Oliver Brown (snooker player)

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Oliver Brown
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Brown in 2018
Born (1994-08-18) 18 August 1994 (age 29)
Dronfield, Derbyshire, England [1]
Sport countryFlag of England.svg  England
Professional2022–present
Highest ranking 84 (October 2023)
Current ranking 91 (as of 24 March 2024[ needs update ])
Best ranking finishLast 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.

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Career

2013/2014 season

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]

2014/2015 season

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]

Performance and rankings timeline

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
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 HeldAAAAAA 1R 1R
British Open Tournament Not HeldALQ 1R
English Open Tournament Not HeldAAAAAALQ 1R
Wuhan Open Tournament Not HeldLQ
Northern Ireland Open Tournament Not HeldAAAAAALQLQ
International Championship Not HeldA 1R 1R AAAAANot HeldLQ
UK Championship AAAA 1R AAAAAAALQLQ
Shoot Out Non-Ranking Event 1R 1R AA 1R A 1R 2R
Scottish Open Not HeldMRNot HeldAAAAAALQLQ
World Grand Prix Tournament Not HeldNRDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ
German Masters AAAALQAAAAAAALQ 1R
Welsh Open AAAA 3R AAAAAAALQLQ
Players Championship [nb 4] DNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ
World Open AAAANot HeldAAAANot Held 1R
Tour Championship Tournament Not HeldDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ
World Championship AAAALQAAAALQAALQLQ
Former ranking tournaments
Wuxi Classic Non-RankingAA 2R Tournament Not Held
Australian Goldfields Open NHAALQLQLQTournament Not Held
Shanghai Masters AAAALQAAANon-RankingNot HeldNR
Paul Hunter Classic Minor-Ranking Event 1R 3R 1R NRTournament Not Held
Indian Open Not HeldALQNH 1R AATournament Not Held
China Open AAAALQLQAAATournament Not Held
Riga Masters [nb 5] Tournament Not HeldMRLQAAATournament Not Held
WST Pro Series Tournament Not Held RR Not Held
Gibraltar Open Tournament Not HeldMRLQ 2R 4R LQ 1R ANot Held
WST Classic Tournament Not Held 1R NH
Former non-ranking tournaments
Six-red World Championship ANHAAAAAAAANot 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 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 He was an amateur
  3. New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking
  4. The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals (2011/2012–2015/2016)
  5. The event was called the Riga Open (2014/2015–2015/2016)

Career finals

Amateur finals: 3 (2 titles)

OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScore
Runner-up1. 2019 Challenge Tour – Event 1 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Cheung Ka Wai 1–3
Winner1. 2019 Challenge Tour – Event 6 Flag of England.svg Ashley Hugill 3–1
Winner2.2021 EBSA European Snooker Championship Flag of Russia.svg Ivan Kakovskii 5–4

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