John Whitty

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John Whitty
birthday 7th November 1977 (age 42)
nationality EnglandEngland England
professional 1995-1997, 1998-2000
Prize money £ 12,955
Highest break 131
Century Breaks 5
Main tour successes
World championships -
Ranking tournament victories -
Minor tournament victories -
World rankings
Highest WRL place 118 (1999/2000)

John Whitty (born November 7, 1977 ) is an English snooker player from Liverpool . Between 1995 and 2000 he played for four years as a professional on the Main Tour .

Career

John Whitty began his snooker career in the 1995/96 season , when the professional tour was still open to all players. In his very first tournament, the Thailand Classic , he survived three qualifying rounds and at the Grand Prix he beat Hugh Abernethy , Steve Judd and Jamie Woodman and reached the round of 96. At the World Cup , he made it to the best-of -19 rounds where he lost 6:10 to Barry Pinches . The following year he reached higher qualifying rounds, but he did not make it into the bottom 128 at any tournament. He did not get beyond position 222 in the world rankings .

In the 1997/98 season the field of players was divided into Main Tour and UK Tour . He had to go to the WPBSA Qualifying School , his best result was the group semi-finals in the fourth tournament, which was not enough. Instead of the big tournaments, he had to play UK tour tournaments this year. His best result was the quarter-finals in tournament 4. In 1998/99 he returned to the Main Tour and had his greatest success at the UK Championship . He defeated Darren Clarke and the top 64 player Nick Pearce and reached the main tournament in Bournemouth . There he lost the first round match against Andy Hicks 6: 9. At China International he reached the bottom 96 and two more times the bottom 134. In total, this brought him to 118th place in the world rankings. With that he fell back on the UK tour and after another year he lost his professional status.

He gave up the Challenge Tour for re-qualification in 2000 after an opening defeat. In 2001/02 he played all four tournaments, but once the round of 32 was his best result. In the Benson & Hedges Championship , a professional tournament open to amateurs, he also reached the round of 32nd He also played in the English amateur championship , where he lost the final of the southern group. The Challenge Tour 2002/03 was no better than the year before and in 2003/04 he only won 2 games in the 4 tournaments. Then he gave up his professional ambitions.

In 2010 he played the English championship again as an amateur. This time he defeated Jeff Cundy 8: 7 in the regional final and then lost the final against Leo Fernandez 6:10. He then took part again in the new Players Tour Championship (PTC), which is part of the Main Tour , and at least reached the main round of professionals in two tournaments in Sheffield . He also qualified for the 2010 World Open . He lost all games against professional players. Only the following year he defeated Dominic Dale from Welsh in the second PTC tournament and made it to the last 64. In 2012/13 he was twice in a PTC main tournament, at the Munich Open 2013 for the first time outside of England. In the same year Whitty got an invitation to the 6-Red World Championship . With only 2 wins from 5 games, he survived the group stage and lost in the round of 32 to Robert Milkins . It was his last Main Tour appearance.

In 2012 he played the European amateur championship for the first time and was among the last 32. The following year he made it to the semi-finals, where he lost to Robin Hull . In 2014 he reached the final, but Mitchell Mann denied him the title with a 2: 7 defeat. In 2015 he made it to the bottom 32 again. He also competed twice in the amateur world championships , once he was among the bottom 32.

John Whitty is Rod Lawler's friend and training partner .

successes

Ranking tournaments:

Amateur tournaments:

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  1. ↑ a b c Profile of John Whitty on CueTracker (as of February 10, 2018)
  2. ↑ World Amateurs - Witty laughing all the way to Bangalor. Liverpool Echo, 11 November 2014, accessed 11 February 2018 .

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personal data
SURNAME Whitty, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English snooker player
DATE OF BIRTH November 7th 1977