Dylan Emery
{{Short description|Welsh snooker player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox snooker player
| name = Dylan Emery
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|2001|3|31}}
| birth_place =
| Sport country = {{WAL}}
| Professional = 2022–2024, 2025-
| High ranking = 66 (December 2023)
| Official maximums =
| Best finish = Last 32 (x7)
| Ranking wins =
| World champ =
}}
Dylan Emery (born 31 March 2001){{Cite web|url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/snooker/dylan-emery_prs516399/person.shtml|title=Dylan Emery – Player Profile – Snooker|website=Eurosport UK}} is a Welsh professional snooker player.
Career
The winner of the 2021 EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships, he defeated Julien Leclercq in the final, 5–2.{{Cite web|url=https://caerphilly.observer/news/1005867/dylan-emery-caerphilly-snooker-star-turns-professional/|title=Snooker star's dream of turning professional becomes reality|date=October 28, 2021}} As a result of this win, he earned a place on the professional World Snooker Tour from the 2022–23 snooker season.{{Cite web|url=https://wpbsa.com/emery-is-european-under-21-snooker-champion/|title=Emery is European Under-21 Snooker Champion|date=October 7, 2021}}
Emery also won the delayed 2020 Welsh Amateur Championship, defeating Paul Davies 8–6.{{Cite web|url=https://wpbsa.com/national-championships-claimed-in-ireland-and-wales/|title=National Championships Claimed in Ireland and Wales|date=December 21, 2021}} Called up as a last-minute replacement for the 2022 Turkish Masters, Emery defeated Alfie Burden 5–0 to qualify for the event.{{Cite web|url=https://wst.tv/emery-thrilled-with-huge-win/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203223550/https://wst.tv/emery-thrilled-with-huge-win/|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 February 2022|title=Emery Thrilled with 'Huge Win'|date=February 3, 2022|website=World Snooker}} He then met John Higgins, who beat him 5–2, with Higgins suggesting he would do well on the tour the following season.{{Cite web|url=https://wst.tv/higgins-too-strong-for-raw-emery/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307223002/https://wst.tv/higgins-too-strong-for-raw-emery/|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 March 2022|title=Higgins Too Strong For 'Raw' Emery|date=March 7, 2022|website=World Snooker}}
Performance and rankings timeline
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! Tournament ! 2017/ ! 2018/ ! 2019/ ! 2020/ ! 2021/ ! 2022/ ! 2023/ ! 2024/ |
style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Ranking{{cite web|title=Ranking History|url=http://www.snooker.org/rnk/history.asp|publisher=Snooker.org|accessdate=17 June 2019|archive-date=19 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181219070820/http://www.snooker.org/Rnk/history.asp|url-status=live}}It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season
|align="center"|He was an amateur |align="center"|New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking |align="center"|74 |
colspan="10"|Ranking tournaments |
style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Championship League
|align="center" colspan="4" style="color:#555555;"|Non-Ranking Event |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|RR |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|RR |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|RR |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|RR |
style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Xi'an Grand Prix
|align="center" colspan="7" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R |
style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Saudi Arabia Masters
|align="center" colspan="7" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R |
style="background:#EFEFEF;"|English Open
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |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" colspan="4" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |
style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Wuhan Open
|align="center" colspan="6" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R |
style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Northern Ireland Open
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |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="color:#555555;"|LQ |
style="background:#EFEFEF;"|International Championship
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" colspan="3" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R |
style="background:#EFEFEF;"|UK Championship
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |
style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Shoot Out
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R |
style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Scottish Open
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |
style="background:#EFEFEF;"|German Masters
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R |
style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Welsh Open
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R |
style="background:#EFEFEF;"|World Open
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" colspan="3" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |
style="background:#EFEFEF;"|World Grand Prix
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ |
style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Players Championship
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ |
style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Tour Championship
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ |
style="background:#EFEFEF;"|World Championship
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |
colspan="10"|Former ranking tournaments |
style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Paul Hunter Classic
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NR |align="center" colspan="10" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held |
style="background:#EFEFEF;"|WST Pro Series
|align="center" colspan="3" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|RR |align="center" colspan="10" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held |
style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Turkish Masters
|align="center" colspan="4" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R |align="center" colspan="10" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held |
style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Gibraltar Open
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" colspan="10" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held |
style="background:#EFEFEF;"|WST Classic
|align="center" colspan="5" 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 Masters
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH |
colspan="10"|Former non-ranking tournaments |
style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Six-red World Championship
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held |
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! 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 | 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 |
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style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"|NH / Not Held | means an event was not held. |
style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"|NR / Non-Ranking Event | means an event is/was no longer a ranking event. |
style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"|R / Ranking Event | means an 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. |
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Career finals
= Amateur finals: 8 (5 titles) =
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!width="67"| Outcome !width="20"| No. !width="30"| Year !width="320"| Championship !width="200"| Opponent in the final !width="30"| Score |
style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner
| 1. | 2017 | World Open Under-16 Snooker Championships | {{flagicon|RUS}} Mikhail Terekhov | 4–1 |
style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| 1. | 2018 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Mitchell Mann | 0–3 |
style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| 2. | 2019 | EBSA European Under-18 Snooker Championships | {{flagicon|IRL}} Aaron Hill | 3–4 |
style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner
| 2. | 2019 | Welsh Under-21 Championship | {{flagicon|WAL}} Liam Davies | 3–0 |
style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner
| 3. | 2021 | {{flagicon|WAL}} Paul Davies | 8–6 |
style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner
| 4. | 2021 | EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships | {{flagicon|BEL}} Julien Leclercq | 5–2 |
style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner
| 5. | 2024 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Harvey Chandler | 4–3 |
style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| 3. | 2025 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Liam Highfield | 3–4 |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{portal|Cue sports}}
- {{WST player|dylan-emery|archive=20230322222410}}
- {{snooker.org player}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Emery, Dylan}}