Kyren Wilson

Kyren Wilson
Paul Hunter Classic 2018
Born (1991-12-23) 23 December 1991
Kettering, Northamptonshire, England
Sport country  England
Nickname The Warrior[1]
Professional 2010/2011, 2013–
Highest ranking 8 (August 2018)
Current ranking 8 (as of 27 August 2018)
Career winnings £1,068,960
Highest break 147:
2017 International Championship
Century breaks 135[2]
Tournament wins
Ranking 2
Medal record
Mixed snooker
Representing  Great Britain
World Games
2017 Wrocław Individual

Kyren Wilson (born 23 December 1991) is an English professional snooker player. He turned professional in 2010, after finishing fifth in the 2009/2010 PIOS rankings.[3] Wilson won his first ranking title at the 2015 Shanghai Masters when, ranked 54th in the world, he defeated Judd Trump 10–9 in the final.

Career

Amateur years

In the 2009/2010 season he won the sixth event and was runner-up in the third event of the International Open Series and finished fifth in the rankings. Thus, Wilson received a place on the 2010/2011 season professional Main Tour.

Kyren Wilson has Welsh parents hence the spelling of his first name.

Professional debut 2010/2011

Wilson had good qualifying results in the two biggest ranking events on the snooker calendar. In the UK Championship he defeated Paul Davison 9–6 and Ian McCulloch 9–8, before losing 4–9 to Rory McLeod.[4] He reached the same stage of the World Championship with defeats of Dermot McGlinchey and Joe Swail, before McLeod once again conquered Wilson this time 10–3.[5] He finished the year ranked world number 72, outside of the top 64 who retained their places for the next season.[6] He therefore entered Qualifying School in an attempt to win back his place but, despite having deep runs in each of the three events, he could not achieve this.[4]

2011/2012 season

As he had dropped off the snooker tour Wilson was considered an amateur player and could not enter qualifying for any of the ranking events. He entered all 12 of the Players Tour Championship events, where he lost in the last 64 on five occasions.[7] He was placed 72nd on the PTC Order of Merit.[8] He once again entered Q School but only won one match in the three events.[7]

2012/2013 season

In the 2012/2013 season Wilson was again confined to entering PTC events and enjoyed a good run in the Kay Suzanne Memorial Trophy by beating Tom Ford, Jamie Jones and Stephen Maguire, before being whitewashed 0–4 by Ding Junhui in the last 16.[9] He also lost in the last 32 in two European Tour events to be ranked 75th on the PTC Order of Merit, high enough to earn a place back on the snooker tour for the 2013/2014 season.[10]

2013/2014 season

Wilson enjoyed a successful return to the professional game during the 2013/2014 season. He won four matches in Shanghai Masters qualifying, concluding with a 5–3 victory over Marcus Campbell to reach the main stage of a ranking event for the first time.[11] In his first round match against Stuart Bingham, Wilson had a chance to make a 147 but missed the 13th black. Nevertheless, he defeated his much higher ranked opponent 5–1 and continued his run with a 5–3 win over Marco Fu.[12][13] Wilson's tournament came to an abrupt end in the quarter-finals as he lost 5–1 against Michael Holt.[14] He caused another upset in the first round of the International Championship by beating Stephen Maguire 6–3, before losing 6–1 to Graeme Dott in the second round.[15] He also qualified for the China Open, but was eliminated 5–3 by Jamie O'Neill in the opening round.[11]

In World Championship qualifying, Wilson beat Chris Norbury 10–6 and then produced a pair of superb performances to see off experienced campaigners Alfie Burden and Rod Lawler both by 10–3 scorelines to stand just one win away from reaching the Crucible for the first time.[11] He faced the 2006 winner of the event Graeme Dott and came back from 4–1 down to trail only 5–4 at the end of the first session. His momentum continued into the evening and he went on to win 10–7, making nine breaks over 50 during the match.[16] Afterwards, Wilson said that he wanted to draw reigning champion Ronnie O'Sullivan in the first round, with his beaten opponent Dott stating that Wilson could beat anybody if he plays to the same standard again.[17] Wilson played world number 12 Ricky Walden and lost 10–7.[18]

