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Peter Lines

Peter Lines

English snooker player

Peter Lines (born 11 December 1969) is an English former professional snooker player. He has reached the semi-finals of one ranking tournament, the 2018 Paul Hunter Classic. He reached his highest ranking, 42nd in the world, in 1999. He is the father of professional snooker player Oliver Lines. In January 2022, he won the 2022 UK Seniors Championship, part of the World Seniors Tour.

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Career

Lines turned professional in 1991, and in his debut season reached the last 32 stage twice, at the 1992 Strachan Open and the 1992 Asian Open. Wins were hard to come by for him during the next few seasons, although he qualifyied for the 1995 International Open, beating the likes of Fergal O'Brien and Doug Mountjoy in the process. Lines briefly fell off tour in 1997 but returned immediately via Qualifying School, and his results started to improve. 1997/98 season saw him reach the last 32 of the Welsh Open and Scottish Open before coming through qualifying for the World Championship to reach The Crucible for the first (and to date only) time in his career; there he was beaten 10–4 by John Parrott but not before compiling a 141 total clearance - the highest break by a debutant. As a result, he finished the season ranked 53, and rose to 42 after the next season despite having failed to reach another last 32.

Lines scored his best ever result at the 1999 China International as he sensationally defeated John Higgins and Peter Ebdon en route to his first career quarter-final, where he lost 4–5 to Brian Morgan. Following this result, however, he started to struggle for form and to slip down the rankings, before an eventual relegation from the tour in 2004. He briefly regained his place in 2006 but was again relegated after another poor season.

Lines did not give up however, and thanks to working with coach Steve Prest had a successful 2007–08 season in the PIOS, where he won one event and reached the final of another to finish second in the top 8 qualifying for the main tour. He carried his fine form into the 2008–09 season as he performed consistently to finish in the top 64 and maintain his tour place. Better was to come during the next season, as Lines reached the last 64 of the Shanghai Masters and the last 48 of the Grand Prix, before a remarkable run in the UK Championship. He defeated Xiao Guodong, Ian McCulloch and Nigel Bond to qualify for the venue stages; there he convincingly beat Marco Fu 9–3, then caused an upset by edging out Mark Williams 9–8 to reach his second career quarter-final. Despite the 5–9 loss to Stephen Maguire, this performance could've allowed Lines to return to the top 48 of the world rankings, but another drop in form resulted in three opening round defeats in the remaining tournaments of the season to leave him ranked 50.

2010–11 season saw Lines recording a number of good results in the newly introduced minor-ranking PTC events, with three last 16 appearances and a quarter-final at the Event 5 to his name. However, his performances in the major tournaments were less successful, as aside from the UK Championship last 48 appearance he won only one more match; as a result he couldn't improve his ranking at the end of the season. Lines qualified for the 2011 UK Championship by defeating Ken Doherty 6–5 in round 4 of qualifying. He played Martin Gould in the last 32 and was beaten 6–2. Lines qualified for the 2013 German Masters by defeating John Higgins 5–3 in round 4 of qualifying. He played Ken Doherty in the last 32 and won 5–3, before losing 3–5 to Marco Fu in the last 16. In June 2014 he won the Pink Ribbon pro–am event defeating Lee Walker 4–1 in the final.[1] Lines the Yorkshireman beat defending champion Neil Robertson on a run to the last 32 of the 2016 UK Championship. In March 2017 he won the World Seniors Championship defeating John Parrott 4–0 in the final. Lines regained full professional status for the 2017–18 season by coming through an EBSA playoff. He defeated Zack Richardson 4–0 in the final round. He reached the last 16 on two occasions during the 2017/18 campaign, at the 2017 Paul Hunter Classic and the 2017 European Masters. During the 2019-2020 season Lines reached the last 16 of the 2020 Snooker Shoot Out. Lines famously has a 4-3 (excluding the Shoot-Out) winning head-to-head record against 4-time World Champion John Higgins.

While playing Xiao Guodong at the 2021 Northern Ireland Open qualifiers in Leicester, Lines became angry over what he regarded as the incorrect replacement of balls after referee Brendan Moore called a foul and a miss against Xiao.[2] Lines confronted his opponent in the players' lounge after the match, accused him of cheating, swore at him, and challenged him to a fight, which led to security personnel removing Lines from the area.[3] A WPBSA disciplinary committee fined him £2,500 over the incident and ordered him to pay costs of £5,464.80 for breaching conduct rules and bringing the game into disrepute.[4][5]

In January 2022, Lines won the UK Seniors Championship, defeating David Lilley 4–1 in the final.[6] He finished the 2022–23 season ranked 73rd in the world rankings and was relegated from the professional tour.[7]

Personal life

He is married to Sarah and has three children, Penny, Leo and Oliver. Both he and Oliver practise at the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds.[8]

