Jamie Jones (snooker player)

Jamie Jones (born 14 February 1988) is a

Welsh professional snooker player from Neath. Jamie Jones
At age 14, he was the youngest ever player to
make a maximum 147 break in competition, a
record that has since been beaten by Judd
Trump. At the 2012 World Snooker
Championship, Jones reached his first ranking
quarter-final. He made his second appearance in
the quarter-finals of a Triple Crown tournament
at the 2016 UK Championship.
Jones at the 2013 Paul Hunter Classic
Jones made the 141st official maximum break in Born 14 February 1988
the third frame of his last 64 match against Lee Neath, Wales
Walker at the 2018 Paul Hunter Classic. It was
Sport country Wales
his first professional maximum break.
Nickname The Welsh Warrior
In October 2018, Jones was suspended from the
Professional 2006/2007, 2008/2009,
snooker tour pending a match fixing
2010–2019, 2020–
investigation. The match in question was a 2016
International Championship qualifier between Highest ranking 29 (May–July 2012)
former world champion Graeme Dott and Current ranking (http://www.worldsnooker.com/rankings/) 69 (as of 29 March 2021)
Jones’ good friend and compatriot David John.
Career winnings £423,580
In January 2019, Jones was acquitted of match- Highest break 147:
fixing following a hearing at which he was 2018 Paul Hunter Classic
represented by sports barrister Craig Harris.
However, he admitted to having prior Century breaks 117
knowledge of an approach to fix the Best ranking finish Semi-finals (2015
aforementioned match and failed to report it, so Australian Goldfields Open,
was subsequently banned for a year himself. 2017 Paul Hunter Classic,
Whilst his ban finished in October 2019, due to
2020 Scottish Open)
missing out most of the 2018–19 season, he
ended the campaign outside of the top 64 and Tournament wins
officially dropped off the tour. Non-ranking 1
Jones officially re-joined the tour two seasons
later, coming through the second Q-School event of 2020, defeating Michael Georgiou. He had come close to regaining professional status in
Event 1, only losing in the penultimate round to compatriot Lee Walker, who also went on to gain a tour card.

Contents
Career
Early career
2010/2011 season
2011/2012 season
2012/2013 season
2013/2014 season
2014/2015 season
2015/2016 season
2016/2017 season
Performance and rankings timeline
Career finals
Minor-ranking finals: 1 (1 runner-up)
Non-ranking finals: 1 (1 title )
Pro-am finals: 3 (1 title, 2 runners-up)
Amateur finals: 5 (5 titles)
References
External links

Career

Early career

In 2002, Jones became the youngest-ever player to make a 147 in an official event, making it aged 14,[1] a record that has since been beaten
by Judd Trump. Jones began his professional career by playing Challenge Tour in 2004, at the time the second-level professional tour.[2] He
qualified for the Main Tour for 2006/2007 by finishing top of the 2005/06 Welsh rankings, although he could not maintain his place there. His
best result in his first season as a professional was to the last 48 of the Royal London Watches Grand Prix. After another spell on the tour in
2008–09, in which, despite some strong performances, he again fell away, he regained a place for the 2010–11 season.

2010/2011 season

Jones started the new season by winning three qualifying matches in the Shanghai Masters, beating Kuldesh Johal, Jimmy Michie and Adrian
Gunnell before losing to Stephen Lee. After reaching the final of Players Tour Championship – Event 5, Jones rose to 47 in the rankings at
the end of the season.

2011/2012 season

Jones made it to the quarter-finals of three Players Tour Championship events, but failed to progress further in any of them. However, his
consistent performances meant he finished 23rd in the Order of Merit and therefore qualified for the 2012 PTC Finals,[3] where he reached the
last 16 of a ranking event for the first time by defeating reigning World Champion John Higgins 4 frames to 3, after being 1–3 down. This set
up a match with Andrew Higginson, which he lost 3–4.[4][5] Jones won two qualifying matches to reach the China Open, but lost 3–5 to Lu
Ning in the wildcard round.[6]

Jones finished the season by qualifying for the 2012 World Championship, beating Ricky Walden 10–2 in the final qualifying round.[7] He
then beat Shaun Murphy 10–8 in the first round, scoring two centuries.[8] In the second round he beat Andrew Higginson 13–10, included a
135 break in the penultimate frame, to reach his first ever ranking event quarter-final.[9] In the quarter final he was defeated 11–13 by former
world number 2 Ali Carter, but made back-to-back clearances of 138 and 132 in frames 11 and 12, coming back from 12–8 to 12–11 before
eventual runner-up Carter won the match.[10] Jones made seven centuries during the tournament, with only eventual winner Ronnie
O'Sullivan making more.[11] Jones finished the season ranked a career high world number 29, meaning he had risen 18 places during the
year.[12]