2014/2015 season

2014 Paul Hunter Classic

Wilson failed to qualify for the first three ranking events of the 2014/2015 season, before beating Ross Muir to play in the first round of the International Championship where he lost 6–2 to Sam Baird.[19] After edging Gary Wilson 6–5 in the first round of the UK Championship, Kyren stated that his concentration had been fading in matches this season and would have to raise his game significantly against defending champion Neil Robertson.[20] He did exactly that as he made a 87 break to lead 5–4 and had a chance to win in the next frame courtesy of a fluked red, but lost position on the final brown allowing Robertson to level. In the decider Wilson missed a tough opening red and Robertson responded with a match winning 86.[21] After losing in the semi-finals of the Shoot-Out, Wilson had his best finish of the year in a ranking event as he dropped just one frame in beating Alan McManus and Ben Woollaston at the Indian Open. In the last 16 he was edged out 4–3 by Joe Perry.[19] Wilson broke into the top 64 in the rankings for the first time during the season to end it as the world number 56.[22]

2015/2016 season

It’s every player’s dream to win his first ranking title. It will always stay in my memory. This is my breakthrough. I felt like crying at the end because it means so much to me. It felt as if it was slipping away from me, so to pull through in the end was just a relief. The fans were fantastic and the noise will live with me forever

Wilson on winning his first ranking title at the Shanghai Masters.[23]

Wilson won three matches to qualify for the 2015 Shanghai Masters and came through a wildcard round match in China, before beating Joe Perry 5–2 and Michael Holt 5–1.[24] In Wilson's second career ranking event quarter-final he led home favourite Ding Junhui 3–1, before Ding levelled at 3–3. The match went to a deciding frame, which Wilson won on the final black.[25] Wilson then dominated Mark Allen 6–1 to reach his first ranking final, where his match with Judd Trump went to a deciding frame, after Wilson had led 7–3, 8–4 and 9–7. In the decider, Wilson made a championship winning 75 break to claim his first ranking title.[26] The surprise victory saw the world number 54 Wilson become the lowest ranked player to win a ranking title since 2005, however he rose to 22nd after the event.[27][23]

2015 Paul Hunter Classic

After the Shanghai success, Wilson lost in the last 32 of the two next ranking events: 6−3 to Mark Allen at the International Championship and 6−1 to Tom Ford at the UK Championship.[24] At the German Masters after beating Rory McLeod, Michael Holt and Ryan Day, all by 5−4 scorelines, he reached the semi-finals, but was defeated 6−3 by Luca Brecel, who became the first Belgian player to reach the final of a ranking event.[28]

Along with Anthony Hamilton at the China Open qualifiers, Wilson set a new record of six consecutive centuries in a snooker match, four of which were scored by him.[29] In the first round of the Welsh Open, Wilson lost 4−3 to Irish amateur Leo Fernandez.[24] He qualified for the World Grand Prix, having finished fourth on the World Grand Prix Order of Merit,[30] but lost 4–1 to Joe Perry in the last 16 and at the China Open he was knocked out 5−1 in the second round by Rod Lawler.[24] Wilson came through World Championship qualifying and then edged out Joe Perry 10–9 in the opening round.[31] In the second round he took a 7–1 lead over Mark Allen after the first session and also led 11–5, before Allen won four frames in a row.[32] However, Wilson then took the two frames he needed to reach the quarter-finals and made the tournament's high break of 143 against Mark Selby, but lost 13–8.[33] His highly successful season saw him placed in the top 16 for the first time, ending the year at 16th in the world rankings.[34]

2016/2017 season

Wilson recovered from 3–0 down to Xiao Guodong in the second round of the Indian Open to win 4–3 and would go on to play in the final after eliminating Nigel Bond 4–1 in the semi-finals.[35] He faced Anthony McGill and it marked the first ranking event final in five years to feature two players under the age of 25. They were tied at 2–2 at the interval, but McGill pulled away to triumph 5–2.[36] In the fourth round of the Northern Ireland Open, Wilson was 3–0 up before his opponent Ronnie O'Sullivan restricted him to one pot as he levelled with three successive centuries. Wilson held his nerve to win 4–3 and then beat Mark Williams 5–4.[37][38] In the semi-finals he lost 6–2 to Mark King. Wilson played in the Masters for the first time and was eliminated 6–3 by Ding Junhui.[39]

