 Jones at the 2015 Paul Hunter Classic | |
| Born | 30 April 1993 Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales |
|---|---|
| Sport country |  Wales |
| Professional | 2015–2023, 2024-current |
| Highest ranking | 72 (February–March 2019) |
| Current ranking | 94 (as of 16 December 2024) |
| Best ranking finish | Semi-final (2019 German Masters) |
Duane Jones (born 30 April 1993) is a Welsh professional snooker player.
Jones started playing snooker aged twelve, joining his local snooker club and playing on full sized tables after being impressed at how easy Jimmy White made the game look on television. He later became Welsh under-16 captain and the youngest player to win the singles in the Aberdare Valley Snooker League. [1]
During the 2010–11 season, Jones started to feature in Players Tour Championship events, as well as Q School and ranking events as a top up player. [1] In the 2013 Welsh Open, Jones beat former World Championship semi-finalist Andy Hicks in the opening round of qualifying 4–3, before a narrow 4–3 defeat to former world champion Neil Robertson in the following round. [2] Jones, lost at the final stage of Q School in 2013 (to Lee Spick) and 2014 (to Chris Melling), [1] however these performance did earn him the chance to compete in more ranking events as a top up amateur player. [1] The most notable result he recorded being a 5–2 win over top 16 player Joe Perry with breaks of 141, 137, 75 and 74 to qualify for the 2014 China Open, where he lost 5–3 to Yu Delu in the first round. [1]
Jones was successful in the 2015 Q School and earned a tour card for the 2015–16 and 2016–17 seasons by beating Zhao Xintong 4–3 in his final match of the second event, in a black ball finish in the deciding frame. [1] [3] [4] His first win as a professional came at attempt number one as he defeated Sam Thistlewhite 5–1 in the 2015 Australian Goldfields Open qualifiers, before falling 5–1 to Sam Baird. Jones only won one more match in the rest of the season, which included losing his last eight. [5]
Jones qualified for the 2016 Indian Open with a 4–2 victory over Yu Delu and narrowly beat Liam Highfield 4–3 in the first round to reach the last 32 of a ranking event for the first time, where he lost 4–1 to Peter Ebdon. He got to the second round in three of the four Home Nations tournaments, but was knocked out each time. [6] He finished the year outside the top 64, but immediately regained his professional status with a victory in event two of Q-School. Wins over Simon Bedford, Peter Delaney, Declan Brennan, Hao Hu and Alex Davies ensured Jones would be back on the tour for the next two seasons. [7]
Jones regained a tour card by coming through the 23/24 Q Tour Global Playoff, winning event 1.
| Tournament | 2010/ 11 | 2011/ 12 | 2012/ 13 | 2013/ 14 | 2014/ 15 | 2015/ 16 | 2016/ 17 | 2017/ 18 | 2018/ 19 | 2019/ 20 | 2020/ 21 | 2021/ 22 | 2022/ 23 | 2023/ 24 | 2024/ 25 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Ranking [8] [nb 1] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 3] | 118 | [nb 4] | 79 | [nb 5] | 88 | [nb 4] | 75 | [nb 2] | [nb 3] | ||||||||||||||||
| Ranking tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Championship League | Non-Ranking Event | RR | RR | RR | RR | RR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Xi'an Grand Prix | Tournament Not Held | LQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia Masters | Tournament Not Held | 3R | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| English Open | Tournament Not Held | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | LQ | LQ | A | LQ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| British Open | Tournament Not Held | 3R | LQ | A | 1R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wuhan Open | Tournament Not Held | A | 3R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Ireland Open | Tournament Not Held | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | LQ | LQ | LQ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| International Championship | Not Held | A | A | A | A | LQ | LQ | LQ | 1R | Not Held | A | LQ | |||||||||||||||||||
| UK Championship | A | A | WD | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | LQ | LQ | LQ | ||||||||||||||||
| Shoot Out | Non-Ranking Event | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 1R | 3R | 3R | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Scottish Open | Not Held | MR | Not Held | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | LQ | LQ | LQ | |||||||||||||||||||
| German Masters | A | A | A | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | SF | LQ | 1R | LQ | LQ | A | LQ | ||||||||||||||||
| Welsh Open | A | A | LQ | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 1R | LQ | LQ | 2R | |||||||||||||||||
| World Open | A | A | LQ | A | Not Held | 1R | 1R | LQ | LQ | Not Held | A | ||||||||||||||||||||
| World Grand Prix | Tournament Not Held | NR | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Players Championship [nb 6] | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||
| Tour Championship | Tournament Not Held | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship | A | A | A | A | A | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | |||||||||||||||||
| Former ranking tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wuxi Classic | Non-Ranking | LQ | A | A | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Goldfields Open | NH | A | LQ | A | A | LQ | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shanghai Masters | A | A | A | LQ | A | LQ | LQ | LQ | Non-Ranking | Not Held | Non-Ranking | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Indian Open | Not Held | A | A | NH | 2R | 1R | 1R | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| China Open | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | LQ | 2R | LQ | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Riga Masters [nb 7] | Tournament Not Held | Minor-Rank | LQ | LQ | LQ | WD | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| China Championship | Tournament Not Held | NR | LQ | LQ | LQ | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WST Pro Series | Tournament Not Held | RR | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turkish Masters | Tournament Not Held | LQ | Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gibraltar Open | Tournament Not Held | MR | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| WST Classic | Tournament Not Held | 1R | Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| European Masters | Tournament Not Held | LQ | LQ | 1R | LQ | 3R | 1R | LQ | 3R | NH | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Former non-ranking tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Six-red World Championship | A | NH | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Not Held | LQ | Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||
| 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. | |||
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runner-up | 1. | 2008 | Junior Pot Black |  Jason Devaney | 0–1 |
| Winner | 1. | 2012 | Welsh Amateur Championship | Elfed Evans | 8–4 |
| Winner | 2. | 2013 | IBSF World 6-Reds Snooker Championship | Michael Judge | 6–4 |
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