Jordan Brown (snooker player)

Jordan Brown

Brown at the 2012 Paul Hunter Classic
Born	(1987-10-09) 9 October 1987 (age 38) Antrim, Northern Ireland
Sport country	Northern Ireland
Nickname	The Antrim Ferrari [1]
Professional	2009/2010, 2018–present
Highest ranking	22 (May 2022)
Current ranking	66 (as of 8 February 2026)
Tournament wins
Ranking	1

Jordan Brown (born 9th October 1987) is a Northern Irish professional snooker player. After winning back-to-back Northern Ireland Amateur Championships in 2008 and 2009, he made his debut on the professional tour in 2009–10 but lost his tour card after one season. He rejoined the tour via the 2018 Q School.

He made his Crucible debut at the 2020 World Snooker Championship. In January 2021, he reached the quarter-final of the German Masters, and in February 2021, he won his first ranking title at the Welsh Open, defeating Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–8 in the final. Ranked 81st in the world before the event, and rated a 750–1 outsider by bookmakers, he became the lowest-ranked player to win a ranking event since 1993.

Career

After winning the Northern Ireland Amateur Championship in 2008 and 2009, Brown received a tour card for the 2009–10 snooker season but lasted only one season on the tour. As an occasional wild card entrant to ranking events, he enjoyed some notable victories, such as defeating John Higgins 4–3 in the 2012 Scottish Open. ^[2] In 2016, he competed in the inaugural Northern Ireland Open, ^[3] where he defeated world number 26 Ben Woollaston 4–2 in the first round before losing to Kyren Wilson in the second round by the same scoreline.

Brown entered the 2018 Q School in a bid to rejoin the professional tour. ^[4] Although he lost to Jak Jones in the final round of the first event, he secured his place at the second event after beating Andy Hicks and Jamie Cope. ^[5]

In the 2020 World Snooker Championship qualifiers, he defeated Rory McLeod, Hossein Vafaei and Ryan Day to reach the Crucible for the first time. His debut ended with a 6–10 first-round loss to Mark Selby. ^[6]

In January 2021, he reached the quarter-final of the German Masters but lost 1–5 to Barry Hawkins. At the Welsh Open in February 2021, he defeated Selby 5–4 in the quarter-final, ^[7] Stephen Maguire 6–1 in the semi-final ^[8] and Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–8 in the final to capture his maiden ranking title, ^[9] winning a prize of £70,000. ^[10] Ranked 81st in the world before the tournament, Brown became the lowest-ranked player to win a ranking event since world number 93 Dave Harold won the Asian Open in 1993. ^[11] He also became the fourth Northern Irish player to claim a ranking title, after Alex Higgins, Dennis Taylor and Mark Allen. ^[12]

Personal life

He is married to Catherine Brown (Clarke) on 10th May 2024 and have one daughter together Rosa, born 23rd June 2022.

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament	2009/ 10	2010/ 11	2011/ 12	2012/ 13	2013/ 14	2014/ 15	2015/ 16	2016/ 17	2017/ 18	2018/ 19	2019/ 20	2020/ 21	2021/ 22	2022/ 23	2023/ 24	2024/ 25	2025/ 26
Ranking [nb 1]	[nb 2]	[nb 3]	[nb 3]	[nb 3]	[nb 3]	[nb 3]	[nb 3]	[nb 3]	[nb 3]	[nb 2]	79	[nb 4]	40	22	36	44	53
Ranking tournaments
Championship League	Non-Ranking Event											2R	RR	2R	RR	RR	RR
Saudi Arabia Masters	Tournament Not Held															4R	3R
Wuhan Open	Tournament Not Held														1R	1R	1R
English Open	Tournament Not Held							A	A	3R	1R	2R	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ
British Open	Tournament Not Held												3R	3R	LQ	LQ	LQ
Xi'an Grand Prix	Tournament Not Held															1R	1R
Northern Ireland Open	Tournament Not Held							2R	1R	1R	2R	1R	LQ	2R	2R	1R	QF
International Championship	Not Held			A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	LQ	Not Held			SF	LQ	LQ
UK Championship	LQ	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	1R	2R	2R	4R	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ
Shoot Out	Non-Ranking Event							A	A	1R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	1R	2R
Scottish Open	Not Held			MR	Not Held			A	A	1R	1R	2R	1R	LQ	1R	1R	LQ
German Masters	NH	A	A	LQ	A	A	A	A	A	LQ	LQ	QF	LQ	LQ	2R	LQ	1R
World Grand Prix	Tournament Not Held					NR	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	1R	DNQ	1R	DNQ	DNQ
Players Championship [nb 5]	NH	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	1R	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
Welsh Open	LQ	A	A	LQ	A	A	1R	A	A	1R	2R	W	LQ	1R	1R	1R	LQ
World Open [nb 6]	LQ	A	A	A	A	Not Held		A	A	LQ	1R	Not Held			1R	1R	LQ
Tour Championship	Tournament Not Held									DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
World Championship	LQ	A	A	A	A	A	A	LQ	LQ	LQ	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ
Non-ranking tournaments
Champion of Champions	Tournament Not Held				A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A
Masters	LQ	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A
Championship League	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	RR	A	RR	RR	RR	A	A
Former ranking tournaments
Shanghai Masters	LQ	A	A	A	A	A	LQ	A	A	Non-Ranking		Not Held			Non-Ranking
Paul Hunter Classic	PA	Minor-Ranking Event						A	A	3R	NR	Tournament Not Held
Indian Open	Tournament Not Held				A	A	NH	A	A	LQ	Tournament Not Held
China Open	LQ	A	A	A	A	A	LQ	A	A	LQ	Tournament Not Held
Riga Masters [nb 7]	Tournament Not Held					Minor-Rank		A	A	LQ	LQ	Tournament Not Held
China Championship	Tournament Not Held							NR	A	LQ	2R	Tournament Not Held
WST Pro Series	Tournament Not Held											RR	Tournament Not Held
Turkish Masters	Tournament Not Held												2R	Tournament Not Held
Gibraltar Open	Tournament Not Held						MR	A	A	1R	1R	1R	4R	Tournament Not Held
WST Classic	Tournament Not Held													1R	Not Held
European Masters	Tournament Not Held							A	A	LQ	LQ	2R	3R	1R	1R	Not Held
Former non-ranking tournaments
Six-red World Championship [nb 8]	A	A	NH	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Not Held		RR	Not Held
Haining Open	Tournament Not Held					Minor-Rank		A	A	A	1R	NH	A	A	Not Held

