Au Chi-wai

In this Chinese name, the family name is Au (區).

Au Chi-wai (Chinese: 區志偉; born 19 November 1969), sometimes referred to as Au Chi Wai or Chi-wai Au in Western media), is an amateur snooker and pool player from Hong Kong. In snooker, he won (with Marco Fu), the silver medal in the snooker doubles event at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan. Au was also the second runner-up in the 2009 Asian Snooker Championships.^[1] In pool, he was the first runner-up in the 2006 Asian 9-Ball Challenge, in Bangkok, on the WPA Asian 9-Ball Tour.^[2]

Au Chi-wai

Born	(1969-11-19) November 19, 1969 (age 54) Hong Kong
Sport country	Hong Kong

Medal record
Men's snooker
Representing  Hong Kong
Asian Games
	2002 Busan	Doubles
Asian Championship
	2009 Tangshan	Singles

Au Chi-wai
Traditional Chinese	區志偉
Simplified Chinese	区志伟
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Ōu Zhìwěi Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Au1 Zi3 Wai5 IPA [ɐw˥ tsi˧.wɐj˩˧]

Au's highest snooker break in competition is 147.^[3]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament	1997/ 98	2004/ 05	2008/ 09	2009/ 10	2012/ 13	2013/ 14	2014/ 15	2015/ 16	2019/ 20
Ranking[nb 1]	[nb 2]	[nb 2]	[nb 2]	[nb 2]	[nb 2]	[nb 2]	[nb 2]	[nb 2]	[nb 2]
Ranking tournaments
Players Tour Championship Final	Tournament Not Held				DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
World Championship	LQ	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A
Non-ranking tournaments
Six-red World Championship[nb 3]	Not Held		RR	RR	A	A	A	A	A
World Seniors Championship	Tournament Not Held				A	A	A	A	2R
Former ranking tournaments
China Open[nb 4]	A	A	A	WR	A	A	A	A	NH
Former ranking tournaments
General Cup[nb 5]	NH	RR	NH	A	A	A	A	A	NH

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 Held				means an event was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Event				means an event is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Event				means an event is/was a ranking event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Event				means an event is/was a minor-ranking event.

1. From the 2010/2011 season it shows the ranking at the beginning of the season
2. He was an amateur
3. The event was called the Six-red International (2008/2009) and the Six-red World Grand Prix (2009/2010)
4. The event was called the China International (1997/1998)
5. The event was called the General Cup International (2004/2005–2011/2012)

Top finishes

• First runner-up - 2002 East Asian Games - Busan (doubles, with Marco Fu)^[1]
• First runner-up - 2006 Asian Snooker Challenge (team)^[4]
• First runner-up - 2009 Asian 9-Ball Challenge (Bangkok)^[2]
• First runner-up - 2004 Asian Snooker Challenge (team)^[3]
• Second runner-up - 2009 Asian Snooker Championship

References

1. Results of 2009 Asian Championships Archived January 5, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
2. Au Chi Wai became the first runner-up in Bangkok leg of Asian 9-Ball Tour Archived March 25, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, HKOlympic.org
3. "Au Chi Wai, Player Profile". wsc147.com. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
4. Hong Kong took the first runner-up position in Asia Snooker Team Challenge Archived March 25, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, HKOlympic.org