Joe O'Connor (snooker player)

Joe O’Connor
Paul Hunter Classic 2017
Born (1995-11-08) 8 November 1995
England
Sport country  England
Professional 2018–
Highest ranking 106 (August 2018)
Career winnings £11,000
Highest break 105:
2015 Riga Open
Century breaks 3
Best ranking finish Last 32 (2017 Paul Hunter Classic, 2018 Riga Masters)

Joe O’Connor (born 8 November 1995) is a professional English snooker player from Leicester.

Career

A pool champion as a junior he has faced Neil Robertson and Mark Selby at the UK Championship and has qualified for the main draw at the Wuxi Classic.[1][2][3]

He won four events on the 2017–18 English amateur tour.[4]

Ahead of the 2018–19 season, he defeated Brandon Sargeant 4–1 and then Oliver Brown 4–0 to secure a two-year professional tour card for the first time at the 2018 EBSA Play-Offs at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield.[5]

In June 2018, Joe beat Andrew Norman 10-3 to become the English Amateur Champion before turning professional.

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 A 2R
World Open[nb 5] A Not Held A A LQ
Paul Hunter Classic Minor-Ranking A 3R 3R
China Championship Not Held NR A LQ
European Masters Not Held A A LQ
English Open Not Held A LQ
International Championship A LQ LQ A A LQ
Northern Ireland Open Not Held A A
UK Championship A 1R 1R A A
Scottish Open Not Held A A
German Masters A LQ LQ A A
World Grand Prix NH NR DNQ DNQ DNQ
Welsh Open A 1R 1R A A
Shoot-Out Non-Ranking Event A A
Indian Open A LQ NH A A LQ
Players Championship[nb 6] DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
Gibraltar Open Not Held MR 1R 1R
Tour Championship Tournament Not Held
China Open A 1R A A A
World Championship A LQ LQ A A
Former ranking tournaments
Wuxi Classic A 1R Tournament Not Held
Australian Goldfields Open A LQ LQ Not Held
Shanghai Masters A LQ LQ 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 Players Tour Championship Grand Finals (2011/2012–2012/2013) and the Players Championship Grand Final (2013/2014—2015/2016)

Career finals

Amateur finals: 1 (1 title)

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Winner 1. 2018 English Amateur Championship England Andrew Norman 10–3

References

  1. ↑ "UK Snooker: Joe O'Connor to man up for crack at champion Neil Robertson". York Press.
  2. ↑ "Joe O'Connor awaits Mark Selby tie at UK Championship". 12 November 2015 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  3. ↑ "UK Championship 2014: Neil Robertson test excites O'Connor". 26 November 2014 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  4. ↑ "Reports from the English Amateur Tour 2017/18 – EASB". www.easb.co.uk.
  5. ↑ "Clarke and O'Connor Win EBSA Play-Offs - WPBSA". www.wpbsa.com.
  6. ↑ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
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