Elliot Slessor

Elliot Slessor
Born 4 August 1994
Gateshead
Sport country  England
Professional 2013–
Highest ranking 86 (July–August 2014)[1]
Current ranking 88 (as of 6 April 2015)
Career winnings £15,683[2]
Highest break 136 (2014 Australian Goldfields Open Qualifying)
Century breaks 3[2]
Best ranking finish Last 32 (2015 China Open)

Elliot Slessor (born 4 August 1994) is an English professional snooker player.

In May 2013, Slessor qualified for the 2013/2014 and 2014/2015 professional Main Tour as one of four semi-finalists from the first Q School event.[3]

Career

Slessor began playing snooker at the age of eight after his grandfather bought him a table for Christmas. He joined the main snooker tour in May 2013 after he won through Qualifying School courtesy of a 4–0 victory over Chris Wakelin.[4]

Debut season

Slessor's first wins as a professional were at the qualifying rounds of the 2013 Australian Goldfields Open 5–4 against Jamie Rhys Clarke and 5–2 against Cao Yupeng, before losing 5–2 to Simon Bedford.[5] His debut at the main stage of a ranking event came at the Indian Open by seeing off Kurt Maflin 4–2. In New Delhi he lost 4–2 to Mark Davis. Slessor also suffered first round exits at the UK Championship and Welsh Open 6–2 to Liang Wenbo and 4–1 to Stephen Maguire respectively.[5] He finished his first season on tour ranked world number 112.[6]

2014/2015 season

Slessor automatically played in the opening rounds of the UK Championship and Welsh Open, where he was knocked out 6–4 by David Gilbert and 4–3 by Jamie Cope.[7] He qualified for the China Open by coming back from 3–1 down against Xiao Guodong to win 5–4.[8] He then raced into a 3–0 lead over Matthew Selt and held on to beat him 5–3 and play in the last 32 of a ranking event for the first time in his career.[9] Slessor faced reigning world champion Mark Selby and was thrashed 5–0.[10]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2011/
12 		2012/
13 		2013/
14 		2014/
15
Ranking[11][nb 1] UR UR UR[nb 2] 112
Ranking tournaments
Wuxi Classic NR A LQ LQ
Australian Goldfields Open A A LQ LQ
Shanghai Masters A A LQ LQ
International Championship NH A LQ LQ
UK Championship A A 1R 1R
German Masters A A LQ LQ
Welsh Open A A 1R 1R
Indian Open Not Held 1R LQ
Players Championship Grand Final[nb 3] DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
China Open A A LQ 2R
World Championship A A LQ LQ
Former ranking tournaments
World Open A A LQ NH
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.
  3. ↑ The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals (2011/2012–2012/2013)

References

  1. ↑ "World Rankings after the 2014 Australian Goldfields Open" (PDF). World Snooker. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 7 July 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Career-total Statistics for Elliot Slessor – Professional". CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Quartet Earn Tour Cards". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  4. ↑ "Quartet Earn Tour Cards". World Snooker. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Elliot Slessor 2013/2014". Snooker.org. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "Money List Updated after the 2014 World Championship". Snooker.org. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "Elliot Slessor 2014/2015". Snooker.org. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "Xiao Guodong 4–5 Elliot Slessor". Love Snooker. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  9. ↑ "Selt suffers blip in fine season". Nuneaton News. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  10. ↑ "Mark Selby sweeps away Elliot Slessor as competition at China Open heats up". Daily Mail. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  11. ↑ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.

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