Wilson overcame Ding 5–1 in the quarter-finals of the China Open, but never got ahead of Mark Selby in a 6–4 semi-final defeat.[40] Wilson was a seeded player at the World Championship for the first time and battled past David Grace 10–6 in the opening round.[41] He had a great start against Stuart Bingham in round two as he won the first five frames and he went on to reach the quarter-finals of the event for the second year in a row with a 13–10 win.[42] The tip of Wilson's cue split at 3–3 and John Higgins would progress 13–6.[43]

2017/2018 season

In January 2018, Wilson reached the final of The Masters, becoming the first person born in the 1990s to appear in any Triple Crown final. He was beaten by Mark Allen in a close match.[44] Wilson also reached two ranking finals that season, losing to Ding Junhui and Ronnie O'Sullivan, and also enjoyed his career-best run at the World Championship as he reached the semi-finals (beating Allen 13-6 in the last eight) before losing 17-13 to John Higgins.[45] After frame 7 which Kyren made a 140, he suffered a nosebleed which delayed the match for a time. [46]

2018 Paul Hunter Classic

2018/2019 season

In August 2018, Wilson claimed his second ranking event title at the 2018 Paul Hunter Classic, defeating former mentor and 2002 World Champion Peter Ebdon 4–2 in the final. Wilson would win back-to-back tournaments, where in September, he won the non-ranking 2018 Six-red World Championship, defeating Ding Junhui in the final 8–4.[47]

Personal life

Kyren Wilson is married with two sons and has stated that he wants to win titles to make them proud.[48] Wilson is also a supporter of Chelsea F.C.

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2010/
11		 2011/
12		 2012/
13		 2013/
14		 2014/
15		 2015/
16		 2016/
17		 2017/
18		 2018/
19
Ranking[49][nb 1] [nb 2] [nb 3] [nb 3] [nb 2] 70 56 16 13 9
Ranking tournaments
Riga Masters[nb 4] Tournament Not Held MR WD 3R QF
World Open[nb 5] LQ A A LQ Not Held 2R F 3R
Paul Hunter Classic Minor-Ranking Event 2R 4R W
China Championship Tournament Not Held NR LQ WD
European Masters Tournament Not Held LQ 1R 3R
English Open Tournament Not Held 3R F
International Championship Not Held A 2R 1R 2R A 2R
Northern Ireland Open Tournament Not Held SF 1R
UK Championship LQ A A 1R 2R 3R 1R 3R
Scottish Open Not Held MR Not Held 4R 3R
German Masters LQ A A LQ LQ SF LQ LQ
World Grand Prix Tournament Not Held NR 2R 1R 1R
Welsh Open LQ A A 1R 1R 1R 1R 4R
Shoot-Out Non-Ranking Event 1R 1R
Indian Open Not Held WD 3R NH F LQ A
Players Championship[nb 6] DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 1R DNQ 1R
Gibraltar Open Tournament Not Held MR 1R QF
Tour Championship Tournament Not Held
China Open LQ A A 1R 1R 2R SF SF
World Championship LQ A A 1R LQ QF QF SF
Non-ranking tournaments
Shanghai Masters Ranking Event SF
Champion of Champions Not Held A A SF A A
The Masters A A A A A A 1R F
Championship League A A A A A RR RR 2R
Variant format tournaments
Six-red World Championship A NH A A A A A 1R W
Former ranking tournaments
Wuxi Classic Non-Ranking A LQ LQ Tournament Not Held
Australian Goldfields Open NH A A LQ LQ LQ Not Held
Shanghai Masters LQ A A QF LQ W 1R LQ NR
Former non-ranking tournaments
Shoot-Out A A A A SF 2R Ranking Event
Romanian Masters Tournament Not Held SF NH
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.
RV / Ranking & Variant Format Eventmeans an event is/was a ranking & variant format event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
PA / Pro-am Eventmeans an event is/was a pro-am 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 New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.
  3. 1 2 He was an amateur.
  4. ↑ The event was called the Riga Open (2014/2015–2015/2016)
  5. ↑ The event was called the Haikou World Open (2011/2012–2013/2014)
  6. ↑ The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals (2010/2011–2012/2013) and the Players Championship Grand Final (2013/2014–2015/2016)

Career finals

Ranking finals: 5 (2 titles, 3 runners-up)

