Ben Jones (snooker player)

Ben Jones (born 26 October 1990) is a Welsh amateur snooker player.

Ben Jones

Born	26 October 1990
Sport country	Wales
Nickname	The Hoover
Career winnings	£1,833
Highest break	102: 2012 PTC - Event 4
Century breaks	1
Best ranking finish	Last 64 (2017 Riga Masters)

Career

Ben Jones participated in the 2012 Q School. He came in the second of three tournaments in the last 16, where he lost. Jones often participated in PTC tournaments and Q School events in the following years, but dropped out early. In the Paul Hunter Classic 2013 he came in the round of the last 64 and got €700 prize money. Further successes eluded Jones for a time, until he survived the qualification at the Riga Masters 2017 courtesy of a 4–1 victory over Mike Dunn. Jones lost in the first round against Tian Pengfei. At the 2017 Paul Hunter Classic Jones defeated Jiaming Zhang 4–1. In the second qualifying round, Jones lost just 3–4 against the eventual main tournament participant Robert Read.[1] At the Last 128 stage of 2018 Paul Hunter Classic Jones was defeated by former World Champion Peter Ebdon 4–0.

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament	2016/ 17	2017/ 18	2018/ 19
Ranking[2][nb 1]	[nb 2]	[nb 2]	[nb 2]
Ranking tournaments
Riga Masters	A	1R	A
World Open	A	A	A
Paul Hunter Classic	1R	LQ	1R
Indian Open	A	A	A
China Championship	NR	A	A
European Masters	A	A	A
English Open	A	A	A
International Championship	A	A	A
Northern Ireland Open	A	A	A
UK Championship	A	A	A
Scottish Open	A	A	A
German Masters	A	LQ	A
World Grand Prix	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
Welsh Open	A	A	A
Shoot-Out	A	1R	A
Players Championship	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
Gibraltar Open	1R	LQ	A
Tour Championship	Not Held		DNQ
China Open	A	A	A
World Championship	A	A	A

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.
VF / Variant Format Event				means an event is/was a variant format event.

1. It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
2. He was an amateur.

References

1. http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?season=2017&player=920
2. "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.