Jamie Wilson (snooker player)

Jamie Wilson
Born (2003-11-11) 11 November 2003
Havant, England
Sport country England
Professional2020–2022
Highest ranking83 (August 2021)
Best ranking finishLast 64 (x5)

Jamie Wilson is a former professional snooker player from Havant in Hampshire. He played on the World Snooker Tour on a two-year Tour Card from the 2020–21 snooker season having earned a spot at Q School in 2020.[1]

Career

At the third event of the 2020 Q School at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield, Wilson clinched a two-year Tour Card on to the 2020–21 and 2021-22 snooker seasons.[2] Wilson defeated former-professionals David Finbow and Fang Xiongman in deciding frames, as well as former-professional Michael Georgiou, to reach the final round where he squeezed past Haydon Pinhey on the colours in another final frame decider. Aged just 16, Wilson was the youngest qualifier in 2020, and the youngest English player to ever qualify through Q School.[3]

Wilson made his professional debut at the 2020 Championship League, earning a credible 2-2 draw with Mark Allen. He also drew with Billy Joe Castle and finished third in his four-man round robin group.[4] He secured his first win as a professional against Lukas Kleckers at the 2021 Snooker Shoot Out,[5] He came from 3-1 down to win 4–3 against Duane Jones at Celtic Manor in the 2021 Welsh Open.[6] His performances at the 2021 WST Pro Series round robin first round in March 2021, included a win against Mark Joyce, and a defeat to Ronnie O'Sullivan.[7]

After dropping off the World Snooker Tour, he continued to play club snooker in Waterlooville, Hampshire.[8]

Personal life

From Hampshire, he attended Park Community School in Havant. He started playing snooker at the age of six years-old.[4] He played amateur snooker in Chandlers Ford. His parents Suzy and Steve, run a sports bar in Waterlooville (Waterlooville Sports Bar) which opened in 2016 and is where Wilson would play cue sports. He had Tim Dunkley as a coach from 2017.[9]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2020/
21 		2021/
22
Ranking[10][nb 1] [nb 2] 83
Ranking tournaments
Championship League RR RR
British Open NH 1R
Northern Ireland Open 1R LQ
English Open 1R 1R
UK Championship 1R 1R
Scottish Open 1R LQ
World Grand Prix DNQ DNQ
Shoot Out 2R 1R
German Masters LQ LQ
Players Championship DNQ DNQ
European Masters 1R LQ
Welsh Open 2R LQ
Turkish Masters NH LQ
Gibraltar Open 2R 2R
Tour Championship DNQ DNQ
World Championship LQ LQ
Ranking tournaments
WST Pro Series RR 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 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.
MR / Minor-Ranking Event means an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
  1. ^ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
  2. ^ New players don't have a ranking.

References

  1. ^ "Havant snooker starlet Jamie Wilson proving winning can become a habit". www.portsmouth.co.uk. 6 February 2020. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Q School 3 (2020) - snooker.org". www.snooker.org. Archived from the original on 26 September 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Q School 2020: Event Three Qualifiers". 10 August 2020. Archived from the original on 21 August 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  4. ^ a b Mason, Lewis (20 November 2020). "Big interview – Havant snooker starlet Jamie Wilson bidding to establish himself on the professional tour". Portsmouth.co.uk. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  5. ^ Shaw, Jamie (4 February 2021). "Snooker Shoot-Out 2021 Draw, Live Scores and Schedule of Play". Live Snooker. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  6. ^ "Havant teen Jamie Wilson 'buzzing' after first 'proper' win on the professional snooker circuit". Portsmouth.co.uk. 17 February 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  7. ^ Quarrell, Dan (16 March 2021). "WST Pro Series snooker - Ronnie O'Sullivan unleashes break of 141, somehow loses best-of-three match". TNT Sports. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  8. ^ Toms, Steve (12 January 2023). "Former pro Jamie Wilson produces stunning century clearance – Portsmouth Winter Snooker League round-up". Portsmouth.co.uk. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  9. ^ Carter, Simon (11 August 2020). "'It's nuts' – Havant teenager Jamie Wilson on realising his snooker dream". Portsmouth.co.uk. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  10. ^ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Archived from the original on 19 December 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
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