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Gareth Allen
Allen at the 2012 Paul Hunter Classic
Born (1988-09-09) 9 September 1988 (age 36)
Sport country Wales
NicknameG-force[1]
Professional2015–
Best ranking finishLast 64 (2013 Welsh Open)

Gareth Allen (born 9 September 1988) is a Welsh professional snooker player.

Career

Allen started playing snooker aged three,[3] joining his local snooker club and playing on full sized table at twelve.[3] In a lenghthy amatuer career, Allen made his debut for the Welsh international side aged eighteen,[3] where he reached the last 16 of the 2010 Amateur World Snooker Championship and narrowly missed out a professsional tour card in 2013, where he lost in the final to Robin Hull in the EBSA European Snooker Championships.[3] He was also a regular competitor in Players Tour Championship events, where in the professional rounds he beat pros such as Kurt Maflin, Alfie Burden, Andrew Norman, Joel Walker and Nigel Bond.[3]

He was also a regular competitor in the end of season Q School events since their introduction, in 2012 he lost in a quarter final match against Paul Davison, which would have gained him pro tour status he he won.[4] However his run did enable him to feature in several ranking events during the 2012/2013 season, with the highlight being a win over then top 32 player Rory McLeod 4–2 in qualifying[5] in his home event the 2013 Welsh Open, his next match against John Higgins was televised however he lost it 4–1.[5]

In 2015, Allen was successful in Q School World Snooker Tour card for the 2015/2016 and 2016/2017 season, beating Alex Taubman in the Quarter Final stage of Q-School 2015/16 - Event 2.[6][5][3]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2010/
11 		2011/
12 		2012/
13 		2013/
14 		2014/
15 		2015/
16
Ranking[7][nb 1] UR[nb 2] UR[nb 2] UR[nb 2] UR[nb 2] UR[nb 2] UR[nb 3]
Ranking tournaments
Australian Goldfields Open A A A A A
Shanghai Masters A A LQ A A
International Championship Not Held LQ A A
UK Championship A A LQ A A
German Masters A A A A A
Welsh Open A A LQ A A
Indian Open Not Held A A
Players Championship Grand Final[nb 4] DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
China Open A A LQ A A
World Championship A A A A A
Former ranking tournaments
World Open A A LQ A Not Held
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 e He was an amateur.
  3. ^ New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.
  4. ^ The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals (2010/2011–2012/2013)

References

  1. ^ "Gareth Allen". World Snooker Tour. Archived from the original on 3 May 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "Career-total Statistics for Gareth Allen - Professional". CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Gareth Allen". Pro Snooker Blog. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  4. ^ "2012 Q School - Event 2". CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  5. ^ a b c "Gareth Allen". Gareth Allen. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  6. ^ "Q School Event Two Winners". World Snooker. 28 May 2015.
  7. ^ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.

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