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Joe O'Connor
	Paul Hunter Classic 2017
Born	8 November 1995 (age 29); England
Sport country	England
Professional	2018–present
Highest ranking	42 (February 2021)
Current ranking	37 (as of 16 December 2024)
Best ranking finish	Semi-final (x1)

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Joe O'Connor (born 8 November 1995) is an English professional snooker player from Leicester.

Career

A pool champion as a junior, O'Connor has faced Neil Robertson and Mark Selby at the UK Championship and has qualified for the main draw at the Wuxi Classic.^[1]^[2]^[3]

He won four events on the 2017–18 English amateur tour.^[4]

Ahead of the 2018–19 season, O'Connor defeated Brandon Sargeant 4–1 and then Oliver Brown 4–0 to secure a two-year professional tour card for the first time at the 2018 EBSA Play-Offs at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield.^[5]

In June 2018, he beat Andrew Norman 10–3 to become the English Amateur Champion before turning professional.

On 28 November 2018 O'Connor defeated world number 12 Ryan Day 6–2 in the first round at the 2018 UK Championship.^[6]

In February 2019 O'Connor defeated top 10 players Kyren Wilson, Ding Junhui and John Higgins en route to his first ranking event semi-final at the Welsh Open,^[7] eventually losing 2–6 to Stuart Bingham.

Joe is knee high to a grasshopper, standing at about 5 foot tall his cue is almost at big as him. Bless.

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament	2013/ 14	2014/ 15	2015/ 16	2016/ 17	2017/ 18	2018/ 19	2019/ 20	2020/ 21	2021/ 22	2022/ 23
Ranking^[8]^{[nb 1]}	^{[nb 2]}	^{[nb 2]}	^{[nb 2]}	^{[nb 2]}	^{[nb 2]}	^{[nb 3]}	68	62	62	47
Ranking tournaments
Championship League	Non-Ranking Event							RR	RR
British Open	Tournament Not Held								4R
Northern Ireland Open	Tournament Not Held			A	A	1R	2R	1R	LQ
English Open	Tournament Not Held			A	LQ	1R	2R	3R	1R
UK Championship	A	1R	1R	A	A	3R	1R	3R	2R
Scottish Open	Tournament Not Held			A	A	1R	3R	2R	LQ
World Grand Prix	NH	NR	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
Shoot-Out	Non-Ranking Event			A	A	1R	1R	1R	1R
German Masters	A	LQ	LQ	A	A	LQ	LQ	QF	LQ
Players Championship^{[nb 4]}	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
European Masters	Tournament Not Held			A	A	LQ	LQ	3R	LQ
Welsh Open	A	1R	1R	A	A	SF	1R	3R	LQ
Turkish Masters	Tournament Not Held								1R
Gibraltar Open	Not Held		MR	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R
Tour Championship	Tournament Not Held					DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
World Championship	A	LQ	LQ	A	A	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ
Non-ranking tournaments
Championship League	A	A	A	A	A	A	RR	A	A
Former ranking tournaments
Wuxi Classic	A	1R	Tournament Not Held
Australian Goldfields Open	A	LQ	LQ	Tournament Not Held
Shanghai Masters	A	LQ	LQ	A	A	Non-Ranking		Not Held
Paul Hunter Classic	Minor-Ranking Event			A	3R	3R	NR	Not Held
Indian Open	A	LQ	NH	A	A	LQ	Tournament Not Held
China Open	A	1R	A	A	A	2R	Tournament Not Held
Riga Masters^{[nb 5]}	NH	Minor-Ranking		A	A	2R	WD	Not Held
International Championship	A	LQ	LQ	A	A	LQ	LQ	Not Held
China Championship	Tournament Not Held			NR	A	LQ	1R	Not Held
World Open^{[nb 6]}	A	Not Held		A	A	LQ	LQ	Not Held
WST Pro Series	Tournament Not Held							RR	NH

Performance Table Legend
LQ	lost in the qualifying draw	#R	lost in the early rounds of the tournament (WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)	QF	lost in the quarter-finals
SF	lost in the semi-finals	F	lost in the final	W	won the tournament
DNQ	did not qualify for the tournament	A	did not participate in the tournament	WD	withdrew from the tournament

NH / Not Held				means an event was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Event				means an event is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Event				means an event is/was a ranking event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Event				means an event is/was a minor-ranking event.

^ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e He was an amateur
^ New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking
^ The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals (2011/2012–2012/2013) and the Players Championship Grand Final (2013/2014—2015/2016)
^ The event was called the Riga Open (2014/2015–2015/2016)
^ The event was called the Haikou World Open (2013/2014)

Career finals

Amateur finals: 1 (1 title)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Winner	1.	2018	English Amateur Championship	Andrew Norman	10–3

References

^ "UK Snooker: Joe O'Connor to man up for crack at champion Neil Robertson". York Press.
^ "Joe O'Connor awaits Mark Selby tie at UK Championship". BBC Sport. 12 November 2015.
^ "UK Championship 2014: Neil Robertson test excites O'Connor". BBC Sport. 26 November 2014.
^ "Reports from the English Amateur Tour 2017/18 – EASB". www.easb.co.uk.
^ "Clarke and O'Connor Win EBSA Play-Offs - WPBSA". www.wpbsa.com. 18 April 2018.
^ "Murphy stunned by world number 124". BBC Sport.
^ "O'Connor stuns Higgins at Welsh Open". BBC Sport.
^ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.

External links

Joe O'Connor at worldsnooker.com

[9] It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season

[AMA-10] He was an amateur

[UR-11] New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking

[12] The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals (2011/2012–2012/2013) and the Players Championship Grand Final (2013/2014—2015/2016)

[13] The event was called the Riga Open (2014/2015–2015/2016)

[14] The event was called the Haikou World Open (2013/2014)

[1] "UK Snooker: Joe O'Connor to man up for crack at champion Neil Robertson". York Press.

[2] "Joe O'Connor awaits Mark Selby tie at UK Championship". BBC Sport. 12 November 2015.

[3] "UK Championship 2014: Neil Robertson test excites O'Connor". BBC Sport. 26 November 2014.

[4] "Reports from the English Amateur Tour 2017/18 – EASB". www.easb.co.uk.

[5] "Clarke and O'Connor Win EBSA Play-Offs - WPBSA". www.wpbsa.com. 18 April 2018.

[6] "Murphy stunned by world number 124". BBC Sport.

[7] "O'Connor stuns Higgins at Welsh Open". BBC Sport.

[Ranking_history-8] "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.

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