Kyren Wilson

Kyren Wilson
Born December 23, 1991
Northamptonshire, England
Sport country  England
Nickname The Warrior
Professional 2010/11, 2013–
Highest ranking 55 (April 2015–present)[1]
Current ranking 55 (as of 6 April 2015)
Career winnings £91,805[2]
Highest break 137 (2011 PTC3)
Century breaks 32[2]
Best ranking finish Quarter-final (2013 Shanghai Masters)

Kyren Wilson (born 23 December 1991) is an English professional snooker player. He turned professional in 2010, after finishing fifth in the 2009/2010 PIOS rankings.[3]

Career

Amateur years

In the 2009/2010 season he won the sixth event and was runner-up in the third event of the International Open Series and finished fifth in the rankings. Thus, Wilson received a place on the 2010/2011 season professional Main Tour.

Professional debut

Wilson had good qualifying results in the two biggest ranking events on the snooker calendar. In the UK Championship he defeated Paul Davison 9–6 and Ian McCulloch 9–8, before losing 4–9 to Rory McLeod.[4] He reached the same stage of the World Championship with defeats of Dermot McGlinchey and Joe Swail, before McLeod once again conquered Wilson this time 10–3.[5] He finished the year ranked world number 72, outside of the top 64 who retained their places for the next season.[6] He therefore entered Qualifying School in an attempt to win back his place but, despite having deep runs in each of the three events, he could not achieve this.[4]

2011/2012 season

As he had dropped off the snooker tour Wilson was considered an amateur player and could not enter qualifying for any of the ranking events. He entered all 12 of the Players Tour Championship events, where he lost in the last 64 on five occasions.[7] He was placed 72nd on the PTC Order of Merit.[8] He once again entered Q School but only won one match in the three events.[7]

2012/2013 season

In the 2012/2013 season Wilson was again confined to entering PTC events and enjoyed a good run in the Kay Suzanne Memorial Trophy by beating Tom Ford, Jamie Jones and Stephen Maguire, before being whitewashed 0–4 by Ding Junhui in the last 16.[9] He also lost in the last 32 in two European Tour events to be ranked 75th on the PTC Order of Merit, high enough to earn a place back on the snooker tour for the 2013/2014 season.[10]

2013/2014 season

Wilson enjoyed a successful return to the professional game during the 2013/2014 season. He won four matches in Shanghai Masters qualifying, concluding with a 5–3 victory over Marcus Campbell to reach the main stage of a ranking event for the first time.[11] In his first round match against Stuart Bingham, Wilson had a chance to make a 147 but missed the 13th black. Nevertheless, he defeated his much higher ranked opponent 5–1 and continued his run with a 5–3 win over Marco Fu.[12][13] Wilson's tournament came to an abrupt end in the quarter-finals as he lost 5–1 against Michael Holt.[14] He caused another upset in the first round of the International Championship by beating Stephen Maguire 6–3, before losing 6–1 to Graeme Dott in the second round.[15] He also qualified for the China Open, but was eliminated 5–3 by Jamie O'Neill in the opening round.[11]

In World Championship qualifying, Wilson beat Chris Norbury 10–6 and then produced a pair of superb performances to see off experienced campaigners Alfie Burden and Rod Lawler both by 10–3 scorelines to stand just one win away from reaching the Crucible for the first time.[11] He faced the 2006 winner of the event Graeme Dott and came back from 4–1 down to trail only 5–4 at the end of the first session. His momentum continued into the evening and he went on to win 10–7, making nine breaks over 50 during the match.[16] Afterwards, Wilson said that he wants to draw reigning champion Ronnie O'Sullivan in the first round, with his beaten opponent Dott stating that Wilson could beat anybody if he plays to the same standard again.[17] Wilson played world number 12 Ricky Walden and lost 10–7 but did score two centuries in the match.[18]

2014/2015 season

Wilson failed to qualify for the first three ranking events of the 2014/2015 season, before beating Ross Muir to play in the first round of the International Championship where he lost 6–2 to Sam Baird.[19] After edging Gary Wilson 6–5 in the first round of the UK Championship, Kyren stated that his concentration had been fading in matches this season and would have to raise his game significantly against defending champion Neil Robertson.[20] He did exactly that as he made a 87 break to lead 5–4 and had a chance to win in the next frame courtesy of a fluked red, but lost position on the final brown allowing Robertson to level. In the decider Wilson missed a tough opening red and Robertson responded with a match winning 86.[21] After losing in the semi-finals of the Shoot-Out, Wilson had his best finish of the year in a ranking event as he dropped just one frame in beating Alan McManus and Ben Woollaston at the Indian Open. In the last 16 he was edged out 4–3 by Joe Perry.[19]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2010/
11 		2011/
12 		2012/
13 		2013/
14		 2014/
15
Ranking[22][nb 1] UR[nb 2] 72[23][nb 3] UR[nb 3] UR[nb 2] 70
Ranking tournaments
Wuxi Classic Non-Ranking A LQ LQ
Australian Goldfields Open NH A A LQ LQ
Shanghai Masters LQ A A QF LQ
International Championship Not Held A 2R 1R
UK Championship LQ A A 1R 2R
German Masters LQ A A LQ LQ
Welsh Open LQ A A 1R 1R
Indian Open Not Held WD 3R
Players Championship Grand Final[nb 4] DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
China Open LQ A A 1R 1R
World Championship LQ A A 1R LQ
Varient format tournaments
Shoot-Out A A A A SF
Former ranking tournaments
World Open LQ 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. ↑ 2.0 2.1 New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 He was an amateur.
  4. ↑ The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals (2010/2011–2012/2013)

References

  1. ↑ "World Rankings after the China Open 2015" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 6 April 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Career-total Statistics for Kyren Wilson - Professional". CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "2009–10 PIOS Rankings". Global Snooker. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Kyren Wilson 2010/2011". Snooker.org. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  5. ↑ "Betfred.com World Championship Qualifiers". Snooker.org. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  6. ↑ "Rankings after 2011 World Championship". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Kyren Wilson 2011/2012". Snooker.org. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  8. ↑ "Order of Merit 2011/2012". Snooker.org. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  9. ↑ "Kyren Wilson 2012/2013 season". Snooker.org. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  10. ↑ "Order of Merit 2012/2013". Snooker.org. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "Kyren Wilson 2013/2014". Snooker.org. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  12. ↑ "Shanghai Masters: Stuart Bingham knocked out by Kyren Wilson". Sky Sports. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  13. ↑ "Ding soars, Higgins out". Shanghai Daily. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  14. ↑ "Arnold potter sweeps into Shanghai Masters semis". Nottingham Post. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  15. ↑ "Ding survives scare as big names fall in China". Eurosport. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  16. ↑ "Dafabet World Championship Qualifiers". World Snooker Data. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  17. ↑ "Dott / Williams / Stevens Miss Crucible". World Snooker. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  18. ↑ "World Championship: Ricky Walden beats rookie Kyren Wilson to reach second round". Sky Sports. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 "Kyren Wilson 2014/2015". Snooker.org. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  20. ↑ "UK Championship 2014: Kyren Wilson wants improvement". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  21. ↑ "Phillip Hughes tribute: Australian snooker player Neil Robertson takes bat into the arena at UK Championships". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  22. ↑ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
  23. ↑ "Rankings after 2011 World Championship" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 4 May 2011.

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