Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Wasan farko na Yuan a matsayin kwararre shi ne rashin nasara ga Oliver Lines a gasar Riga Masters ta 2017 a ranar 31 ga Mayu 2017, kwana biyu bayan ranar haihuwarsa ta 17. Gasarsa ta farko ita ce nasarar 4 zuwa 2 na Allan Taylor a cikin
Kwararrun 'yan wasan Turai. Mafi kyawun nasarar Yuan ya kasance 4-1 a kan Joe Perry a cikin Open na Ingila (wanda ya haɗa da ƙarni biyu), da 5-4 a kan Shaun Murphy a cikin Masters na Shanghai. A Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya, ya doke Fergal O'Brien 10<unk>5, kafin ya rasa 10<unk>9 ga Matthew Stevens, duk da cewa ya jagoranci 9-7 kuma ya rasa dama da dama don cin nasara. Gabaɗaya Yuan ya sami nasarar cin nasara 8 ne kawai a farkon kakarsa, kuma ya ƙare kakar a matsayi na 92.