Gary Ponting (born 17 January 1975) is an
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former professional
snooker
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player.
Career
Ponting was born in 1975, and turned professional in 1993. He reached the last 32 of the
1994 World Championship, losing 2–10 to
Willie Thorne
William Joseph Thorne (4 March 195417 June 2020) was an English professional snooker player. He won one ranking title, the 1985 Classic. He also reached the final of the 1985 UK Championship, losing 16–14 to Steve Davis after leading 13–8 ...
, and the same stage of the 1996 Thailand Open, where
Peter Ebdon
Peter David Ebdon (born 27 August 1970) is an English former snooker player. The winner of the 2002 World Snooker Championship, Ebdon won nine world ranking events, placing twelfth on the all-time list of ranking tournament winners. In addit ...
defeated him 5–0.
Further progress to the last 16 of another four ranking events followed, notably at the
1998 UK Championship
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, where he made five century breaks including the highest of his career, a 138.
Ponting reached a career-high ranking of 49th for the 1999/2000 season, retaining his top-64 place until the start of the 2002/2003 season. However, having suffered a loss of form, Ponting entered only one tournament after this, the 2003 World Championship, where he lost 1–10 in qualifying to India's
Manan Chandra
Manan Chandra (born 28 February 1981 in New Delhi) is an Indian amateur snooker and pool player.
Chandra reached the semi-final at the 2006 IBSF World Championships in Amman, Jordan, where he was eliminated by Daniel Ward 8–7. Cha ...
.
Ponting's ranking had slipped to 73rd by 2003, and he lost his professional status at the age of 28.
Performance and rankings timeline
References
English snooker players
1975 births
Living people
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