Sam Craigie
| Sam Craigie | |
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| birthday | 29th December 1993 (age 26) |
| place of birth | Wallsend |
| nationality |
 England
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| professional | 2011/12, 2016– |
| Prize money | £ 166,249 (As of August 30, 2020) |
| Highest break | 141 ( Shanghai Masters 2017 , Q) |
| Century Breaks | 58 (as of August 30, 2020) |
| Main tour successes | |
| World championships | - |
| Ranking tournament victories | - |
| Minor tournament victories | - |
| World rankings | |
| Highest WRL place | 75 (Aug. 2011, Apr. – May 2012, Apr. – May 2018) |
| Current WRL location | 58 (as of August 17, 2020) |
Sam Craigie (born December 29, 1993 in Wallsend ) is an English snooker player . He is the younger brother of Stephen Craigie , who is also active in snooker.
Career
Beginnings
In the junior division, Craigie won several national titles in the U-14, U-15, U-16 and U-21 division. During the 2009/10 season he tried to qualify for the Snooker Main Tour through the Pontin's International Open Series . Although he reached a semi-final with wins over u. a. Anthony McGill was unable to get one of the eight tour tickets for the following season.
First year as a professional
A year later he was able to qualify for the 2011/12 Main Tour season by winning the IBSF U-21 World Snooker Championship in 2010 (9: 8 in the final against Li Hang ) . In the semifinals he met his brother Stephen, whom he defeated 7: 6.
As an amateur, he also took part in two tournaments of the Players Tour Championship 2010/11 , but failed once in the prequalification of the amateurs and in the first round of the last 128 against professional Adrian Gunnell .
During the PTC series of his first professional season 2011/12, he achieved significantly better results: He made it to the round of 16 at Event 11 with wins over Stephen Lee and Michael White . Reaching the round of the last 48 (at the German Masters 2012 and the China Open 2012 ) was so far the greatest success that he can present in a full ranking tournament . Still, he couldn't qualify for another season.
Amateur time
The following season Craigie took part in two tournaments in the Players Tour Championship . At the Kay Suzanne Memorial Trophy he lost to Kyren Wilson , at the Munich Open he lost 4-0 to Neil Robertson .
Craigie played in Q School in 2015. In the first tournament he lost in the quarterfinals against Adam Duffy , in the second tournament in the last sixteen against Billy Joe Castle . In the 2015/16 season he took part in qualifying for the Australian Masters , where he lost to Nigel Bond 4-5. He participated in the second and third tournaments of the Players Tour Championship . In the former he survived the qualification, but lost in the round of the last 128, the first round in the main tournament, with 0: 4 against Robbie Williams . In the second, he also survived the qualification and even won his first round match 4-0 against Peter Lines . He then lost 4-2 to Shaun Murphy . In qualifying for the International Championship, he was defeated by Ding Junhui 4-6. Craigie also took part in the Bulgarian Open and Gibraltar Open , both times he survived the qualification, but then lost 4-0 to Mark Williams and Aditya Mehta . He took part in the qualification for the German Masters , but lost 5-2 to Ben Woollaston , and also in the first round of the Welsh Open 4-0 to Mark Allen . He narrowly missed the main round of the Gdynia Open , Oliver Brown defeated him 1: 4 in the final qualifying round. Craigie qualified for the next two seasons through the EBSA Amateur Play Offs at the end of the season . He first defeated Tom Rees and Kacper Filipiak , and then defeated Adam Duffy 4-3 in the final.
Professional years
Season 2016/17
Craigie started with a 4: 2 victory over Brandon Sargeant in qualifying for Riga Masters in the season 2016/17 . In the main round he was defeated by Martin O'Donnell 3: 4. In qualifying for the Indian Open he lost 4-1 to David Grace , but he won his qualifier for the World Open 5-3 against former world champion Ken Doherty . In the first main round he also defeated Marco Fu 5: 3, but then lost 4: 5 to Matthew Selt . He missed the main round of the Shanghai Masters by beating Andy Hicks 3: 5 . He survived qualifying for the European Masters by beating Stuart Carrington 4-2 , but lost 4-0 to Anthony McGill in the first round . Two defeats followed: In the first round of the English Open he lost 4-0 against Liam Highfield and in qualifying for the International Championship with 5-6 against Neil Robertson . In contrast, Craigie won his first round game at the Northern Ireland Open 4-0 against Jamie Jones , but then lost to John Higgins 4-1. The same thing was repeated at the UK Championship : he first defeated Mark King 6-2, but then lost 5-6 to Luca Brecel . He lost the opening game at the Scottish Open 1: 4 against Kurt Maflin . In qualifying for the German Masters he benefited from Liang Wenbo's voluntary surrender , but lost 5-1 to Stuart Carrington in the decisive round. He defeated him in the first round of the Welsh Open with 2: 4. In the shoot-out he came after wins over Mike Dunn (68:14 on points) and Mark Joyce (32:23 on points) in the round of 32, where he was defeated by Shaun Murphy 37:61. At the Gibraltar Open he defeated the amateur John Foster in the first round, but then lost 4-1 to Shaun Murphy. In the first qualifying round of the World Snooker Championship he lost to Yan Bingtao with 8:10. He finished the season at number 97 in the world .
