Joe Perry (snooker player)

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Joe Perry
Joe Perry PHC 2016-1.JPG
Perry at the 2016 Paul Hunter Classic
Born (1974-08-13) 13 August 1974 (age 50)
Wisbech, England
Sport countryFlag of England.svg  England
NicknameThe Gentleman [1]
Professional1992–present
Highest ranking 8 (December 2016) [2]
Current ranking 59 (as of 8 December 2024)
Century breaks 372 (as of 13 December 2024)
Tournament wins
Ranking 2
Minor-ranking 2

Joe Perry (born 13 August 1974) is an English professional snooker player from Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. Nicknamed "the Gentleman", Perry climbed the rankings steadily after turning professional in 1992 and reached the Top 16 for the first time in 2002. [3]

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His first ranking final came at the 2001 European Open and he had to wait another 13 years for a second which came at the 2014 Wuxi Classic. Perry won his first ranking title at the 2015 Players Championship Grand Final, at the age of 40 and in his 23rd season as a professional. He also won the minor-ranking 2013 Yixing Open and 2015 Xuzhou Open.

Perry reached the final of a Triple Crown tournament for the first time at the Masters in 2017, losing 7–10 to Ronnie O'Sullivan. Perry previously reached the UK Championship semi-finals in 2004 and 2005, and the semi-finals of the World Championship in 2008. [4]

Perry claimed his second ranking title at the 2022 Welsh Open by defeating Judd Trump 9–5 in the final. This made him, at age 47, the second-oldest player to win a ranking title, after Ray Reardon, who was aged 50 when he won his final ranking event in 1982. However, Mark Williams subsequently won the 2023 British Open at age 48, making Perry the third-oldest ranking event winner. [5]

Perry is a commentator for the BBC.

Career

2001–2005

Perry's breakthrough came when he reached the final of the European Open in 2001. He first reached the quarter-finals of the World Championship in 2004, beating then defending champion Mark Williams 13–11 along the way, also making the tournament's highest break of 145 (which remains Perry's best in competition, only equaled in the Northern Ireland Open 2023), before losing to Matthew Stevens. [6] He repeated this run in 2008 when he defeated Graeme Dott and Stuart Bingham, and bettered it by going on to beat Stephen Maguire 13–12 and earn his place in the semi-finals, which he narrowly lost to Ali Carter. [7] Previously, he had also reached the last 16 on his Crucible debut in 1999, beating Steve Davis on the final black in the last 32.

He reached the semi-finals of the UK Championship in both 2004 and 2005. The 2004 defeat was especially notable as Perry had led 8–7 and potted a colour to leave his opponent, David Gray, requiring a snooker – however, Perry's pot had also left him snookered on the final red, which he failed to hit, allowing Gray to clear the table and ultimately win the deciding frame with a total clearance of 139. This run left Perry provisionally fifth in the world, but he failed to win a match in the remaining five tournaments and dropped to 14th at the end of the season as a result. In 2005, he lost to eventual champion Ding Junhui.

2007–2010

In the 2007–08 season, Perry reached two quarter-finals: in the Grand Prix (losing 3–5 to Gerard Greene) and the Welsh Open (with victories over John Parrott 5–2, Peter Ebdon 5–1 and Stuart Bingham 5–2 before Shaun Murphy beat him 5–0), as well as the last 16 of the UK Championship, where he beat Neil Robertson 9–6 after being 3–5 down, before losing 2–9 to Marco Fu. He followed that up by reaching the semi-finals of the world championship, where he was knocked out by Ali Carter 15–17. These results ensured him a return to the prestigious top 16 of the rankings (at No. 12, his highest ranking ever), meaning automatic qualification for major tournaments. He also finished the 2007/2008 season on another high, by winning the Championship League, to qualify for the Betfred Premier League for 2008. He has said he feels that he is learning to cope with the high pressure of major tournaments, having had more experience over the last season. [8]

Perry opened 2008–09 with three last-sixteen runs, leaving him inside the top eight of the provisional rankings. However he went one better in the 2008 UK Championship beating Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–5 having trailed by 3–5, in one of the best victories of his career. However, he lost 7–9 to Marco Fu in the quarter-finals. In the new year, he suffered a narrow 5–6 loss to O'Sullivan in the Masters; the rest of the season was unspectacular as he failed to win a match in a ranking event. He was unable to repeat his 2008 run in the World Championship, losing 6–10 to an in-form Jamie Cope in the first round. This meant that he finished the season ranked at number 12. In 2009–10 he only reached one quarter-final and consequently slid to 19th in the rankings. In the World Championship he beat Michael Holt in the first round 10–4, and trailed Ali Carter 6–10 before winning five frames in a row to lead 11–10 but lost 11–13.

