Alfie Burden

{{Infobox snooker player

|name = Alfie Burden

|image = Alfie Burden PHC 2016.jpg

|caption = Burden at the 2016 Paul Hunter Classic

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|12|14|df=y}}

|birth_place = Harrow, London, England https://www.mylondon.news/sport/other-sport/whirlwind-is-my-hero-6002096

| Sport country = {{ENG}}

| Professional = 1994–2008, 2010–2020, 2021–2025

| High ranking = 38 (2001/02–2002/03)

| Official maximums = 1

| Best finish = Quarter-final (x4)

| Ranking wins =

| World champ =

}}

Alfred Burden (born 14 December 1976) is an English former professional snooker player from London.

Career

Burden originally had his eyes set on making a career as a professional footballer, but a badly broken leg curtailed this ambition. He spent a couple of seasons at Arsenal F.C. as a schoolboy apprentice, but was with Swindon Town F.C. at the time of the injury. Burden soon showed he was well above average at snooker and qualified for the World Championship in 1998. He was defeated by world number 11 Tony Drago by 8–10.

In the 2006–07 season, Burden qualified for the China Open. He defeated Shokat Ali, Rod Lawler and former top-16 player David Gray to qualify for the tournament but lost in the wild-card round to Chinese player Mei Xiwen, 2–5. He dropped off the main tour after the 2007/08 season.

On 25 November 2009 he won the IBSF World Snooker Championship in Hyderabad, India, beating Brazilian Igor Figueiredo 10–8 in the final. With this he earned a place on the 2010/2011 professional main tour{{cite web|title=2009 IBSF World Snooker Championships|url=http://www.global-snooker.com/IBSF-World-Snooker-Championship-09-Results.asp|publisher=Global Snooker|access-date=6 July 2010|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100408120139/http://www.global-snooker.com/IBSF-World-Snooker-Championship-09-Results.asp|archive-date=8 April 2010}} and did well enough over that and the following season to end 2011/12 ranked world number 60, inside the top 64 who retained their places for the 2012–13 season.{{cite web |url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/1d/b0/0,,13165~176157,00.pdf |title=Official World Ranking List for the 2012/2013 Season |access-date=11 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120522154016/http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/1d/b0/0,,13165~176157,00.pdf |archive-date=22 May 2012 }}

Burden had an exceptional 2012/2013 season in the minor-ranking Players Tour Championship events. In the Second Event he beat Andrew Higginson, James Wattana, Barry Hawkins, Robert Milkins and Ryan Day to reach the semi-finals. There, he was defeated 1–4 by Martin Gould.{{cite web | url=http://snooker.org/res/index.asp?player=21&season=2012 | title=Alfie Burden 2012/2013 | publisher=Snooker.org | access-date=17 April 2013}} In the European Tour Event 3 played in Antwerp, Belgium, Burden beat Gareth Allen, Joe Swail and Mark King, before losing 3–4 to Neil Robertson in the last 16. These results, together with three other last 32 defeats, helped Burden to 23rd place on the PTC Order of Merit, just inside the top 26 who qualified for the Finals.{{cite web | url=http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?template=10 | title=Order of Merit 2012/2013 | publisher=Snooker.org | access-date=17 April 2013 | archive-date=28 April 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130428072211/http://snooker.org/res/index.asp?template=10 | url-status=dead }} In the Finals, Burden beat world number one Judd Trump 4–3, clinching the match with a 116 break to reach the last 16, the joint furthest he has ever been in a ranking event and the first since 2000.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} Burden subsequently lost 2–4 to Xiao Guodong in the last 16. He then reached the final round of World Championship Qualifying with wins over Paul Davison and Dave Harold, but lost 5–10 to Dominic Dale to end the season ranked world number 53.{{cite web | url=http://snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=225 | title=Betfair World Championship Qualifiers | publisher=Snooker.org | access-date=17 April 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/49/bc/0,,13165~179273,00.pdf |title=Official World Snooker Ranking List For The 2013/2014 Season |publisher=World Snooker |access-date=24 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611202605/http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/49/bc/0%2C%2C13165~179273%2C00.pdf |archive-date=11 June 2013 }}

