Michael Wild

Michael Wild
Wild at the 2012 Paul Hunter Classic
Born	(1981-03-27) 27 March 1981
Sport country	England
Professional	2003/04
Highest ranking	121
Career winnings	£15,289^[1]
Highest break	138 (2003 UK Champiomnship, 2008 PIOS - Event 4)^[1]
Century breaks	19^[1]
Best ranking finish	Last 48 (2012 Australian Goldfields Open)^[1]

Michael Wild (born 27 March 1981) is an English amateur and former professional English snooker player.

Career

Wild has regularly appeared as an amateur in Challenge Tour International Open Series, Players Tour Championship and Q School events which all come with qualification to the professional World Snooker Tour. Wild spent one season on the professional tour, the 2003/2004 season, however in 8 ranking events he only one two qualification matches, both in the British Open to Kristjan Helgason and Munraj Pal, before losing to Mike Dunn in the last 80 stage.^[2] Wild won only £3,850 prize money during the season^[2] and dropped off the tour ranked 121st.^[1] Wild has also featured in various ranking tournaments and Masters Qualifying Events as a top up amateur player and was a game away from qualifying for the 2012 Australian Goldfields Open after beating Daniel Wells 5–0, Simon Bedford 5–2, Steve Davis 5–0, before a 0–5 loss to Ken Doherty in the final qualifying round.^[3]^[4]

Tournament	1997/ 98	1998/ 99	1999/ 00	2000/ 01	2001/ 02	2002/ 03	2003/ 04	2004/ 05	2010/ 11	2011/ 12	2012/ 13	2013/ 14
Ranking^[5]^{[nb 1]}	UR^{[nb 2]}	UR^{[nb 2]}	UR^{[nb 2]}	UR^{[nb 2]}	UR^{[nb 2]}	UR^{[nb 2]}	UR^{[nb 3]}	121^{[nb 2]}	UR^{[nb 4]}	UR^{[nb 4]}	UR^{[nb 4]}	UR^{[nb 4]}
Ranking tournaments
Wuxi Classic	Tournament Not Held								Non-Ranking Event		LQ	A
Australian Goldfields Open	Tournament Not Held									A	LQ	A
UK Championship	A	A	A	A	A	A	LQ	A	A	A	A	A
Welsh Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	LQ	A	A	A	A	A
Players Championship Grand Final^{[nb 5]}	Tournament Not Held								DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
China Open^{[nb 6]}	NR	A	A	A	A	Not Held		A	A	A	LQ	A
World Championship	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	A	A	A	A
Non-ranking tournaments
The Masters	LQ	A	A	A	LQ	LQ	LQ	A	A	A	A	A
Former ranking tournaments
Players Championship^{[nb 7]}	A	A	A	A	A	A	LQ	Tournament Not Held			MR	Not Held
British Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	LQ	Tournament Not Held
Irish Masters	Non-Ranking Event				A	A	LQ	A	Tournament Not Held
European Open^{[nb 8]}	Not Held					A	LQ	A	Tournament Not Held
World Open^{[nb 9]}	A	A	A	A	A	A	LQ	A	A	A	LQ	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.

↑ From the 2010/2011 season it shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 He was not on the Main Tour.
↑ New players on the Main Tour do not have a ranking
↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 He was an amateur.
↑ The event ran under the name Players Tour Championship Grand Finals (2010/2011–2012/2013)
↑ The event ran under the name China International (1998/1999)
↑ The event ran under the name Scottish Open (1997/1998–2002/2003 and 2012/2013)
↑ The event ran under the name Irish Open (1998/1999) Malta Cup (2004/2005)
↑ The event ran under the names Grand Prix (1997/1998–2000/2001 and 2004/2005) and LG Cup (2001/2002–2003/2004)