2011–2013

Perry was a losing finalist in Event 1 (Ronnie O'Sullivan won 4–0) and Event 12 (Stephen Maguire won 4–2) during the minor-ranking 2011/2012 Players Tour Championship series. These results helped him qualify for the Finals as he finished 11th on the Order of Merit. [9] It was at the Finals where Perry had his best run in a ranking event during the 2011–12 season as he beat Fergal O'Brien and Graeme Dott, before being defeated by Neil Robertson 1–4 in the quarter-finals. [10] In the other ranking events during the year he reached the second round three times, culminating in a 7–13 defeat to Maguire in the World Championship. [10] Perry finished the season ranked world number 24. He began the 2012–13 season by reaching the second round of the Wuxi Classic thanks to the withdrawal of Matthew Stevens and lost 4–5 to Ricky Walden. [11] He was beaten 1–5 by Marco Fu in the first round of the Australian Goldfields Open, before recording his best result of the year at the Shanghai Masters. [11] He beat Barry Pinches in qualifying, Stevens 5–2 in the first round and then whitewashed Neil Robertson 5–0 to make the quarter-finals. [12] There was never a frame between Perry and Mark Williams in their quarter-final, with Perry making a 131 break to force a deciding frame which he lost. [13] He won two more matches in ranking events during the rest of the season, the first being a 4–0 triumph over world number one Mark Selby in the first round of the Welsh Open. [14]

He was knocked out 3–4 by veteran Alan McManus in the subsequent round. [11] The second was in the PTC Finals which Perry had qualified for by finishing 20th on the Order of Merit. [15] He beat Stuart Bingham 4–2, before losing 3–4 to Ben Woollaston. [11] Perry's season ended when he was beaten 3–10 by world number 83 Sam Baird in the final round of World Championship Qualifying. [16] His end of season ranking was world number 20. [17]

First title

In June 2013, Perry won the first minor-ranking title of his 22-year professional career at the opening event of the Players Tour Championship, the Yixing Open, with a 4–1 defeat of Mark Selby in the final. [18] A week later, he outplayed Ding Junhui in the second round of the Wuxi Classic to win 5–1 and then beat David Gilbert 5–2 in the following round, before being defeated 2–5 by John Higgins in the quarter-finals. [19] [20] Another quarter-final followed at the Australian Goldfields Open, where he was eliminated 2–5 by home favourite Neil Robertson. [21]

Perry won a quarter-final at the third time of asking this season at the International Championship with a 6–1 victory over Ryan Day. [22] His semi-final match against Marco Fu was extremely close and involved long spells of tactical play, as many frames lasted 40 minutes, which Fu edged 9–8 on the colours. [23] He also participated in the 2013 World Games in Cali, Colombia, where he represented the UK. He won his first game against Brendan O'Donoghue but subsequently lost in the quarter-finals to eventual gold medalist Aditya Mehta. [24]

Perry at the 2014 German Masters Joe Perry at Snooker German Masters (Martin Rulsch) 2014-01-29 07.jpg
Perry at the 2014 German Masters

Perry's good play continued into 2014 as he advanced to the quarter-finals of the German Masters with the loss of just three frames, but he then lost 2–5 to Ding Junhui. [22] He secured an impressive 5–1 win over Selby in the quarter-finals of the Welsh Open, stating that his newfound casual approach to the game was a key reason for his successful season. [25] However, it was Ding who once again halted his run in a ranking event as he beat Perry 6–4. [26] A sixth quarter-final appearance of the season came at the PTC Finals, but he lost 2–4 to Judd Trump. [22] He fought back from 3–6 down after the opening session of his first round match with Jamie Burnett at the World Championship to win 10–7 and set up a second round clash with reigning champion Ronnie O'Sullivan. [27] Perry started the better of the two as he established a 5–3 lead after the opening session and maintained his two-frame advantage after the second, although he missed a chance in the final frame to be 10–6 ahead. [28] He went on to lead 11–9, before O'Sullivan leveled the match and then made back-to-back century breaks to win 13–11, with Perry remarking afterwards that he had been "blown away by a genius" in the last few frames. [29]

