 Nyorai kuenderera kweiyi ndima - Zhao yakakwira Q Chikoro Order yeMerit chinzvimbo chakamupa kupinda semutambi wepamusoro kumitambo yakawanda mumwaka wa2015 16. Akarova Stuart Carrington 60 kuti akwanise kuenda kuInternational Championship uye, kunyangwe akarasikirwa ne62 kuna John Higgins mumutambo wekutanga, kuedza kwake kwe142 kwakakunda mubairo wepamusoro wekuputsa chiitiko ichi. Zhao akaita kuoneka kwake kwokutanga paUK Championship, German Mastersuye Welsh Open, asi akabudiswa panze mumutambo wokutanga weimwe neimwe. Akakundwa mufainari ye2015 IBSF World Snooker Championship 86 naPankaj Advani. Zvaireva kuti Zhao akawana kadhi remakore maviri rorwendo rukuru pashure pokunge Advani aramba kukokwa. 