UK Championship - Qual. 2023 11/20 14:30 8 Mark Davis v Gao Yang 6-4
UK Championship - Qual. 2023 11/19 09:30 7 Ishpreet Chadha v Gao Yang 3-6
Campionato del Mondo - Qual. 2023 04/04 09:00 7 Andrew Pagett v Gao Yang 10-9
Q Tour 2 2022 09/18 09:00 - Rory McLeod v Gao Yang View
Q Tour 2 2022 09/17 15:00 - Gao Yang v Jordan Shepherd View
Q Tour 1 2022 09/03 13:30 - Gao Yang v Sean Maddocks View
Q School-Event 3 2022 05/31 18:00 - Gao Yang v Saqib Nasir View
Q School-Event 3 2022 05/30 18:00 - Gao Yang v Neal Jones View
Q School-Event 2 2022 05/26 12:00 - Aaron Hill v Gao Yang View
Q School-Event 2 2022 05/25 15:00 - Sydney Wilson v Gao Yang View
Q School-Event 2 2022 05/24 12:00 - Gao Yang v Simon Bevs View
Q School-Event 1 2022 05/19 15:00 - Gao Yang v Ian Martin View
Q School-Event 1 2022 05/18 12:00 - Gao Yang v Halim Hussain View
Campionato del Mondo - Qual. 2022 04/11 18:30 9 Ali Carter v Gao Yang 6-4
Campionato del Mondo - Qual. 2022 04/08 13:30 8 Gao Yang v Dylan Emery 6-3
Open di Gibilterra 2022 03/25 16:25 8 Yuan Sijun v Gao Yang 4-3
Open di Gibilterra 2022 03/25 13:55 7 Craig Steadman v Gao Yang 1-4
European Masters 2022 02/21 10:00 8 Zhou Yuelong v Gao Yang 5-1
Welsh Open - Qual. 2022 02/19 13:00 7 Ding Junhui v Gao Yang 4-0
Turkish Masters - Qual. 2022 02/05 19:00 7 Chris Wakelin v Gao Yang 5-1
Masters di Germania 2022 01/26 19:00 7 Judd Trump v Gao Yang Walkover
Snooker Shoot-Out 2022 01/22 20:40 8 Gao Yang v Steven Hallworth 0-1
Snooker Shoot-Out 2022 01/20 15:50 7 Gao Yang v Jamie Wilson 1-0
Scottish Open 2021 12/07 19:00 7 Ryan Day v Gao Yang 4-0
UK Championship 2021 11/27 19:00 8 Barry Hawkins v Gao Yang 6-1
UK Championship 2021 11/25 09:30 7 Lyu Haotian v Gao Yang 2-6
English Open - Qual. 2021 11/01 10:00 14 Anthony McGill v Gao Yang 4-1
European Masters - Qual. 2022 10/27 13:30 7 David Lilley v Gao Yang 2-5
German Masters - Qual. 2022 10/21 13:30 8 Xiao Guodong v Gao Yang 4-5
German Masters - Qual. 2022 10/20 18:00 7 Gao Yang v Stephen Hendry 5-2

Gao Yang (Chinese: 高阳; born 5 September 2004) is a Chinese former professional snooker player.

History

Gao Yang started playing on the Chinese tour aged just 13, and was quickly accepted by the CBSA Academy. He played in the ACBS Asian Under-21 Snooker Championship in 2018 and 2019, the IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship and IBSF World Under-18 Snooker Championship also in 2018 and 2019. His only real success came in the 2019 IBSF World Under-18 Snooker Championship, where he reached the final, losing 5–2 to the 13-year old Jiang Jun.

His first taste of professional snooker came at the 2019 World Open, where he was a wildcard. Originally Gao's coach Ju Reti had qualified, but gave up his place in order to allow his pupil to gain experience. Gao lost the match 5–1 to Lu Ning.

In January 2020 Gao won the WSF Junior Open, an under-18 tournament. He beat heralded juniors Ben Mertens, Dean Young and Wu Yize, before overcoming Sean Maddocks 5–2 in the final. As a result, he was awarded a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour for the 2020–21 and 2021–22. Even though just 15 years old, he stated that he intended to take up his professional tour card. He thus became the second professional snooker player from Anhui, after his mentor Niu Zhuang.

2020/2021 season

As it happened, Gao turned 16 before the start of the 2020–21 season, which was delayed due to COVID-19. His first tournament was the Championship League. Gao made 2-2 draws against Ben Woollaston and Si Jiahui, but lost 3–1 to Matt Selt. He finished his first day as a professional 3rd in the 4-player group but had made two century breaks.

In subsequent tournaments Gao had wins against Zhao Jianbo, Kacper Filipiak, Mitchell Mann and Duane Jones. In the Northern Ireland Open Gao lost 4–0 to World No.1 Judd Trump, who had breaks of 109, 127 and a maximum 147. In the World Championship, Gao beat experienced player Paul Davison 6-3 and played very well against Lyu Haotian to lead 5–3. But his more experienced compatriot won the last 3 frames to edge the match 6–5. Gao finished his debut season ranked 107.