Perry said that if he could maintain his own attitude and mindset he would win his first major ranking title in the future. [30] He ended the campaign as the world number 15, inside the top 16 for the first time in five years. [31]

Major success

Perry at the 2015 German Masters Joe Perry at Snooker German Masters (DerHexer) 2015-02-05 02.jpg
Perry at the 2015 German Masters

At the 2014 Wuxi Classic, Perry dropped just four frames to reach the semi-finals and then beat Martin Gould 6–4 to reach his second career ranking final and the first in 13 years. [32] He played friend and practice partner Neil Robertson and from 6–8 down won three unanswered frames to stand on the edge of his first ranking title, but Robertson then made breaks of 87 and 78 to edge Perry out 10–9. Afterwards, Robertson suggested that Perry's talent should see him become a top 10 player in the future. [33] Perry failed to advance beyond the last 32 in the next four ranking events. [34]

It has been a lifelong ambition for me. I've been playing snooker since I was 12, and all I've ever wanted to do is win a major tournament. When I lost 10–9 in the final in Wuxi I thought that might have been my chance. So I'm delighted to do it at last.

Perry on winning his first ranking title at the 2015 Players Championship Grand Final. [35]

Perry defeated Ding Junhui 6–3 in the first round of the Masters, [36] his first ever win in the tournament, but then lost 4–6 to Mark Allen with both players missing a catalogue of easy balls during the match which Allen described as "a comedy of errors" afterwards. [37] However, less than a week later, Perry won the Xuzhou Open by beating Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 4–1 in the final to claim his second Asian Tour title in as many years. [38]

Perry's form on the PTC circuit saw him seeded seventh for the Grand Final in Bangkok, Thailand. He defeated Ding Junhui 4–1, Anthony McGill 4–3 from 1–3 down, and Michael Holt and Stuart Bingham 4–1 each to reach his third major ranking final and second of the season. [34] He recovered from 0–3 down against Mark Williams to win 4–3 and claim the first major title of his 23-year playing career, in addition to his highest prize earning of £100,000 and a place inside the world's top ten. [35] When Perry finished the season at ninth in the rankings it marked his highest year-end ranking to date. [39]

A pair of 5–3 wins over Jamie Burnett and Robert Milkins helped Perry to the quarter-finals of the 2015 Australian Goldfields Open, where he was on the wrong end of a 5–3 scoreline against John Higgins. [40] His second quarter-final of the 2015–16 season was also against Higgins at the International Championship and he recovered from 0–4 down to make it 3–5, but then lost the next frame. [41] Perry's ranking event title from last season saw him make his debut in the Champion of Champions and he beat Michael White 4–2 to face Higgins in the quarter-finals once again. There was never more than a frame between the two players and Perry came from 4–5 down to triumph 6–5. [42] In the semi-finals he lost 6–4 to Neil Robertson.Robertson|Check Details

After losing 3–6 to Robbie Williams in the second round of the 2015 UK Championship, Perry called his opponent's style and speed of play "a joke". [43] At the Welsh Open he beat Judd Trump 4–3 in the fourth round and Ben Woollaston 5–1 in the quarter-finals to meet Ronnie O'Sullivan in the semi-finals. He made a 139 break during the match, but lost it 3–6. [44] A second major event semi-final soon followed at the World Grand Prix as he conceded just two frames in eliminating Barry Hawkins (Perry's 133 won him the high break prize), Kyren Wilson and Ali Carter. Stuart Bingham was never ahead of Perry until the frame as he squandered a 3–0 lead to be defeated 5–6. [45] In an extremely tight World Championship first round match, he was edged out 9–10 by Wilson. [46]

A 6–2 success over Neil Robertson saw Perry advance to the final of the 2016 World Open, where he lost 8–10 to Ali Carter. [47] [48] He also saw off Robertson 6–2 to reach the quarter-finals of the International Championship and was defeated 3–6 by Mark Selby. [49] Perry was knocked out 2–6 by Matthew Stevens in the third round of the UK Championship. [50]

At the 2017 Masters a pair of 6–1 victories over Stuart Bingham and Ding Junhui saw Perry play in the semi-finals of the event for the first time. [51] He was 2–5 behind Barry Hawkins and needed a snooker in the next frame, but managed to get it and take the frame. The tie went to a deciding frame in which Perry was 50 points down, but he stepped in to make a break of 70 and reach the final of a Triple Crown tournament for the first time. [52] He said his plan for the final was to get in front of Ronnie O'Sullivan and stay in front of him and he started well by leading 4–1. However, O'Sullivan then reeled off a match defining seven frames in a row and went on to win 10–7. Afterwards, Perry said he had failed to handle the pressure of having a lead in such a big match. [53] He lost 3–4 in the quarter-finals of the World Grand Prix to Liang Wenbo and could not qualify for the World Championship as, after coming back from 6–9 down, he was defeated 9–10 by Akani Songsermsawad. [54] At the 2018 World Championship, he defeated defending champion Mark Selby 10–4 in the first round.