File:Alfie Burden at Snooker German Masters (DerHexer) 2015-02-05 01.jpg]]

Burden qualified for the first round of the 2013 Wuxi Classic to begin the 2013–14 season, but lost 5–2 to Ali Carter in the opening round.{{cite web|title=Alfie Burden 2013/2014|url=http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?season=2013&player=21|publisher=Snooker.org|access-date=1 May 2014}} He saw off three players to reach the first round of the Australian Goldfields Open and then beat Michael Holt 5–2 to match his best ever performance in a ranking event. In the last 16 he lost 5–3 against Mark Davis.{{cite web | url=https://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/snooker-fu-recovers-knock-murphy-australia-085108525.html | title=Snooker - Fu recovers to knock out Murphy in Australia | publisher=Eurosport | access-date=1 May 2014 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502010130/https://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/snooker-fu-recovers-knock-murphy-australia-085108525.html | archive-date=2 May 2014 }} At the European Tour event, the Gdynia Open, Burden won four matches but was then defeated 4–3 by Sam Baird in the quarter-finals.{{cite web | url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~3661958,00.html | title=Gdynia Glory For Maximum Man Murphy | publisher=World Snooker | access-date=1 May 2014}} He finished 34th on the Order of Merit, nine places outside of qualifying for the Finals.{{cite web|title=European Order of Merit 2013/2014 |url=http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?template=10&season=2013 |publisher=Snooker.org |access-date=1 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408124026/http://snooker.org/res/index.asp?template=10&season=2013 |archive-date=8 April 2014 }} Burden got through to the second round of the China Open courtesy of Tony Drago's withdrawal and then lost 5–3 to Jimmy White.{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/snooker/26862252 | title=China Open: Jimmy White and Peter Ebdon win second-round ties | publisher=BBC Sport | access-date=1 May 2014}}

Burden won just two matches in his first eight events of the 2014–15 season{{cite web | url=http://www.whtimes.co.uk/sport/alfie_burden_makes_last_16_of_snooker_s_german_masters_1_3945218 | title=Alfie Burden makes last 16 of snooker's German Masters | publisher=Welwyn Hatfield News | access-date=10 April 2015 | archive-date=27 October 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161027195507/http://www.whtimes.co.uk/sport/alfie_burden_makes_last_16_of_snooker_s_german_masters_1_3945218 | url-status=dead }} but then won four matches to advance to the quarter-finals of the Xuzhou Open, where he lost 4–2 to Tom Ford. He beat David Grace 5–3 and Sam Baird 5–4 in qualifying for the German Masters.{{cite web|title=Alfie Burden 2014/2015|url=http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?season=2014&player=21|publisher=Snooker.org|access-date=10 April 2015}} Burden defeated Michael Georgiou 5–3 in the first round, closing the match with a 112 break, but fell short of reaching the first ranking event quarter-final of his career as Ryan Day knocked him out 5–2.{{cite web | url=http://www.whtimes.co.uk/sport/berlin_loss_for_welwyn_garden_city_s_s_alfie_burden_1_3946942 | title=Berlin loss for Welwyn Garden City's's Alfie Burden | publisher=Welwyn Hatfield News | access-date=10 April 2015 | archive-date=10 April 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150410163552/http://www.whtimes.co.uk/sport/berlin_loss_for_welwyn_garden_city_s_s_alfie_burden_1_3946942 | url-status=dead }} He ended the season 67th in the world rankings which would have relegated him from the tour, but his Asian Tour performances earned him a new two-year card.{{cite web|title=World Rankings After 2015 World Championship|url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/rankings/|publisher=World Snooker|access-date=8 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150507001308/http://www.worldsnooker.com/rankings/|archive-date=7 May 2015 }}{{cite web | url=http://snooker.org/res/index.asp?template=26&season=2014 | title=Asian Order of Merit 2014/2015 | publisher=Snooker.org | access-date=8 May 2015}}

