Jim Wych (born 11 January 1955 in

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) is a

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sports announcer and former professional

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player. He turned professional in 1979 and reached the quarter-final of the

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in his debut year, and reached the world championship quarter-final stage again in 1992. Wych also reached the quarter-finals of two other

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tournaments, the 1986 British Open and the

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. He reached the final of the men's doubles at the 1991 World Masters, playing with

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. A two-time Canadian snooker champion, in 1979 and 1999, Wych retired from professional snooker in 1997 and now works mainly as a television

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and snooker commentator, including for

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, where he started working in the early 1990s. Wych was ranked in the top 64 players each year for 15 consecutive seasons, from 1980/1981 to 1994/1995. His highest career ranking was 17, in the snooker world ranking lists for 1980/1981 and 1981/1982.

Career finals

Non-ranking finals: 4

Team finals: 1

Amateur finals: 2 (2 titles)

References

Canadian snooker players Canadian players of English billiards Snooker writers and broadcasters Pool writers and broadcasters Canadian sports announcers 1954 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Sportspeople from Calgary {{pool-bio-stub