Jamie Clarke (snooker player)
Born | Llanelli, Carmarthenshire | 5 October 1994
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Sport country | Wales |
Professional | 2018– |
Current ranking | 62 (as of 16 July 2024) |
Best ranking finish | Last 32 (2018 Gibraltar Open) |
Jamie Rhys Clarke (born 5 October 1994) is a Welsh professional snooker player.
Career
Jamie Clarke drew attention in 2014 when he defeated former world number 8 Darren Morgan in 6–0 whitewash in the semi-finals of the Welsh Amateur Championship before going on to defeat Lee Walker to capture the highest ranking and most prestigious amateur event in Wales.[1][2] In 2015 Clarke entered several events in an attempt to qualify for the World Snooker Tour and narrowly missed out by losing in the final of tournaments on 3 occasions. In April, Clarke lost 4–3 in a final-frame decider to Martin O'Donnell in the final round of the EBSA Qualifying Tour Play-off. Clarke would go on to enter Q School in May 2015, but would be unable to advance further than the third round. In June 2015, Clarke qualified for the knockout stage of EBSA European Snooker Championship as the 19th seed where he lost 7–4 to Michael Wild in the final.[3][4]
The following month at the IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship Clarke once again reached the tournament final before losing 8–7 in the deciding frame to Boonyarit Keattikun. In February 2016, Clarke once again reached the final of the EBSA European Snooker Championship as the number 1 seed, however he was once again defeated 7–4 losing to fellow countryman Jak Jones.[5] Two months later Clarke again lost a final-frame decider 4–3 to Elliot Slessor in the final round of the EBSA Qualifying Tour Play-off. This was Clarke's fifth defeat in the final round of a world tour qualifying tournament in 12 months. Following his repeated bad fortune in the finals of qualifying tournaments Clarke started being referred to as the "Welsh Jimmy White" or the "Welsh Whirlwind", the latter of which has since been adopted as his permanent nickname on the tour events. Clarke was finally able to gain professional status at the sixth attempt, in the EBSA Tour Qualifying Play-offs, thanks to victories over former World Championship semi-finalist Andy Hicks and English amateur George Pragnall.
Performance and rankings timeline
Tournament | 2013/ 14 |
2014/ 15 |
2015/ 16 |
2016/ 17 |
2017/ 18 |
2018/ 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ranking[6][nb 1] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ranking tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Riga Masters[nb 4] | NH | MR | A | LQ | LQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Open[nb 5] | A | Not Held | A | A | LQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Paul Hunter Classic | Minor-Ranking | LQ | 1R | 1R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
China Championship | Minor-Ranking | NR | A | LQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
European Masters | Not Held | A | 1R | LQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
English Open | Not Held | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
International Championship | A | A | A | A | A | LQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Ireland Open | Not Held | A | 1R | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UK Championship | A | A | A | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scottish Open | Not Held | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German Masters | A | LQ | A | A | LQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Grand Prix[nb 6] | NH | NR | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Welsh Open | A | 1R | A | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shoot-Out | Non-Ranking Event | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indian Open | A | LQ | NH | A | LQ | LQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Players Championship[nb 7] | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gibraltar Open | Not Held | MR | 1R | 3R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tour Championship | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
China Open | A | LQ | A | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Championship | A | LQ | LQ | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Variant format tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Six-red World Championship | A | 2R | 1R | A | A | A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Former ranking tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wuxi Classic | A | LQ | Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian Goldfields Open | LQ | A | A | Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shanghai Masters | A | LQ | A | A | A | NR |
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 Riga Open (2014/2015–2015/2016)
- ^ The event was called the Haikou World Open (2013/2014)
- ^ The event was called the Haikou World Open (2013/2014)
- ^ The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals (2010/2011–2012/2013)
Career finals
Amateur finals: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)
Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
Winner | 1. | 2010 | Junior Pot Black | Tom Rees | 1–0 |
Winner | 2. | 2014 | Welsh Amateur Championship | Lee Walker | 8–6 |
Runner-up | 1. | 2015 | European Snooker Championship | Michael Wild | 4–7 |
Runner-up | 2. | 2015 | World Under-21 Snooker Championship | Boonyarit Keattikun | 7–8 |
Runner-up | 3. | 2016 | European Snooker Championship | Jak Jones | 4–7 |
References
- ^ "Jamie Clarke crowned Welsh Amateur Champion 2014". welshsnooker.com. 26 July 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
- ^ "Llanelli's Jamie Clarke crowned amateur snooker champ". Llanelli Star. 4 May 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
- ^ "Wild Champion of Europe". easb.co.uk. 26 July 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "PRAGUE'S GONE WILD". European Billiards & Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 14 June 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
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