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Winner 1. 2015 Shanghai Masters England Judd Trump 10–9
Runner-up 1. 2016 Indian Open Scotland Anthony McGill 2–5
Runner-up 2. 2017 World Open China Ding Junhui 3–10
Runner-up 3. 2017 English Open England Ronnie O'Sullivan 2–9
Winner 2. 2018 Paul Hunter Classic England Peter Ebdon 4–2

Non-ranking finals: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend
The Masters (0–1)
Other (0–0)
Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Runner-up 1. 2018 The Masters Northern Ireland Mark Allen 7–10

Variant finals: 1 (1 title)

Winner No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Winner 1. 2018 Six-red World Championship China Ding Junhui 8–4

Pro-am finals: 1 (1 title)

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Winner 1. 2017 World Games England Ali Carter 3–1

Amateur finals: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-up)

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Runner-up 1. 2009 PIOS – Event 3 England Paul Davison 4–6
Winner 1. 2010 PIOS – Event 6 England Liam Highfield 6–4
Runner-up 2. 2013 Snookerbacker Classic - Grand Finals England David Gray 2–4

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  2. ↑ www.prosnookerblog.com/centuries/
  3. ↑ "2009–10 PIOS Rankings". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 13 April 2010. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
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  8. ↑ "Order of Merit 2011/2012". Snooker.org. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
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  10. ↑ "Order of Merit 2012/2013". Snooker.org. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  11. 1 2 3 "Kyren Wilson 2013/2014". Snooker.org. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  12. ↑ "Shanghai Masters: Stuart Bingham knocked out by Kyren Wilson". Sky Sports. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  13. ↑ "Ding soars, Higgins out". Shanghai Daily. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  14. ↑ "Arnold potter sweeps into Shanghai Masters semis". Nottingham Post. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  15. ↑ "Ding survives scare as big names fall in China". Eurosport. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  16. ↑ "Dafabet World Championship Qualifiers". World Snooker Data. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  17. ↑ "Dott / Williams / Stevens Miss Crucible". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 18 April 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  18. ↑ "World Championship: Ricky Walden beats rookie Kyren Wilson to reach second round". Sky Sports. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  19. 1 2 "Kyren Wilson 2014/2015". Snooker.org. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  20. ↑ "UK Championship 2014: Kyren Wilson wants improvement". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  21. ↑ "Phillip Hughes tribute: Australian snooker player Neil Robertson takes bat into the arena at UK Championships". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  22. ↑ "World Rankings After 2015 World Championship". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 7 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  23. 1 2 "Kyren's Shanghai Surprise". World Snooker. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  24. 1 2 3 4 "Kyren Wilson 2015/2016". Snooker.org. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
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  26. ↑ "Wilson Earns Trump Final". World Snooker. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
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  28. ↑ "Brecel Sets Up Gould Final". World Snooker. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  29. ↑ "Kyren Wilson & Anthony Hamilton make history with six straight tons". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  30. ↑ "2016 World Grand Prix Order of Merit" (PDF). World Snooker. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
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  32. ↑ "Kyren Wilson holds off Mark Allen to make world championship last eight". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  33. ↑ "World Snooker Championship: Mark Selby beats Kyren Wilson to reach semis". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  34. ↑ "Historic Seedings After 2016 World Championship". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  35. ↑ "Kyren Wilson 2016/2017". Snooker.org. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  36. ↑ "Indian Open: Scot Anthony McGill secures first ranking title". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  37. ↑ "Northern Ireland Open: O'Sullivan knocked out by Wilson as Williams beats Higgins". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  38. ↑ "Kyren Wilson wins final-frame thriller against Mark Williams, Barry Hawkins downs Michael White". Eurosport. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  39. ↑ "Kyren hungry for more after tasting defeat on Masters debut". Northamptonshire Telegraph. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  40. ↑ "Selby Overcomes Wilson in Beijing Battle". World Snooker. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  41. ↑ "Warrior Too Strong for Grace". World Snooker. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  42. ↑ "Warrior Strides into Quarters". World Snooker. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  43. ↑ "Higgins Storms Into Semis". World Snooker. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
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  48. ↑ "Masters 2018: Kyren Wilson wants titles to make sons proud". BBC Sport. 2018. Retrieved 2018-01-20.
  49. ↑ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
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