Ryan Day
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| Ryan Day | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 23, 1980 , Pontycymer, Bridgend |
| Nationality |  Welsh |
| Professional | 1999– |
| Highest ranking | #8 (2008/09) |
| 2008/09 ranking | #8 |
| Career winnings | £230,330 |
| Highest break | 145 - World Championship (Qualifying) 2004 |
| Best ranking finish | Runner up: 2007 Malta Cup, 2007 Shanghai Masters |
Ryan Day (born 23 March 1980, in Pontycymer, Bridgend, Wales), is a Welsh professional snooker player. He is known as a very solid breakbuilder and is one of only 26 players to have made over a century of centuries. [1]
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[edit] Career
He was named Young Player of Distinction of the season 2000/2001 by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA). He won the 2002 Benson & Hedges Championship. With this win, he qualified for the 2002 Masters, where he defeated Dave Harold, before losing 0-6 to Stephen Hendry. He also won the WPBSA Challenge Tour 2001/2002 and was named WPBSA Newcomer of the Year 2002. Due to problems with his liver in 2003, his results suffered badly.
In 2004, however, he qualified for the World Snooker Championship and he led John Higgins 9-7 in the first round, becoming the first player to score 3 centuries in his first Crucible match, but lost the last 3 frames. As some consolation, Higgins commented that Day was "going to be a top player for many years to come".
Day reached the quarter-finals of his home tournament, the Welsh Open, in 2005, defeating Allister Carter and Steve Davis along the way and he named his comeback from 0-4 to beat Steve Davis 5-4 as his best victory to date.
Back at the Crucible in 2006, he beat Joe Perry 10-3 in the first round and led Ronnie O'Sullivan 9-7 in the second round before losing 13-10. Results this season saw him climb 33-17 in the rankings.
The season 2006/2007 was the most successful of his career to date: he reached the quarter-finals of the 2006 Northern Ireland Trophy and was runner up in the Malta Cup 2007, losing 9-4 to Shaun Murphy. That year's performance saw him ranked 16th in the world for the 2007/2008 season, one place higher than in the previous year. As a member of the elite Top 16, he is automatically pre-qualified for tournaments.
Day's 2007/2008 season started with an appearance in the final of the Shanghai Masters; Day led Dominic Dale 6-2 after the first session, but eventually succumbed to a 6-10 defeat. He then reached the last 16 of the Grand Prix and Northern Ireland Trophy losing to Shaun Murphy and Mark Allen respectively but in the UK Championship he lost 9-6 to Marco Fu in the last 32. His consistent performances mean that he is proviosionly ranked 11 in the world. He also had a good run to the Semi-finals of the China Open, beating Matthew Stevens, Ken Doherty and Mark Williams (all 5-3) on the way, before he was beaten by his friend Stephen Maguire 6-5, denying him a place in the final. Day made it through to the Quarter final round of the World Snooker Championship for the first time by beating Irishman Michael Judge 10-6 and the 2007 World Snooker Championship winner John Higgins 13-9, before losing 13-7 to Stephen Hendry.
[edit] Personal life
His girlfriend Lynsey gave birth to their daughter Francesca on the 2 August 2006.
His younger brother Rhys has played football for Manchester City, Mansfield Town and captained the Welsh under-21 side. He is currently playing for Aldershot Town, who play in the Conference National and he is the club captain.
Day and his father run The Vetz Club in Pontycymmer. The club is a combination of a snooker club and a public bar.
[edit] Tournement wins
[edit] Ranking
[edit] Non ranking
- Benson & Hedges Championship – 2001
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ Chris Turner's Snooker Archive: Snooker's Top Century Makers (2007). Retrieved on 2007-04-28.
