Tyler_Rees

Tyler Rees

Tyler Rees

Welsh snooker player

Tyler Rees (born 6 February 1999 in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire) is a Welsh amateur snooker player. He was Under-18 European Snooker Champion in 2016.[1]

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Career

In February 2016, Rees entered the 2016 EBSA European Under-18 Snooker Championship as the number 15 seed, he managed to advance to the final where he defeated fellow countryman Jackson Page 5–2 in the final to win the inaugural championship. As a result, Rees was awarded a place in the qualifying rounds for the 2016 World Snooker Championship.[1] He lost 10–0 there to Jimmy Robertson.[2] The following season Rees was awarded a wildcard entry in the 2017 Welsh Open.[3] However he was defeated in the first round 4-1 by Jamie Jones. Rees was again awarded with a place in the qualifying rounds for the World Championship, where once again he was defeated at the first hurdle, losing 10–2 to China's Xiao Guodong.

Performance and rankings timeline

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More information Performance Table Legend ...
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]
    The event was called the Players Championship Grand Final (2013/2014–2015/2016)

Career finals

Amateur finals: 3 (1 title)

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Winner 1. 2016 EBSA European Under-18 Snooker Championships Wales Jackson Page 5–2
Runner-up 1. 2018 EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships Germany Simon Lichtenberg 3–6
Runner-up 2. 2020 Challenge Tour - Event 8 Germany Lukas Kleckers 1–3

References

  1. [1]
    "Marathon Man Rees King Of Europe". European Billiards and Snooker Association – Snooker Database. Archived from the original on 13 February 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  2. [2]
    Newstead, Simon (12 April 2016). "Davis beaten in World Championship qualifying". Bexhill Observer. Archived from the original on 7 May 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  3. [3]
    "Meet the teenagers rocking Welsh snooker". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  4. [4]
    "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Archived from the original on 19 December 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
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