Jamie Wilson (snooker player)

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Jamie Wilson
Born (2003-11-11) 11 November 2003 (age 19)
Havant, England
Sport countryFlag of England.svg  England
Professional2020–2022
Highest ranking 83 (August 2021)
Best ranking finishLast 64 (x5)

Jamie Wilson is a former professional snooker player from Havant in Hampshire. [1]

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Career

At the third event of the 2020 Q School at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield, Wilson clinched a two-year Tour Card on to the 2020–21 and 2021-22 snooker seasons. [2] Wilson defeated ex-professionals David Finbow and Fang Xiongman in deciding frames to reach the final round where he squeezed past Haydon Pinhey on the colours in another final frame decider. Aged just 16, Wilson was the youngest qualifier in 2020, and the youngest English player to ever qualify through Q School. [3]

Wilson secured his first wins as a professional against Lukas Kleckers at the 2021 Snooker Shoot Out and from 3-1 down to win 4–3 against Duane Jones at Celtic Manor in the 2021 Welsh Open. [4]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2020/
21
2021/
22
Ranking [5] [nb 1] [nb 2] 83
Ranking tournaments
Championship League RR RR
British Open NH 1R
Northern Ireland Open 1R LQ
English Open 1R 1R
UK Championship 1R 1R
Scottish Open 1R LQ
World Grand Prix DNQDNQ
Shoot Out 2R 1R
German Masters LQLQ
Players Championship DNQDNQ
European Masters 1R LQ
Welsh Open 2R LQ
Turkish Masters NHLQ
Gibraltar Open 2R 2R
Tour Championship DNQDNQ
World Championship LQLQ
Ranking tournaments
WST Pro Series RR NH
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. New players don't have a ranking.

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References

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