Ben Woollaston
| Ben Woollaston | |
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| birthday | 14th May 1987 (age 33) |
| place of birth | Leicester |
| nationality |
 England
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| professional | 2004/05, 2006–2008, since 2009 |
| Prize money | £ 642,532 (as of August 30, 2020) |
| Highest break | 147 ( Lisbon Open 2014 ) |
| Century Breaks | 129 (as of August 30, 2020) |
| Main tour successes | |
| World championships | - |
| Ranking tournament victories | - |
| Minor tournament victories | 1 |
| World rankings | |
| Highest WRL place | 25 (March – May 2016, February 2017) |
| Current WRL location | 42 (as of August 17, 2020) |
Ben Woollaston (born May 14, 1987 in Leicester , England ) is an English snooker player .
Career
Woollaston qualified for the 2004/05 snooker season for the first time for the Main Tour , but could not maintain his status as a professional. By winning the EBSA European Under-19 Championship , he qualified again for the Main Tour in 2006/07 . Even in the second attempt, he did not collect enough world ranking points to qualify for the next season. Thanks to a wildcard , he was able to complete his third professional season in 2007/08 . He achieved his best result in 2008 at the Welsh Open, when he only failed in the round of 32 against Stephen Hendry . At the end of the season he again lost his status as a Main Tour player.
For the 2009/10 season he qualified via the Pontin's International Open Series . Although Woollaston has not reached the finals of a ranking tournament since then, he was able to keep up with consistently good performances in the qualifying rounds and the Players Tour Championship introduced in 2010 on the Main Tour. In 2011 he won his first professional tournament at PTC Event 3 with a 4-2 final victory over Graeme Dott .
At the Players Tour Championship 2012/13 he reached the Grand Finals . It was only in the quarterfinals that he was eliminated from Kurt Maflin , which was his best result in a world ranking tournament until then.
On December 12, 2014 Woollaston scored his first maximum break at the Lisbon Open ; it was the 110th official tournament break of 147 points in snooker history.
At the 2015 Welsh Open , Woollaston made it into the finals of a fully-fledged world ranking tournament for the first time, previously beating top 16 players like Mark Allen and Ali Carter . Even if he lost the final against John Higgins clearly, it meant his greatest tournament success. In the 2015/16 season he reached the quarter -finals at the Welsh Open and the PTC finals, among others, and rose to 25th place in the world rankings.
Private
Woollaston has been married to Tatiana Tarchila, a Belarusian snooker referee, since June 2011. They met in 2010 at the Paul Hunter Classic .
successes
- 2006: EBSA European Under-19 Championship (winner)
- 2011: Players Tour Championship 2011/12 - Event 3 (Winner)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Profile of Ben Woollaston on CueTracker (as of July 22, 2018)
- ↑ World Rankings. (PDF; 350 kB) After The 2016 Ladbrokes Players Championship. In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , accessed May 1, 2016 .
- ↑ World Rankings. (PDF; 344 kB) After The 2016 BAIC Motor China Open. In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , April 4, 2016, accessed May 1, 2016 .
- ↑ World Rankings. (PDF; 345 kB) After the 2017 German Masters. In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , February 6, 2017, accessed February 6, 2017 .
- ↑ World Rankings. (PDF; 350 kB) After the 2017 World Grand Prix. In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , February 13, 2017, accessed February 13, 2017 .
- ↑ worldsnooker.com: Woollaston Wins First Pro Title at PTC3 ( Memento from June 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ worldsnooker.com: Pretty In Pinsk ( Memento from May 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Woollaston, Ben |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English snooker player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 14, 1987 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leicester , England |