Burden reached the first ranking event quarter-final of his career in the 2016 China Open courtesy of victories over Robbie Williams, Joe Perry, Rhys Clark and Rory McLeod, where he lost 5–1 to Stephen Maguire.{{cite web | url=http://www.wpbsa.com/maguire-snatches-crucible-seeding/ | title=Maguire Snatches Crucible Seeding | publisher=World Snooker | access-date=16 July 2016}} He held a 9–5 advantage over Ryan Day in the second round of World Championship qualifying, before being defeated 10–9.{{cite web | url=http://www.livesnooker.com/category/qualifiers/crucible-qualifiers-2016-day-six-evening-round-up-20160411-0003/ | title=Ryan Day comeback denies Alfie Burden as Ding Junhui remains on course for World Snooker Championship qualification | publisher=Live Snooker | access-date=19 August 2016 | archive-date=13 October 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013054300/http://www.livesnooker.com/category/qualifiers/crucible-qualifiers-2016-day-six-evening-round-up-20160411-0003/ | url-status=dead }}

Burden edged out Ryan Day 4–3 to qualify for the 2016 European Masters and then beat Yu Delu 4–1 and Ricky Walden 4–3 to play in his second career ranking event quarter-final, where he lost 4–0 to Mark Selby.{{cite web|url=http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?player=21&season=2016|title=Alfie Burden 2016/2017|publisher=Snooker.org|access-date=6 January 2017}}

Four successive wins saw Burden reach the quarter-finals of the minor ranking 2017 Gibraltar Open, where he lost 4–2 to Michael White.

In December 2016 Burden scored his first 147 Maximum Break in competition, coming against Daniel Wells in the English Open. Burden went on to lose the match 4-3 but came away with £12,000 prize money on account of his high break.{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/burden-makes-first-147/|title=Burden Makes First 147|date=2016-10-11|website=World Snooker|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-24}}

In January 2017, Burden was found guilty of placing bets totalling £25,000 on snooker matches including those he had played in. He had bet on himself to win and over the 86 bets in 10 years he had lost £2,995. Burden was fined £5,000 and given a six-month ban, which would only have come into force if he had bet on snooker again before January 2018.{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/38500168| title=Alfie Burden: Snooker player banned for betting on matches| publisher=BBC Sport| access-date=4 January 2017}} His second quarter-final of the season came at the Gibraltar Open and he made breaks of 131 and 109 to force a deciding frame with Nigel Bond, but lost it.{{cite web|url=http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Matches/Result/13924/496071|title=Alfie Burden 3–4 Nigel Bond|publisher=World Snooker|access-date=2 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170402235932/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Matches/Result/13924/496071|archive-date=2 April 2017}}

Burden went into Qualifying for the 2018 World Championships in danger of losing his place on the Tour and in need of a good showing to retain his place. He achieved this, clinching the deciding frame in the second round of qualifying to beat higher-ranked player David Gilbert 10-9 and secure his place on the Tour for two more years, despite having finished the season outside the top 64, on account of his performances in the 2017/18 season. Burden lost out to Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 10–8 in the final round of qualifying and thus failed to emulate his achievement of 1998 in reaching the last 32 and a place at snooker's biggest stage, the Crucible Theatre.

In December 2018 Burden defeated former world champions Peter Ebdon and John Higgins on his way to reaching the quarter-finals of the Scottish Open. Remarkably, in rounds 2 and 3 he came back from 3-0 down to win 4–3 against Marco Fu and Zhang Yong, respectively. A lacklustre performance in the quarter-final resulted in a 5–0 loss to the eventual tournament winner Mark Allen.

He has the highest number of centuries for any player never to have been ranked in the top 32.

Burden announced his retirement from snooker on 2 September 2020.{{cite tweet|number=1301279247886159876|user=ABOFLONDON|title=After allowing myself time to process...|date=2 September 2020}} However, he returned to Q School in May 2021 and was successful in Event Two, winning a two-year Tour Card.

