Glen Wilkinson

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Glen Wilkinson
Glen Wilkinson
birthday 4th July 1959
nationality AustraliaAustralia Australia
professional 1985-1990
Prize money £ 11,152
Highest break -
Century Breaks -
Main tour successes
World championships -
Ranking tournament victories -
Minor tournament victories -
World rankings
Highest WRL place 91 (1989/90)

Glen Wilkinson (born July 4, 1959 ) is an Australian snooker player from Sydney .

From 1985 to 1990 he participated in the professional tour for five years .

Career

Professional years

Glen Wilkinson won his first major title when he became the Australian amateur champion in 1984 with a victory over Adrian Campbell . In the same year he entered the amateur world championship and was group winner with a victory over Stephen Hendry . Then he was eliminated in the quarterfinals. From the 1985/86 season he took part in the professional tour and also won his first game in a ranking tournament, the Matchroom Trophy , 5-2 against Bert Demarco . Two more opening wins came in the first year, which brought him to 102nd place in the world rankings at the end of the season . The following year he reached the quarter-finals at the Australian Professional Championship . In the ranking tournaments, the British Open was the highlight of the season. He defeated Jack Fitzmaurice and the former world number two Perrie Mans and reached the main tournament of the last 64 for the first time, where he was only barely eliminated 4-5 by David Taylor . He finished two more tournaments in the last 96. 1987/88 he confirmed the performance with the same results, only this time the Grand Prix was his best tournament with reaching the round of 64.

His best season was then the fourth year, 1988/89 . After being in the bottom 96 three times by then, he reached a main tournament at the Classic for the third time in his career. Jim Wych , number 38 in the ranking, was one of the defeated opponents. And also at the world championship he was among the last 64. The result was his best world ranking position with 91st place. He also took part in professional non-ranked tournaments of the WPBSA and was once among the bottom 32. However, the next year was disappointing. Although he came back to the bottom 32 at a WPBSA tournament, he only managed two wins in the ranking tournaments. He fell out of the top 100 again and because he was not making any progress and had too little income, he withdrew from professional snooker.

Amateur successes

He remained loyal to snooker as an amateur in Australia. In 1996 and 1998 he reached the final of the Australian Open Championship , in 1996 and 1997 he took part in the Amateur World Cup. In 2001 he reached the final of the Oceania Championship for the first time , which he lost to Johl Younger . In 2004 he reached the semi-finals in the master's tournament of the amateur world championship, which he lost to Dene O'Kane from New Zealand . Against him he lost his third final at the Australian Open Championship a year later . At the World Cup master's tournament in 2006 he also made it to the final, which he lost to the Pakistani Mohammed Yousuf. For this he collected titles again in 2007 at the age of 48. First he won his second national amateur championship 6-5 in the final against Shawn Budd . Then he won the Open Championship on the fourth attempt and finally he reached the final at the Oceania Championship in 2008, where he also won 6: 4 against New Zealander Chris McBreen . A Main Tour ticket would have been associated with this victory , but he waived another professional year. In 2009 he successfully defended his title. In 2010 he was in the continental finals for the third time in a row, but this time he lost to Shawn Budd. But he won the third Australian championship against Aaron Mahoney 25 years after his first title.

Wilkinson remained active in international tournaments until the mid-2010s, he reached the quarter-finals and the last sixteen at the Oceania Championship and in 2012 and 2013 he was twice in the final of the World Championship Masters. In none of his three attempts, however, could he win the final. In 2016 he retired at the age of 55.

successes

Ranking tournaments:

Other professional tournaments:

Amateur tournaments:

  • Oceania Champion (2008, 2009; Vice Champion 2001, 2005, 2010)
  • Australian champion (1984, 2007, 2009)
  • Australian Open Champion (Pro-Am tournament, 2007)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Profile of Glen Wilkinson on CueTracker (as of March 12, 2018)

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Wilkinson, Glen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian snooker player
DATE OF BIRTH 4th July 1959