Jamie Clarke (snooker player)

Jamie Clarke
Born (1994-10-05) 5 October 1994
Llanelli, Carmarthenshire
Sport country  Wales
Nickname The Welsh Whirlwind
Professional 2018–
Career winnings £14,391
Highest break 116:
2015 Riga Open
Century breaks 5
Best ranking finish Last 32 (2018 Gibraltar Open)

Jamie Rhys Clarke (born 5 October 1994) is a Welsh professional snooker player.

Career

Jamie Clarke drew attention in 2014 when he defeated former world number 8 Darren Morgan in 6–0 whitewash in the semi-finals of the Welsh Amateur Championship before going on to defeat Lee Walker to capture the highest ranking and most prestigious amateur event in Wales.[1][2] In 2015 Clarke entered several events in an attempt to qualify for the World Snooker Tour and narrowly missed out by losing in the final of tournaments on 3 occasions. In April, Clarke lost 4–3 in a final-frame decider to Martin O'Donnell in the final round of the EBSA Qualifying Tour Play-off. Clarke would go on to enter Q School in May 2015, but would be unable to advance further than the third round. In June 2015, Clarke qualified for the knockout stage of EBSA European Snooker Championship as the 19th seed where he lost 7–4 to Michael Wild in the final.[3][4]

The following month at the IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship Clarke once again reached the tournament final before losing 8–7 in the deciding frame to Boonyarit Keattikun. In February 2016, Clarke once again reached the final of the EBSA European Snooker Championship as the number 1 seed, however he was once again defeated 7–4 losing to fellow countryman Jak Jones.[5] Two months later Clarke again lost a final-frame decider 4–3 to Elliot Slessor in the final round of the EBSA Qualifying Tour Play-off. This was Clarke's fifth defeat in the final round of a world tour qualifying tournament in 12 months. Following his repeated bad fortune in the finals of qualifying tournaments Clarke started being referred to as the "Welsh Jimmy White" or the "Welsh Whirlwind", the latter of which has since been adopted as his permanent nickname on the tour events. Clarke was finally able to gain professional status at the sixth attempt, in the EBSA Tour Qualifying Play-offs, thanks to victories over former World Championship semi-finalist Andy Hicks and English amateur George Pragnall.

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2013/
14		 2014/
15		 2015/
16		 2016/
17		 2017/
18		 2018/
19
Ranking[6][nb 1] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 3]
Ranking tournaments
Riga Masters[nb 4] NH MR A LQ LQ
World Open[nb 5] A Not Held A A LQ
Paul Hunter Classic Minor-Ranking LQ 1R 1R
China Championship Minor-Ranking NR A LQ
European Masters Not Held A 1R LQ
English Open Not Held A A
International Championship A A A A A LQ
Northern Ireland Open Not Held A 1R
UK Championship A A A A A
Scottish Open Not Held A A
German Masters A LQ A A LQ
World Grand Prix[nb 6] NH NR DNQ DNQ DNQ
Welsh Open A 1R A A A
Shoot-Out Non-Ranking Event A A
Indian Open A LQ NH A LQ LQ
Players Championship[nb 7] DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
Gibraltar Open Not Held MR 1R 3R
Tour Championship Tournament Not Held
China Open A LQ A A A
World Championship A LQ LQ A A
Variant format tournaments
Six-red World Championship A 2R 1R A A A
Former ranking tournaments
Wuxi Classic A LQ Not Held
Australian Goldfields Open LQ A A Not Held
Shanghai Masters A LQ A A A NR
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.
  1. ↑ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 He was an amateur.
  3. ↑ New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.
  4. ↑ The event was called the Riga Open (2014/2015–2015/2016)
  5. ↑ The event was called the Haikou World Open (2013/2014)
  6. ↑ The event was called the Haikou World Open (2013/2014)
  7. ↑ The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals (2010/2011–2012/2013)

Career finals

Amateur finals: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Winner 1. 2010 Junior Pot Black Wales Tom Rees 1–0
Winner 2. 2014 Welsh Amateur Championship Wales Lee Walker 8–6
Runner-up 1. 2015 European Snooker Championship England Michael Wild 4–7
Runner-up 2. 2015 World Under-21 Snooker Championship Thailand Boonyarit Keattikun 7–8
Runner-up 3. 2016 European Snooker Championship Wales Jak Jones 4–7

References

  1. ↑ "Jamie Clarke crowned Welsh Amateur Champion 2014". welshsnooker.com. 26 July 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "Llanelli's Jamie Clarke crowned amateur snooker champ". Llanelli Star. 4 May 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "Wild Champion of Europe". easb.co.uk. 26 July 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "PRAGUE'S GONE WILD". European Billiards & Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 14 June 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "JAK JONES IS THE NEW EUROPEAN CHAMPION". European Billiards & Snooker Association. 21 February 2016. Archived from the original on 6 July 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  6. ↑ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.


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