Perry claimed his second ranking title at the 2022 Welsh Open by defeating Judd Trump 9–5 in the final. He called winning the tournament "the absolute highlight of my career by a country mile." [55] Aged 47, he became the second-oldest player to win a ranking title, after Ray Reardon, who was aged 50 when he won his final ranking event in 1982. [56]

Personal life

Perry suffers from ankylosing spondylitis. [57] Before it was correctly diagnosed, he was considering giving up the sport: "I told my wife I was thinking about packing it in because I couldn’t take it any more. I felt there was no point me flying overseas then not being able to even practise, and losing matches." [57]

Perry is a supporter of Arsenal F.C. [58]

Performance and rankings timeline

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Ranking [59] [nb 1] 327 265 195 166 123 74 34 31 27 13 16 20 14 18 18 12 12 19 27 24 20 15 9 11 22 20 19 16 20 26 26 47
Ranking tournaments
Championship League Tournament Not HeldNon-Ranking Event 3R RR RR 2R RR
Xi'an Grand Prix Tournament Not Held 1R
Saudi Arabia Masters Tournament Not Held 3R
English Open Tournament Not Held 1R 1R 1R 3R 2R LQLQLQ 1R
British Open LQLQLQLQ 1R 1R 1R LQ 3R 3R 2R 3R 1R Tournament Not Held 1R 1R LQLQ
Wuhan Open Tournament Not HeldLQLQ
Northern Ireland Open Tournament Not Held 3R 4R 1R SF 2R LQ 1R 3R LQ
International Championship Tournament Not HeldLQ SF 2R QF QF 2R 2R 3R Not HeldLQ 1R
UK Championship LQLQ 1R LQLQLQ 1R 1R 2R 2R 2R 3R SF SF QF 2R QF 1R LQLQLQ 4R 3R 2R 3R QF QF 3R QF 2R QF LQLQ
Shoot Out Tournament Not HeldNon-Ranking Event 1R QF 1R 4R 3R 1R 3R 1R 1R
Scottish Open [nb 2] LQLQLQLQLQ 2R LQ 1R 1R 3R 2R 3R Tournament Not HeldMRNot Held 3R 2R 3R 4R 1R 1R 2R LQLQ
German Masters [nb 3] Not HeldLQLQLQNRTournament Not Held QF 2R 1R QF 2R LQLQ 2R 2R 1R 2R LQ 1R 2R
Welsh Open LQLQLQLQLQ 2R LQ 1R 2R 2R 2R 3R 2R 2R 2R QF 1R 1R 1R LQ 2R SF 3R SF 1R 1R 3R 1R 3R W 2R LQ
World Open [nb 4] LQLQLQLQLQLQLQ 1R 2R 1R 2R 2R QF 1R QF QF 2R QF LQ 2R LQ 1R Not Held F 3R 3R 3R Not Held 2R
World Grand Prix Tournament Not HeldNR SF QF 2R 1R QF 1R DNQ 1R DNQ
Players Championship [nb 5] Tournament Not HeldDNQ QF 2R QF W DNQDNQDNQ 1R QF DNQDNQDNQDNQ
Tour Championship Tournament Not HeldDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ
World Championship ALQLQLQLQLQ 2R LQLQ 2R 1R QF LQ 1R 1R SF 1R 2R 1R 2R LQ 2R 2R 1R LQ 2R 1R LQLQLQ 1R LQ
Non-ranking tournaments
Champion of Champions Tournament Not HeldAA SF 1R AAAAA 1R AA
The Masters AAAALQLQLQLQLQLQ 1R WR A WR LQLQ 1R 1R AAA 1R QF 1R F AA QF 1R AAA
Championship League Tournament Not Held W SF RR A RR RR 2R A RR RR RR RR RR RR RR RR RR RR
Former ranking tournaments
Asian Classic [nb 6] LQLQLQLQLQTournament Not Held
Malta Grand Prix Not HeldNon-Ranking EventLQNRTournament Not Held
Thailand Masters [nb 7] LQLQLQLQLQLQLQ 2R 1R 1R NRNot HeldNRTournament Not Held
Irish Masters Non-Ranking Event 2R 1R LQNHNRTournament Not Held
Northern Ireland Trophy Tournament Not HeldNR 1R 2R 3R Tournament Not Held
Bahrain Championship Tournament Not Held 2R Tournament Not Held
Wuxi Classic [nb 8] Tournament Not HeldNon-Ranking Event 2R QF F Tournament Not Held
Australian Goldfields Open [nb 9] Not HeldNon-RankingTournament Not Held 1R 1R QF 1R QF Tournament Not Held
Shanghai Masters Tournament Not HeldLQ 2R 1R LQLQ QF WR 1R 1R 1R 2R Non-RankingNot HeldNon-Ranking
Paul Hunter Classic [nb 10] Tournament Not HeldPro-am EventMinor-Ranking Event 1R AANRTournament Not Held
Indian Open Tournament Not Held 3R QF NHA 2R 2R Tournament Not Held
