Zak Surety

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Zak Surety
Zak Surety PHC 2014-1.jpg
Paul Hunter Classic 2014
Born (1991-10-04) 4 October 1991 (age 32)
Basildon, Essex
Sport countryFlag of England.svg  England
Professional2014–2016, 2020–present
Highest ranking 71 (February 2024)
Current ranking 71 (as of 19 February 2024)
Maximum breaks 1
Best ranking finishLast 16 (2024 German Masters)

Zak Surety (born 4 October 1991) is an English professional snooker player. He practises frequently with Stuart Bingham and Allan Taylor. [1]

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Career

As an amateur, Surety based in Basildon [2] entered in Players Tour Championship events from their establishment in 2010, with his best result as an amateur being a run to the last 32 stages of the 2012 UKPTC 3, with wins over Jack Lisowski and Oliver Lines in the main stages. [3] Surety also entered Q School in 2011, 2012 and 2013 in the hope of winning a place on the main tour; however, he was unsuccessful, but came close in the second event in 2013, losing 4–1 to Ryan Clark in the final stage. [4] His Q School performances however won him a top up place in four professional ranking events in 2013–14, but he failed to qualify for all four, [5] winning only one match, [5] 5–4 over Patrick Einsle in the 2013 Australian Goldfields Open. [5] [6] [7]

In April 2014, Surety won a place on the professional World Snooker Tour for the 2014–15 and 2015–16 seasons after coming through the EBSA Amateur Cup play-offs with wins over Michael Tomlinson and Michael Georgiou, both 4–1. [8] [9]

Debut season

Surety lost his first five matches as a professional, before beating Mark King 6–3 to qualify for the International Championship where David Gilbert defeated him 6–4 in the first round. [10] He was knocked out in the first round of the UK Championship and Welsh Open by Michael Holt and Graeme Dott respectively but qualified for the China Open by seeing off Li Hang 5–4. Surety won three frames in a row to beat Joe Swail 5–4 to reach the last 32 of a ranking event for the first time and quickly raced into a 4–1 lead over Robert Milkins. [11] Milkins cut the gap to 4–3, before Surety saw his best chance to win come in the next frame when he opened it with a 65 break, but he went on to lose it and the match in a deciding frame. Milkins apologised to Surety for his behaviour during the match afterwards. [12] Surety's debut campaign ended with a 10–8 defeat to Zhou Yuelong in the first round of World Championship qualifying, which saw him placed 97th in the world rankings. [10] [13]

2015/2016 season

All players on the snooker tour receive entry to the first round of the UK Championship and Welsh Open, these were the only events Surety could reach in the 2015–16 season. He lost 6–4 to Jack Lisowski in the first round of the UK and 4–1 to Joe Swail in the first round of the Welsh. [14] Surety dropped off the tour after being unable to break into the top 64 in the world rankings during his two-year stay and he entered Q School in an attempt to win his place back. [15] In the second event he lost 4–1 in the final round to David John, but he would gain entry in to some events next season as a top-up player due to his high Q School Order of Merit ranking. [14]

2016/2017 season

4–2 and 4–1 victories over Kyren Wilson and Antony Parsons saw Surety qualify for the European Masters and he was knocked out 4–1 by Liang Wenbo in the first round. He reached the second round of the Northern Ireland Open by beating Darryl Hill 4–3, but lost 4–2 to Hossein Vafaei. Surety dropped off the tour at the end of the year after failing to progress through Q School. [16]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2010/
11
2011/
12
2012/
13
2013/
14
2014/
15
2015/
16
2016/
17
2020/
21
2021/
22
2022/
23
2023/
24
Ranking [17] [nb 1] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 3] 97 [nb 2] [nb 3] 85 [nb 4] 78
Ranking Tournaments
Championship League Non-Ranking Event RR RR RR RR
European Masters Tournament Not Held 1R 1R LQLQ 2R
British Open Tournament Not Held 1R LQ 1R
English Open Tournament Not Held 1R 1R LQLQLQ
Wuhan Open Tournament Not HeldLQ
Northern Ireland Open Tournament Not Held 1R 2R LQ 1R 1R
International Championship Not HeldAA 1R LQANot HeldLQ
UK Championship AAAA 1R 1R A 1R 1R LQLQ
Shoot Out Non-Ranking Event 1R 1R 2R 1R 3R
Scottish Open Not HeldMRNot HeldA 3R LQ 1R 1R
World Grand Prix Tournament Not HeldNRDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ
German Masters AAALQLQLQLQLQLQLQ 3R
Welsh Open AAAA 1R 1R A 1R 1R LQ 1R
Players Championship [nb 5] DNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ
World Open AAAANot HeldANot HeldLQ
Tour Championship Tournament Not HeldDNQDNQDNQDNQ
World Championship AAAALQLQALQLQLQ
Former ranking tournaments
Wuxi Classic Non-RankingALQLQTournament Not Held
Australian Goldfields Open AAALQLQLQTournament Not Held
Riga Masters [nb 6] Tournament Not HeldMRLQTournament Not Held
Indian Open Not HeldLQLQNHATournament Not Held
China Open AAAA 2R LQATournament Not Held
Paul Hunter Classic Minor-Ranking EventLQTournament Not Held
Shanghai Masters AAAALQLQLQNot HeldNR
WST Pro Series Tournament Not Held RR Not Held
Turkish Masters Tournament Not HeldWDNot Held
Gibraltar Open Tournament Not HeldMR 1R 1R ANot Held
WST Classic Tournament Not Held 1R NH
Former non-ranking tournaments
Six-red World Championship ANHAAAAANot 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 He was an amateur
  3. 1 2 New players don't have a ranking
  4. Players qualified through Q School started the season without ranking points
  5. The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Final (2010/2011–2015/2016)
  6. The event was called the Riga Open (2014/2015–2015/2016)

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