Born | Dronfield, Derbyshire, England [1] | 18 August 1994
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Sport country | England |
Professional | 2022–present |
Highest ranking | 84 (October 2023) |
Current ranking | 91 (as of 8 April 2024) |
Best ranking finish | Last 16 (x1) |
Oliver Brown (born 18 August 1994) in Dronfield, Derbyshire [2] is an English snooker player. He turned professional at the start of the 2022/2023 season. He earned a two-year tour card after winning the men's EBSA European Snooker Championship in October 2021.
Brown played in a stage of any ranking event in the first time in the 2013/2014 season. However, he lost in the first qualifying stage of the Australian Open to Joel Walker 5–3. Brown qualified for his first ever ranking tournament's venue stages in October 2013, beating Nigel Bond in the qualifying stage 6–3 in the International Championship. However, he lost in the first round in Chengdu by a 6–4 scoreline to Mark Davis. [3]
In the first ranking event of the 2014–15 season, Brown was drawn against Chinese snooker star Ding Junhui in the Wuxi Classic. He beat Ding 5–0 in emphatic fashion, qualifying for a second ranking tournament. [4] Brown continued his good form in China, beating Oliver Lines 5–1 in the last 64 stage, before losing to Martin Gould 5–1. [5] Brown entered in the second ranking event of the season, the Australian Goldfields Open. He had to play four qualifying rounds to get to the venue stage. In the end, he beat Andrew Norman 5–3, Dave Harold 5–1 and Gary Wilson 5–3 before losing in the final qualifying round to Tom Ford 5–1. [6]
Brown qualified for the International Championship by beating Jamie Cope and lost 6–1 to Mark Williams in the first round. [6] Brown was drawn against reigning world champion Mark Selby in the first round of the UK Championship and was whitewashed 6–0. [7] At the Welsh Open he beat Mike Dunn 4–3 and home favourite Ryan Day 4–1 to reach the last 32 of a ranking event for the second time this season. [8] Brown suffered a 4–0 defeat against Luca Brecel and his season would come to an end with a heavy 10–1 loss to Liam Highfield in the first round of World Championship qualifying. He entered Q School, but could only win a total of two matches to fall short of earning a place on the tour. [6]
Tournament | 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 | ||||||||||||
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Ranking [9] [nb 1] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 3] | 91 | ||||||||||||
Ranking tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Championship League | Non-Ranking Event | RR | RR | RR | RR | |||||||||||||||||||||
European Masters | Tournament Not Held | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | |||||||||||||||||
British Open | Tournament Not Held | A | LQ | 1R | ||||||||||||||||||||||
English Open | Tournament Not Held | A | A | A | A | A | A | LQ | 1R | |||||||||||||||||
Wuhan Open | Tournament Not Held | LQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Ireland Open | Tournament Not Held | A | A | A | A | A | A | LQ | LQ | |||||||||||||||||
International Championship | Not Held | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | Not Held | LQ | |||||||||||||||
UK Championship | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | LQ | LQ | ||||||||||||
Shoot Out | Non-Ranking Event | 1R | 1R | A | A | 1R | A | 1R | 2R | |||||||||||||||||
Scottish Open | Not Held | MR | Not Held | A | A | A | A | A | A | LQ | LQ | |||||||||||||||
World Grand Prix | Tournament Not Held | NR | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |||||||||||||||
German Masters | A | A | A | A | LQ | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | LQ | 1R | ||||||||||||
Welsh Open | A | A | A | A | 3R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | LQ | LQ | ||||||||||||
Players Championship [nb 4] | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||||||||
World Open | A | A | A | A | Not Held | A | A | A | A | Not Held | 1R | |||||||||||||||
Tour Championship | Tournament Not Held | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||
World Championship | A | A | A | A | LQ | A | A | A | A | LQ | A | A | LQ | LQ | ||||||||||||
Former ranking tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wuxi Classic | Non-Ranking | A | A | 2R | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||
Australian Goldfields Open | NH | A | A | LQ | LQ | LQ | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||
Shanghai Masters | A | A | A | A | LQ | A | A | A | Non-Ranking | Not Held | NR | |||||||||||||||
Paul Hunter Classic | Minor-Ranking Event | 1R | 3R | 1R | NR | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||||
Indian Open | Not Held | A | LQ | NH | 1R | A | A | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||
China Open | A | A | A | A | LQ | LQ | A | A | A | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||||||||
Riga Masters [nb 5] | Tournament Not Held | MR | LQ | A | A | A | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||
WST Pro Series | Tournament Not Held | RR | Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Gibraltar Open | Tournament Not Held | MR | LQ | 2R | 4R | LQ | 1R | A | Not Held | |||||||||||||||||
WST Classic | Tournament Not Held | 1R | NH | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Former non-ranking tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Six-red World Championship | A | NH | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Not Held | LQ | NH |
Performance Table Legend | |||||
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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-finals |
SF | lost in the semi-finals | 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 | means an event was not held. | |||
NR / Non-Ranking Event | means an event is/was no longer a ranking event. | |||
R / Ranking Event | means an event is/was a ranking event. | |||
MR / Minor-Ranking Event | means an event is/was a minor-ranking event. |
Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 2019 | Challenge Tour – Event 1 | Cheung Ka Wai | 1–3 |
Winner | 1. | 2019 | Challenge Tour – Event 6 | Ashley Hugill | 3–1 |
Winner | 2. | 2021 | EBSA European Snooker Championship | Ivan Kakovskii | 5–4 |
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