Gary Ponting

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Gary Ponting
Born (1975-01-17) 17 January 1975 (age 49)
Sport countryFlag of England.svg  England
Professional1993–2002
Highest ranking 49 (1999/2000)
Best ranking finishQuarter-final (x2)

Gary Ponting (born 17 January 1975) is an English former professional snooker player. [1]

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Career

Ponting was born in 1975, and turned professional in 1993. He reached the last 32 of the 1994 World Championship, losing 2–10 to Willie Thorne, and the same stage of the 1996 Thailand Open, where Peter Ebdon whitewashed him 5–0.

He then progressed to the last 16 of another four ranking events, most notably at the 1998 UK Championship, where he made five century breaks including a 138, which was the highest of his career.

He reached a career-high ranking of 49th for the 1999–2000 season, retaining his top-64 place until the start of the 2002–03 season. Having suffered a loss of form, however, he entered only one further tournament, the 2003 World Championship, where he lost 1–10 in qualifying to India's Manan Chandra.

By 2003, Ponting's ranking had slipped to 73rd and he lost his professional status at the age of 28.

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 1993/
94 		1994/
95 		1995/
96 		1996/
97 		1997/
98 		1998/
99 		1999/
00 		2000/
01 		2001/
02 		2002/
03
Ranking [nb 1] 173 113 74 85 75 49 53 53 [nb 2]
Ranking tournaments
LG Cup [nb 3] LQLQLQ 1R LQLQ 1R WDLQA
British Open LQLQLQLQ QF LQLQ QF LQA
UK Championship LQLQLQLQ 3R 3R 1R LQLQA
Welsh Open LQLQLQLQ 1R 1R 1R 1R LQA
European Open [nb 4] LQLQLQLQNHLQNot HeldLQA
Scottish Open [nb 5] 1R LQ 3R LQLQLQ 3R LQ 1R A
World Championship 1R LQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQ
Non-ranking tournaments
The Masters ALQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQA
Former ranking tournaments
Asian Classic [nb 6] LQLQLQLQTournament Not Held
German Masters [nb 7] Not HeldLQLQWDNRTournament Not Held
Malta Grand Prix NHNon-Ranking EventLQNRNot Held
China Open [nb 8] Tournament Not HeldNRLQLQLQLQNH
Thailand Masters [nb 9] LQLQ 1R LQLQLQLQLQLQNR
Former non-ranking tournaments
Strachan Challenge LQ 1R Tournament Not Held
Performance table legend
LQlost in the qualifying draw#Rlost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)		QFlost in the quarter-finals
SFlost in the semi–finalsFlost in the finalWwon the tournament
DNQdid not qualify for the tournamentAdid not participate in the tournamentWDwithdrew from the tournament
NH / Not Heldmeans an event was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a ranking event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
  1. ↑ New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking
  2. ↑ He was an amateur
  3. ↑ The event was called the Grand Prix (1993/1994–2000/2001)
  4. ↑ The event was called the Irish Open (1998/1999)
  5. ↑ The event was called the International Open (1993/1994-1996/1997)
  6. ↑ The event was called the Dubai Classic (1993/1994-1994/1995) and the Thailand Classic (1995/1996)
  7. ↑ The event was called the German Open (1995/1996-1997/1998)
  8. ↑ The event was called the China International (1997/1998-1998/1999)
  9. ↑ The event was called the Thailand Open (1993/1994-1996/1997)

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References

  1. ↑ "Gary Ponting Player Profile". www.snookerdatabase.co.uk.


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