Mark Wildman

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Mark Wildman
birthday 25th January 1936 (age 84)
nationality EnglandEngland England
professional 1979 - 1993
Prize money £ 49,101
Highest break 1
Century Breaks 115 ( UK Championship 1982 )
World rankings
Highest WRL place 21 ( 1984/85 )

Mark Wildman (born January 25, 1936 ) is an English former snooker player who was a professional player from 1979 to 1993.

Career

Beginnings

Wildman took part in the English Amateur Championship in 1954 , but lost his opening game against Ron Gross . Six years later, Wildman was able to win four games - including defeating Pat Houlihan before losing to George Gibson in the fifth qualifying round. A year later he finally reached the round of 32 and was eliminated there, in 1962 he then moved into the quarter-finals, where he also lost.

After eleven years of abstinence, he took part again in the English championship in 1973, which, however, had got a southern and a northern elimination competition to cope with the increased number of participants. Wildman reached the round of 16 of the southern competition and was defeated by Tony Graham. Two other participations finally took place in 1978 and 1979, but he lost his opening games against Mike Darrington and Jimmy White in the southern elimination competition . He then became a professional player for the 1979/80 season.

First professional years

In his first professional season, however, Wildman played only one game, which he lost 7: 9 against Frank Jonik in qualifying for the 1980 World Snooker Championship . In turn, Wildman missed a placement on the snooker world rankings , which remained so until the end of the 1982/83 season.

In the 1980/81 season , Wildman won the UK Championship over Cliff Wilson and John Spencer before losing to Fred Davis in the round of 16 . After an unsuccessful participation in the Yamaha Organs Trophy and a 2: 9 loss to Tony Meo in the round of 16 after defeating Bernard Bennett in the English Professional Championship , he ended the season with a 3: 9 loss to Ray Edmonds in the final qualifying round for the main round of the World Snooker Championship .

The 1981/82 season began with a win over Mario Morra and a subsequent loss to Eddie McLaughlin at the International Open , before losing his opening game to Eddie Sinclair at the UK Championship 8-9 . Shortly thereafter, he defeated Geoff Foulds in qualifying for the snooker world championship before he was eliminated again in the final qualifying rounds by a loss to Jimmy White . At the end of the season he defeated both McLaughlin and Sinclair at the Bass and Golden Leisure Classic before losing to Mike Hallett in the quarterfinals .

Establishment on the snooker world rankings

The 1982/83 season began with wins over Matt Gibson and Mike Hallett at the International Open and a loss in the round of 32 to Dennis Taylor . He then reached the last sixteen at the Professional Players Tournament with the help of victories over John Dunning and Perrie Mans , where he was eliminated by Joe Johnson . Shortly afterwards he reached the round of 32 of the UK Championship by defeating Colin Roscoe and lost to Ray Reardon there . Then he lost his opening match at the Masters and took unsuccessful at International Masters in part, before qualifying for the World Snooker Championship only Bob Harris defeated and by the non-combat mission of Jim Wych reached for the first time the main round of the World Cup. There he was eliminated immediately by Terry Griffiths . At the end of the season, Wildman was ranked 24th in the world.

The next season began with a participation in the round of 32 of the International Open , where he failed after a victory over Bob Harris to Doug Mountjoy . He then reached the round of 16 at the Professional Players Tournament before losing in the round of 32 at the UK Championship . After an opening defeat at Pot Black against Steve Davis , he defeated the Englishmen John Hargreaves and John Virgo , the South African Silvino Francisco and the Australian Eddie Charlton at the Classic before losing to Tony Meo in the semifinals . Shortly thereafter, he took part unsuccessfully in the International Masters , before ending the season with a 9-10 defeat by Roy Andrewartha in the final qualifying round for the World Snooker Championship . On the world rankings he was listed in the following season in 21st place, which remained his best world rankings until the end of his career.

The 1984/85 season began with a semi-finals participation at the Costa Del Sol Classic , before he reached the round of 32 after an opening defeat at the International Open at the Grand Prix with a victory over Jack McLaughlin and lost there against Doug Mountjoy. However, he then lost his opening games in the following three tournaments - UK Championship , Classic and English Professional Championship , before he reached the round of 32 at the British Open with a victory over Matt Gibson and was defeated there by Kirk Stevens . In the following Wildman ended the season with a 7:10 loss to Ray Edmonds in the final qualifying round for the World Snooker Championship . In the world rankings, Wildman lost four places, so that he finished 25th in the following season.

Years in the 40s of the world rankings

The 1985/86 season began for Wildman with an opening defeat at the Matchroom Trophy before he reached the round of 32 of the Grand Prix and lost there to Cliff Thorburn . However, two more defeats followed before he reached the round of 16 at the English Professional Championship with a victory over Graham Cripsey and was defeated there by Tony Meo . He was then eliminated from the British Open in the round of 32 against Cliff Thorburn, before ending the season with a 9-10 defeat by Ray Edmonds in the final qualifying round for the World Snooker Championship . In the world rankings he slipped to 43rd place.