Performance and rankings timeline

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! Tournament

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Ranking{{cite web|title=Ranking History|url=http://www.snooker.org/rnk/history.asp|publisher=Snooker.org|access-date=6 February 2011}}

|align="center"|New players don't have a ranking

|align="center"|262

|align="center"|186

|align="center"|122

|align="center"|77

|align="center"|61

|align="center"|50

|align="center"|38

|align="center"|59

|align="center"|70

|align="center"|67

|align="center"|74

|align="center"|He was an amateur

|align="center"|

|align="center"|57

|align="center"|60

|align="center"|53

|align="center"|50

|align="center"|Players qualified through Asian Tour Order of Merit started the season without prize money ranking points

|align="center"|65

|align="center"|60

|align="center"|Players qualified One Year Ranking List started the season without ranking points

|align="center"|77

|align="center"|

|align="center"|89

|align="center"|Players qualified through the Q School started the season without ranking points

|align="center"|79

colspan="40"|Ranking tournaments

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Championship League

|align="center" colspan="13" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

|align="center" colspan="13" style="color:#555555;"|Non-Ranking Event

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|WD

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|RR

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Xi'an Grand Prix

|align="center" colspan="29" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Saudi Arabia Masters

|align="center" colspan="29" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|English Open

|align="center" colspan="22" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|British Open

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" colspan="15" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Wuhan Open

|align="center" colspan="28" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Northern Ireland Open

|align="center" colspan="22" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|International Championship

|align="center" colspan="18" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|UK Championship

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Shoot Out

|align="center" colspan="16" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

|align="center" colspan="6" style="color:#555555;"|Non-Ranking Event

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|WD

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Scottish OpenThe event was called the International Open (1994/1995–1996/1997) and the Players Championship (2003/2004)

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" colspan="8" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|MR

|align="center" colspan="3" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R

|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|German MastersThe event was called the German Open (1995/1996–1997/1998)

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NR

|align="center" colspan="11" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Welsh Open

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|World OpenThe event was called the Grand Prix (1994/1995–2000/2001 and 2004/2005–2009/2010) and the LG Cup (2001/2002–2003/2004)

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R

|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|World Grand Prix

|align="center" colspan="20" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NR

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Players ChampionshipThe event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Final (2010/2011–2015/2016)

|align="center" colspan="16" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Tour Championship

|align="center" colspan="24" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|World Championship

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

colspan="40"|Non-ranking tournaments

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|The Masters

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

colspan="40"|Former ranking tournaments

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Asian ClassicThe event was called the Dubai Classic (1994/1995) and the Thailand Classic (1995/1996)

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" colspan="40" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Malta Grand Prix

|align="center" colspan="5" style="color:#555555;"|Non-Ranking Event

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NR

|align="center" colspan="40" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Thailand MastersThe event was called the Thailand Open (1994/1995–1996/1997)

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NR

|align="center" colspan="3" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NR

|align="center" colspan="40" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Irish Masters

|align="center" colspan="8" style="color:#555555;"|Non-Ranking Event

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NR

|align="center" colspan="40" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Northern Ireland Trophy

|align="center" colspan="11" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NR

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" colspan="40" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Wuxi ClassicThe event was called the Jiangsu Classic (2008/2009–2009/2010)

|align="center" colspan="14" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

|align="center" colspan="4" style="color:#555555;"|Non-Ranking Event

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" colspan="40" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|{{nowrap|Australian Goldfields OpenThe event was called the Australian Open (1994/1995–1995/1996) and the Australian Masters (1995/1996)}}

|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Non-Ranking

|align="center" colspan="15" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" colspan="40" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Shanghai Masters

|align="center" colspan="13" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Non-Ranking

|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held

|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Non-Ranking

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Paul Hunter ClassicThe event was called the Grand Prix Fürth (2004/2005) and the Fürth German Open (2005/2006–2006/2007)

|align="center" colspan="10" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

|align="center" colspan="6" style="color:#555555;"|Pro-am Event

|align="center" colspan="6" style="color:#555555;"|Minor-Ranking Event

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NR

|align="center" colspan="40" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Indian Open

|align="center" colspan="19" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" colspan="40" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|China OpenThe event was called the China International (1997/1998–1998/1999)

|align="center" colspan="3" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NR

