Jackson Page

{{Infobox snooker player

|name = Jackson Page

| image =

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2001|8|8|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Ebbw Vale, Blaenau Gwent

| Sport country = {{WAL}}

| Professional = 2019–present

| High ranking = 33 (March 2025)

| Official maximums = 2

| Best finish = Runner-up (2024 Championship League)

| World champ =

}}

Jackson Page (born 8 August 2001) is a Welsh professional snooker player. He was born in Ebbw Vale, Blaenau Gwent, and is a former European U-21 champion{{Cite web|url=https://snookerhq.com/2019/02/22/jackson-page-wins-european-under-21-championship/|title = Jackson Page Wins European Under-21 Championship|date = 22 February 2019}} and the former Under-18 World Snooker Champion and in 2017 also became the Under-18 European Snooker Champion.{{cite web | url=http://www.ibsf.info/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=530:jackson-wins-his-maiden-world-title&Itemid=387 | title=Jackson wins his maiden world title | date=20 August 2016 | publisher=IBSF | access-date=11 October 2016}}{{cite web|title=Page wins European Under-18 title|url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/page-wins-european-18-title/|website=World Snooker|date=9 March 2017|access-date=9 March 2017}}

Career

In February 2016, Page entered the 2016 EBSA European Under-18 Snooker Championship as the number 13 seed and advanced to the final where he was defeated 2–5 by fellow countryman Tyler Rees.{{cite web | url=http://www.welshsnooker.com/news/463/ebsa-2016---under-18s-championships---finals | title=EBSA 2016 - UNDER 18S CHAMPIONSHIPS - FINALS | publisher=Welsh Snooker | access-date=11 October 2016}}{{cite web | url=http://www.ebsa.tv/index.php/k2/item/749-marathon-man-rees-king-of-europe | title=Marathon Man Rees King Of Europe | publisher=European Billiards & Snooker Association | access-date=11 October 2016 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160213215828/http://www.ebsa.tv/index.php/k2/item/749-marathon-man-rees-king-of-europe | archive-date=13 February 2016 }} Later that year, Page competed in the 2016 IBSF World Under-18 Snooker Championship where he again advanced to the final and defeated the number 1 seed Yun Fung Tam 5–4.{{cite web | url=http://www.welshsnooker.com/news/544/ibsf---world-under-18s-result | title=IBSF - WORLD UNDER 18S RESULT | publisher=Welsh Snooker | access-date=11 October 2016}}

At the age of 15, Page was awarded a wildcard to the 2017 Welsh Open. In the first round, he beat Jason Weston 4–3 on a re-spotted black.{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/wales/38963289 | title=Jackson Page, 15, beats Jason Weston in first round | work=BBC Sport | access-date=14 February 2017}} In the second round, he defeated John Astley by the same scoreline to reach the round of 32, before losing 0–4 to Judd Trump.{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/wales/38984875 | title=Jackson Page: 15-year old schoolboy progresses to third round of Welsh Open | work=BBC Sport | access-date=15 February 2017}} In the qualifiers for the 2017 World Championship he was edged out 9–10 on the final pink by Martin O'Donnell in the first round.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/wales/39525106.app|title=Jackson Page: Welsh teenager beaten in World Championship qualifiers|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=15 April 2017}}

Page turned professional in 2019 after winning the EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships in Israel.{{Cite web |title=Jackson Page |url=https://wpbsa.com/player/jackson-page/ |access-date=2022-05-07 |website=WPBSA |language=en-GB}} His best results from his first two seasons on the tour were reaching the last 16 of the September 2020 European Masters, where he was whitewashed 0–5 by Trump, and the last 32 of the 2020 Scottish Open, where he lost 1–4 to his mentor and practice partner Mark Williams. He was relegated from the main professional tour after losing 5–6 to Kacper Filipiak in the 2021 World Championship qualifiers. However, he quickly regained his professional standing, defeating Michael Georgiou at the 2021 Q School to win another two-year tour card.{{Cite web |date=2021-06-02 |title=Jackson Page Among First Q School Graduates |url=https://snookerhq.com/2021/06/02/jackson-page-among-first-q-school-graduates/ |access-date=2022-05-07 |website=SnookerHQ |language=en-GB}} He reached the last 16 of the 2021 Northern Ireland Open, but lost 3–4 to Ricky Walden despite having led 3–2.{{Cite web |last=Hungness |first=Carl |date=2021-10-15 |title=Northern Ireland Open: Quarter-Finals Draw and Preview |url=https://snookerhq.com/2021/10/15/northern-ireland-open-quarter-finals-draw-preview/ |access-date=2022-05-07 |website=SnookerHQ |language=en-GB}}

In the 2022 World Snooker Championship qualifying rounds, Page won four matches, defeating opponents including Joe Perry and David Grace, to reach the main stage of the tournament. He made his Crucible debut against former world finalist Barry Hawkins and won his first-round match 10–7, making back-to-back total clearances of 128 and 135 in the final two frames.{{Cite web |date=2022-04-17 |title=New Chapter For Brilliant Page |url=https://wst.tv/new-chapter-for-brilliant-page/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220417223002/https://wst.tv/new-chapter-for-brilliant-page/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2022 |access-date=2022-05-07 |website=World Snooker |language=en-US}} In the second round, Page again faced Williams, but lost the first seven frames and went on to a 3–13 defeat, losing the match with a session to spare. Williams made six centuries in the match.{{Cite web |date=2022-04-22 |title=Williams Makes Six Centuries In Page Rout |url=https://wst.tv/williams-makes-six-centuries-in-page-rout/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220422123030/https://wst.tv/williams-makes-six-centuries-in-page-rout/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 April 2022 |access-date=2022-05-07 |website=World Snooker}}

In April 2025, Page became the first player to make two maximum breaks in the same match, during his win over Allan Taylor in the qualifiers for the 2025 World Championship.{{Cite web |last=Tour |first=World Snooker |title=Page makes history to claim maximum bonus |url=https://www.wst.tv/news/2025/april/14/page-makes-history-to-claim-maximum-bonus/ |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=World Snooker Tour |language=en}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/articles/c86j0jj6nyvo|title=Page makes history with two 147s in one match|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=15 April 2025}}

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}}It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.

|align="center"|He was an amateur

|align="center"|

|align="center"|New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking

|align="center"|72

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

|align="center"|66

|align="center"|46

|align="center"|45

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:#D8BFD8;"|F

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

|align="center" colspan="5" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

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

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

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

|align="center" colspan="7" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

|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;"|LQ

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

colspan="30"|Non-ranking tournaments

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

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

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

colspan="10"|Former ranking tournaments

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

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

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

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

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

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Paul Hunter Classic

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|WST Pro Series

|align="center" colspan="4" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament 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="5" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

|align="center" colspan="6" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

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

|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;"|LQ

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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

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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.