The next season began with a move into the round of the last 64 of the International Open , where he lost to Peter Francisco after defeating Brian Rowswell a round earlier . He then reached the round of 32 of the Grand Prix with victories over François Ellis and Steve Longworth and lost there against Rex Williams before losing the following two opening games. With Mike Watterson's abandonment at the English Professional Championship , Wildman won another game, but lost to John Parrott in the following round . Shortly thereafter, as in the previous year at the British Open, he lost to Cliff Thorburn in the round of 32, before ending the season with a 10-5 win over Robby Foldvari and a subsequent 0-10 defeat by Jon Wright in the penultimate qualifying round finished for the World Snooker Championship . In the world rankings he was ranked 47th in the following season.

The 1987/88 season began with a participation in the round of the last 64 of the International Open , where he was eliminated again - this time against Terry Griffiths . He then lost two opening games before beating Frank Jonik at the Classic and losing to John Parrott in the round of 64. However, there were two defeats in the beginning before he ended the season with a win over Bernie Mikkelsen and a subsequent loss to Robby Foldvari in qualifying for the World Snooker Championship . In the world rankings, he slipped to 76th place.

Last professional years

After an opening defeat at the beginning of the 1988/89 season , Wildman moved into the round of 96 at both the Grand Prix and the Canadian Masters as well as the UK Championship and lost there each. He then lost all opening games by the end of the season, so that he fell to 97th place in the world rankings.

This trend continued into the following season . Although he started with two appearances in the round of 96, he then lost three opening games. He then benefited from Mike Watterson's abandonment without a fight at the Dubai Classic , only to fail to Tony Chappel before losing three more opening games. At the British Open he again benefited from a non-fighting task, this time from Jim Meadowcroft , but lost to Colin Roscoe immediately afterwards . At the end of the season he lost his opening game in the World Cup qualifying with 5:10 against Eddie Sinclair . In the world rankings he was listed in the following season in 125th place.

The 1990/91 season was a clear omen for the imminent end of Wildman's professional career. During the entire season he took part in only three tournaments, losing his opening games to Craig Edwards and Derek Heaton at the International One Frame Shoot-out and the Classic . At the end of the season he succeeded in qualifying for the World Snooker Championship, a victory over Clive Everton , before Wildman failed in the round of 128 to Bob Harris . This game was for Wildman his last professional game. Even if he was in the following two seasons in places 129 and 240 in the world rankings, he played no more games until he ended his professional career at the end of the 1992/93 season.

Further life

After his active professional career, Wildman chaired a committee consisting of himself, André Gagnaux and Jorgen Sandmann , which was commissioned to draw up basic statutes for the then newly founded World Confederation of Billiard Sports . In 1997, Wildman became a board member of the World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association with Jim Chambers . In September 1999 he was elected chairman of the board and held this post until December 2001, when he voluntarily gave it up. Jason Ferguson was his successor .

Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Ron Florax: Mark Wildman - Season 1953-1954 - Non-professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed June 3, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Ron Florax: Mark Wildman - Season 1959-1960 - Non-professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed June 3, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Ron Florax: Mark Wildman - Season 1960-1961 - Non-professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed June 3, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Ron Florax: Mark Wildman - Season 1961-1962 - Non-professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed June 3, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Ron Florax: Mark Wildman - Season 1972-1973 - Non-professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed June 4, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Ron Florax: Mark Wildman - Season 1977-1978 - Non-professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed June 4, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Ron Florax: Mark Wildman - Season 1978-1979 - Non-professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed June 4, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Ron Florax: Mark Wildman - Season 1979-1980 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed April 6, 2019 .
  10. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Ron Florax: Ranking History For Mark Wildman. Cuetracker.net, accessed on June 4, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Ron Florax: Mark Wildman - Season 1980-1981 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed June 4, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Ron Florax: Mark Wildman - Season 1981-1982 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed June 4, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Ron Florax: Mark Wildman - Season 1982-1983 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed June 5, 2019 .
  14. ↑ Ron Florax: Mark Wildman - Season 1983-1984 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed June 6, 2019 .
  15. ↑ Ron Florax: Mark Wildman - Season 1984-1985 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed June 6, 2019 .
  16. ↑ Ron Florax: Mark Wildman - Season 1985-1986 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed June 7, 2019 .
  17. ↑ Ron Florax: Mark Wildman - Season 1986-1987 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed June 7, 2019 .
  18. ↑ Ron Florax: Mark Wildman - Season 1987-1988 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed June 7, 2019 .
  19. ↑ Ron Florax: Mark Wildman - Season 1988-1989 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed June 7, 2019 .
  20. ↑ Ron Florax: Mark Wildman - Season 1989-1990 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed June 7, 2019 .
  21. ↑ Ron Florax: Mark Wildman - Season 1990-1991 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed June 7, 2019 .
  22. ^ History. World Confederation of Billiard Sports , 2018, accessed June 7, 2019 .
  23. ^ Snooker: Jim Chambers & Mark Wildman join board of World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association. The Independent , March 13, 1997, accessed June 7, 2019 .
  24. ↑ John Dee: Snooker: Parrott in search of air time. The Telegraph , December 4, 2001, accessed June 7, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Wildman, Mark
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English snooker player
DATE OF BIRTH January 25, 1936