Ben Jones (snooker player)

Ben Jones
Born (1990-10-26) 26 October 1990
Sport country  Wales
Career winnings £1,833
Highest break 102:
2012 PTC - Event 4
Century breaks 1
Best ranking finish Last 64 (2017 Riga Masters)

Ben Jones (born 26 October 1990) is an Wales amateur snooker player.

Career

Ben Jones participated in the 2012 Q School. He came in the second of three tournaments in the last 16, where he retired. Jones often participated in PTC tournaments and Q School events in the following years, but dropped out early. In the Paul Hunter Classic 2013 he came in the round of the last 64 and got 700 ₤ prize money. Further successes remained for the time being, until he survived the qualification at the Riga Masters 2017 by a 4–1 victory over Mike Dunn. Jones retired in the first round against Tian Pengfei. At the 2017 Paul Hunter Classic Jones defeated German Jiaming Zhang 4–1. In the second qualifying round, Jones lost just 3–4 against the eventual main tournament participant Robert Read.[1] At the Last 128 2018 Paul Hunter Classic defeated former World Champion Peter Ebdon 4–0.

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2016/
17		 2017/
18		 2018/
19
Ranking[2][nb 1] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 2]
Ranking tournaments
Riga Masters A 1R A
World Open A A A
Paul Hunter Classic 1R LQ 1R
Indian Open A A A
China Championship NR A A
European Masters A A A
English Open A A
International Championship A A
Northern Ireland Open A A
UK Championship A A
Scottish Open A A
German Masters A LQ
World Grand Prix DNQ DNQ
Welsh Open A A
Shoot-Out A 1R
Players Championship DNQ DNQ
Gibraltar Open 1R LQ
Tour Championship Not Held
China Open A A
World Championship A A
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-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 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.
VF / Variant Format Eventmeans an event is/was a variant format event.
  1. ↑ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
  2. 1 2 3 He was an amateur.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?season=2017&player=920
  2. ↑ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
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