China Open [nb 11] Tournament Not HeldNRLQ QF LQ 2R Not HeldLQ QF LQ 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R LQLQ 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R Tournament Not Held
Riga Masters [nb 12] Tournament Not HeldMinor-Rank 1R QF 3R 2R Tournament Not Held
China Championship Tournament Not HeldNR 1R 2R QF Tournament Not Held
WST Pro Series Tournament Not Held 2R Tournament Not Held
Turkish Masters Tournament Not Held 1R Not Held
Gibraltar Open Tournament Not HeldMR 3R QF 1R 3R 3R 2R Not Held
WST Classic Tournament Not Held 2R Not Held
European Masters [nb 13] LQLQLQLQLQNH 1R Not Held F 1R 2R LQ 2R LQNRTournament Not HeldLQ 2R F LQ 1R 2R LQ 1R NH
Former non-ranking tournaments
Scottish Masters AAAAAAAAALQLQTournament Not Held
Northern Ireland Trophy Tournament Not Held WR Ranking EventTournament Not Held
Malta Cup [nb 13] Ranking EventTournament Not HeldRanking Event RR Tournament Not HeldRanking Event
Wuxi Classic [nb 8] Tournament Not Held SF RR QF ARanking EventTournament Not Held
Premier League [nb 14] AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA SF AAAATournament Not Held
World Grand Prix Tournament Not Held 2R Ranking Event
General Cup [nb 15] Tournament Not HeldATournament Not HeldANHAA RR SF RR Tournament Not Held
Shoot Out Tournament Not Held 2R 1R 1R 1R 3R 3R Ranking Event
China Championship Tournament Not Held 1R Ranking EventTournament Not Held
Macau Masters Tournament Not Held RR Tournament Not Held
Paul Hunter Classic Tournament Not HeldPro-am EventMinor-Ranking EventRanking Event SF Tournament Not Held
Six-red World Championship [nb 16] Tournament Not HeldA 2R QF NH 3R QF 3R QF 3R A RR 2R Not Held 2R Not Held
Haining Open Tournament Not HeldMinor-RankAA 4R ANHANHANH
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
DQdisqualified from the tournament
NH / Not Heldevent was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Eventevent is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Eventevent is/was a ranking event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
PA / Pro-am Eventmeans an event is/was a pro-am event.
  1. ↑ New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking
  2. ↑ The event was called the International Open (1992/1993–1996/1997) and the Players Championship (2003/2004)
  3. ↑ The event was called the German Open (1995/1996–1997/1998)
  4. ↑ The event was called the Grand Prix (1992/1993–2000/2001 and 2004/2005–2009/2010) and the LG Cup (2001/2002–2003/2004)
  5. ↑ The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Final (2010/2011–2015/2016)
  6. ↑ The event was called the Dubai Classic (1992/1993–1994/1995) and the Thailand Classic (1995/1996)
  7. ↑ The event was called the Asian Open (1992/1993) and the Thailand Open (1993/1994–1996/1997)
  8. 1 2 The event was called the Jiangsu Classic (2008/2009–2009/2010)
  9. ↑ The event was called the Australian Open (1994/1995–1995/1996) and the Australian Masters (1995/1996)
  10. ↑ The event was called the Grand Prix Fürth (2004/2005) and the Fürth German Open (2005/2006–2006/2007)
  11. ↑ The event was called the China International (1997/1998–1998/1999)
  12. ↑ The event was called the Riga Open (2014/2015–2015/2016)
  13. 1 2 The event was called the European Open (1992/1993–1996/1997 and 2001/2002–2003/2004), the Irish Open (1998/1999) and the Malta Cup (2004/2005–2007/2008)
  14. ↑ The event was called the European League (1992/1993–1996/1997)
  15. ↑ The event was called the General Cup International (2004/2005–2011/2012)
  16. ↑ The event was called the Six-red Snooker International (2008/2009) and the Six-red World Grand Prix (2009/2010)

