Jason Weston (born 11 January 1971 in

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former professional

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player. He competed on the main tour between 1991 and 1997 and intermittently until 2003, at one point being ranked the world number 90. After successfully entering Q School in 2015, Weston regained his professional status for the 2015–16 season after a twelve-year absence.

Career

Weston, first turned professional at the start of the 1991–92 season, in a season which he reached the semi-final of the Benson & Hedges Satellite Championship, losing to future World Champion

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, an event which the winner gain entry as a wildcard to the Masters. Weston qualified for the 1992 British Open in

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, losing to

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in the last 32. However he then struggled to match these season and had an on-off career on the main tour, before ending to his career in 2003 after suffering from

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. During the 2014–15 season Weston returned to competition snooker at the pro-am 2015 Gdynia Open. Jason Weston PHC 2016-1

In May 2015, Weston entered in the two Q School events of which eight two-year professional tour cards were on offer. Weston was successful in the second event with wins over

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, Owais Ali, Simon Dent, Matthew Day, Joe Roberts and

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4–2 in the quarter final ensured his place of the

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for the 2015–16 and 2016–17 seasons. Weston only won 4 matches (including one

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) during the 2015/16 season, all at the minor-ranking European Tour events. The following season was even worse, as his only win came at the single-frame Shoot-Out event. As a result, Weston was relegated from the tour.

Performance and rankings timeline

References

External links

Jason Weston
at ''CueTracker.net: Snooker Results and Statistic Database'' * {{DEFAULTSORT:Weston, Jason English snooker players Sportspeople from Portsmouth Living people 1971 births