Performance and rankings timeline

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NR / Non-Ranking Eventevent is/was no longer a ranking event.
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  1. [N 1]
    From the 2010/2011 season it shows the ranking at the beginning of the season
  2. [N 2]
    New players don't have a ranking
  3. [N 3]
    He was an amateur
  4. [N 4]
    Players qualified through Q School started the season without ranking points
  5. [N 5]
    The event was called the European Open (1991/1992-1996/1997 and 2001/2002-2003/2004), Irish Open (1998/1999) and the Malta Cup (2004/2005–2007/2008)
  6. [N 6]
    The event was called the International Open (1992/1993–1996/1997) and the Players Championship (2003/2004)
  7. [N 7]
    The event was called the German Open (1995/1996–1997/1998)
  8. [N 8]
    The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals (2010/2011–2012/2013) and the Players Championship Grand Final (2013/2014–2015/2016)
  9. [N 9]
    The event was called the Strachan Challenge (1992/1993–1993/1994)
  10. [N 10]
    The event was called the Thailand Classic (1995/1996) and the Asian Classic (1996/1997)
  11. [N 11]
    The event was called the Asian Open (1991/1992–1992/1993) and the Thailand Open (1993/1994–1996/1997)
  12. [N 12]
    The event was called the Jiangsu Classic (2008/2009–2009/2010)
  13. [N 13]
    The event was called the Australian Open (1994/1995) and the Australian Masters (1995/1996)
  14. [N 14]
    The event was called the Grand Prix Fürth (2004/2005) and the Fürth German Open (2005/2006–2006/2007)
  15. [N 15]
    The event was called the China International (1997/1998–1998/1999)
  16. [N 16]
    The event was called the Riga Open (2014/2015–2015/2016)
  17. [N 17]
    The event was called the Grand Prix (1991/1992–2000/2001 and 2004/2005–2009/2010), the LG Cup (2001/2002–2003/2004) and the Haikou World Open (2011/2012–2013/2014)

Career finals

Non-ranking finals: 4 (3 titles)

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Winner 1. 1998 Merseyside Professional Championship Wales Lee Walker 5–4
Runner-up 1, 2010 World Seniors Championship Qualifying Event England Nigel Bond 3–4
Winner 2. 2017 World Seniors Championship England John Parrott 4–0
Winner 3. 2022 UK Seniors Championship England David Lilley 4–1

Pro-am finals: 7 (5 titles)

Outcome Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Winner 1993 Pontins Autumn Open England Andrew Hannah 5–3
Winner 2008 Pontins Pro-Am - Event 3 England Judd Trump 4–3[10]
Winner 2008 Pontins Pro-Am - Event 5 England Paul Davison 4–1[11]
Winner 2008 Pontins Pro-Am - Event 6 England Stephen Craigie 4–1[12]
Runner-up 2009 Pontins Pro-Am - Event 3 England Judd Trump 2–5[13]
Runner-up 2012 Pink Ribbon England Stuart Bingham 0–4
Winner 2014 Pink Ribbon Wales Lee Walker 4–1

Amateur finals: 3 (1 title)

Outcome Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Runner-up 1996 English Amateur Championship England Stuart Bingham 4–8
Winner 2007 PIOS – Event 5 Wales Daniel Wells 6–5
Runner-up 2008 PIOS – Event 7 Wales Jamie Jones 2–6
Winner 2024 Q Tour – Event 7 Germany Umut Dikme 5–1

References

  1. [1]
    "Pink Ribbon 2014". On Q Promotions. Archived from the original on 10 June 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  2. [2]
    "Peter Lines is fined after offering a rival a fight outside, but he keeps his snooker board job. » Brinkwire". Brinkwire. 15 January 2022. Archived from the original on 15 January 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  3. [3]
    "Lines fined for Xiao confrontation". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 15 January 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  4. [4]
    "WPBSA Statement: 14th January 2022". World Snooker. 14 January 2022. Archived from the original on 15 January 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  5. [5]
    "Peter Lines fined over Xiao Guodong confrontation". 14 January 2022. Archived from the original on 15 January 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  6. [6]
    "UK Seniors Championship - Peter Lines claims maiden title after Jimmy White stunned by David Lilley semi-final comebaclk". 7 January 2022. Archived from the original on 28 March 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  7. [7]
    Huart, Matt (8 April 2023). "World Championship 2023 | Tour Survival Blog". WPBSA. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  8. [8]
    "David Grace: Bramley Man on cue for career as snooker professional". Archived from the original on 7 January 2009. Retrieved 4 March 2009.
  9. [9]
    "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Archived from the original on 19 December 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
  10. [10]
    "2008 Pontins Pro-Am – Event 3". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 30 January 2009.
  11. [11]
    "2008 Pontins Pro-Am – Event 5". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 30 January 2009.
  12. [12]
    "2008 Pontins Pro-Am – Event 6". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 30 January 2009.
  13. [13]
    "2009 Pontins Pro-Am – Event 3". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 25 July 2009.
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