Ryan Day

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Ryan Day
Born	23 March 1980 Pontycymer
Nationality	Welsh
Professional	1999–present
Highest ranking	33 (2005/6)
2006/07 ranking	17 (provisional, 2006/7 season)
Career prize money	£180,575
Highest break	145 - Embassy World Championship (Qrd) 2004

Ryan Day (born 23 March 1980 in Pontycymer near Bridgend), is a Welsh professional snooker player.

He is ranked 33rd in the world for the 2005/2006 snooker season, but the absence of Quinten Hann has given him top 32 status for many tournaments. He has reached the top 16 of two tournaments - the World Championship and Welsh Open. At the Crucible he beat Joe Perry in the first round and led Ronnie O'Sullivan 9-7 in the second round before losing 13-10.

The previous year, he had reached the quarter-finals of his home tournament, defeating Allister Carter and Steve Davis along the way. 2006 is the second time he has qualified for the World Snooker Championship - he led John Higgins 9-7 in the first round in 2004, but lost the last 3 frames. As some consolation, John commented that Ryan is "going to be a top player for many years to come". Qualifying for the 2001 Masters, and beating Dave Harold in the preliminary round, is perhaps the other highlight of his career to date.

[edit] Personal life

His girlfriend Lynsey was due to give birth to their first child in August 2006, and in fact has done. Younger brother Rhys has played football for Manchester City and Mansfield Town and captained the Welsh under-21 side. day and his father run the Pontycymer snooker club.