Ben Woollaston

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Ben Woollaston

Ben and Tatiana Woollaston in Mir, near Minsk, 2011
Born (1987-05-14) 14 May 1987
Leicester, England
Sport country  England
Professional 2003–05, 2006–08, 2009–[1]
Highest ranking 30 (July, August 2013)[2][3]
Current ranking 31 (as of 10 February 2014)
Career winnings UK£ 112,898
EU€ 16,600
A$ 9,500[4]
Highest break 145 (2012 World Championship Qualifying)
Century breaks 49[4]
Best ranking finish Quarter-Finals (2013 PTC Finals)
Tournament wins
Minor-ranking 1

Ben Woollaston (born 14 May 1987[1]) is an English professional snooker player from Leicester.

Career

Woollaston began his professional career by playing Challenge Tour in 2003, at the time the second-level professional tour.[5] He first entered Main Tour for the 2004/2005 season, but was unable to retain his place for the following season's tour. He regained his place for 2006/2007 by winning the European Under-19 Championship.[1] He was awarded a concessionary place for the 2007/08 tour. Woollaston has twice reached the final group stages of the Grand Prix in 2006 and 2007, enjoying a marginally better tournament in 2006 by winning two matches compared to none in 2007. He also reached the final stages of the 2007 Welsh Open beating David Gray to reach the second round where he lost 2–5 to seven times World Champion Stephen Hendry.[1]

Woollaston's first professional title was Event 3 of the Players Tour Championship in the 2011/2012 season. He defeated former World Champion Graeme Dott 4–2 in the final.[6] His performances in the other 11 PTC's, including a quarter-final run in Event 8, saw him claim ninth place in the Order of Merit and therefore qualify for the 2012 Finals. It was the first time he made it to the main stages of a ranking event since 2007. He played Ding Junhui in the opening round and lost 2–4.[7][8] Woollaston also qualified for the 2012 China Open by winning three qualifying matches, concluding with a 5–4 victory over Ryan Day.[9] He played Ding again in the first round of the event and looked to be on course for a shock result as he led 4–0 at the interval in the best-of-nine frame match. However, Ding found his form and won 5 successive frames to take the match 5–4.[10] His season concluded with a 3–10 loss to Dominic Dale in the final qualifying round for the World Championship and he finished ranked world number 43, meaning he had risen 26 places from the start of the season, the most of anyone on the tour.[11][12]

Woollaston failed to qualify for nine of the eleven ranking ranking events in the 2012/2013 season.[13] He fared much better in the minor ranking PTC events, as he was a losing quarter-finalist in four of the ten tournaments to finish 10th on the Order of Merit.[14] This saw him qualify for the Finals, where he defeated Mark Williams and Joe Perry both 4–3 to reach his first ever ranking event quarter-final.[13][15] He played Kurt Maflin and was this time on the wrong end of a 4–3 scoreline.[16] Woollaston kept his form going into the World Championship Qualifiers by beating Thailand's Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 10–3 in the third round to face Ryan Day, just one match short of reaching the main draw of the tournament for the first time.[17] There was never more than a single frame between the players in the closing stages of the match with Woollaston compiling a vital break of 64 in the deciding frame to edge the match 10–9 and stated that he wanted to draw reigning champion Ronnie O'Sullivan in the first round as he felt he now had nothing to lose.[18] He drew last year's runner-up Ali Carter and from leading 3–1 and 4–3 Woollaston lost seven frames in a row to exit the tournament, saying afterwards that he had struggled to maintain his confidence and concentration during the match.[19] He climbed 10 spots in the rankings during the season to world number 33, his highest position to date.[20]

