Ryan Clark (snooker player)
{{short description|English snooker player}}
{{EngvarB|date=October 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}}
{{Infobox snooker player
| name = Ryan Clark
| image = Ryan Clark PHC 2014.jpg
| caption = Paul Hunter Classic 2014
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1992|9|22}}
| birth_place = Hartlepool, England
| Sport country = {{ENG}}
| Professional = 2013–2015
| High ranking = 104 (June–July 2014){{cite web |title=World Rankings after the 2014 Wuxi Classic |date=30 June 2014 |work=World Snooker |publisher=World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association | url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/96/c2/0,,13165~180886,00.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=1 July 2014 }}
| Official maximums =
| Best finish =
| World champ =
}}
Ryan Clark (born 22 September 1992) is an English former professional snooker player.
In May 2013, Clark qualified for the 2013–14 and 2014–15 professional Main Tour as one of four semi-finalists from the second 2013 Q School event.{{cite web|title=Qatari And Swiss Qualify For Tour|url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~3183504,00.html|publisher=worldsnooker.com|accessdate=18 May 2013}}
Career
=Debut season=
Clark only won two matches during the 2013–14 season, and ended his first season on tour ranked world number 124.{{cite web|title=Ryan Clark 2013/2014|url=http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?season=2013&player=145|publisher=Snooker.org|accessdate=11 April 2014}}{{cite web | url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/71/c1/0,,13165~180593,00.pdf | title=Prize Money Rankings After the 2014 World Championship | publisher=World Snooker | accessdate=7 May 2014}}
=2014/2015 season=
Clark lost all six of his matches in the 2014–15 season, failing to win a frame in his last four. Having not played in an event since October 2014 when he lost 0–4 to Mark Joyce in the Bulgarian Open, Clark fell off the tour at the season's conclusion in 2015.{{cite web|title=Ryan Clark 2014/2015|url=http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?season=2014&player=145|publisher=Snooker.org|accessdate=8 May 2015}}
Performance and rankings timeline
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%;"
! Tournament ! 2010/ ! 2013/ ! 2014/ |
| style="background:#EFEFEF;" | Ranking{{cite web|title=Ranking History|url=http://www.snooker.org/rnk/history.asp|publisher=Snooker.org|accessdate=6 February 2011}}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" |124 |
| colspan="10" | Ranking tournaments |
| style="background:#EFEFEF;" | Wuxi Classic
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NR |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |
| style="background:#EFEFEF;" | Australian Goldfields Open
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |
| style="background:#EFEFEF;" | Shanghai Masters
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |
| style="background:#EFEFEF;" | International Championship
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |
| style="background:#EFEFEF;" | UK Championship
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |
| style="background:#EFEFEF;" | German Masters
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |
| style="background:#EFEFEF;"| Welsh Open
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |
| style="background:#EFEFEF;" | Indian Open
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |
| style="background:#EFEFEF;" | Players Championship Grand FinalThe event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals (2010/2011)
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ |
| style="background:#EFEFEF;"| China Open
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |
| style="background:#EFEFEF;" | World Championship
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |
| colspan="10" | Former ranking tournaments |
| style="background:#EFEFEF;" | World Open
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH |
| 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 | 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 |
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" | |
| 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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References
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External links
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