Greg Jenkins (snooker player)

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Greg Jenkins
birthday June 11, 1962
nationality AustraliaAustralia Australia
professional 1985 - 1993
Prize money £ 8,009
Highest break 96 ( Grand Prix 1988 )
World rankings
Highest WRL place 93 ( 1987/88 )
Best results
Ranked tournaments 2 × round of the last 64
Other professional tournaments 3 × quarter-finals
Amateur tournaments 2 × Australian Junior Champion
(U18: 1979; U23: 1983)

Greg Jenkins (born June 11, 1962 ) is a former Australian snooker and pool player who, after two junior titles at the Australian snooker championship, spent eight years as a professional snooker player between 1985 and 1993 and subsequently competed in various pool tournaments.

Career

Professional snooker career

After Jenkins won the Australian Snooker Championship in 1979 in the U18 category and in 1983 also in the U23 category, Jenkins became a professional snooker player for the 1985/85 season . During this first season, Jenkins was only able to win a game on his own in two tournaments, one at the UK Championship , where he was eliminated after defeating Pascal Burke against Malcolm Bradley , and the other at the British Open , where he went through Victories over Bert Demarco and Jim Meadowcroft reached the main round and lost in this against Mark Wildman . In the world ranking , he was led consequently ranked 95th Also in the next season , he retired almost always up early so that it again only at a tournament, in which case the Classic reached the Round of 64, where after beating Maurice Parkin and George Scott to Steve Davis was beaten . Nevertheless, he improved two places on the world rankings to 93rd place, which is his best world ranking.

During the 1987/88 season , Jenkins reached the round of 96 only twice in ranked tournaments and was eliminated in each case, while he reached the quarter-finals at the Australian Professional Championship with a victory over Lou Condo and in this against Warren King lost. After this was repeated in the 1988/89 season with only two participations in a round of the last 96 as well as a quarter-finals at the Australian Professional Championship , a tournament without influence on the world rankings, Jenkins slipped to 104th place in the world rankings 120th place. Finally, during the 1989/90 season , Jenkins only reached a round of the last 96 at the Hong Kong Open , so that he was subsequently led to world number 130. But Jenkins did not play any more professional games and ended his professional career at the end of the 1992/93 season - now as an unset player.

Further life

Following his snooker career, Jenkins took part in various pool tournaments. He was eliminated from the group stage of the WPA 9-Ball World Championship in 2002 and the 2007 edition , while he took part in the World Cup of Pool as one of the two Australian representatives in both 2009 and 2011 , but both times did not make it to the second round. He also took part in the US Open 2012 without much success .

Nevertheless, Jenkins continued to appear as a snooker player several times. After reaching the quarter-finals of the Australian Masters in 1995 , he took part in the Australian Open Championship several times more than twenty years later , with a participation in the round of 32 being his best result.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Ron Florax: Career Total Statistics For Greg Jenkins - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed January 5, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Greg Jenkins. AZBilliards.com, accessed January 5, 2020 .
  3. ^ A b c d e Ron Florax: Ranking History For Greg Jenkins. CueTracker.net, accessed January 5, 2020 .
  4. ^ Jamie Watkins: Global Snooker Countries - Australia. Global Snooker Center, 2004, archived from the original on December 20, 2007 ; accessed on January 5, 2020 (English).
  5. ↑ Ron Florax: Greg Jenkins - Season 1985-1986 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed January 5, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Ron Florax: Greg Jenkins - Season 1986-1987 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed January 6, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Ron Florax: Greg Jenkins - Season 1987-1988 - Professional Results. CueTrascker.net, accessed January 5, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Ron Florax: Greg Jenkins - Season 1988-1989 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed January 5, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Ron Florax: Greg Jenkins - Season 1989-1990 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed January 5, 2020 .
  10. ↑ 2002 WPA World Pool Championship. Cue Sports Nova Scotia, archived from the original on September 23, 2015 ; accessed on January 5, 2020 (English).
  11. ↑ 2007 World Pool Championship. worldpoolchampionship.com, 2007, archived from the original on September 19, 2012 ; accessed on January 5, 2020 (English).
  12. ^ Greg Jenkins - 2009 Year in Review. AZBilliards.com, accessed January 5, 2020 .
  13. ^ Greg Jenkins - 2011 Year in Review. AZBilliards.com, accessed January 5, 2020 .
  14. ^ Greg Jenkins - 2012 Year in Review. AZBilliards.com, accessed January 5, 2020 .
  15. ↑ Ron Florax: Greg Jenkins - Season 1995-1996 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed January 5, 2020 .
  16. ↑ Ron Florax: Greg Jenkins - Season 2017-2018 - Non-professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed January 5, 2020 .
  17. ↑ Ron Florax: Greg Jenkins - Season 2018-2019 - Non-professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed January 5, 2020 .
  18. ↑ Ron Florax: Greg Jenkins - Season 2019-2020 - Non-professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed January 5, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Jenkins, Greg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian snooker and pool player
DATE OF BIRTH June 11, 1962