Ryan Clark (snooker player)

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Ryan Clark
Ryan Clark PHC 2014.jpg
Paul Hunter Classic 2014
Born (1992-09-22) 22 September 1992 (age 29)
Hartlepool, England
Sport countryFlag of England.svg  England
Professional2013–2015
Highest ranking 104 (June–July 2014) [1]

Ryan Clark (born 22 September 1992) is an English former professional snooker player.

Contents

In May 2013, Clark qualified for the 2013–14 and 2014–15 professional Main Tour as one of four semi-finalists from the second Q School event. [2]

Career

Debut season

Clark only won two matches during the 2013–14 season, and ended his first season on tour ranked world number 124. [3] [4]

2014/2015 season

Clark lost all six of his matches in the 2014–15 season, failing to win a frame in his last four. Having not played in an event since October 2014 when he lost 0–4 to Mark Joyce in the Bulgarian Open, Clark fell off the tour at the season's conclusion in 2015. [5]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2010/
11
2013/
14
2014/
15
Ranking [6] [nb 1] [nb 2] [nb 3] 124
Ranking tournaments
Wuxi Classic NRLQLQ
Australian Goldfields Open NHLQLQ
Shanghai Masters ALQLQ
International Championship NHLQA
UK Championship A 1R A
German Masters ALQA
Welsh Open A 1R A
Indian Open NHLQA
Players Championship Grand Final [nb 4] DNQDNQDNQ
China Open ALQA
World Championship ALQA
Former ranking tournaments
World Open ALQNH
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. 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 (2010/2011)

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References

  1. "World Rankings after the 2014 Wuxi Classic" (PDF). World Snooker. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 30 June 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  2. "Qatari And Swiss Qualify For Tour". worldsnooker.com. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
  3. "Ryan Clark 2013/2014". Snooker.org. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
  4. "Prize Money Rankings After the 2014 World Championship" (PDF). World Snooker . Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  5. "Ryan Clark 2014/2015". Snooker.org. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  6. "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.