Christopher Watts

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Christopher Watts
birthday 2nd September 1983 (age 36)
nationality NorwayNorway Norway
Highest break 141 (Norwegian Snooker Championship 2011)
Century Breaks 3
Success at amateur tournaments
National championships 10
Best results
Professional tournaments Round of 128
( Paul Hunter Classic 2018 and Gibraltar Open 2019 )

Christopher Schou Watts (born September 2, 1983 ) is a Norwegian snooker player who is a total of five times Norwegian champion .

Career

Born in 1983 Watts first took part in the Norwegian Snooker Championship in 2009 , where, after an initial defeat against Andre Hellerud , he first fought his way through four so-called Losers Rounds and then through quarter and semi-finals, so that he reached the final, in which he did lost again to Hellerud. After failing to make his opening game in the round of 16 in 2010, he reached the final in 2011 and won it 4-2 against Stig Dahl . After winning the Norwegian 6-Red Championship 5-0 against Bjørn Gulbrandsen in 2012 , he defended his title in Six Red Snooker with a 5-2 win over Tore Skagestein in 2013 and then with a 4-1 - Victory over the same opponent, the second title win in normal snooker. In the same year he took part in the qualification for the Paul Hunter Classic , where he failed after a victory over Roman Dietzel to Joe Steele . Furthermore, he won his third title in Six-Red-Snooker with a 5-0 win against Kjell Pedersen in 2014 .

In 2015 Watts took part in the Nordic Snooker Championship for the first time, in which after surviving the group phase in the round of 16, the eventual winner Rune Kampe from Denmark was just defeated 3: 4 . Shortly afterwards he won against Eirik Riisnæs with a 5-2 win again the Six Red Championship, before he lost in the final of the normal Norwegian championship 3-4 Andre Hellerud at the end of May. A year later he survived the group stage and the round of 16 again at the Nordic championship and was the only Norwegian to reach the quarter-finals, in which, however, Simon Lindblom from Sweden was defeated 3: 4 . He also won the Norwegian championship in Six Red Snooker for the fifth time with a 5-0 win over Audun Risan Heimsjø . Also in 2017 he reached the quarter-finals of the Nordic championship, where he had previously defeated the previous year's winner Benjamin McCabe , but he lost again in the same round - this time 4-0 to the eventual winner Kristján Helgason . He then lost in the final of the Norwegian Six Red Championship 3: 5 against Umar Hayat Ali . Shortly thereafter, however, he reached the final of the Norwegian championship, which he won for the third time 4-2 against Audun Risan Heimsjø. In the same year he represented Norway at the World Cup 2017 together with the Main Tour professional Kurt Maflin , where they finished last in their group.

The next year Watts managed to defend his title in Norway with a 4-0 win over Daniel G. Skaathun . In the same year he took part again after five years in the qualification for the Pro / Am event Paul Hunter Classic , where he qualified for the main round with a victory over Nutcharat Wongharuthai , but failed there at Thepchaiya Un-Nooh . The next year he also qualified for the main round of the Gibraltar Open , where he had to admit defeat by 0: 4 Fergal O'Brien . A few weeks later he managed to win the Norwegian championship with a 4-2 victory over Andre Hellerud for the third time in a row, with the tournament in Watts and Hellerud's home club, the Oslo Snooker Club . Then Watts represented Norway again together with Kurt Maflin at the World Cup 2019 , where they finished fourth out of six places in their group.

successes

output year competition Final opponent Result
Amateur tournaments
Second 2009 Norwegian Snooker Championship NorwayNorway Andre Hellerud 1: 3
winner 2011 Norwegian Snooker Championship NorwayNorway Stig Dahl 4: 2
winner 2012 Norwegian Six Red Snooker Championship NorwayNorway Bjørn Gulbrandsen 5-0
winner 2013 Norwegian Six Red Snooker Championship NorwayNorway Gates Skagestein 5: 2
winner 2013 Norwegian Snooker Championship NorwayNorway Gates Skagestein 4: 1
winner 2014 Norwegian Six Red Snooker Championship NorwayNorway Kjell Pedersen 5-0
winner 2015 Norwegian Six Red Snooker Championship NorwayNorway Eirik Riisnæs 5: 2
Second 2015 Norwegian Snooker Championship NorwayNorway Andre Hellerud 3: 4
winner 2016 Norwegian Six Red Snooker Championship NorwayNorway Audun Risan Heimsjø 5-0
Second 2017 Norwegian Six Red Snooker Championship NorwayNorway Umar Hayat Ali 3: 5
winner 2017 Norwegian Snooker Championship NorwayNorway Audun Risan Heimsjø 4: 2
winner 2018 Norwegian Snooker Championship NorwayNorway Daniel G. Skaathun 4-0
winner 2019 Norwegian Snooker Championship NorwayNorway Andre Hellerud 4: 2

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Ron Florax: Career Total Statistics For Christopher Watts - Non-professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed July 4, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Christopher Watts (NOR). livescores.worldsnookerdata.com, archived from the original on October 13, 2018 ; accessed on July 4, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Ron Florax: Christopher Watts - Season 2008-2009 - Non-professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed July 4, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Ron Florax: Christopher Watts - Season 2009-2010 - Non-professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed July 4, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Ron Florax: Christopher Watts - Season 2011-2012 - Non-professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed July 4, 2019 .
  6. ↑ NM 6-reds 2012. norsksnooker.com, accessed July 4, 2019 (Norwegian).
  7. ↑ NM 6-reds 2013. norsksnooker.com, accessed July 4, 2019 (Norwegian).
  8. ↑ Ron Florax: Christopher Watts - Season 2012-2013 - Non-professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed July 4, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Ron Florax: Christopher Watts - Season 2013-2014 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed July 4, 2019 .
  10. ↑ NM 6-reds 2014. norsksnooker.com, accessed July 4, 2019 (Norwegian).
  11. ↑ NM 6 rød (March 21-22, 2015). biljard.ardalen.com, accessed July 4, 2019 (Norwegian).
  12. ↑ Ron Florax: Christopher Watts - Season 2014-2015 - Non-professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed July 4, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Ron Florax: Christopher Watts - Season 2015-2016 - Non-professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed July 4, 2019 .
  14. ↑ NM (NC2) Elite. cuescore.com, accessed July 4, 2019 (Norwegian).
  15. ↑ NM NC2 snooker. cuescore.com, accessed July 4, 2019 (Norwegian).
  16. ↑ Ron Florax: Christopher Watts - Season 2016-2017 - Non-professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed July 4, 2019 .
  17. ↑ 2017 World Cup Teams. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , June 12, 2017, accessed July 4, 2019 .
  18. ↑ Ron Florax: Christopher Watts - Season 2017-2018 - Non-professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed July 4, 2019 .
  19. ↑ Ron Florax: Christopher Watts - Season 2018-2019 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed July 4, 2019 .
  20. ↑ Christopher Watts - All Avaible. snooker.org, accessed July 4, 2019 .
  21. ↑ Ron Florax: Christopher Watts - Season 2018-2019 - Non-professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed July 4, 2019 .
  22. ^ Watts Wins in Norway. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , June 8, 2019, accessed July 4, 2019 .
  23. ↑ World Cup Team Players Confirmed. World Snooker , June 17, 2019, accessed July 4, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Watts, Christopher
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Watts, Christopher Schou (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian snooker player
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd September 1983