Mark Joyce

	Mark Joyce Mark Joyce (born 11 August 1983) is an English professional snooker player who lives in Walsall. He began his professional career by playing Challenge Tour in 2003. Joyce enjoyed an outstanding amateur career, winning the European Under-19 Championship in 2001, the English Open in 2005 and the English Amateur Championship in 2006, beating Martin O'Donnell 8–3 in the final. Joyce also finished fifth on the 2005/06 Pontin's International Open Series, winning the second of eight events, to book a place on Main Tour. Career 2006/07 season Joyce had a very uneventful first season on Main Tour, failing to qualify for any of the major events. He ended the season losing in the penultimate qualifying round of the World Championship to Fergal O'Brien 10–4. He also recorded his highest break of 130 in professional play during the qualifiers. This would remain his highest break until the qualifying stages of the 2010 World Championship. He ended the season ranked 73rd. 2007/08 season ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	2016 Paul Hunter Classic The 2016 Paul Hunter Classic was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 24 and 28 August 2016 at the Stadthalle in Fürth, Germany. It was the fourth ranking event of the 2016/2017 season. Named in honour of former professional snooker player Paul Hunter, this was the first time for which the event was a ranking tournament, having previously been a minor-ranking event of the Players Tour Championship. It was also the first of the two ranking events of the season, along with the Gibraltar Open (also a former European Tour event), which would be open to amateurs and would form the new Amateur Order of Merit. Ali Carter was the defending champion, but he was defeated 3–4 by Yan Bingtao in the last 32. Thepchaiya Un-Nooh made the 119th official maximum break in the second frame of his last 32 match against Kurt Maflin. It was Un-Nooh's first professional maximum break, having missed the final black on two occasions the previous season. Mark Selby won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	2008 Welsh Open (snooker) The 2008 Welsh Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 11 and 17 February 2008 in the Newport Centre in Newport, Wales. Neil Robertson was the defending champion, but he lost his last 16 match against Ali Carter. Mark Selby won his first ranking title by defeating Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–8, after coming back from a 5–8 deficit. __TOC__ Notable happening s * Tian Pengfei won the last 3 frames to oust one of the Welsh favourites, Matthew Stevens 5–4. * David Roe led John Higgins 3–1 before losing 3–5. * Mark Williams won the last 3 frames to beat Marco Fu 5–4. * Ali Carter led Neil Robertson 4–0 but won only 5–3. * Ronnie O'Sullivan won the high break prize with a 143 in the last frame of his 6–3 semi-final victory over Shaun Murphy, surpassing an effort of 134 from Marcus Campbell. * Mark Selby had a highest break of 77 in the final compared to O'Sullivan's 135. Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is show ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	2009 World Snooker Championship The 2009 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 2009 Betfred.com World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 18 April and 4 May at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. This was the first time that the World Snooker Championship had been sponsored by Betfred. Ronnie O'Sullivan was the defending champion, but he lost in the second round 11–13 against Mark Allen. John Higgins won his third World title by defeating Shaun Murphy 18–9 in the final. It was Higgins' 20th ranking title. Tournament summary First round * Debutants at the Crucible were Rory McLeod, Martin Gould, Andrew Higginson, and Ricky Walden. They were all defeated in the first round. * Rory McLeod became the first ever black player at the Crucible. * Only two out of the sixteen seeded players lost their first round matches. Peter Ebdon lost 5–10 against Nigel Bond, while Joe Perry lost 6–10 against J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	2009 Masters (snooker) The 2009 Masters (snooker), Masters was a professional non-Snooker world rankings, ranking snooker tournament that took place between 11 and 18 January 2009 at the Wembley Arena in London, England. Ronnie O'Sullivan won his 4th Masters title by beating defending champion Mark Selby 10–8 in the final. The quarter-final match between Stephen Maguire and Neil Robertson featured 5 consecutive century breaks between the two players: 3 from Maguire and 2 from