Jamie Cope

Infobox Snooker player
Name = Jamie Cope
Nickname =


Caption =
Born = birth date and age|1985|9|12|df=y
Birthplace = Longton, Stoke-on-Trent
Nationality = flagicon|England English
Professional = 2001–
High ranking = #19
Current rank = #19
Prize money = GB£118,100 [http://www.worldsnooker.com/players_head_to_head-9401.htm]
High break = 147 (2006 Grand Prix)
Best finish = Runner up:
Grand Prix (2006),
China Open (2007)
Other wins =
World champ =

Jamie Cope (born 12 September 1985, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England) is an English professional snooker player. He has reached the finals of two ranking tournaments. He has a fast, entertaining style of play (being nicknamed "Shotgun" due to his speed around the table and aggressive playing style. [http://globalcuesportscentre.com/files/Players/Global_Europe/Global_England/eng_cope.htm Profile at the Global Snooker Centre] ]

Career

Early career

Cope has an impressive record as a junior, but dropped off the Main Tourclarifyme after two largely unsuccessful seasons. However, he finished top in the Challenge Tour for emerging players in the 2004/05 season, winning two of its four tournaments. This enabled him to return to the Main Tour. His stated intention in pre-season was to finish the year in the Top 48, a tough target which he technically achieved by default after Paul Hunter's illness. He reached the last 16 of the season-opening Grand Prix tournament. Later in the 2005/2006 season he reached the same stage of the Welsh Open and China Open. Those three last-16 defeats were all 5-4. During the season he claimed wins over Joe Perry, Steve Davis, John Parrott and Alan McManus.

2006–present

On 23 October 2006, Cope made a 147 break in a match against Michael Holt during the Grand Prix in Aberdeen, Scotland. He was only the third player to achieve a 147 in the tournament's history, after Ronnie O'Sullivan and John Higgins. (Tom Ford has since become the fourth man to make a 147 at the Grand Prix, on 15 October 2007.) After progressing from the group stages, Cope defeated Robert Milkins in the last-16 to reach his first quarter-final in ranking events. He beat Joe Perry again in a closely fought match which required a deciding ninth Cuegloss|Frame|frame. Eventually, Cope won after a slip-up by Perry on Cuegloss|Yellow ball|the yellow. In the semi-finals, Cope defeated Mark King 6-3, but he lost 5-9 to Australian competitor Neil Robertson in the final. Cope had struggled early in the match and fell 2-8 behind. He briefly rallied to claim the next three frames, but Robertson won the fourteenth frame to clinch the title.On 31 March 2007, Cope progressed into the final of the China Open against Graeme Dott, after beating Barry Hawkins on the last Cuegloss|Black ball|black (not Cuegloss|Re-spot|respotted) of the final frame in the semi-finals. However, he lost the final, again by 5 frames to 9.

In the 2007/2008 season, he reached the last 32 of the Shanghai Masters losing 5-2 to John Higgins. He failed in the Grand Prix 2007 to progress beyond the group stages, finishing 6th in his group due to not winning a match. In the UK Championship Cope produced a very good performance in beating the then world number one John Higgins 9-3 in the last 32. He then beat Barry Hawkins 9-8 in the last 16 before losing to eventual champion, Ronnie O'Sullivan in the Quarter-finals. He made his World Championship debut in 2008, losing 10-9 to Peter Ebdon in the first round. At the 2008 Shanghai Masters he scored the second 147 of his career against Mark Williams, but lost their last-16 match 2-5

Cope has made a break of 155, the maximum that is realistically possible, in a witnessed practice match, by taking advantage of a Cuegloss|Free ball|free ball.

External links

*World Snooker|id=9401
* [http://www.worldsnooker.com/news_latest-17511.htm Article mentioning Jamie's early-2005/2006 form]
* [http://globalcuesportscentre.com/files/Players/Global_Europe/Global_England/eng_cope.htm Profile at the Global Snooker Centre]

References