世界錦標賽資格賽 2024 04/13 18:00 9 傑克•李索斯基 v 劉宏宇 10-4
世界錦標賽資格賽 2024 04/11 13:30 8 劉宏宇 v 吉米•懷特 10-3
世界公開賽 2024 03/19 06:30 6 劉宏宇 v 丁俊暉 2-5
德國大師賽 2024 01/31 09:00 6 劉宏宇 v Ishpreet 查達 3-5
威爾士公開賽資格賽 2024 01/27 10:00 7 傑克•瓊斯 v 劉宏宇 4-3
世界公開賽資格賽 2024 01/22 10:00 7 傑米•克拉克 v 劉宏宇 1-5
德國大師賽資格賽 2024 12/18 14:30 7 多米尼克•戴爾 v 劉宏宇 0-5
蘇格蘭公開賽 2023 12/13 21:15 5 劉宏宇 v 呂昊天 2-4
蘇格蘭公開賽 2023 12/12 10:00 6 劉宏宇 v 紮克 Surety 4-0
蘇格蘭公開賽資格賽 2023 12/11 15:40 7 肖恩•墨菲 v 劉宏宇 1-4
斯諾克單局限時挑戰賽 2023 12/07 19:00 7 塔猜亞•烏諾 v 劉宏宇 1-0
英國錦標賽資格賽 2023 11/20 09:30 8 劉宏宇 v 馬丁•奧唐奈 5-6
北愛爾蘭公開賽資格賽 2023 10/17 09:00 7 範爭一 v 劉宏宇 4-2
英格蘭公開賽 2023 10/07 18:00 2 張安達 v 劉宏宇 6-2
英格蘭公開賽 2023 10/06 18:00 3 劉宏宇 v 丁俊暉 5-2
英格蘭公開賽 2023 10/05 21:50 4 劉宏宇 v 馬克•威廉姆斯 4-3
英格蘭公開賽 2023 10/05 13:50 5 劉宏宇 v 克裏斯•瓦克林 4-3
英格蘭公開賽 2023 10/04 12:00 6 喬•歐康娜 v 劉宏宇 1-4
英格蘭公開賽資格賽 2023 10/02 18:00 8 肖恩•墨菲 v 劉宏宇 3-4
英國公開賽 2023 09/27 09:00 6 丁俊暉 v 劉宏宇 4-3
國際錦標賽資格賽 2023 09/19 08:30 7 馬修•斯蒂文斯 v 劉宏宇 6-4
Wuhan Open Qualifiers 09/01 18:00 7 傑克遜•佩奇 v 劉宏宇 5-3
英國公開賽資格賽 2023 08/16 09:00 7 巴帕•西里帕蓬 v 劉宏宇 1-4
歐洲大師賽資格賽 2023 07/27 13:30 7 哈馬德•米亞 v 劉宏宇 1-5
斯諾克冠軍聯賽 07/18 17:20 1 丹尼爾•威爾斯 v 劉宏宇 2-2
斯諾克冠軍聯賽 07/18 16:00 1 阿什利•卡蒂 v 劉宏宇 1-3
斯諾克冠軍聯賽 07/18 11:00 1 諾蓬•桑坎 v 劉宏宇 3-0
斯諾克冠軍聯賽 07/14 17:05 5 彭奕淞 v 劉宏宇 1-3
斯諾克冠軍聯賽 07/14 16:00 4 大衛•利利 v 劉宏宇 0-3
斯諾克冠軍聯賽 07/14 11:00 1 列基•禾頓 v 劉宏宇 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.