Robertson. This is a joint record for a professional match and a standalone record for a best-of-11 frame match. Field 2008 Masters (snooker), Defending champion Mark Selby was the number 1 seed with 2008 World Snooker Championship, World Champion Ronnie O'Sullivan seeded 2. Places were allocated to the top 16 players in the Snooker world rankings 2008/2009, world rankings. Players seeded 15 and 16 played in the wild-card round against the winner of the Masters Qualifying Event, qualifying event, Judd Trump (ranked 41), and w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	2009 China Open (snooker) The 2009 Bank of Beijing China Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 30 March and 5 April 2009 at the Beijing University Students' Gymnasium in Beijing, China. The event was sponsored by Bank of Beijing and Hyundai. The defending champion was Stephen Maguire, but he lost in the first round 0–5 against Dave Harold. Peter Ebdon won in the final 10–8 against John Higgins. Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: Winner: £52,000 Runner-Up: £25,000 Semi-Finalists: £9,000 Quarter-Finalists: £5,775 Last 16: £5,000 Last 32: £3,450 Last 48: £2,050 Last 64: £1,400 Stage one highest break: £500 Stage two highest break: £2,000 Stage one maximum break: £1,000 Stage two maximum break: £20,000 Wildcard round These matches were played in Beijing on March 30. Main draw Final Qualifying These matches took place between 21 and 24 January 2009 at the Pontin's Centre, Prestatyn, Wales. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	2009 Welsh Open (snooker) The 2009 Welsh Open (snooker), Welsh Open was a professional Snooker world rankings, ranking snooker tournament that took place between 16 and 22 February 2009 at the Newport Centre (Wales), Newport Centre in Newport, Wales, Newport, Wales. The defending champion was Mark Selby, but he lost in the quarter-finals against Anthony Hamilton (snooker player), Anthony Hamilton. The event was won Ali Carter, who claimed his first ranking tournament win by defeating Joe Swail 9–5 in the final, having come back from 2–5 down. This was the first ranking final refereed by Colin Humphries. Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: Winner: Pound sterling, £35,000 Runner-up: £17,500 Semi-finals: £8,750 Quarter-finals: £6,500 Last 16: £4,275 Last 32: £2,750 Last 48: £1,725 Last 64: £1,325 Stage one highest break: £500 Stage two highest break: £2,000 Stage one maximum break: £1,000 Stage two maximum break: £20,000 Total: £225,500 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	2008 UK Championship The 2008 Maplin UK Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 13 and 21 December 2008 at the Telford International Centre in Telford, England. It was the 32nd edition of the event. World Snooker, the sports governing body, opened an investigation into allegations of match fixing, after Stephen Maguire beat Jamie Burnett 9–3 in the first round. Several bookmakers had stopped taking bets on the match before it even started, when reports of a number of large sums having been placed on the same correct score began to circulate within the industry. Just prior to the 2009 World Championship, where Maguire and Burnett were drawn together the first round, it was announced that Strathclyde Police had opened an official enquiry into the match. The enquiry was closed in 2011 with no criminal charges against either of them, and a World Snooker disciplinary enquiry was announced, which ended without any regulatory action. In September 2013 it was anno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	2008 Bahrain Championship The 2008 Bahrain Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 8 and 15 November 2008 at the Bahrain International Exhibition Centre in Manama, Bahrain. It was the fourth ranking event of the 2008/2009 season. Due to a clash with a previously arranged Premier League match-day, three leading players (John Higgins, Mark Selby and Ding Junhui) were forced to miss the event. This meant that they earned no ranking points, with Matthew Stevens, Ken Doherty and Jamie Cope (ranked 17, 18 and 19 respectively) qualifying automatically due to the extra spaces in the draw. Likewise, the players ranked from 33–35 and 49–51 played one qualifier less than usual. Additionally, Ronnie O'Sullivan withdrew three days before the tournament for unspecified medical reasons. Steve Davis was also involved in Premier League action, playing on 13 November, but did not withdraw from the tournament. He played his qualifying match and received a walkover due to O'Sul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]