Career finals

Ranking finals: 6 (2 titles)

OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScore
Runner-up1. 2001 European Open Flag of Scotland.svg Stephen Hendry 2–9
Runner-up2. 2014 Wuxi Classic Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Robertson 9–10
Winner1. 2015 Players Tour Championship Finals Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Mark Williams 4–3
Runner-up3. 2016 World Open Flag of England.svg Ali Carter 8–10
Runner-up4. 2018 European Masters Flag of England.svg Jimmy Robertson 6–9
Winner2. 2022 Welsh Open Flag of England.svg Judd Trump 9–5

Minor-ranking finals: 4 (2 titles)

OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScore
Runner-up1.2011 Players Tour Championship – Event 1 Flag of England.svg Ronnie O'Sullivan 0–4
Runner-up2. 2012 FFB Snooker Open Flag of Scotland.svg Stephen Maguire 2–4
Winner1. 2013 Yixing Open Flag of England.svg Mark Selby 4–1
Winner2. 2015 Xuzhou Open Flag of Thailand.svg Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 4–1

Non-ranking finals: 3 (2 titles)

Legend
The Masters (0–1)
Other (2–0)
OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScore
Winner1.2004 Merseyside Professional Championship Flag of England.svg Stephen Croft5–2
Winner2. 2008 Championship League Flag of England.svg Mark Selby 3–1
Runner-up1. 2017 The Masters Flag of England.svg Ronnie O'Sullivan 7–10 [60]

Pro-am finals: 5 (4 titles)

OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScore
Winner1.2007Pontins Pro-Am - Event 3 Flag of England.svg Stuart Bingham 4–0 [61]
Runner-up1.2007German Open Flag of England.svg Mark Davis 3–4 [62]
Winner2.2007 Pontins World Series Grand Final Flag of England.svg Ricky Walden 4–2
Winner3.2008Pontins Pro-Am - Event 4 Flag of England.svg Stuart Bingham 4–3 [63]
Winner4.2013 Pink Ribbon Flag of England.svg Barry Hawkins 4–3

Team finals: 8 (5 titles)

OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipTeam/partnerOpponent(s) in the finalScore
Winner1.2007World Mixed Doubles Championship Flag of England.svg Leah Willett Flag of England.svg Gary Wilson
Flag of England.svg Pam Wood		3–1 [64]
Runner-up1.2008World Mixed Doubles Championship Flag of England.svg Leah Willett Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neil Robertson
Flag of England.svg Reanne Evans 		1–3 [65]
Runner-up2.2009World Mixed Doubles Championship (2) Flag of England.svg Leah Willett Flag of England.svg Michael Holt
Flag of England.svg Reanne Evans 		2–3 [66]
Winner2.2010World Mixed Doubles Championship (2) Flag of Latvia.svg Tatjana Vasiljeva Flag of England.svg Martin Gould
Flag of England.svg Pam Wood		3–2 [67]
Winner3.2011World Mixed Doubles Championship (3) Flag of Latvia.svg Tatjana Vasiljeva Flag of England.svg Martin Gould
Flag of England.svg Pam Wood		3–2 [68]
Winner4.2012World Mixed Doubles Championship (4) Flag of Latvia.svg Tatjana Vasiljeva Flag of England.svg Nigel Ward
Flag of England.svg Emma Bonney		3–1 [69]
Winner5. 2017 CVB Snooker ChallengeFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 26–9
Runner-up3.2018 Macau Masters Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Mark Williams
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Marco Fu
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Anda 		Flag of England.svg Barry Hawkins
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Ryan Day
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhao Xintong
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhou Yuelong 		1–5

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