Season 2017/18
In the first tournament of the 2017/18 season , the Riga Masters , he reached the main round after beating Soheil Vahedi 4: 3 in qualifying, where he defeated Jamie Jones 4: 3. In the next round he lost 4-2 to Mark King . He did not reach the main round of the China Championship after beating Fergal O'Brien 3: 5 in qualifying. At the Paul Hunter Classic he benefited from Yuan Sijun's voluntary surrender , but lost 4-0 to Matthew Stevens in the following round . In qualifying for the World Open , he surprisingly beat Judd Trump 5-0, but lost in the main round with 4: 5 against John Astley . Two defeats followed: In qualifying for the European Masters he lost 3: 4 to Luca Brecel , in the first round of the English Open he was defeated by Aditya Mehta 0: 4. The main round of the International Championship he reached by a 6: 5 win over Thepchaiya Un-Nooh , but he lost 3: 6 to Joe Perry . He missed the main round of the Shanghai Masters by a 4-5 defeat by Ali Carter . At the Northern Ireland Open , Craigie achieved his best result to date in a ranking tournament. He defeated Kyren Wilson 4-1 in the first round , and in the second round he defeated Ben Woollaston 4-2. He reached the round of 16 with a 4-2 victory over Mei Xiwen . In the last sixteen it was finally over, he lost to Elliot Slessor 1: 4. But in the first round of the UK Championship a setback followed, he lost 6-0 to Andrew Higginson . He won his first round game at the Scottish Open 4-2 against Boonyarit Keattikun , but then lost 4-2 to Judd Trump. He lost his opening game in qualifying for the German Masters 2: 5 against Zhao Xintong . Craigie started the Welsh Open with a 4-0 win over Leo Fernandez , and he also won his second round game against Kurt Maflin 4-1. In the round of 32 he lost to eventual winner John Higgins . At the Gibraltar Open Craigie succeeded after victories over Joe O'Connor and Barry Hawkins the move into the round of 32, where he lost with 2: 4 against Cao Yupeng . He also made it into the round of 32 at the China Open , after defeating Jamie Jones and Martin Gould , losing 5-6 to Neil Robertson . In the first qualifying round of the World Snooker Championship he was defeated by Jimmy White with 8:10. He finished the season on world number 80 , which was not enough for a qualification for the next season. But Craigie attended Q School 2018. In the first tournament he reached the group final and defeated Dechawat Poomjaeng 4-0, so that he secured a starting place for the next two seasons.
Season 2018/19
After he voluntarily withdrew from the first two tournaments of the 2018/19 season , he beat Jimmy White 4-0 in qualifying for the Indian Open .
successes
Final participation
| output | year | competition | Final opponent | Result |
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| Amateur tournaments | ||||
| winner | 2010 | IBSF U21 World Snooker Championship |
 Li Hang
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9: 8 |
| winner | 2016 | EBSA amateur play offs |
Adam Duffy
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4: 2 |
| winner | 2018 | Q School |
 Dechawat Poomjaeng
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4-0 |
More Achievements
- several national junior titles
- 2007: Junior Premier Tour victory (as the youngest player to date, aged 14)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Profile of Sam Craigie on CueTracker (as of October 31, 2018)
- ↑ Global Snooker Player Profile: Sam Craigie ( Memento from October 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Results: World Under 21 Snooker Championship 2010, International Billiards & Snooker Federation, August 10, 2010 ( Memento of December 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Ron Florax: Sam Craigie - Season 2012-2013 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, 2013, archived from the original on August 16, 2018 ; accessed on August 16, 2018 .
- ↑ Ron Florax: Sam Craigie - Season 2015-2016 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, 2016, archived from the original on August 16, 2018 ; accessed on August 16, 2018 .
- ↑ Ron Florax: Sam Craigie - Season 2016-2017 - Professional Results. (No longer available online.) CueTracker.net, 2017, archived from the original on August 16, 2018 ; accessed on August 16, 2018 .
- ^ Ron Florax: World Rankings. (PDF) (No longer available online.) WPBSA , May 2, 2017, archived from the original on August 16, 2018 ; accessed on August 16, 2018 .
- ↑ Ron Florax: Sam Craigie - Season 2017-2018 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, 2018, archived from the original on August 16, 2018 ; accessed on August 16, 2018 .
- ↑ World Rankings. WPBSA , May 7, 2018, archived from the original on August 16, 2018 ; accessed on August 16, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Ron Florax: Sam Craigie - Season 2018-2019 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, archived from the original on August 16, 2018 ; accessed on August 16, 2018 .
Web links
- Player profile at World Snooker
- Player profile at Pro Snooker Blog
- Sam Craigie in the Snooker Database (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Craigie, Sam |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English snooker player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 29, 1993 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wallsend , England |