Sam Craigie

Sam Craigie
Born 29 December 1993
Sport country  England
Professional 2011/12
Highest ranking 75 (August 2011, April–May 2012)[1][2]
Career winnings £6,200
€1,700[3]
Highest break 137[3] (2012 China Open qualifying)
Century breaks 8[3]
Best ranking finish Last 48 (2012 German Masters, 2012 China Open)

Sam Craigie (born 29 December 1993) is an English professional snooker player from Newcastle. He enjoyed a successful junior career before turning professional in 2011.

Career

Early career

Craigie qualified for the 2011/2012 Main Tour after winning the 2010 IBSF World Under 21 Championships.[4] He defeated his brother Stephen 7–6 in the semi-finals before beating Li Hang 9–8 in the final to secure the title.

Debut season

In his debut season on the snooker tour he was unranked and therefore needed to win four qualifying matches to make the main draws of the ranking events. He won two matches in attempts to reach both the Australian Goldfields Open and German Masters respectively and had his best set of results in qualifying for the China Open, where he beat Adam Wicheard, Liu Song and Gerard Greene, before losing to Ricky Walden 3–5 in the final round.[5] Craigie played in 11 of the 12 minor-ranking Players Tour Championship events throughout the season, with his best finish coming in Event 11 where he was defeated by Walden again, this time in the last 16 by 4 frames to 2.[5] Craigie finished his first season ranked outside of the top 64 who automatically retain their places for the 2012/2013 season and has therefore dropped off the main tour.[6]

Personal life

Craigie's elder brother Stephen is also a professional snooker player.

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2010/
11 		2011/
12 		2012/
13
Ranking[7] UR[nb 1] UR[nb 2] UR[nb 1]
Ranking tournaments
Wuxi Classic Non-ranking A
Australian Goldfields Open NH LQ A
Shanghai Masters A LQ
International Championship Not Held
UK Championship A LQ
German Masters A LQ
Welsh Open A LQ
World Open A LQ
Players Tour Championship Final DNQ DNQ
China Open A LQ
World Championship A LQ
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 now a ranking event
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 He was not on the main tour in that season. Therefore, he did not have a ranking.
  2. ↑ New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.

References

  1. ↑ "Rankings issued after the Players Tour Championship 2011 – Event 3". World Snooker. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 24 August 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 January 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "Rankings issued after the Bank of Beijing China Open 2012" (PDF). World Snooker. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 2 April 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Sam Craigie, Season 2011/2012". CueTracker - Snooker Database. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
  4. ↑ "2010 IBSF World Under 21 Championships". Global Snooker. Retrieved 17 December 2010.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Sam Craigie 2011/2012". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
  6. ↑ "Official World Ranking List for the 2012/2013 Season" (PDF). Retrieved 24 May 2012.
  7. ↑ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.

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