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|WR

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R

|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" colspan="40" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Riga MastersThe event was called the Riga Open (2014/2015–2015/2016)

|align="center" colspan="20" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Minor-Rank

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" colspan="40" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|China Championship

|align="center" colspan="22" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NR

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" colspan="40" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Turkish Masters

|align="center" colspan="26" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" colspan="3" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Gibraltar Open

|align="center" colspan="21" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|MR

|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|4R

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

|align="center" colspan="3" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|WST Classic

|align="center" colspan="27" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|European MastersThe event was called the European Open (1994/1995-1996/1997 and 2001/2002-2003/2004), еру Irish Open (1998/1999) and the Malta Cup (2004/2005–2007/2008)

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NR

|align="center" colspan="8" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH

colspan="40"|Former non-ranking tournaments

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Finnish Masters

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH

|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF

|align="center" colspan="40" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Shoot Out

|align="center" colspan="16" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|4R

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" colspan="40" style="color:#555555;"|Ranking Event

class="wikitable" style="font-size:78%;"

bgcolor="#efefef"

! colspan="6"|Performance Table Legend

align="center" style="color:#555555;" width="30"|LQ

| lost in the qualifying draw

| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|#R

| lost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)

| align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF

| lost in the quarter-finals

align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF

| lost in the semi-finals

| align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8;"|F

| lost in the final

| align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|W

| won the tournament

align="center" style="color:#555555;" width="30"|DNQ

| did not qualify for the tournament

| align="center" style="color:#555555;" width="30"|A

| did not participate in the tournament

| align="center" style="color:#555555;" width="30"|WD

| withdrew from the tournament

align="center" style="color:#555555;" width="30"|DQ

| disqualified from the tournament

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"\|NH / Not Held	event was not held.
style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"\|NR / Non-Ranking Event	event is/was no longer a ranking event.
style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"\|R / Ranking Event	event is/was a ranking event.
style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"\|MR / Minor-Ranking Event	means an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"\|PA / Pro-am Event	means an event is/was a pro-am event.

Career finals

=Non-ranking finals: 3 (1 title)=

class="sortable wikitable"

!width="80"| Outcome

!width="20"| No.

!width="50"| Year

!width="250"| Championship

!width="200"| Opponent in the final

!width="100"| Score

style="background:#98FB98"|Winner

| 1.

| 1998

| UK Tour - Event 1

| {{flagicon|WAL}} Anthony Davies

| 6–5

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up

| 1.

| 1998

| UK Tour - Event 2

| {{flagicon|NIR}} Joe Swail

| 1–6

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up

|1.

|2023

|World Seniors Championship

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy White

|3–5

=Amateur finals: 5 (2 titles)=

class="sortable wikitable"

!width="80"| Outcome

!width="20"| No.

!width="50"| Year

!width="250"| Championship

!width="200"| Opponent in the final

!width="100"| Score

style="background:#98FB98"|Winner

| 1.

| 1993

| English Under-17 Championship

| {{flagicon|ENG}} David Gray

| 5–2{{cite web|title=Country Page - England|url=http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk:80/files/Countries/country_england.htm|publisher=Global Snooker Centre|access-date=16 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081004174708/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk:80/files/Countries/country_england.htm|archive-date=4 October 2008}}

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up

| 1.

| 1993

| UK Under-19 Championship

| {{flagicon|WAL}} Lee Walker

| 1–4{{cite news |title=Walker in Open run |work=Daily Telegraph |location=London |date=14 August 1993 |page=23}}

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up

| 2.

| 1993

| Pontins Autumn Championship

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Adrian Gunnell

| 2–5{{cite news |last=Yates |first=Phil |title=Hotshot Gunnell grabs all the glory |work=Birmingham Evening Mail |date=20 October 1993 |page=40}}