Joe O'Connor (snooker player)
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Born | England | 8 November 1995
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Sport country | ![]() |
Professional | 2018– |
Highest ranking | 42 (February 2021) |
Current ranking | 29 (as of 26 August 2024) |
Best ranking finish | Semi-finals (2019 Welsh Open) |
Joe O'Connor (born 8 November 1995) is a professional English snooker player from Leicester.
Career
A pool champion as a junior, O'Connor has faced Neil Robertson and Mark Selby at the UK Championship and has qualified for the main draw at the Wuxi Classic.[1][2][3]
He won four events on the 2017–18 English amateur tour.[4]
Ahead of the 2018–19 season, O'Connor defeated Brandon Sargeant 4–1 and then Oliver Brown 4–0 to secure a two-year professional tour card for the first time at the 2018 EBSA Play-Offs at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield.[5]
In June 2018, he beat Andrew Norman 10–3 to become the English Amateur Champion before turning professional.
On 28 November 2018 O'Connor defeated world number 12 Ryan Day 6–2 in the first round at the 2018 UK Championship.[6]
In February 2019 O'Connor defeated top 10 players Kyren Wilson, Ding Junhui and John Higgins en route to his first ranking event semi-final at the Welsh Open,[7] eventually losing 2–6 to Stuart Bingham.
Performance and rankings timeline
Tournament | 2013/ 14 |
2014/ 15 |
2015/ 16 |
2016/ 17 |
2017/ 18 |
2018/ 19 |
2019/ 20 |
2020/ 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ranking[8][nb 1] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 3] | 68 | 62 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ranking tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
European Masters | Not Held | A | A | LQ | LQ | 3R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
English Open | Not Held | A | LQ | 1R | 2R | 3R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Championship League | Non-Ranking Event | RR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Ireland Open | Not Held | A | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UK Championship | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | 3R | 1R | 3R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scottish Open | Not Held | A | A | 1R | 3R | 2R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Grand Prix | NH | NR | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
German Masters | A | LQ | LQ | A | A | LQ | LQ | QF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shoot-Out | Non-Ranking Event | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Welsh Open | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | SF | 1R | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Players Championship[nb 4] | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gibraltar Open | Not Held | MR | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
WST Pro Series | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tour Championship | Tournament Not Held | DNQ | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Championship | A | LQ | LQ | A | A | LQ | LQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Former ranking tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wuxi Classic | A | 1R | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian Goldfields Open | A | LQ | LQ | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shanghai Masters | A | LQ | LQ | A | A | Non-Rank. | NH | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Paul Hunter Classic | Minor-Ranking | A | 3R | 3R | NR | NH | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indian Open | A | LQ | NH | A | A | LQ | Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
China Open | A | 1R | A | A | A | 2R | Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Riga Masters[nb 5] | NH | MR | A | A | 2R | WD | NH | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
International Championship | A | LQ | LQ | A | A | LQ | LQ | NH | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
China Championship | Not Held | NR | A | LQ | 1R | NH | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Open[nb 6] | A | Not Held | A | A | LQ | LQ | NH |
Performance Table Legend | |||||
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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. |
- ^ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
- ^ a b c d e He was an amateur.
- ^ New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.
- ^ The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals (2011/2012–2012/2013) and the Players Championship Grand Final (2013/2014—2015/2016)
- ^ The event was called the Riga Open (2014/2015–2015/2016)
- ^ The event was called the Haikou World Open (2013/2014)
Career finals
Amateur finals: 1 (1 title)
Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
Winner | 1. | 2018 | English Amateur Championship | ![]() |
10–3 |
References
- ^ "UK Snooker: Joe O'Connor to man up for crack at champion Neil Robertson". York Press.
- ^ "Joe O'Connor awaits Mark Selby tie at UK Championship". 12 November 2015 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "UK Championship 2014: Neil Robertson test excites O'Connor". 26 November 2014 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Reports from the English Amateur Tour 2017/18 – EASB". www.easb.co.uk.
- ^ "Clarke and O'Connor Win EBSA Play-Offs - WPBSA". www.wpbsa.com.
- ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/46372361
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/47259115
- ^ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
External links
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- Joe O'Connor at worldsnooker.com