Jogia at the 2011 Paul Hunter Classic |
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| Born | November 13, 1975 Leicester, England |
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| Sport country | England |
| Nickname | Joe |
| Professional | 1994– |
| Highest ranking | 44 (1 month) |
| Current ranking | 44 |
| Highest <dfn style="border-bottom:1px dotted #0645AD; font-style:inherit;">break</dfn> | 137 (Grand Prix 2009 Qualifying) |
| Best ranking finish | Last 32 (2004 Grand Prix, 2004 British Open, 2010 World Open and 2011 UK Championship) |
Shailesh Jogia, commonly known as "Joe", is a British professional snooker player of Indian extraction, born in Leicester, England on 13 November 1975. He lived for a time in the Hertfordshire town of Letchworth, before returning to live in Leicester.
He has reached the last 32 of four ranking events, the first two being the 2004 Grand Prix and British Open, within a few weeks of each other. He won the English Open title in 1998, and has defeated players such as Joe Swail, Mark King and Stuart Bingham in his career. His highest <dfn style="border-bottom:1px dotted #0645AD; font-style:inherit;">break</dfn> in a ranking event is 136, in qualifying rounds of the 2008 China Open,[1] although he has also made a 147 maximum in pro-am play.[2]
He dropped off the pro Main Tour after the 2006/2007 season. In 2008/2009 he topped the pro-am International Open Series to regain a place on the Main Tour, although this was a wildcard place as he was not a member of his national governing body at that time.[3]
He qualified for the last 32 of a ranking event for the first time in 6 years at the 2010 World Open, where he played Liu Song and lost 3-1.
Jogia made it to the main stages of the UK Championship for the first time in 2011 by beating Jamie Cope 6-3 in the final round of qualifying. He was drawn against world number 2, Mark Williams, and won two successive frames to tie the match at 4-4. Unfortunately, Jogia had a bad "<dfn style="border-bottom:1px dotted #0645AD; font-style:inherit;">kick</dfn>" while well placed to win the next frame and would lose the match 6-4.[4]