Oliver_Brown_(snooker_player)

Oliver Brown (snooker player)

Oliver Brown (snooker player)

English snooker player

Oliver Brown (born 18 August 1994) in Dronfield, Derbyshire[2] is an English snooker player. He turned professional at the start of the 2022/2023 season. He earned a two-year tour card after winning the men's EBSA European Snooker Championship in October 2021.

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Career

2013/2014 season

Brown played in a stage of any ranking event in the first time in the 2013/2014 season. However, he lost in the first qualifying stage of the Australian Open to Joel Walker 5–3. Brown qualified for his first ever ranking tournament's venue stages in October 2013, beating Nigel Bond in the qualifying stage 6–3 in the International Championship. However, he lost in the first round in Chengdu by a 6–4 scoreline to Mark Davis.[3]

2014/2015 season

In the first ranking event of the 2014–15 season, Brown was drawn against Chinese snooker star Ding Junhui in the Wuxi Classic. He beat Ding 5–0 in emphatic fashion, qualifying for a second ranking tournament.[4] Brown continued his good form in China, beating Oliver Lines 5–1 in the last 64 stage, before losing to Martin Gould 5–1.[5] Brown entered in the second ranking event of the season, the Australian Goldfields Open. He had to play four qualifying rounds to get to the venue stage. In the end, he beat Andrew Norman 5–3, Dave Harold 5–1 and Gary Wilson 5–3 before losing in the final qualifying round to Tom Ford 5–1.[6]

Brown qualified for the International Championship by beating Jamie Cope and lost 6–1 to Mark Williams in the first round.[6] Brown was drawn against reigning world champion Mark Selby in the first round of the UK Championship and was whitewashed 6–0.[7] At the Welsh Open he beat Mike Dunn 4–3 and home favourite Ryan Day 4–1 to reach the last 32 of a ranking event for the second time this season.[8] Brown suffered a 4–0 defeat against Luca Brecel and his season would come to an end with a heavy 10–1 loss to Liam Highfield in the first round of World Championship qualifying. He entered Q School, but could only win a total of two matches to fall short of earning a place on the tour.[6]

Performance and rankings timeline

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NH / Not Heldmeans an event was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a ranking event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
  1. [N 1]
    It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season
  2. [N 2]
    He was an amateur
  3. [N 3]
    New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking
  4. [N 4]
    The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals (2011/2012–2015/2016)
  5. [N 5]
    The event was called the Riga Open (2014/2015–2015/2016)

Career finals

Amateur finals: 3 (2 titles)

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Runner-up 1. 2019 Challenge Tour – Event 1 Hong Kong Cheung Ka Wai 1–3
Winner 1. 2019 Challenge Tour – Event 6 England Ashley Hugill 3–1
Winner 2. 2021 EBSA European Snooker Championship Russia Ivan Kakovskii 5–4

References

  1. [1]
    http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~3867878,00.doc , World Snooker, 29 May 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  2. [2]
    "CueTracker - Oliver Brown - Season 2021-2022 - Professional Results - Snooker Results & Statistics Database".
  3. [3]
    Florax, Ron. , Cue Tracker. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  4. [4]
    "Brown Grasping Opportunities". World Snooker. 29 May 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  5. [5]
    "Selby Suffers Liang Defeat". World Snooker. 24 June 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  6. [6]
    "Oliver Brown 2014/2015". Snooker.org. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  7. [7]
    "Mark Selby says his first victory as a dad was "special" after beating Oliver Brown 6–0 in the first round of the Coral UK Championship at the York Barbican". The Press (York). Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  8. [8]
    "Selby Keeps Hot Streak Going". World Snooker. 17 February 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  9. [9]
    "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
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