Kyren Wilson

Kyren Wilson
Wilson at the 2022 European Masters
Born (1991-12-23) 23 December 1991
Kettering, Northamptonshire, England[1]
Sport country England
Nicknamethe Warrior[2]
Professional2010/2011, 2013–present
Highest ranking4 (November 2020)
Current ranking 11 (as of 19 February 2024)
Maximum breaks5
Century breaks445 (as of 23 March 2024)
Tournament wins
Ranking5
World Champion2024
Medal record
Mixed snooker
Representing  Great Britain
World Games
2017 Wrocław Individual

Kyren Wilson (/ˈkrən/;[3] born 23 December 1991[4]) is an English snooker player from Kettering. He is the current World Snooker champion. He has won five other ranking events. He has been a runner-up at two of the three Triple Crown events. He was a finalist at the 2018 Masters and the 2020 World Snooker Championship. Wilson's highest world ranking was fourth in 2020. He has made more than 400 century breaks including five maximum breaks.

Career finals

Ranking finals: 14 (6 titles)

Legend
World Championship (1–1)
Other (5–7)
Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent Score Ref.
Winner 1. 2015 Shanghai Masters Judd Trump 10–9 [5]
Runner-up 1. 2016 Indian Open Anthony McGill 2–5 [6]
Runner-up 2. 2017 World Open Ding Junhui 3–10 [7]
Runner-up 3. 2017 English Open Ronnie O'Sullivan 2–9 [8]
Winner 2. 2018 Paul Hunter Classic Peter Ebdon 4–2 [9]
Winner 3. 2019 German Masters David Gilbert 9–7 [10]
Runner-up 4. 2020 Welsh Open Shaun Murphy 1–9 [11]
Runner-up 5. 2020 Gibraltar Open Judd Trump 3–4 [12]
Runner-up 6. 2020 World Snooker Championship Ronnie O'Sullivan 8–18 [13]
Winner 4. 2020 Championship League Judd Trump 3–1
Runner-up 7. 2022 Gibraltar Open (2) Robert Milkins 2–4
Winner 5. 2022 European Masters Barry Hawkins 9–3
Runner-up 8. 2023 Tour Championship Shaun Murphy 7–10
Winner 6. 2024 World Snooker Championship Jak Jones 18–14

Non-ranking finals: 6 (3 titles)

Legend
The Masters (0–1)
Champion of Champions (0–1)
Other (3–1)
Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent Score Ref.
Winner 1. 2017 World Games Ali Carter 3–1
Runner-up 1. 2018 The Masters Mark Allen 7–10 [14]
Winner 2. 2018 Six-red World Championship Ding Junhui 8–4 [15]
Runner-up 2. 2018 Champion of Champions Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–10 [16]
Runner-up 3. 2019 Paul Hunter Classic Barry Hawkins 3–4 [17]
Winner 3. 2021 Championship League Invitational Mark Williams 3–2 [18]

Amateur finals: 2 (1 title)

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent Score Ref.
Runner-up 1. 2009 PIOS – Event 3 Paul Davison 4–6 [19]
Winner 1. 2010 PIOS – Event 6 Liam Highfield 6–4 [19]

References

  1. "Kyren Wilson". WPBSA. Archived from the original on 23 October 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  2. "Kyren Wilson". World Snooker Tour. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  3. World Snooker Tour (15 September 2016). "At Home with Kyren Wilson". Youtube. 8m 29s. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  4. "Kyren Wilson - Player Profile - Snooker". Eurosport UK. Archived from the original on 20 May 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  5. "Bank of Communications OTO Shanghai Masters (2015)". snooker.org. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  6. "Indian Open: Scot Anthony McGill secures first ranking title". BBC Sport. 9 July 2016. Archived from the original on 13 July 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  7. "World Open: Ding Junhui beats Kyren Wilson 10–3 in China". BBC Sport. 25 September 2017. Archived from the original on 5 June 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  8. "English Open 2017: Ronnie O'Sullivan beats Kyren Wilson 9–2 to claim title". BBC Sport. 22 October 2017. Archived from the original on 18 May 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  9. "Paul Hunter Classic: Kyren Wilson beats Peter Ebdon for second ranking title". BBC Sport. 26 August 2018. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  10. "Kyren Wilson beats David Gilbert to win dramatic German Masters final". BBC Sport. 3 February 2019. Archived from the original on 24 April 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  11. Caulfield, David (17 February 2020). "Shaun Murphy Seals Welsh Open Title". SnookerHQ. Archived from the original on 18 May 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  12. "Gibraltar Open: Judd Trump wins sixth ranking title of season". BBC Sport. 15 March 2020. Archived from the original on 8 August 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  13. Hafez, Shamoon (16 August 2020). "World Snooker Championship 2020: Ronnie O'Sullivan wins sixth world title". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 19 August 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  14. "Mark Allen defeats Kyren Wilson in tense Masters final". The Guardian. 21 January 2018. Archived from the original on 23 January 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  15. Caulfield, David (8 September 2018). "Kyren Wilson Wins Six Red World Championship". SnookerHQ. Archived from the original on 11 October 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  16. "O'Sullivan Edges Classic Wilson Final". World Snooker. 11 November 2018. Archived from the original on 10 September 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  17. "Hawkins Beats Wilson in Germany". World Snooker. 25 August 2019. Archived from the original on 18 May 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  18. "Wilson: In A League Of His Own". World Snooker Tour. 2 April 2021. Archived from the original on 3 April 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  19. 19.0 19.1 "Pontins International Open Series". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 28 February 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2010.