Jak Jones

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Jak Jones
Jak Jones PHC 2016-3.jpg
Jones at the 2016 Paul Hunter Classic
Born (1993-07-29) 29 July 1993 (age 30)
Cwmbran, Wales
Sport countryFlag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
Nicknamethe Silent Assassin [1]
Professional2010/2011, 2013–2015, 2016–present
Highest ranking 35 (June 2023)
Current ranking 40 (as of 19 February 2024)
Best ranking finishSemi-finals (2022 Gibraltar Open)

Jak Jones (born 29 July 1993) is a Welsh professional snooker player.

Contents

Jones was born in Cwmbran, Wales. He became a professional in 2010 at the age of 16, by winning the 2010 European Under 19 Snooker Championship in Malta. [2]

Career

Professional debut

In his first year on the tour, Jones only won one match in his attempts to qualify for the seven ranking events. [3] He played in all 12 of the minor-ranking Players Tour Championship (PTC) events throughout the year, with his best results being two last 32 defeats, and was placed 85th on the PTC Order of Merit. [4] He ended his debut season ranked world number 94, meaning he was relegated from the tour as he did not finish inside the top 64. [3] [5]

2011/2012 season

Having dropped off the tour, Jones could only enter PTC events; he played in 10 of the 12. At the second event, he beat Anthony Hamilton 4–3, James Wattana 4–2 and Sam Craigie 4–1 to reach the last 16, where he was edged out 3–4 by Rory McLeod. [6] Two other last 32 defeats saw Jones finish 75th on the PTC Order of Merit. [7]

2012/2013 season

Jones played in seven out of twelve PTC events during the 2012–13 season. He won a total of three matches and was ranked 106th on the Order of Merit. [8] [9] He earned a place in the EBSA Qualifying Tour Play-offs by finishing number 2 in the rankings and winning the Scottish Amateur Open. He beat Elliot Slessor 4–2 and John Parkin 4–0 to claim a place back on the snooker tour for the 2013–14 season. [8] [10]

2013/2014 season

Jones lost all 16 matches he played in the 2013–14 season, meaning that he finished with a world ranking of 128. [11] [12]

2014/2015 season

Jones qualified for the Australian Goldfields Open by edging past Joe O'Connor 5–4: it was his first win on the main tour in 18 months. He was beaten 5–1 by Nigel Bond in the subsequent round. [13] In the second round of the Riga Open he recorded the biggest win of his career by knocking out world number one Neil Robertson 4–3, before losing by a reverse of this scoreline to Sean O'Sullivan. [14] He later finished 67th on the Order of Merit. [15] He did not win more than one match at any other event during the rest of the season until the World Championship, when he defeated Aditya Mehta 10–7 and Jack Lisowski 10–5. [13] This meant that Jones was just one victory away from qualifying for the biggest event on the snooker calendar. He recovered from 4–0 down against Ryan Day to level at 6–6. However, he then lost four frames in a row to be beaten 10–6. [16] He fell off the tour at the end of the season as he was the world number 95, outside the top 64 who retain their places. [17]

2015/2016 season

Jones did not play in a single professional event during the 2015–16 season, but by beating Jamie Clarke 7–4 in the final of the 2016 EBSA European Championship he earned a two-year main tour card. [18]

2016/2017 season

Jones beat Jamie Cope 4–3 at the Riga Masters, before being thrashed 4–0 by Mark Williams. He defeated Brandon Sargeant 4–0 and Elliot Slessor 4–3 at the English Open, then recorded a shock 4–2 win over Ding Junhui, a player ranked 105 places above him, despite having a high break of 34. [19] Jones was 3–1 up on Anthony Hamilton in the fourth round, but lost 4–3. [20] At the International Championship, he saw off Jimmy Robertson 6–4 and was then defeated 6–2 by John Higgins in the second round. Jones reached the fourth round at the Shoot-Out, before being defeated by Shaun Murphy. [21]

Jones dropped off the tour at the end of the 2017/18 season but entered the 2018 Q School in an attempt to win back a place, and secured his return to the tour at the first event. [22]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2010/
11 		2011/
12 		2012/
13 		2013/
14 		2014/
15 		2016/
17 		2017/
18 		2018/
19 		2019/
20 		2020/
21 		2021/
22 		2022/
23 		2023/
24
Ranking [23] [nb 1] [nb 2] [nb 3] [nb 3] [nb 2] 128 [nb 2] 77 [nb 4] 75 [nb 5] 65 41 35
Ranking tournaments
Championship League Tournament Not Held RR RR RR 2R
European Masters Tournament Not HeldLQ 1R 2R 1R 2R 1R 1R LQ
British Open Tournament Not Held 3R 2R LQ
English Open Tournament Not Held 4R 1R 1R 1R QF 1R LQLQ
Wuhan Open Tournament Not Held 1R
Northern Ireland Open Tournament Not HeldA 2R 1R 2R 2R 2R LQ 2R
International Championship Not HeldALQA 2R LQLQ 3R Not Held 2R
UK Championship LQAA 1R 1R 1R 2R 3R 2R 3R 2R LQLQ
Shoot Out Non-Ranking Event 4R 2R 3R 3R 1R 3R 4R 1R
Scottish Open Not HeldMRNot Held 1R 1R 2R 1R 2R LQLQLQ
World Grand Prix Not HeldNRDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ 1R DNQDNQDNQ
German Masters LQAALQWDLQLQLQ 1R 2R LQLQLQ
Welsh Open LQAA 1R 1R 1R 2R 3R 1R 3R 2R 3R 3R
Players Championship [nb 6] DNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ
World Open LQAALQNHLQLQ 2R LQNot Held 1R
Tour Championship Tournament Not HeldDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ
World Championship LQAALQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQ QF
Non-ranking tournaments
Championship League AAAAAAAAAAAA RR
Former ranking tournaments
Wuxi Classic Non-RankingALQLQTournament Not Held
Australian Goldfields Open NHAALQLQTournament Not Held
Shanghai Masters LQAALQLQALQNon-RankingNot HeldNR
Paul Hunter Classic Minor-Ranking Event 1R 2R ANRTournament Not Held
Indian Open Tournament Not HeldLQLQALQLQTournament Not Held
China Open LQAALQLQLQ 2R LQTournament Not Held
Riga Masters [nb 7] Tournament Not HeldMR 2R LQLQ 3R Tournament Not Held
China Championship Tournament Not HeldNRLQLQ 1R Tournament Not Held
WST Pro Series Tournament Not Held RR Not Held
Turkish Masters Tournament Not Held 3R Not Held
Gibraltar Open Tournament Not HeldA 2R 1R 1R 2R SF Not Held
WST Classic Tournament Not Held 2R NH
Former non-ranking tournaments
Haining Open Tournament Not HeldMR QF AAANHANot Held
Six-red World Championship ANHAAAAAAANot HeldLQNH
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. ↑ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season
  2. 1 2 3 New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking
  3. 1 2 He was an amateur
  4. ↑ Players qualified through Q School started the season without ranking points
  5. ↑ Players qualified One Year Ranking List started the season without ranking points
  6. ↑ The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals (2010/2011–2012/2013)
  7. ↑ The event was called the Riga Open (2014/2015–2015/2016)

Career finals

Amateur finals: 4 (2 titles)

OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScore
Runner-up1.2009 Junior Pot Black Flag of Scotland.svg Ross Muir 0–1
Runner-up1.2009 PIOS – Event 4 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Jamie Jones 0–6
Winner1.2010 European Under-19 Snooker Championships Flag of Scotland.svg Anthony McGill 6–4
Winner2.2016 European Snooker Championship Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Jamie Clarke 7–4

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