Oliver King

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Oliver King
birthday 7th September 1970 (age 49)
nationality EnglandEngland England
professional 1991 - 1997 , 1998/99
Prize money £ 24,890
Highest break 134 ( Dubai Classic 1991 , Q)
Century Breaks 8th
World rankings
Highest WRL place 100 ( 1996/97 )
Best results
Ranked tournaments 1 × round of the last 32
Other professional tournaments 1 × round of the last 32
Amateur tournaments U21 vice world champion 1990

Oliver King (born September 7, 1970 ) is a former English snooker player who was a professional player for seven seasons in the 1990s. He had previously lost to Peter Ebdon in the 1990 final of the U21 World Amateur Championship .

Career

The King, who comes from a Farnham , first attracted attention when he lost to Jason Ferguson in the quarterfinals of the U21 World Amateur Championship in 1989 . In the next year's edition he made it to the final, but lost to Peter Ebdon 9:11 . He also reached the round of 16 of the southern qualification for the final of the English Amateur Championship , but was eliminated in this. For the 1991/92 season the professional tour was opened to all players for a certain entry fee; King promptly took the chance and became a professional player. In his first season he had to play through numerous qualifying rounds and was often eliminated early. His best results were taking part in the sixth qualifying round of the World Snooker Championship and the seventh and final qualifying round of the Dubai Classic , where he had also played the highest break of his career with a 134 break. In the world rankings he was ranked 1895.

For this reason, King had to deny significantly fewer qualifying rounds from his second professional season and for this reason was often eliminated a few rounds before the first main round. Apart from the events of the Strachan Challenge , he never reached it - at the Grand Prix he was already in the final qualifying round, but had to admit defeat to Joe Swail from Northern Ireland 2: 5 . Nevertheless, he improved by 35 places to world number 150. The next season went similarly , in which he reached the round of the last 96 twice, but never reached the last qualifying round due to a change in mode - also because he at the latest in the mentioned Lap lost. Nevertheless, he improved significantly on the world rankings, this time to 120th place.

The 1995/95 season went slightly worse for King , when he did not survive the round of 128 in a single ranking tournament. He achieved his best result in a so-called non-ranking tournament : at the Benson and Hedges Championship , he moved into the round of 32 and lost in this after defeating Gary Wilkinson against Jamie Burnett . Nevertheless, he lost two places on the world rankings. However, after he reached the round of 64 in the next season in addition to a round of 96 at both the Welsh Open and the British Open , he improved on the world rankings to 100th, the best place of his career.

In the 1996/97 season he was eliminated from the International Open again in the round of 64 and at the Grand Prix only in the round of 32. Since his other results were only average in nature, he slipped to 109th place on the world rankings and thus lost his starting authorization for the next Main Tour season. In the next season, King took part in various tournaments of the WPBSA Qualifying School and the UK Tour , but without much success. For the 1998/99 season , however, he was again allowed to start on the Main Tour, but mostly retired very early and was able to show a single participation in a round of the last 64 (at the Irish Open ) as the best result. Since he was only ranked 153rd at the end of the season, he lost his professional status again. In the following years King tried his luck in a few qualifying tournaments, but this was in vain.

successes

output year competition Final opponent Result
Amateur tournaments
Second 1990 IBSF U21 World Snooker Championship EnglandEngland Peter Ebdon 9:11

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Ron Florax: Career Total Statistics For Oliver King - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed July 2, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h Ron Florax: Ranking History For Oliver King. CueTracker.net, accessed July 2, 2020 .
  3. ↑ SNOOKER: Stephen Hendry loses to Matthew Stevens. The Independent , October 18, 1996, accessed July 2, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Ron Florax: Oliver King - Season 1989-1990 - Non-professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed July 2, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Ron Florax: Oliver King - Season 1990-1991 - Non-professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed July 2, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Ron Florax: Oliver King - Season 1991-1992 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed July 2, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Ron Florax: Oliver King - Season 1992-1993 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed July 2, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Ron Florax: Oliver King - Season 1993-1994 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed July 2, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Ron Florax: Oliver King - Season 1994-1995 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed July 2, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Ron Florax: Oliver King - Season 1995-1996 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed July 2, 2020 .
  11. ↑ Ron Florax: Oliver King - Season 1996-1997 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed July 2, 2020 .
  12. ↑ Ron Florax: Oliver King - Season 1997-1998 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed July 2, 2020 .
  13. ↑ Ron Florax: Oliver King - Season 1998-1999 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed July 2, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Ron Florax: Oliver King - Season 1999-2000 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed July 2, 2020 .
  15. ↑ Ron Florax: Oliver King - Season 2000-2001 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed July 2, 2020 .
  16. ↑ Ron Florax: Oliver King - Season 2001-2002 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed July 2, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME King, Oliver
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English snooker player
DATE OF BIRTH 7th September 1970