### Amateur finals: 1

| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
| Runner-up | 1. | 2003 | World Under-21 Championship | Neil Robertson | 5–11 |