Darryl Hill

Darryl Hill
birthday	April 30, 1996 (age 24)
place of birth	Leeds , England
nationality	Isle of Man
professional	2015-2017
Prize money	£ 21,467
Highest break	126
Century Breaks	2
Main tour successes
World championships	-
Ranking tournament victories	-
Minor tournament victories	-
World rankings
Highest WRL place	75 ( Jun. – Jul. 2016 )

Darryl Hill (born April 30, 1996 in Leeds , England ) is an English snooker player from the Isle of Man .

Career

In March 2012, Darryl Hill reached the round of 32 at the U21 European Championships and lost 4-0 against Michał Zieliński from Poland . At the European Amateur Championship he also made it to the round of 32, in which he was defeated by Irish Greg Casey 4: 5. In July 2012, when he took part in a PTC tournament for the second time, he made it into the main round for the first time; in the first round of the tournament in Gloucester , however, he was eliminated 4-0 against Joe Perry . In November 2012 he made it to the final round of the amateur world championship for the first time and lost in the round of 32 with 2: 5 against the Swiss Alexander Ursenbacher . At the U21 European Championship in 2013 he reached the semi-finals, in which he was defeated by the eventual European champion James Cahill with 1: 5. In May 2013, Hill tried to qualify for the Main Tour through the Q School . He reached the first tournament the quarter-finals of his group, the third tournament the semifinals. With this he missed a professional starting place on the Main Tour, but was able to participate in the qualifying tournaments of several world ranking tournaments of the 2013/14 season via the Q-School Order of Merit . In qualifying for the Wuxi Classic 2013 he lost 3-5 in the qualifying round to Alan McManus from Scotland . Also at the Australian Goldfields Open and the International Championship 2013 he was eliminated without a win in the qualification. In the Amateur World Championship in 2013 , he reached the second round, just as in the U21 European Championship 2014 .

In May 2014 he again missed qualifying for the Main Tour at Q School. In the second tournament he made it to at least the quarterfinals of his group, which enabled him to take part in several qualifying tournaments again as an amateur in the following season . At the Australian Goldfields Open 2014 he achieved his first victory in the qualification of a full world ranking tournament. In the first qualifying round, he defeated Chris Wakelin , against whom he was already 1-0 and 2-3 behind, 5-3. Then he came without a fight against the non-competing Thai Thepchaiya Un-Nooh in the third round, in which he was eliminated with 1: 5 against Liam Highfield . At the Indian Open 2015 he lost his qualifying game 4-0 to Sam Baird . A few days later, at the U21 European Championship in 2015 , he made it into the final with a 5-4 semi-final win against Lukas Kleckers . There he defeated the Englishman Louis Heathcote 6-3 and qualified for the Main Tour seasons 2015/16 and 2016/17 . In qualifying for the Professional World Championship in 2015 , he made it to the second round with a 10: 9 first round win against James Cahill , next to Adam Duffy as the only amateur, in which he lost 6:10 to Robert Milkins .

In his first season as a Main Tour professional, Darryl Hill started with defeats in the qualifications for the Australian Goldfields Open 2015 and the Shanghai Masters 2015 . He also lost his first game at the first three PTC tournaments of the season, the Riga Open , the Paul Hunter Classic and the Ruhr Open 2015 , where he had reached the second round in the Latvian capital because his first-round opponent Jamie Burnett did not play was. In October 2015 he achieved his first victory as a professional at the International Championship and at the same time made his first entry into the main round of a full world ranking tournament when he defeated Robert Milkins 6: 4 in qualifying. In the round of the last 64, however, he was eliminated 2-6 by Jimmy Robertson . After reaching the second round at the Bulgarian Open 2015 , he only managed to win again at the China Open 2016 . Since his opponent in the qualifying round, the then world champion Mark Selby , did not appear, Hill moved into the main round. There he achieved after a 5-3 win against James Wattana by reaching the round of 32, in which he was eliminated by Dominic Dale , his best result to date in a full world ranking tournament. In qualifying for the 2016 World Cup , however, he was eliminated in the first qualifying round.

