 German Masters 2013 | |
| Born | 8 November 1985 Glasgow, Scotland |
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| Sport country |  Scotland |
| Professional | 2007/2008, 2013–2017, 2019–2023 |
| Highest ranking | 75 (December 2014 – April 2015) [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] |
| Best ranking finish | Last 16 (x2) |
Fraser Patrick (born 8 November 1985) is a Scottish former professional snooker player from Glasgow.
Patrick started his professional career in 2002 by playing Challenge Tour, where he spent three seasons without success. In 2007 Patrick earned the Scottish nomination to make his Main Tour debut. Aside from Grand Prix, where he won four matches at the round-robin qualifying stage and finished third in his group, he was to struggle for wins during his debut season and was relegated from the tour.
With the introduction of Q School, Patrick came agonisingly close to regaining his tour place, twice losing his final match both in 2011 and 2012. [9] [10] Nevertheless, thanks to his high Q School ranking Patrick was able to compete in all the major ranking tournaments of the 2012/13 season as an amateur. [11] He enjoyed his best ever performance at the 2013 German Masters, where he beat Michael White and Martin Gould to qualify to the venue stages and was leading Ali Carter 3–1 before eventually losing 5–3. He also recorded an impressive 10–6 win against Luca Brecel at the World Championship qualifiers. [12] Patrick was to end the season on a high note, as in the final round of the third event of the 2013 Q School he edged out Ashley Carty 4–3 to regain his place on the main tour. [13]
Patrick won just three matches during the 2013–14 season, all of them in the minor-ranking European Tour events, to end up ranked world number 119. [14] [15]
His 2014–15 season was much better as he started it by beating Jimmy White 5–2 to qualify for the 2014 Wuxi Classic. In Patrick's debut at a Chinese ranking event he lost 5–3 to Sam Baird. He whitewashed Stuart Bingham 4–0 at the minor-ranking Paul Hunter Classic and then defeated Matthew Stevens 4–3 and Jamie Jones 4–1 to reach the last 16, where Rod Lawler ended his run 4–0. [16] Patrick won his first ever match at the venue stage of a ranking event by seeing off Jamie Burnett 6–4 at the UK Championship. He then knocked out world number 22 Ryan Day 6–4, during which he made a 139 break which went on to be the third highest of the event. [17] In his second last 32 appearance at a ranking event he lost 6–3 to Judd Trump. [18] Patrick qualified for the Indian Open, but lost 4–2 to Jamie Cope in the first round. [16] Patrick could not get into the top 64 in the world rankings (he was 77th), but by finishing 40th on the European Order of Merit he earned himself a new two-year tour place. [19] [20]
Patrick began the 2015–16 season by whitewashing Michael Williams 5–0 and beating Tom Ford 5–1 to reach the third qualifying round of the Australian Goldfields Open, but lost 5–3 to David Morris. He was knocked out in the first round of the UK Championship 6–4 by Michael Holt. [21] Patrick lost in a deciding frame to world number three Neil Robertson in the first round of the Welsh Open. [22]
At the 2016 English Open, Patrick eliminated Zak Surety 4–1 and James Wattana 4–2 and then narrowly lost 4–3 to John Higgins in the third round. He reached the same stage of the Northern Ireland Open after only conceding one frame during wins over Marc Davis and Duane Jones, but he was thrashed 4–0 by Barry Hawkins. Patrick lost the final two frames both times in his 6–5 and 5–4 first round defeats to Michael White and Mark Joyce at the UK Championship and China Open respectively. [23] He entered the 2017 Q School to try and stay on the tour as he has finished the season outside of the top 64 in the rankings at world number 105, but failed to advance beyond the third round of either event. [24]
Patrick came through the second event of the 2019 Q School by winning six matches to earn a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour for the 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons. [25]
| Tournament | 2002/ 03 | 2003/ 04 | 2004/ 05 | 2007/ 08 | 2012/ 13 | 2013/ 14 | 2014/ 15 | 2015/ 16 | 2016/ 17 | 2017/ 18 | 2018/ 19 | 2019/ 20 | 2020/ 21 | 2021/ 22 | 2022/ 23 | |||||||||||||
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| Ranking [26] [nb 1] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 3] | [nb 2] | [nb 3] | 119 | [nb 4] | 116 | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 5] | 92 | [nb 5] | 84 | |||||||||||||
| Ranking tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Championship League | Tournament Not Held | Non-Ranking Event | RR | RR | RR | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| European Masters [nb 6] | A | A | A | NR | Tournament Not Held | LQ | A | A | LQ | 2R | 3R | LQ | ||||||||||||||||
| British Open | A | A | A | Tournament Not Held | 1R | 1R | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Ireland Open | Tournament Not Held | 3R | A | A | 1R | 1R | LQ | LQ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| UK Championship | A | A | A | LQ | LQ | 1R | 3R | 1R | 1R | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | LQ | |||||||||||||
| Scottish Open [nb 7] | A | A | Not Held | MR | Tournament Not Held | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | LQ | 1R | ||||||||||||||||
| English Open | Tournament Not Held | 3R | A | A | WD | 1R | 3R | 2R | ||||||||||||||||||||
| World Grand Prix | Tournament Not Held | NR | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Shoot Out | Tournament Not Held | Non-Ranking Event | 2R | A | WD | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | |||||||||||||||||||
| German Masters | Tournament Not Held | 1R | LQ | LQ | A | LQ | A | A | LQ | WD | LQ | WD | ||||||||||||||||
| Welsh Open | A | A | A | LQ | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | A | 1R | 1R | LQ | WD | |||||||||||||
| Players Championship [nb 8] | Tournament Not Held | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||
| WST Classic | Tournament Not Held | A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tour Championship | Tournament Not Held | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | A | A | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | |||||||||||||
| Non-ranking tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Masters | LQ | A | A | LQ | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | |||||||||||||
| Six-red World Championship | Tournament Not Held | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Not Held | LQ | |||||||||||||||||
| Former ranking tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Ireland Trophy | Tournament Not Held | LQ | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wuxi Classic | Tournament Not Held | LQ | LQ | 1R | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Goldfields Open | Tournament Not Held | LQ | A | LQ | LQ | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shanghai Masters | Tournament Not Held | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | A | Non-Ranking | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||
| Paul Hunter Classic | Tournament Not Held | Minor-Ranking Event | 1R | LQ | A | NR | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Indian Open | Tournament Not Held | LQ | 1R | NH | WD | A | A | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||||
| China Open | Not Held | A | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | 1R | A | A | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||||||||||
| Riga Masters [nb 9] | Tournament Not Held | Minor-Ranking | 1R | A | A | LQ | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||
| International Championship | Tournament Not Held | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | A | A | LQ | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||
| China Championship | Tournament Not Held | NR | A | A | LQ | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Open [nb 10] | A | A | A | LQ | A | LQ | Not Held | LQ | A | A | LQ | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||||||||
| WST Pro Series | Tournament Not Held | RR | Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turkish Masters | Tournament Not Held | LQ | NH | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gibraltar Open | Tournament Not Held | MR | 2R | A | A | WD | 3R | WD | NH | |||||||||||||||||||
| Former non-ranking tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shoot Out | TournamentNot Held | A | A | 2R | A | Ranking Event | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Performance Table Legend | |||||
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| 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 |
| Winner | 1. | 2006 | Scottish Amateur Championship | Robert Stephen | 7–3 |
| Runner-up | 1. | 2007 | Scottish Amateur Championship | James McBain | 7–6 |
| Winner | 2. | 2018 | Scottish Amateur Championship (2) | Ross Vallance | 7–4 |
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