Oliver Brown (snooker player)

Oliver Brown
Brown in 2018
Born (1994-08-18) 18 August 1994 (age 30)
Dronfield, Derbyshire, England[1]
Sport country England
Professional2022–2024
Highest ranking84 (October 2023)
Best ranking finishLast 16 (x1)

Oliver Brown (born 18 August 1994 in Dronfield, Derbyshire)[2] is an English former professional 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.

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

Tournament 2010/
11
2011/
12
2012/
13
2013/
14
2014/
15
2015/
16
2016/
17
2017/
18
2018/
19
2019/
20
2020/
21
2021/
22
2022/
23
2023/
24
Ranking[9][nb 1] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 3] 91
Ranking tournaments
Championship League Non-Ranking Event RR RR RR RR
European Masters Tournament Not Held A A A A A A 1R 1R
British Open Tournament Not Held A LQ 1R
English Open Tournament Not Held A A A A A A LQ 1R
Wuhan Open Tournament Not Held LQ
Northern Ireland Open Tournament Not Held A A A A A A LQ LQ
International Championship Not Held A 1R 1R A A A A A Tournament Not Held LQ
UK Championship A A A A 1R A A A A A A A LQ LQ
Shoot Out Non-Ranking Event 1R 1R A A 1R A 1R 2R
Scottish Open Not Held MR Tournament Not Held A A A A A A LQ LQ
World Grand Prix Tournament Not Held NR DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
German Masters A A A A LQ A A A A A A A LQ 1R
Welsh Open A A A A 3R A A A A A A A LQ LQ
Players Championship[nb 4] DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
World Open A A A A Not Held A A A A Tournament Not Held 1R
Tour Championship Tournament Not Held DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
World Championship A A A A LQ A A A A LQ A A LQ LQ
Former ranking tournaments
Wuxi Classic Non-Ranking A A 2R Tournament Not Held
Australian Goldfields Open NH A A LQ LQ LQ Tournament Not Held
Shanghai Masters A A A A LQ A A A Non-Ranking Tournament Not Held NR
Paul Hunter Classic Minor-Ranking Event 1R 3R 1R NR Tournament Not Held
Indian Open Tournament Not Held A LQ NH 1R A A Tournament Not Held
China Open A A A A LQ LQ A A A Tournament Not Held
Riga Masters[nb 5] Tournament Not Held Minor-Ranking LQ A A A Tournament Not Held
WST Pro Series Tournament Not Held RR Tournament Not Held
Gibraltar Open Tournament Not Held MR LQ 2R 4R LQ 1R A Not Held
WST Classic Tournament Not Held 1R NH
Former non-ranking tournaments
Six-red World Championship A NH A A A A A A A A Not Held 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 e f g h i j k l 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 (2010/2011–2015/2016)
  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. ^ http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~3867878,00.html , World Snooker, 29 May 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  2. ^ "CueTracker - Oliver Brown - Season 2021-2022 - Professional Results - Snooker Results & Statistics Database".
  3. ^ Florax, Ron. [1], Cue Tracker. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  4. ^ "Brown Grasping Opportunities". World Snooker. 29 May 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  5. ^ "Selby Suffers Liang Defeat". World Snooker. 24 June 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  6. ^ a b c "Oliver Brown 2014/2015". Snooker.org. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  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. ^ "Selby Keeps Hot Streak Going". World Snooker. 17 February 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  9. ^ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 August 2018.