U-Z

Player Profiles

Please find below links to my player profiles U-Z for professionals on the tour since the 2008/9 season. Click on each player’s photo to view their page.

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Thepchaiya Un-Nooh

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Lucky Vatnani

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Ricky Walden Patrick Wallace James Wattana Liang Wenbo
Jimmy White MBE Michael White Adam Wicheard Mark J. Williams MBE
Kyren Wilson Daniel Wells Ben Woollaston

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Yu Delu

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Zhang Anda
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Thepchaiya Un-Nooh

Name: Thepchaiya Un-Nooh DOB: 18th April 1985 Nationality: Thai Turned Pro: 2009 Highest Ranking: #N/A Highest Break: 138 (2009 UK Championship Last 48) Career Highlights: 2008 IBSF World Champion, 2008/9 PIOS Event Seven Winner, 2009 UK Championship last 48 Amateur Career Thepchaiya first came to the attention of the snooker world in 2002 when he …

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Lucky Vatnani

Name: Lucky Vatnani DOB: 23rd December 1985 Nationality: Indian Turned Pro: 2011 Highest Ranking: #N/A Highest Break: #N/A Career Highlights: ?     Early Career While Lucky Vatnani hails from Hyderabad in his native India, more recently he has made the city of Sheffield his home, notably graduating from the Sheffield Hallam University with a …

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Ricky Walden

Name: Ricky Walden DOB: 11th November 1982 Nationality: England Turned Pro: 2000 Highest Ranking: #15 (2011) Highest Break: 147 (PTC10 2011) Career Highlights: 2008 Roewe Shanghai Masters Champion, 2005 China Open Quarter-Finalist, 2008 Sangsom 6-Reds International & Belgian Open Champion Website: http://www.rickywalden.co.uk/ Early career A strong amateur, Ricky Walden’s most notable achievements include victory in …

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Patrick Wallace

Name: Patrick Wallace DOB: 20th September 1969 Nationality: Northern Irish Turned Pro: 1994 Highest Ranking: #34 (2001/2) Highest Break: 141 (1999 UK Championship) Career Highlights: 2001 World Championship Quarter Finalist . … Crucible Charge A professional between 1998-2011 (barring a year off the tour in 2006/7), the high point of Patrick’s career undoubtedly was to …

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James Wattana

Name: Ratchapol Pu-Ob-Orm (internationally known as James Wattana) DOB: 17th January 1970 Nationality: Thai Turned Pro: 1989 Highest Ranking: #3 (1994/5) Highest Break: 147×3 Career Highlights: 1994 & 1995 Thailand Open Champion, 1992 Strachan Open Champion, 1992 World Matchplay Champion, Twice World Championship Semi-Finalist Player Summary One of Asia’s finest ever players, Thailand’s Ratchapol Pu-Ob-Orm, …

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Daniel Wells

Name: Daniel Wells DOB: 31st July 1988 Nationality: Welsh Turned Pro: 2008 Highest Ranking: #70 (2009/10) Highest Break: 132 (2009 Welsh Open Qualifiers) Career Highlights: 2011 EBSA European Champion, 2011 World Championship last 48, 2007 Paul Hunter Scholar, 2007 World U21 Championship semi-finalist Early career One of several talented young Welsh players coming through at …

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Jimmy White

Name: Jimmy White DOB: 2nd May 1962 Nationality: English Turned Pro: 1980 Highest Ranking: #2 (1987-9) Highest Break: 147 (1992 World Championship) Career Highlights: 1992 UK Champion, Twice Grand Prix Champion, Twice Mercantile Credit Classic Champion, Twice British Open Champion, Six times World Finalist Website: http://www.jimmywhirlwindwhite.com/ In short One of, if not the most popular …

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Michael White

Name: Michael White DOB: 5th July 1991 Birthplace: Neath, Wales Turned Pro: 2007 Highest Ranking: #57 (2011) Highest Break: 145 (2011 Shanghai Masters qualifiers) Career Highlights: 2009 Welsh Number 1, 2006 IBSF Grand Prix Winner, National Champion at U-14, U-18 and U21 levels, former European U-19 Champion     Junior Career Like fellow professional Daniel …

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Adam Wicheard

Name: Adam Wicheard DOB: August 23rd, 1985 Nationality: English Turned Pro: 2010 Highest Ranking: #85 (2011) Highest Break: 142 Career Highlights: 2009/10 Pro Ticket Tour Number 1, 2000 EASB Under-18 Championship runner-up, 2003/4 EASB Junior Tour runner-up . . In short At 20 years of age, Adam Wicheard was knocking on the door of a …

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Mark J. Williams

Name: Mark Williams DOB: 21st March 1975 Nationality: Welsh Turned Pro: 1992 Highest Ranking: #1 (2000-2002, 2003/4, 2011) Highest Break: 147×2 Career Highlights: 2000 & 2003 World Champion, 1999 & 2002 UK Champion, 1998 & 2003 Masters Champion, 1996 & 2000 Grand Prix Champion, 1996 & 1999 Welsh Open Champion, Three times Thailand Open Champion …

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Kyren Wilson

Name: Kyren Wilson DOB: 23rd December 1991 Birthplace: England Turned Pro: 2010 Highest Ranking: #72 (2011) Highest Break: N/A Career Highlights: 2009/10 PIOS Event Six Winner, former National Silver Waistcoat Champion, 2008 Rushden Snooker Pro-Am Winner, multiple English Premier and Pro Ticket Tour Event Winner . Junior Career One of a number of talented youngsters …

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Ben Woollaston

Name: Ben Woollaston DOB: 14th May 1987 Birthplace: Leicester, England Turned Pro: 2003 Highest Ranking: #50 (2011) Highest Break: 145 (2012 World Championship qualifiers) Career Highlights: PTC3 2011/12 Champion, last 32 2007 Welsh Open, Pro Challenge Event One 2009 Semi-Finalist   . Career Highlights Ben Woollaston first graduated to the tour as a 17-year-old for …

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Xiao Guodong

Name: Xiao Guodong DOB: 10th February 1989 Nationality: Chinese Turned Pro: 2007 Highest Ranking: #51 (2011) Highest Break: 141 (2007 Grand Prix Qualifiers) Career Highlights: 2011 Chinese National champion, 2009 China Open Last 16, 2009 PIOS Events 2 and 6 Champion . . Career Highlights A talented young cueist from China, Xiao Guodong first came …

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Yu Delu

Name: Yu Delu DOB: 11th October 1987 Nationality: Chinese Turned Pro: 2011 Highest Ranking: #N/A Highest Break: ? Career Highlights: 2007 IBSF World U-21 quarter-final     Wildcard Wrap A veteran of the wildcard stages of the ranking events staged in China, Yu’s first appearance came at the 2006 China Open in Beijing where he …

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Zhang Anda

Name: Zhang Anda DOB: 25th December, 1991 Nationality: Chinese Turned Pro: 2009 Highest Ranking: #67 (2010/11) Highest Break: – Career Highlights: 2010 World Championship Last 32, 2009 Asian U-21 Champion . . In short Nicknamed the ‘Mighty Mouse’ due to his short height of just 5ft 3″, Zhang Anda demonstrated his potential by qualifying for …

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