Editing Marco Fu (section)

===COVID-19 pandemic, career revival, 16-red total clearance (2020-present)===
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In February 2020, Fu returned to Hong Kong because of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], with his last appearance being at the [[2020 Welsh Open (snooker)|2020 Welsh Open]] where he lost to Ding in the opening round.<ref name="results">{{Cite web |title=ManBetX Welsh Open (2020) - snooker.org |last=Årdalen |first=Hermund |work=snooker.org |date= |access-date=11 May 2021 |url=http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=849 |quote= |archive-date=29 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200829144623/http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=849 |url-status=live}}</ref>{{Update inline|date=April 2022}} As a consequence of not entering any events during the rest of the season, his ranking steadily dropped out of the Top 64, but an offer of an invitational tour card meant he would not need to qualify to rejoin the tour as a result.<ref name="scmp_Hong">{{Cite web |title=Hong Kong's Marco Fu seeks wild card to play on next season's world tour |work=South China Morning Post |date=27 November 2020 |access-date=1 December 2020 |url=https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3111664/snooker-star-marco-fu-seeks-wild-card-play-next-seasons-world-tour |archive-date=4 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104215630/https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3111664/snooker-star-marco-fu-seeks-wild-card-play-next-seasons-world-tour |url-status=live}}</ref>

Fu returned to compete in professional snooker tournaments at the [[2022 World Snooker Championship]], marking the first event since the 2020 Welsh Open in which he played in an event on the main tour. He lost in the first round of qualifying, being defeated in a deciding frame by [[Ian Burns (snooker player)|Ian Burns]]. As travel restrictions eased in Hong Kong, Fu proceeded to compete in the subsequent [[2022-23 snooker season|2022-23 season]] where he did not top his group in the opening event, the [[2022 Championship League (ranking)|2022 Championship League]]. He had managed to qualify for the [[2022 European Masters (2022–23 season)|2022 European Masters]] and reached the third round, consequently as a result of a bye due to his opponent in the second round not getting a visa, where he lost 5-3 to [[Farakh Ajaib]]. He did not qualify for the subsequent [[2022 British Open]] or the [[2022 Northern Ireland Open]], but was invited to compete as a local wildcard in the [[2022 Hong Kong Masters]], where he reached the final. In his semi-final match against [[John Higgins]], he compiled his fifth maximum break in the deciding frame.

At the end of the 2022-23 season, Fu was awarded a new two-year invitational tour card.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3220643/hong-kongs-marco-fu-targets-return-crucible-after-being-handed-invitational-card-world-snooker-tour|title=Hong Kong’s Marco Fu targets return to Crucible after being handed invitational card for World Snooker Tour|publisher=South China Morning Post|accessdate=25 April 2025}}</ref> During his [[2025 World Snooker Championship|2025 World Championship]] second round qualifying match against [[Ben Mertens]] he became only the seventh player, and second in a world championship contest, to make a 16-red total clearance, compiling 139 after being awarded a free ball following a foul by his opponent in frame four.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wst.tv/news/2025/april/10/fu-makes-rare-16-red-clearance/|title=Fu Makes Rare 16 Red Clearance|publisher=World Snooker Tour|accessdate=25 April 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://talksport.com/sport/snooker/3106617/marco-fu-record-world-snooker-championship/|title=Snooker star becomes just second player ever to achieve stunning World Championship feat|publisher=Talksport|accessdate=25 April 2025}}</ref> Having finished the [[2024-25 snooker season|2024-25 season]] ranked outside the world's top-64 at number 70, Fu faced losing his place on the tour but was awarded a further two-year invitational card.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/articles/cvg7lryr295o|title=White and Fu awarded invitational tour cards|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=25 April 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wst.tv/news/2025/april/24/jimmy-white-and-marco-fu-awarded-invitational-tour-cards/|title=Jimmy White And Marco Fu Awarded Invitational Tour Cards|publisher=World Snooker Tour|accessdate=25 April 2025}}</ref>