Personal life

Woollaston married his wife Tatiana Torchilo, a Belarusian snooker referee, in Pinsk in June 2011 following a ten-month romance.[21] At 8 November 2012 Ben and Tatiana Woollaston celebrated the birth of their first baby, named Edward.[22]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2003/
04		 2004/
05		 2006/
07		 2007/
08		 2009/
10		 2010/
11 		2011/
12 		2012/
13 		2013/
14
Ranking[23][nb 1] UR[nb 2][nb 3] UR UR[nb 2] 75 UR[nb 2] 72 69 43 33
Ranking tournaments
Wuxi Classic[nb 4] Tournament Not Held Non-Ranking LQ 3R
Australian Goldfields Open Tournament Not Held LQ LQ 1R
Shanghai Masters Tournament Not Held LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ
Indian Open Tournament Not Held LQ
International Championship Tournament Not Held LQ
UK Championship A LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ
German Masters Tournament Not Held LQ LQ LQ
Welsh Open A LQ 2R LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ
World Open[nb 5] A LQ RR RR LQ LQ LQ LQ
Players Tour Championship Finals Tournament Not Held DNQ 1R QF
China Open A LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ 1R LQ
World Championship LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ 1R
Non-ranking tournaments
The Masters LQ A LQ LQ LQ A A A
Variant Format Tournaments
Shoot-Out Not Held A 1R 2R
Former ranking tournaments
British Open A LQ Tournament Not Held
Irish Masters A LQ NR Tournament Not Held
Malta Cup A LQ LQ NR Tournament Not Held
Northern Ireland Trophy Not Held LQ LQ Tournament Not Held
Performance Table Legend
LQ lost in the qualifying draw #R lost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)		 QF lost in the quarter-finals
SF lost in the semi–finals F lost in the final W won the tournament
DNQ did not qualify for the tournament A did not participate in the tournament WD withdrew from the tournament
NH / Not Held means an event was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Event means an event is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Event means an event is/was a ranking event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Event means an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
  1. ↑ From the 2010/2011 season it shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 New players don't have a ranking.
  3. ↑ He was not on the Main Tour.
  4. ↑ The event was called the Jiangsu Classic (2008/2009–2009/2010).
  5. ↑ The event was called the LG Cup (2001/2002–2003/2004) and the Grand Prix (2000/2001 and 2004/2005–2009/2010)

Tournament wins

Minor-ranking event finals: 1 (1 title)

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Winner 1. 2011 Players Tour Championship – Event 3 Scotland Dott, GraemeGraeme Dott 4–2

Amateur

  • EBSA European Under-19 Championship, 2006[24]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Official player profile of Ben Woollaston". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. "Players Alphabetical" section. Retrieved 15 April 2012. 
  2. ↑ "Issued after the Australian Goldfields Open 2013" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 15 July 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2013. 
  3. ↑ "Issued after the Bluebell Wood Open (ET3) 2013" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 20 August 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2013. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Ben Woollaston - Season 2013/2014". CueTracker - Snooker Database. Retrieved 19 July 2013. 
  5. ↑ "Ben Woollaston - Season 2003/2004". Retrieved 5 January 2013. 
  6. ↑ "Woollaston Wins First Pro Title at PTC3". WPBSA. 21 August 2011. Retrieved 25 February 2012. 
  7. ↑ "PTC 8". WWW Snooker. Retrieved 10 January 2012. 
  8. ↑ "PTC Order of Merit after PTC12". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 29 December 2011. 
  9. ↑ "2012 China Open Results". Snooker Database. Retrieved 25 February 2012. 
  10. ↑ "Champion Trump holds off spirited White comeback to advance in Beijing". Daily Mail. UK. 27 March 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2012. 
  11. ↑ "Ben Woollaston 2011/2012". Snooker.rog. Retrieved 12 May 2012. 
  12. ↑ "Official World Ranking List for the 2012/2013 Season". Retrieved 12 May 2012. 
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Ben Woollaston 2012/2013". Snooker.org. Retrieved 17 April 2013. 
  14. ↑ "Order of Merit 2012/2013". Snooker.org. Retrieved 17 April 2013. 
  15. ↑ "Maflin And Woollaston Keep Runs Going". World Snooker. Retrieved 17 April 2013. 
  16. ↑ "Cool Kurt Into Last Four". World Snooker. Retrieved 17 April 2013. 
  17. ↑ "Betfair World Championship". Snooker.org. Retrieved 17 April 2013. 
  18. ↑ "Quartet Of Debutants Through To Crucible". World Snooker. Retrieved 17 April 2013. 
  19. ↑ "Captain Sets Up Rocket Clash". World Snooker. Retrieved 23 April 2013. 
  20. ↑ "Official World Snooker Ranking List For The 2013/2014 Season". World Snooker. Retrieved 28 May 2013. 
  21. ↑ "Pretty In Pinsk". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 23 June 2011. 
  22. ↑ "New Arrival For The Woollastons". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 9 November 2012. 
  23. ↑ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011. 
  24. ↑ "EBSA – European Roll of Honour". Global Snooker. Retrieved 3 March 2010. 

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