Chris Wakelin

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Chris Wakelin
Born (1992-03-16) 16 March 1992
Rugby, England
Sport country  England
Professional 2013–
Highest ranking 112 (August 2013–present)[1]
Current ranking 104 (as of 10 February 2014)
Career winnings EU€ 1,200[2]
Highest break 119 (2013 International Championship)
Best ranking finish Last 64 (2013 UK Championship)

Chris Wakelin (born 6 March 1992) is an English professional snooker player from Rugby, Warwickshire.

Career

Early career

Wakelin started playing snooker aged 8, when his parents Mark and Angie bought him his first mini snooker table, and by the time he was 11 he was successfully playing in the local league.[3] However his career nearly came to a halt at the age of 17 when he had to start working full-time as ASDA delivery driver to support himself financially, and only played snooker as a hobby. In 2012 Wakelin decided to give the game another go but soon had to face more difficulties as family issues resulted in a severe depression: "I could line up but I just couldn’t pot. I thought I would never play again. But thankfully with the help of my friends I managed to turn it around."[4] Since then Wakelin reached the semi-finals of the 2013 English Amateur Championship, before making it through to the England's Under 21 final (he would win the final 8–4 against Hammad Miah in June).[3][5]

These results encouraged him to enter Q School in May. After having made it to the final round of the first event, he again reached the final round at the Event 3. There he faced former professional Adam Wicheard, who led 2–0 before Wakelin hit back to lead 3–2. Then, in the sixth frame when Wakelin was already 23–0 up, Wicheard accidentally snapped his cue when leaning on it, and had to concede the match.[5] As a result, Wakelin won a tour card for the 2013/14 and 2014/15 seasons.

2013/2014

Wakelin had a tough start to his debut season as a pro, losing his first match in each of the first 5 major ranking tournaments. He had better results in the minor-ranking European Tour events, reaching the last 32 of the Rotterdam Open before going all the way to the quarter-finals of the Kay Suzanne Memorial Cup, where he lost to Judd Trump. Wakelin finally got his first match win in a major tournament in November, surviving a late comeback from Ryan Day to defeat him 6-5 in the first round of the UK Championship.

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2012/
13 		2013/
14
Ranking[6][nb 1] UR UR[nb 2]
Ranking tournaments
Wuxi Classic A LQ
Australian Goldfields Open A LQ
Shanghai Masters A LQ
Indian Open NH LQ
International Championship A LQ
UK Championship A 2R
German Masters A LQ
Welsh Open A
World Open A LQ
Players Tour Championship Final DNQ
China Open A
World Championship A
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. ↑ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
  2. ↑ New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.

Tournament wins

Amateur

  • English Under-21 Open – 2013

References

  1. ↑ "World Rankings after the Paul Hunter Classic (ET4) 2013" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 27 August 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2013. 
  2. ↑ "Chris Wakelin - Season 2013/2014". CueTracker - Snooker Database. Retrieved 31 July 2013. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Chris has staked it all on a pot of gold". Rugby Advertiser. 28 April 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2013. 
  4. ↑ Evans, Gregg (16 June 2013). "Chris takes his cue from bizarre accident". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 31 July 2013. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Arrowsmith, Jamie (19 June 2013). "Wakelin set to star on the baize". Rugby Observer. Retrieved 31 July 2013. 
  6. ↑ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011. 

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