2012/2013 season

Following his superb run in last season's World Championship, Jones endured a difficult 2012–13 season. He could only win three matches in
ranking event qualifiers all year, with his sole appearance in the main draw coming at the Shanghai Masters.[13] He beat Jimmy White in
qualifying and Lu Ning in the wildcard round, but was then defeated 5–2 by John Higgins in the first round.[13] He fared better in the Players
Tour Championship events, with his best result coming at the Paul Hunter Classic, where he had wins over Jimmy Robertson, Jak Jones and
Li Yan, before losing 4–2 to compatriot Ryan Day.[14] He finished 67th on the PTC Order of Merit.[15] Jones could not repeat last season's
run to The Crucible as he was beaten 10–9 by Liam Highfield in the third round of World Championship Qualifying.[16] His disappointing
year was reflected in the rankings as he dropped 11 places to finish world number 40.[17]

2013/2014 season

Jones reached the first round of the 2013 Wuxi Classic, but lost 5–4 to Liang Wenbo. He qualified for five more ranking events but was
beaten in the opening round of each.[18] He had a very good year in the eight minor-ranking European Tour events, losing in the last 16 in
two of them. His deepest finish came at the Kay Suzanne Memorial Cup where he beat Ian Burns 4–2 in the quarter-finals.[18] In the semis he
was edged out 4–3 by Judd Trump and finished 15th on the Order of Merit to qualify for the Finals for the third time in four years.[19][20]
Jones lost 4–2 to Mark Allen in the first round.[18] His drop down the rankings continued as he ended the season as the world number 55.[21]

2014/2015 season

At the 2014 Wuxi Classic, Jones defeated Ken Doherty 5–2, before losing 5–3 to Marco Fu in the second round.[22] He won three matches to
qualify for the Australian Goldfields Open and thrashed Stephen Maguire 5–0, before being the victim of a whitewash in the second round by
Neil Robertson.[23] The next match Jones could win at the venue stage of a ranking event was at the Welsh Open, 4–0 over Chris Norbury. In
the second round he knocked out Shaun Murphy 4–3 and stated that he plays his best snooker in the televised stages of tournaments.[24] In an
all-Welsh affair, Jones lost 4–2 to Mark Williams in the third round.[25] He then reached the last 16 in back-to-back ranking tournaments,
losing 4–1 to Thepchaiya Un-Nooh at the Indian Open and 5–3 to Murphy at the China Open. Jones qualified for his second World
Championship by beating Adam Duffy 10–8 in the final round.[22] He suffered a heavy 10–2 loss to Neil Robertson in the first round.[26]
However, Jones halted his slide down the rankings as he climbed 17 spots this season to end it 38th.[27]

2015/2016 season

After edging Mark Davis 5–4 in the opening round of the Australian Goldfields Open, Jones thrashed Mark Selby 5–1 and said that he hoped
running during the off-season would give himself a better chance of winning more matches this season.[28] He played friend and former
schoolmate Michael White in the quarter-finals with Jones recovering from 4–2 down to tie the match at 4–4. In the deciding frame White
made a break of 56, before missing a red and Jones cleared with a 66 to reach the first ranking semi-final of his career.[29] He raced into a 4–0
lead over John Higgins, but then lost six frames in a row to exit the tournament.[30] Jones beat Ian Glover 6–4 and Xiao Guodong 6–1 at the
UK Championship and made two centuries against Selby, but lost 6–5 with Selby stating that Jones had deserved to win the match.[31] He
played in three more ranking events, but lost in the first round of each and his season was ended with a 10–5 loss to Hamza Akbar in World
Championship qualifying, who had previously lost all eight of his matches on tour.[32]

2016/2017 season

Jones dropped just two frames in reaching the quarter-finals of the 2016 Paul Hunter Classic, but then lost 4–1 to Tom Ford.[33] At the UK
Championship he saw off Eden Sharav 6–1 in the first round and then had a trio of 6–2 victories over Alan McManus, Ding Junhui and
David Gilbert to mean he had made two ranking event quarter-finals in the same season for the first time in his career.[34] Jones had a great
chance to reach his second semi-final as he led Marco Fu 5–2, but he would go on to lose 6–5.[35] Jones was 4–0 ahead of Graeme Dott in
the final qualifying round for the World Championship, but was beaten 10–8.[36]

Performance and rankings timeline

 2004/ 2006/ 2008/ 2010/ 2011/ 2012/ 2013/ 2014/ 2015/ 2016/ 2017/ 2018/ 2020/
Tournament
05 07 09 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 21

Ranking [37][nb 1] [nb 2] [nb 3] [nb 3] [nb 3] 47 29 40 55 38 35 35 39 [nb 3]

