Kyren Wilson

Kyren Wilson
Born (1991-12-23) 23 December 1991
Kettering, Northamptonshire, England
Sport country  England
Nickname The Warrior[1]
Professional 2010/2011, 2013–
Highest ranking 14 (August–October 2016)
Current ranking 15 (as of 31 October 2016)
Career winnings £300,905[2]
Highest break 143 (2016 World Championship)
Century breaks 69[2]
Tournament wins
Ranking 1

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.

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, despite scoring two centuries in the match.[18]

2014/2015 season

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]

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]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2010/
11 		2011/
12 		2012/
13 		2013/
14		 2014/
15		 2015/
16		 2016/
17
Ranking[37][nb 1] UR[nb 2] 72[38][nb 3] UR[nb 3] UR[nb 2] 70 56 16
Ranking tournaments
Riga Masters[nb 4] Tournament Not Held MR WD
Indian Open Tournament Not Held WD 3R NH F
World Open[nb 5] LQ A A LQ Not Held 2R
Paul Hunter Classic Minor-Ranking Event 2R
Shanghai Masters LQ A A QF LQ W 1R
European Masters Tournament Not Held LQ
English Open Tournament Not Held 3R
International Championship Not Held A 2R 1R 2R A
Northern Ireland Open Tournament Not Held SF
UK Championship LQ A A 1R 2R 3R 1R
Scottish Open Not Held MR Not Held
German Masters LQ A A LQ LQ SF
World Grand Prix Tournament Not Held NR 2R
Welsh Open LQ A A 1R 1R 1R
Gibraltar Open Tournament Not Held MR
Players Championship[nb 6] DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 1R
China Open LQ A A 1R 1R 2R
World Championship LQ A A 1R LQ QF
Ranking & variant format tournaments
Shoot-Out Variant Format Event
Non-ranking tournaments
Champion of Champions Tournament Not Held A A SF A
The Masters A A A A A A
Championship League A A A A A RR
Former ranking tournaments
Wuxi Classic Non-Ranking A LQ LQ Not Held
Australian Goldfields Open NH A A LQ LQ LQ NH
Former variant format tournaments
Shoot-Out A A A A SF 2R RV
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 Held means an event was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Event means an event is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Event means an event is/was a ranking event.
RV / Ranking & Variant Format Event means an event is/was a ranking & variant format event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Event means an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
PA / Pro-am Event means an event is/was a pro-am event.
VF / Variant Format Event means 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 event finals: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-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

References

  1. ↑ "Kyren Wilson setting his sights on top 16 ahead of the Snooker World Championship". Daily Post. 4 March 2016. Archived from the original on 13 May 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Career-total Statistics for Kyren Wilson – Professional". CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "2009–10 PIOS Rankings". Global Snooker. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
  4. 1 2 "Kyren Wilson 2010/2011". Snooker.org. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  5. ↑ "Betfred.com World Championship Qualifiers". Snooker.org. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  6. ↑ "Rankings after 2011 World Championship". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
  7. 1 2 "Kyren Wilson 2011/2012". Snooker.org. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  8. ↑ "Order of Merit 2011/2012". Snooker.org. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  9. ↑ "Kyren Wilson 2012/2013 season". Snooker.org. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  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. 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.
  25. ↑ "Wilson Shocks Home Favourite Ding". World Snooker. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  26. ↑ "Wilson Earns Trump Final". World Snooker. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  27. ↑ "Shanghai Masters: Kyren Wilson pips Judd Trump to win first title". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  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.
  31. ↑ "Joe Perry v Kyren Wilson: Wilson clinches deciding frame to beat Perry in thriller". Eurosport. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  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. ↑ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
  38. ↑ "Rankings after 2011 World Championship" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 4 May 2011.

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