His second professional season, the 2016/17 season , was less successful. His first win came at the Welsh Open 2017 when he defeated the Thai Dechawat Poomjaeng 4-1 in the first round and then was eliminated in the round of 64 against Ali Carter . A little later he reached the round of 32 in the snooker shoot-out with wins against Kurt Maflin and Bradley Jones , in which he lost to Li Hang . In the tournaments that followed until the end of the season he was again without a win. In the first qualifying round of the 2017 World Cup , he met Rory McLeod . After Hill had led 2-0 and 7-5, among other things, he had to admit defeat 7:10. At the end of the season he finished 104th in the world rankings and thus lost his professional status.

In May 2017 Hill missed the direct return to the Main Tour at the Q School: He was eliminated from the first tournament in the second round and lost his opening match at the second tournament .

successes

Season overview

competition	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16	2016/17
Ranking position	A.	A.	92	104
Ranked tournaments
Riga Masters	-	NT	L64	QV
Indian Open	NT	QV	-	QV
World Open	NT	-	-	QV
Shanghai Masters	NT	NT	QV	QV
European Masters	-	-	-	QV
English Open	-	-	-	L128
International Championship	QV	NT	L64	QV
Northern Ireland Open	-	-	-	L128
UK Championship	NT	NT	L128	L128
Scottish Open	-	-	-	L128
German Masters	NT	NT	QV	QV
World Grand Prix	-	NT	NQ	NQ
Welsh Open	NT	NT	L128	L64
Snooker shoot-out	NT	NT	NT	L32
Players Championship	-	-	-	NQ
China Open	NT	NT	L32	QV
World Championship	NT	QV	QV	QV
Pro-Am tournaments (selection)
Paul Hunter Classic	NT	NT	L128	ZG
Gibraltar Open	-	-	L128	L128
Former ranking tournaments
Wuxi Classic	QV	NT	-	-
Australian Goldfields Open	QV	QV	QV	-
Players Tour Championship Grand Final	NQ	NQ	NQ	-

Legend
S.	Tournament winner	F.	finalist
HF	Semi-finalist	VF	Quarter finalist
LX	Loss in the round of the last X	QV	Defeat in qualification
NQ	Not qualified	NT	Not participated
ZG	Resigned	-	Tournament not held

1. ↑ The ranking position at the end of the season is displayed.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Not listed in the world rankings as an amateur.
3. ↑ The tournament was a minor ranking tournament within the Players Tour Championship this season
4. ↑ The tournament did not have a ranking tournament status in the 2014/15 season.
5. ↑ ^{a b c} The tournament had no ranking tournament status in the seasons 2012/13 to 2015/16
6. ↑ WR = wildcard round, AF = round of 16

Final participation

output	year	competition	Final opponent	Result
Amateur tournaments
winner	2015	U21 European Championship	Louis Heathcote	6: 3

Awards

• Rookie of the Year : 2016

Web links

Commons : Darryl Hill  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Darryl Hill at snooker.org
• Darryl Hill in the Snooker Database (English)

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1. ↑ ^{a b} Darryl Hill. In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , accessed May 16, 2017 .  
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Profile of Darryl Hill on CueTracker (as of May 16, 2017)
3. ↑ World Rankings. (PDF; 275 kB) After The 2016 Kaspersky Riga Masters. In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association, June 29, 2016, accessed May 16, 2017 .  
4. ↑ World Rankings. (PDF; 350 kB) After The 2016 Indian Open. In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association, June 11, 2016, accessed May 16, 2017 .  
5. ^ Prize Money Won By Darryl Hill In Season 2015–16. In: cuetracker.net. Ron Florax, accessed May 16, 2017 .  
6. ↑ Prize Money Won By Darryl Hill In Season 2016–17. In: cuetracker.net. Ron Florax, accessed May 16, 2017 .  
7. ↑ Prize Money Won By Darryl Hill In Season 2017–18. In: cuetracker.net. Ron Florax, accessed May 16, 2017 .  
8. ^ Higgins Named Snooker's Player Of The Year. In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association, May 5, 2016, accessed May 16, 2017 .