Ranking tournaments

European Masters[nb 4] A LQ Tournament Not Held LQ 1R LQ 2R

English Open Tournament Not Held WD 2R WD 2R
Championship League Not Held Non-Ranking Event RR
Northern Ireland Open Tournament Not Held 1R 1R A 1R
UK Championship A LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ 1R 1R 3R QF 2R A 4R
Scottish Open Tournament Not Held MR Tournament Not Held 1R 2R A SF
World Grand Prix Tournament Not Held NR 1R 1R DNQ DNQ 1R
German Masters Tournament Not Held A LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ 1R LQ A LQ
Shoot-Out Tournament Not Held Non-Ranking Event 1R 4R A 1R
Welsh Open A LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ 2R 3R 1R 2R 2R A 2R

Players Championship [nb 5] Tournament Not Held 1R 2R DNQ 1R DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
Gibraltar Open Tournament Not Held MR 4R 1R A 2R
WST Pro Series Tournament Not Held RR
Tour Championship Tournament Not Held DNQ DNQ
World Championship LQ LQ LQ LQ QF LQ LQ 1R LQ LQ 2R A 2R
Non-ranking tournaments
The Masters A LQ LQ A A A A A A A A A A
Variant format tournaments
Six-red World
Not Held A 2R NH A A A A A A A NH
Championship [nb 6]
Former ranking tournaments
Northern Ireland Trophy NH LQ LQ Tournament Not Held
Bahrain Championship Not Held LQ Tournament Not Held

Wuxi Classic[nb 7] Not Held Non-Ranking Event LQ 1R 2R Tournament Not Held

Australian Goldfields Open Tournament Not Held LQ LQ LQ 2R SF Tournament Not Held
Shanghai Masters Not Held LQ LQ LQ 1R LQ LQ WR 1R 2R NR NH
Minor-
Riga Masters[nb 8] Tournament Not Held 2R 1R 2R NH
Ranking

World Open [nb 9] A RR LQ LQ LQ LQ 1R Not Held LQ 1R 2R NH

Paul Hunter Classic[nb 10] Pro-am Event Minor-Ranking Event QF SF 2R NH

China Championship Tournament Not Held NR LQ 2R NH
International Championship Tournament Not Held LQ 1R WR 2R 1R LQ WD NH
Indian Open Tournament Not Held 1R 3R NH 2R LQ WD NH
China Open A LQ LQ LQ WR LQ 1R 3R 1R LQ LQ A NH
Former non-ranking tournaments
Shoot-Out Tournament Not Held A 3R 2R 1R SF 1R Ranking Event

Performance Table Legend

lost in the early rounds of the tournament
LQ lost in the qualifying draw #R QF lost in the quarter-finals
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)
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
NR / Non-Ranking Event
R / Ranking Event
RV / Ranking & Variant Format Event
MR / Minor-Ranking Event
PA / Pro-am Event
VF / Variant Format Event
means an event was not held.
means an event is/was no longer a ranking event.
means an event is/was a ranking event.
means an event is/was a ranking & variant format event.
means an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
means an event is/was a pro-am event.
means an event is/was a variant format event.

1. From the 2010/2011 season it shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
2. He was an amateur.
3. New players don't have a ranking.
4. The event was called the Malta Cup (2004/2005–2007/2008)
5. The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals (2010/2011–2012/2013) and the Players
Championship Grand Final (2013/2014–2015/2016)
6. The event was called the Six-red Snooker International (2008/2009)
7. The event was called the Jiangsu Classic (2008/2009)
8. The event was called the Riga Open (2014/2015–2015/2016)
9. The event was called the Grand Prix (2004/2005–2008/2009), the World Open (2009/2010) and the Haikou World Open
(2011/2012–2013/2014)
10. The event was called the Grand Prix Fürth (2004/2005) and the Fürth German Open (2005/2006–2006/2007)

Career finals

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

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score

Runner-up 1 2010 Sheffield Open Ding Junhui 1–4

Non-ranking finals: 1 (1 title )

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score

Winner 1. 2010 EPTC Event 6 Plate Trophy Tom Ford 3–0

Pro-am finals: 3 (1 title, 2 runners-up)

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score

Runner-up 1. 2005 Liam O'Connor Memorial Dominic Dale 0–6[38]

Runner-up 1. 2012 Vienna Snooker Open Simon Bedford 2–5

Winner 1. 2016 Pink Ribbon David Grace 4–3

Amateur finals: 5 (5 titles)

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score

Winner 1. 2004 European Under-19 Championship Mark Allen 6–3

Winner 2. 2006 Welsh Amateur Championship Philip Williams 9–8

Winner 3. 2008 PIOS – Event 7 Peter Lines 6–2

Winner 4. 2008 Welsh Amateur Championship (2) David Donovan 8–2

Winner 5. 2009 PIOS – Event 4 Jak Jones 6–0

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External links
Jamie Jones (http://www.worldsnooker.com/players/jamie-jones/) at worldsnooker.com

Profile on Global Snooker (https://web.archive.org/web/20100729084738/http://www.global-snooker.com/Jamie-Jones.asp)

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