Joe Perry is an ace snooker player. British snooker player. He has had a few seasons at the lower levels of the game. But he has also had a couple of seasons in the top reaches of the game. He reached the Top 16 in 2002 for the first time. He has however spent three seasons not in the top 20.
Joe Perry was referred to as "the Fen Potter" and also "the Gentleman." He is a Cambridgeshire resident and became professional in 1992. He's been a fulltime professional since 2003. Ken, his brother, is also a professional.
Although he has never won a major ranking event, Perry has been a regular fixture on the world stage. He finished in the top 8 provisional rankings in 2011 and won a minor-ranking competition in 2015. This year, he made his fourth appearance at the Masters and was involved in a battle with Ronnie O'Sullivan.
Perry has represented the UK Championship in the finals and the European Open in the semi-finals. He was also able to reach the quarter-finals in the World Championship. He reached the semifinals of the UK Championship 2004 but lost to David Gray. He was defeated by Stuart Bingham and Judd Trump the following season but lost to Stephen Hendry.
He began his snooker life at the age 12 and became a top professional in early 1990s. He reached the European Open final in 2001. In the spring of 2001, he won his second European Open final. After that, he played in the Wuxi Classic in 2014.
The same year, he beat Matthew Stevens, Marco Fu and Jamie Cope in the first round of the World Championship, and reached the semi-finals of the Masters. He received his second ranking award. Later that year, he participated in both the Welsh Open (Xuzhou Open) and the Xuzhou Open. He had fallen to a lowly 14th place in the standings at the end.
Despite losing out to Stephen Hendry as well as Graeme Dott in the Welsh Open Masters, he was able to earn a spot in the top ten of the world rankings. He has won three major tournaments on his path to the top: the Welsh Open Masters Masters, the Xuzhou Open Open, and the Welsh Open Masters Masters. He has also conducted courses to help others learn the game.
During his career, he has made a number of attempts to beat Ronnie O'Sullivan. He won a 9-5 victory at the UK Championship's first round in 2008. He was just one frame away the Masters 2017 Finals, but he lost against Ronnie O'Sullivan.
He beat Mark Selby in round one of the 2018 World Championship. He won the Xuzhou Open 2015 as well. In addition, he has a number of courses and has been a guest commentator for the BBC.