Jackson Page (born 8 August 2001 in

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professional

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player. He is a former European U-21 champion and the former Under-18 World Snooker Champion and in 2017 also became the Under-18 European Snooker Champion.

Career

In February 2016, Page entered the 2016 EBSA European Under-18 Snooker Championship as the number 13 seed and advanced to the final where he was defeated 2–5 by fellow countryman

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. Later that year, Page competed in the 2016 IBSF World Under-18 Snooker Championship where he again advanced to the final and defeated the number 1 seed Yun Fung Tam 5–4. At the age of 15, Page was awarded a wildcard to the 2017 Welsh Open. In the first round, he beat

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4–3 on a re-spotted black. In the second round, he defeated John Astley by the same scoreline to reach the round of 32, before losing 0–4 to

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. In the qualifiers for the 2017 World Championship he was edged out 9–10 on the final pink by

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in the first round. Page turned professional in 2019 after winning the

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in Israel. His best results from his first two seasons on the tour were reaching the last 16 of the September 2020 European Masters, where he was whitewashed 0–5 by Trump, and the last 32 of the 2020 Scottish Open, where he lost 1–4 to his mentor and practice partner Mark Williams. He was relegated from the main professional tour after losing 5–6 to

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in the 2021 World Championship qualifiers. However, he quickly regained his professional standing, defeating

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at Q School to win another two-year tour card. He reached the last 16 of the

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, but lost 3–4 to

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despite having led 3–2. In the

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qualifying rounds, Page won four matches, defeating opponents including Joe Perry and

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, to reach the main stage of the tournament. He made his Crucible debut against former world finalist

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and won his first-round match 10–7, making back-to-back total clearances of 128 and 135 in the final two frames. In the second round, Page again faced Williams, but lost the first seven frames and went on to a 3–13 defeat, losing the match with a session to spare. Williams made six centuries in the match.

Performance and rankings timeline

Career finals

Amateur finals: 8 (5 titles)

References

External links

Jackson Page
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