Kyren Wilson

Kyren Wilson
Wilson at the 2022 European Masters
Born (1991-12-23) 23 December 1991 (age 33)
Kettering, Northamptonshire, England[1]
Sport country England
Nicknamethe Warrior[2]
Professional2010/2011, 2013–present
Highest ranking4 (November 2020)
Current ranking 11 (as of 19 February 2024[needs update])
Maximum breaks5
Century breaks445 (as of 23 March 2024)
Tournament wins
Ranking5
World Champion2024
Medal record
Mixed snooker
Representing  Great Britain
World Games
Gold medal – first place 2017 Wrocław Individual

Kyren Wilson (/ˈkaɪrən/;[3] born 23 December 1991[4]) is an English snooker player from Kettering. He is the current World Snooker champion. He has won five other ranking events. He has been a runner-up at two of the three Triple Crown events. He was a finalist at the 2018 Masters and the 2020 World Snooker Championship. Wilson's highest world ranking was fourth in 2020. He has made more than 400 century breaks including five maximum breaks.

Career finals

Ranking finals: 14 (6 titles)

Legend
World Championship (1–1)
Other (5–7)
Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent Score Ref.
Winner 1. 2015 Shanghai Masters England Judd Trump 10–9 [5]
Runner-up 1. 2016 Indian Open Scotland Anthony McGill 2–5 [6]
Runner-up 2. 2017 World Open China Ding Junhui 3–10 [7]
Runner-up 3. 2017 English Open England Ronnie O'Sullivan 2–9 [8]
Winner 2. 2018 Paul Hunter Classic England Peter Ebdon 4–2 [9]
Winner 3. 2019 German Masters England David Gilbert 9–7 [10]
Runner-up 4. 2020 Welsh Open England Shaun Murphy 1–9 [11]
Runner-up 5. 2020 Gibraltar Open England Judd Trump 3–4 [12]
Runner-up 6. 2020 World Snooker Championship England Ronnie O'Sullivan 8–18 [13]
Winner 4. 2020 Championship League England Judd Trump 3–1
Runner-up 7. 2022 Gibraltar Open (2) England Robert Milkins 2–4
Winner 5. 2022 European Masters England Barry Hawkins 9–3
Runner-up 8. 2023 Tour Championship England Shaun Murphy 7–10
Winner 6. 2024 World Snooker Championship Wales Jak Jones 18–14

Non-ranking finals: 6 (3 titles)

Legend
The Masters (0–1)
Champion of Champions (0–1)
Other (3–1)
Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent Score Ref.
Winner 1. 2017 World Games England Ali Carter 3–1
Runner-up 1. 2018 The Masters Northern Ireland Mark Allen 7–10 [14]
Winner 2. 2018 Six-red World Championship China Ding Junhui 8–4 [15]
Runner-up 2. 2018 Champion of Champions England Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–10 [16]
Runner-up 3. 2019 Paul Hunter Classic England Barry Hawkins 3–4 [17]
Winner 3. 2021 Championship League Invitational Wales Mark Williams 3–2 [18]

Amateur finals: 2 (1 title)

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent Score Ref.
Runner-up 1. 2009 PIOS – Event 3 England Paul Davison 4–6 [19]
Winner 1. 2010 PIOS – Event 6 England Liam Highfield 6–4 [19]

References

  1. ↑ "Kyren Wilson". WPBSA. Archived from the original on 23 October 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  2. ↑ "Kyren Wilson". World Snooker Tour. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  3. ↑ World Snooker Tour (15 September 2016). "At Home with Kyren Wilson". Youtube. 8m 29s. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  4. ↑ "Kyren Wilson - Player Profile - Snooker". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 20 May 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  5. ↑ "Bank of Communications OTO Shanghai Masters (2015)". snooker.org. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
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  10. ↑ "Kyren Wilson beats David Gilbert to win dramatic German Masters final". BBC Sport. 3 February 2019. Archived from the original on 24 April 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  11. ↑ Caulfield, David (17 February 2020). "Shaun Murphy Seals Welsh Open Title". SnookerHQ. Archived from the original on 18 May 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  12. ↑ "Gibraltar Open: Judd Trump wins sixth ranking title of season". BBC Sport. 15 March 2020. Archived from the original on 8 August 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  13. ↑ Hafez, Shamoon (16 August 2020). "World Snooker Championship 2020: Ronnie O'Sullivan wins sixth world title". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 19 August 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
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  16. ↑ "O'Sullivan Edges Classic Wilson Final". World Snooker. 11 November 2018. Archived from the original on 10 September 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  17. ↑ "Hawkins Beats Wilson in Germany". World Snooker. 25 August 2019. Archived from the original on 18 May 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  18. ↑ "Wilson: In A League Of His Own". World Snooker Tour. 2 April 2021. Archived from the original on 3 April 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 Cite warning: <ref> tag with name cajt PIOS cannot be previewed because it is defined outside the current section or not defined at all.