Jenson Kendrick

Jenson Kendrick
Born (2001-02-03) 3 February 2001 (age 23)[1]
Sport country England
NicknameThe Stoke Storm[2]
Professional2022–2024
Highest ranking90 (April 2024)
Best ranking finishLast 32 (2023 English Open)

Jenson Kendrick (born 3 February 2001) is an English former snooker player. He turned professional at the start of the 2022/2023 season. He earned a two-year tour card after defeating Haydon Pinhey 4–1 in the final round of the third 2022 Q School event.

Career

2022/2023 season

At the first ranking tournament, the Championship League, Kendrick played two draws, losing only one match and finishing 3rd in his round robin group. However, at all three following ranking events he lost in the qualification round.

2023/2024 season

For much of the season, Kendrick struggled to produce many good results, leaving his tour card in jeopardy. However, in qualifying for the 2024 Snooker World Championship, Kendrick came from the first round, beating Bai Yulu 10-7 in the first round, Ben Woollaston 10-8 in the second, and Jordan Brown 10-5 in the third, to put himself one match away from appearing at the Crucible and retaining his tour card. On Judgement Day, he took a 5-4 lead over China's Lyu Haotian, and later 7-6, but missed out on qualification after a 10-7 defeat. This defeat saw Kendrick unfortunately lose his tour card.

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2015/
16
2016/
17
2017/
18
2018/
19
2022/
23
2023/
24
Ranking[nb 1] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 3] 96
Ranking tournaments
Championship League Non-Ranking Event RR RR
European Masters NH A A A LQ LQ
British Open Tournament Not Held LQ LQ
English Open NH A A A LQ 2R
Wuhan Open Tournament Not Held LQ
Northern Ireland Open NH A A A LQ LQ
International Championship A A A A NH LQ
UK Championship A A A A LQ LQ
Shoot Out NR A A A 1R 1R
Scottish Open NH A A A LQ 1R
World Grand Prix DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
German Masters A A A A LQ LQ
Welsh Open A A A A LQ LQ
Players Championship[nb 4] DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
World Open NH A A A NH 1R
Tour Championship Tournament Not Held DNQ DNQ DNQ
World Championship A A A A LQ LQ
Former ranking tournaments
Paul Hunter Classic MR A LQ LQ Not Held
Gibraltar Open MR LQ LQ LQ Not Held
WST Classic Tournament Not Held 1R NH
Former non-ranking tournaments
Six-red World Championship A A A A LQ NH
Performance Table Legend
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.
  1. ^ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season
  2. ^ a b c d He was an amateur
  3. ^ New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking
  4. ^ The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Final (2015/2016)

Career finals

Amateur finals: 3 (2 titles)

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Runner-up 1. 2018 Challenge Tour – Event 7 England Joel Walker 0–3
Winner 1. 2019 English Under-18 Championship England Hamim Hussain 6–0
Winner 2. 2021 EPSB Open Series - Breakers - Event 2 England Luke Simmonds 3–1

References

  1. ^ Player portrait at WST
  2. ^ "Jenson Kendrick". World Snooker Tour. Archived from the original on 16 February 2024. Retrieved 13 February 2024.