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Mitchell Mann
Mann at the 2012 Paul Hunter Classic.
Born (1991-12-26) 26 December 1991 (age 32)
Birmingham, England
Sport country England
Professional2014–
Highest ranking127 (August 2014–present)[1]
Current ranking 94 (as of 16 July 2024)
Best ranking finishLast 64 (2012 Australian Goldfields Open)

Mitchell Mann (born 26 December 1991) is an English professional snooker player.

Career

Junior

Mann first played snooker aged 9,[3] after being forced to quit football after a diagnosis of Legg–Calvé–Perthes syndrome, a rare disease which rots the hip bone in young boys.[4][5] The main highlight of his junior career was winning the Junior Pot Black in 2007, beating Jack Lisowski 76-23 in the final.[4]

Amateur

In 2007/2008, Mann at aged 15 began to play in the secondary International Open Series tour with eight places on the professional snooker tour on offer to the top eight in the end of season Order of Merit.[6] In 2008/2009, Mann was ranked 11th in the Order of Merit[7] and 46th in 2009/2010.[8]

For 2010/2011, the PIOS was dropped and replaced by the pro-am Players Tour Championship and an end-of season Q School[9] became the new pro ticket events. In the PTC events, Mann managed several wins against professional players Liang Wenbo, Michael White, Dave Harold and Shaun Murphy notable casualties.[4]

Mann was also a regular competitor in the Q School events, where several two year tour cards were on offer to semi-finalists in each event. Mann came close the third event of the 2012 Q School to winning a tour place, lost a deciding frame to Robbie Williams.[4] This performance however, enabled Mann to be a top up player for 2012 Australian Goldfields Open professional ranking event, where he reached the third round last 64 stage.[10] He also played in the 2013 event via the same method, but lost 5–1 to Stuart Carrington in first round last 128 stage.[11]

Professional

Mann won a two year card on the professional World Snooker Tour for the 2014/2015 and 2015/2016 seasons in June 2014 after winning the 2014 EBSA European Snooker Championships, beating John Whitty 7–2 in the final of the 2014 EBSA European Snooker Championships.[4][3][12] He missed the first two ranking tournaments of 2014/2015 season as this win came after the qualifying rounds of them events.[3]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2010/
11 		2011/
12 		2012/
13 		2013/
14 		2014/
15
Ranking[13][nb 1] UR[nb 2] UR[nb 2] UR[nb 2] UR[nb 2] UR[nb 3]
Ranking Tournaments
Australian Goldfields Open A A LQ LQ A
Shanghai Masters A A A A LQ
Indian Open Not Held A
International Championship Not Held A A
UK Championship A A A A
World Open A A A A
German Masters A A A A
Welsh Open A A A A
Players Championship Grand Final[nb 4] DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
China Open A A A A
World Championship A A A A
Performance Table Legend
LQ lost in the qualifying draw #R lost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin) 		QF lost in the quarter-finals
SF lost in the semi-finals F lost in the final W won the tournament
DNQ did not qualify for the tournament A did not participate in the tournament WD withdrew from the tournament
NH / Not Held means an event was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Event means an event is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Event means an event is/was a ranking event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Event means an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
  1. ^ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
  2. ^ a b c d He was an amateur.
  3. ^ New players don't have a ranking.
  4. ^ The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals (2010/2011-2012/2013)

References

  1. ^ "World Rankings After the Riga Open 2014 (ET1)" (PDF). World Snooker. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 11 August 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "Mitchell Mann". CueTracker - Snooker Database. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  3. ^ a b c "Mitchell Mann Q&A" (URL). World Snooker. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 30 July 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Mitchell Mann". Pro Snooker Blog. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  5. ^ "Snooker: Aston Villa fan Mitchell Mann is back on track". birminghammail.co.uk. Birmingham Mail. 14 August 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
  6. ^ "Pontins International Open Series". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 28 February 2012 suggested (help)
  7. ^ "2008-09 PIOS Rankings". Global Snooker. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  8. ^ "2008-09 PIOS Rankings". Global Snooker. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  9. ^ "World Snooker Q School". World Snooker. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  10. ^ "Australian Goldfields Open Qualifiers (2012)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  11. ^ "Australian Goldfields Open Qualifiers (2013)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  12. ^ "European Snooker Championships Men – Sofia/Bulgaria 2014 – knockout results". European Billiards & Snooker Association. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  13. ^ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.

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