Performance Table Legend
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-final
SF	lost in the semi-final	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				event was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Event				event is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Event				event is/was a ranking event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Event				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
3. He was an amateur
4. Players qualified One Year Ranking List started the season without ranking points
5. The event was also called the Players Tour Championship Grand Final (2010/2011–2015/2016)
6. The event was also called the Grand Prix (2009/2010)
7. The event was called the Riga Open (2014/2015–2015/2016)
8. The event was called the Six-red World Grand Prix (2009/2010)

Career finals

Ranking finals: 1 (1 title)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Winner	1.	2021	Welsh Open	Ronnie O'Sullivan	9–8

Pro-am finals: 7 (5 titles)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	2006	Barry McNamee Memorial Trophy	Joe Swail	1–6 [13]
Winner	1.	2009	Barry McNamee Memorial Trophy	Joe Swail	3–1 [14]
Winner	2.	2013	Barry McNamee Memorial Trophy (2)	Colm Gilcreest	3–1 [15]
Winner	3.	2017	Mark Allen Classic	Fergal O'Brien	5–1 [16]
Runner-up	2.	2018	Barry McNamee Memorial Trophy (2)	Rodney Goggins	1–3 [17]
Winner	4.	2018	Mark Allen Classic (2)	Mark Allen	5–1 [18]
Winner	5.	2019	Mark Allen Classic (3)	Barry Hawkins	5–4 [19]

Amateur finals: 9 (4 titles)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Winner	1.	2008	Northern Ireland Amateur Championship	Julian Logue	10–9
Runner-up	1.	2008	All-Ireland Amateur Championship	Vincent Muldoon	2–5 [20]
Winner	2.	2009	Northern Ireland Amateur Championship (2)	Dermot McGlinchey	10–4
Runner-up	2.	2013	Northern Ireland Amateur Championship	Patrick Wallace	4–10
Runner-up	3.	2015	Northern Ireland Amateur Championship (2)	Patrick Wallace	2–10
Runner-up	4.	2016	Northern Ireland Amateur Championship (3)	Patrick Wallace	8–10
Winner	3.	2017	Northern Ireland Amateur Championship (3)	Dermot McGlinchey	10–8
Runner-up	5.	2018	EBSA European Snooker Championship	Harvey Chandler	2–7
Winner	4.	2018	Northern Ireland Amateur Championship (4)	Patrick Wallace	10–5

References

1. Cousins, Graeme (22 February 2021). "From petrol station to snooker glory for Antrim Ferrari Jordan Brown". News Letter . Archived from the original on 23 February 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
2. Dailyrecord.co.uk (16 December 2012). "Scottish Open: John Higgins crashes out to unranked amateur Jordan Brown". Daily Record. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
3. McGoran, Martin (14 November 2016). "Video: Joe Swail and Jordan Brown feature as big-time snooker returns to Belfast". The Irish News. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
4. "Q School Event Two – Final Day Line Up". World Snooker. 24 May 2018. Archived from the original on 20 February 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
5. "Brown Earns Tour Return". World Snooker. 25 May 2018. Archived from the original on 20 February 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
6. "Mark Selby stumbles past Jordan Brown into World Snooker Championship round two". Metro. 4 August 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
7. "Welsh Open 2021 - High drama as Jordan Brown beats Mark Selby on the black in deciding frame". Eurosport. 19 February 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
8. "'Anything can be possible if you believe in it' - Antrim's Jordan Brown defeats Rocket to claim fairytale first title". Irish Examiner. 21 February 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
9. "Jordan Brown beats Ronnie O'Sullivan in the final frame to win 2021 Welsh Open". BBC Sport. 21 February 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
10. "Antrim's Jordan Brown seals major snooker upset with Welsh Open win over Ronnie O'Sullivan". The 42. 21 February 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
11. "Welsh Open 2021 - Jordan Brown produces massive upset to stun Ronnie O'Sullivan and win title". Eurosport UK. 21 February 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
12. "Jordan Brown claims sensational Welsh Open triumph". RTÉ. 21 February 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
13. "Swail wins Dungannon tournament". BBC Sport. 30 December 2006. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
14. "Jordan leaves Swail Browned Off". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 12 October 2011. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
15. "Snooker: Brown claims McNamee Trophy". Tyrone Times. Archived from the original on 31 December 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
16. "Mark Allen Classic taking place at 147 Club in Antrim this weekend". Belfast Live. 24 May 2018.
17. "Rodney right on cue". New Ross Standard. 5 January 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
18. "Brown Defends Mark Allen Classic Pro-am Title". The Cue View. 28 May 2018.
19. "Mark Allen Classic 2019" . Retrieved 2 November 2023.
20. "Muldoon (17) pockets national snooker title" . Evening Times (Dublin). 2 October 2008.

External links

• Cue sports portal

• Jordan Brown at WPBSA
• Jordan Brown at the World Snooker Tour
• Jordan Brown at Snooker.org