- Daniel Wells (snooker player)
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Daniel Wells Born July 31, 1988 Sport country 
WalesProfessional 2008– Highest ranking 70 (2009–10) Highest break 132 – 2009 Welsh Open Best ranking finish Last 48 2009 World Championship Daniel Wells is a Welsh professional snooker player, from Neath.
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Career
Early career
He was awarded the inaugural Paul Hunter Scholarship.[1] This gave him the chance to practise in the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, alongside professional players, such as Peter Ebdon and Ding Junhui.
He first qualified for the Main Tour for the 2008/2009 season by finishing ranked fifth on the International Open Series rankings.
2008/2009
He had consistent results on his first spell on the main tour, winning his first qualifying match in most events, apart from defeat in the first qualifying round to Stefan Mazrocis in the Grand Prix. This was followed by a run to the penultimate qualifying round of the Bahrain Championship where he lost to veteran John Parrott 3–5.
An impressive run to the last 16 of the Masters Qualifying tournament included a 5–4 win over Crucible quarter-finalist Liang Wenbo. He followed this with a defeat to Li Hang in the first qualifying round of UK Championship 3–9.
However, at the World Championship, Wells needed a good run of results to ensure his place on the tour for the following season. A sequence of 10–9 wins over Li Hang, Ian Preece and Marcus Campbell took him to the final qualifying round where he lost 9–10 to Barry Hawkins in the final qualifying match. In his 4 qualifying matches, he played the maximum 76 frames. His ranking rose to #70 as a result of his exploits that season.
2009/2010
Wells started the new season with a win over fellow Welshman Ian Preece 5–3 in the Shanghai Masters before losing to Joe Delaney in the next round by the same scoreline. In the UK Championship, he narrowly lost 8–9 to fellow Welshman Michael White. In his home championship, the Welsh Open, Wells narrowly lost in the first quualifying round to James Wattana 4–5. Another first qualifying round defeat in the China Open meant that Wells was again in danger of losing his place on the tour. Wells failed to repeat his exploits of the previous season in the World Championship as he lost 7–10 to former world #12 David Gray in the first qualifying round. This meant that he fell off the tour.
2010/2011
Despite not being on the main tour during the 2010/2011 season Wells entered many of the PTC and EPTC events, and managed to record some impressive wins eventually finishing 29th on the Order of Merit.[2] He has regained a place on the main tour for 2011/2012 by finishing top of the Welsh rankings.[3] Wells also won the European Snooker Championships and the European Team Championships (with team Wales).[4]
Other
In 2009 Wells recorded a series of snooker tutorial videos at the World Snooker Academy. These were launched as a subscription based online coaching program in February 2010 under the name of SnookerGuide.co.uk.
References
- ^ "Wells secures Hunter Scholarship". BBC Sport. 2007-05-03. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/6621311.stm. Retrieved 2007-07-17.
- ^ "Order of Merit". WWW Snooker. 17 October 2010. http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?template=10&season=2010. Retrieved 17 October 2010.
- ^ "2011/12 Tour Players". World Snooker. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 17 May 2011. http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~2361634,00.html. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
- ^ "Past Champions". Euroipean Billiards and Snooker Association. http://www.ebsa.tv/champions.php. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
External links
- "Daniel Wells". WorldSnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 2007–2010 [copyright date]. "" section. http://www.worldsnooker.com/page//0,,{{{id}}}.html. Official WPBSA player profile.
- Profile on Global Snooker
- Profile on Pro Snooker Blog
- Daniel Wells Snooker Coaching
- Results & Statistics on CueTracker
Categories:- Welsh snooker players
- 1988 births
- Living people
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